Anybody heard from him? On April 16th he posted that he currently is in Kathmandu/Nepal...
Where is user Lightbox/Martin? Nepal Earthquake
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Yes I was also wondering , I hope he's in good condition.
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I really hope hes OK
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Anybody with a private email adress or a cell phone number of him?
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Ah, I just had a look at his forum profile and it shows "Last activity: 6 hours ago". Puh.
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I asked myself the same thing. What a terrible earthquake!
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Kempermaniac, glad you thought to search his profile. Thanks for update
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I you wanna make sure, i think that user "labrat" knows him personally.
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Hi guys, we're fine. Thanks for reminding me that I should have posted here. Actually we've been VERY lucky. Terrible days we had but none of my friends and the musicians we know got injured. Our studio is 100% fine but the guys won't have business for quite a while, of course.
We were able (and still are) to give shelter for up to 35 people in a big tent outside on a free space nearby. The guys have been amazingly brave and managed these days worldclass. I'm VERY proud of all of them and I truely consider them "family".Sadly I have to go back to Germany tomorrow. But I think they are safe and we made good arrangements even if food and water supply become difficult.
I can officially confirm that the Profiler is earthquake proof up to 7.8 magnitude, at least.
Cheers and thanks for remembering me
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Thanks for posting, Martin! We're glad that you and your "family" are ok!
@ tylerhb: Thanks for helping!
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Good news!!
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Glad all is good Martin
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wow, saw this way too late. - much have been a frightening experience.. But Phew glad the Kemper is ok!..
Oh and glad your OK too!
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Wow so good news. Good you guys are OK after that terrible earthquake.
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Back in Germany now. Terribly busy organizing support for Nepal. Haven't even switched on the Profiler since I arrived.
Sorry for the short post. Time is running like crazy.Cheers
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Glad to hear your're ok and props for helping in the relief effort!
Breaks my heart looking at the pictures of how the beautiful old town temple areas are now just a pile of rubble. That place is in the top 3 of my favorite places on Earth.
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nakedzen, I agree with your sentiments, I've spent countless hours of my life sitting there on these huge "stairs" and watching the noisy and colorful life, even taking a nap in the sun or talking and drinking chiya with friends. I've kind of "lived" very nearby the Durbar Square for many years during my stays in Kathmandu. And the place where I used to stay has been completely grounded. So lucky I am, that I've rented another place to setup our studio just a little more than half a year ago. All of my friends in the Durbar Square / Jhocchen / Freak Street area have lost their homes and jobs.
But nowadays I don't think so much about these well-known landmarks and "attractions". My thoughts go to the small, remote settlements where people suffer terribly with NO help at all. The real nightmare for Nepal has just started and thousands of people will struggle hard ... far away from international (and national) news coverage and support efforts. This is heartbreaking to say the least. And it's really difficult at the moment to provide even the smallest amount of supplies to these remote places.Cheers
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Yeah the villages I went to had all the buildings made by piling slate rock without any mortar on top of each other. When those walls come down...
Thankfully a lot of the newer buildings were made from thin sheets of plywood.
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Glad you are ok Martin, our thoughts and prayers to those in Nepal for sure!!
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Glad you're okay, lightbox. It's a terrible natural disaster, 7000 dead, 130000 without homes. Nightmarish, but eventually the TV cameras will move away and then people will forget all about it. Poor country.