As it would be costly to take down the supplies intended for a month-long stay at the base camp, the mountaineering teams had bought in hotels nearby to reuse it.
However, it was very difficult to find sufficient space for the logistical goods of the 31 mountaineering expedition teams, according to mountaineering guide Nima Jangbu Sherpa. As the incident took place just at the beginning of the expedition, not much of the supplies were consumed.