Posted on 05/22/2016 8:00:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Like going into the brush after a wounded leopard, some things are better read about than experienced.
The kids would be arguably better off without these vain “parents” that leave them behind to die so pointlessly. The Sherpas set up the lines and drag their living corpses up the rock; if they are still breathing their oxygen tank, they are dragged back to the base camp to blog about their “conquer”. Alongside 450 other McClimbers. That day.
There are over 200 bodies of mountain climbers near the top of Mt Everest. Take a hint.
To be fair, plenty of meat-eaters have died on Everest as well.
Well, you have 2 data points already!
Yes her netball club will miss her, but the college she taught at has just banked 25 years worth of liberal smug points.
A vegan evangelist.
Her body make become a marker, as many others have.
Avalanche and earthquakes did not deter.
Why?
Some people have more money than they have sense.
Wish I had that problem.
Yes, but how many of those are Pescatarians?
It’s insane. These climbers literally pass by the bodies as they begin their ascent. Don’t they ever stop and think, “Screw this s—t, I’m going home!”
Yup, human bodies and fecal matter with oxygen canisters thrown in for effect. Everest is one giant shitpop waiting to thaw.
Seems to me there is a “fast” way down.....
No animals were harmed in creating this insanity.
Stupid contests;
Stupid prizes.
Haha, so I do!
And all their kids (if any) may be saddled with a ridiculous hyphenated last name. They are married but she still went by Strydom.
Was going to post pictures of the junk and bodies, but decided not to. There are plenty of them on Google if anyone wants to see them.
There have been successful efforts to clean up Everest which have removed many of the 200+ bodies and 500 tons of support equipment, ie: oxygen tanks.
Altitude Mountain Sickness is a killer threat, particularly above death zone of 8000 m / 24,000 ft.
AMS is brutal, and you can’t will your way thru it.
The only way to address it is immediate descent to a lower altitude.
Climber’s blood thickens, and stroke becomes a real threat, along with pulmonary and cerebral edema.
Sad loss of life.
DEATH ZONE: Cleaning Mount Everest (Official Trailer)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BI2TlvNJxCo
RE: “They’ll never get her down.. She will stay up there forever. Or they actually develop a high altitude helicopter.”
You nailed it.
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