Posted on 05/22/2016 8:00:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin
As it was explained on talk radio, many moons ago.....’cows have teeth for grinding, therefore they are vegetarians. Dogs have teeth for tearing, therefore they are carnivores. Humans have both types of teeth, therefore they were designed to eat both vegetables and meat’. ‘Nuff said, that should end it’.
Yes, that is an amazing read. Beck Weathers figured prominently. Just as you say, left for dead twice. Didn’t he keep trying to indicate to his rescuers that his wristwatch was strangling his hand (and he ended up losing that hand?)
Yeah, but do they believe that?
They know they are, only not quite as.....
Was Beck Weathers a doctor? I seem to remember reading his book I have a fascination for reading books about climbing Mt. Everest. After reading so many, they all start running together.
vegans may be healthy for a time, but not for long...their “choices” are ultimately bad ones...IMO of course...
re the Sherpas:...it really does seem that the Sherpas are the ones doing the work....you never see their names but they make all these climbs repeatedly, and they carry all the stuff too...
vegan angle is stupid but the young hiker threw up the statement herself...
Beck went on to become a pathologist. He wrote a book called “Left For Dead”.
That’s disgusting.
timing is everything in high mt climbing...
I applaud the death of thrill seekers. And, if only they or their estate would be required to reimburse every dime of rescue efforts including injuries to the rescuers as if such had been caused by the thrill seekers negligence, and for which insurance may not be purchased, it would be perfect.
When I first heard of that I thought they had said they found Irvine’s body, not Mallory’s.
Still a lot of mystery on this.
I stand corrected, so they are still searching for Irvine’s body and the film.
I don't recall that. I think he either lost or took off his gloves and spent the whole night in the snow with no protection on his hands at all. A couple of people came by him and another Japanese lady who was lying beside him, and they all thought he was dead.
He gives inspiration talks around the country these days. I can't imagine anyone better suited to the job.
They are taking steps to alleviate the inexperience problem. Climbers will have to provide proof they have climbed on a mountain taller than 6500 meters. Altitude sickness is a major killer on these mountains, especially for inexperienced climbers who have have no idea how their bodies will react to oxygen deprivation.
The amazing people in all this are the Sherpas, who perform super-human tasks almost every day. Without them, there would be a lot more dead newbies.
I thought everyone carried one of those bags you could pressurize a sufferer in these days?
Being a vegan or scaling Everest?
Climbing the mountain.
Thanks
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