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A petrified woman frozen with fear, teens struggling to climb ladders: Climbers' harrowing accounts of what really happened on Everest [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| December 5, 2019
| Chris Pleasance
Posted on 12/05/2019 6:27:40 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan
Many deaths, believe more than half, happen on the way down as climbers with waning Adrenalin and depleted oxygen have to navigate a path at least as treacherous as the climb.
Solution: Put in a zip line to Camp 4. Safe, rapid descent. No more interminable delays at the Hillary Step when people climbing and descending have to pass each other.
To: a fool in paradise
I thought the very same thing.
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posted on
12/05/2019 9:52:23 AM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
To: C19fan
Happens every year. You could open a Starbucks at the Hillary Step the traffic is so heavy.
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posted on
12/05/2019 9:57:06 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: Hot Tabasco
That’s not realistic for any number of reasons.
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posted on
12/05/2019 9:59:05 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: IronJack
Thats not realistic for any number of reasons.
I know but it might reduce the traffic......
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posted on
12/05/2019 10:01:55 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Never take a centipede shopping for shoes)
To: Bullish
it’s become a cool thing to include on your resume.
Entry needs to be regulated by the countries who allow you entry to climb. Right now they charge massive sums.
there need to s]limit the number or raise prices to stop the huge numbers of people going.
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posted on
12/05/2019 10:02:08 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I love BULL MARKETS!)
To: 1Old Pro
Amazing, but at $15,000 a climber fee I guess someone is cashing in.
Actually it's between $30,000 and $45,000 with most people paying the $45K........
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posted on
12/05/2019 10:12:45 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Never take a centipede shopping for shoes)
To: Robert DeLong
A crowd of climbers slog up the Lhotse Face, heading toward Camp IV, last stop before the summit. Loose regulations and a boom in commercial guiding over the past two decades have made Everest far more accessible to experts and novices alike
Headlamps trace a path to the summit a few hours before dawn. Without tighter safety rules, climbers will continue to face more hazards on the mountain than altitude and the elements
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posted on
12/05/2019 10:20:43 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(*I'm living the dream.* & :))
To: Daffynition
Looks like a conga dance line going up the mountain!
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posted on
12/05/2019 10:22:06 AM PST
by
Reily
To: C19fan
I climb/hike to get away from people. That looks awful.
To: Reily
It certainly does! Makes it seem, not so special or unique an undertaking.
Did I say *undertaking*? >8D
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posted on
12/05/2019 10:28:00 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(*I'm living the dream.* & :))
To: cuban leaf
“I understand the path to the top is littered with frozen human bodies buried in the snow.”
indeed. there are dozens of gruesome photos of those littered bodies deteriorating while still dressed in their expensive gear that remains perfectly intact ...
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posted on
12/05/2019 10:37:12 AM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: cuban leaf
About as unique as riding a bus.
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posted on
12/05/2019 11:18:58 AM PST
by
LouAvul
To: C19fan
Challenging Everest? Why not drop in at Ricky Pule's, only 24,000 feet from this cinema. Ricky and Maurice offer a variety of styles for the well-groomed climber. Why should Tenzing and Sir Edmond Hillary be number one on top, when you're number one on top?
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posted on
12/05/2019 11:28:04 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Hot Tabasco
You’re right about the total, which is probably round 50k all in, but I think 10 or 15 goes to the government as a fee.
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posted on
12/05/2019 12:08:07 PM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: Hot Tabasco
I was thinking stoplights ...
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posted on
12/05/2019 12:15:54 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: IronJack
In my opinion, the only solution to the traffic problem is to remove all the ladders, ropes and safety devices and return the mountain to what it was. Then let the real climbers climb at their own risk.
It's not a place for rich thrill seekers who have no idea of what they are doing.........
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posted on
12/05/2019 1:58:58 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Never take a centipede shopping for shoes)
To: bgill
One of your best (funny) comments.
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posted on
12/05/2019 2:09:38 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: cuban leaf
Seems that dead and alive human bodies are the chief technical obstacles on both the ascent and descent.
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posted on
12/05/2019 2:16:49 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: Hot Tabasco
I understand the bodies simply are not retrievable by human means in many instances. Generally, those that are accessible already have been removed.
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posted on
12/05/2019 2:22:41 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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