Posted on 04/26/2015 6:59:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
She was from Edison and previously worked at the East Orange General Hospital.
Girawong was part of a group that had trained at the lower Khumbu glacier before climbing the mountain.
Her last post on Facebook was about the snow on Everestt a few hours before she died.
"Day 28 on this arduous journey , snow is falling & my food cravings are at an all time high...Is a crunchy spicy tuna roll with eel sauce too much to ask for?" she posted.
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Everest has been a killer this year and last year.
I truly am at a loss for words.
People who voluntarily embrace danger may get a thrill, but it is no surprise when they die.
Replace the eel sauce with some hot mustard and some sweet and sour and I'm in...
Some call then rash fools and others call them independent spirits - I can relate to either side of the argument for having exhibited a lot of the rash-fool-independent spirit-potential Darwin Award candidate in my youth. The song out that has the words "Everything that kills, me makes me feel alive" touches a special place in my heart.
Why do people think climbing this mountain is a game?
It was an earthquake that caused this.
Avalanches happen there all the time, earfquake or not.
Wow....
Geologists will inform those who wish to know that the reason for the highest mountains on earth being there are due to the highest amount of plate movement. India is crashing into Asia and causing massive movements, mostly seen upwards in mountains growing(yes, Everest is getting bigger) but also in earthquakes like this which result from slippage of those plates.
When a person travels to a frozen wilderness and starts fantasizing about spiced sushi, they have voluntarily engaged hunger and danger for their own gratification. Simply cannot be astonished when the outcome is disastrous.
Exactly. I’m sorry for their loved ones, but overall I just have to shrug. Some people who choose to ride the tiger get eaten. Not my problem.
I read Into Thin Air a few years ago. I’m guessing that the author wanted me to hate everyone in the book. It was a bit like The Brother’s Karmamazov - I wanted them all dead. (in a fictional way only of course)
It was obviously on her bucket list.
I know Nepal is probably enjoying the influx of money, but maybe it’s time to shut this crap down.
I read “Into Thin Air” as well, expecting it to be some inspirational, humans-overcoming-all-odds kind of a book. It was far from it. The danger and physical tolls that climbers experience are tremendous. Even those who make the summit are not out of danger. I never got the sense of exuberance that one would expect from such a feat. It’s a Phyrric accomplishment and nothing more.
The book certainly nixed any fantasies I had about climbing mountains.
Well you have to admit, that in the “famous last words” department — it is unique.
Good point.
I wonder how much it grew in this 7.9, and will everyone who climbed "the wold's tallest mountain" need to do it again to "stay on top" with the new height?
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