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To: I want the USA back

They chose to put themselves in danger for the ability to say they had climbed Everest. They willingly accepted the consequences of a mistake.

Do not interfere with that.

The problem is that so many people have climbed Everest now, it is no longer a rare deed ....which makes me wonder why someone would attempt the mountain for the reason of saying they had...


50 posted on 05/25/2019 7:20:52 AM PDT by yetidog
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The problem is that so many people have climbed Everest now, it is no longer a rare deed

I wonder what becomes next. It won't be K2. It is too difficult to climb so weak, but rich, climbers can't be dragged up the mountain by Sherpa. Plus, K2 is another multitude of difficult to just get to as compared to Everest.

58 posted on 05/25/2019 8:10:01 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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