Posted on 05/27/2006 4:34:32 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
"Naked" climber on Everest sparks anger
Sat May 27, 6:10 AM ET
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association urged the government on Saturday to take action against a sherpa who reportedly stripped off on top of Mount Everest.
The Himalayan Times had reported on Friday that the Nepali climbing guide, whose name it gave as Lakpa Tharke, stood naked for three minutes in freezing conditions on the 8,850-metre (29,035-ft) summit of the world's highest peak.
If confirmed, he would be the first person known to have stripped atop Everest, considered by Nepali Buddhists as a god.
Ang Tshering Sherpa, head of Nepal's top mountaineering body, said he could not confirm that the incident had happened.
"But if he did it, it is very shocking because Sagarmatha is the goddess mother," he said, using the mountain's Nepali name.
"The government must enforce strict ethics for climbing."
Authorities have yet to comment.
But the climb's organisers seemed happy enough with Lakpa Thaeke's strip.
"We are planning to file his extraordinary feat for the Guinness Book of World Records," the paper quoted an official of the hiking group that employs Tharke as saying.
Nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, including Mount Everest.
At least 1,345 people have climbed Everest since 1953 from either the Nepali or Tibetan side.
Maybe the goddess mother liked the view.
But with the cold shock, wouldn't the view have shrunk?
If the guy was able to stand naked on top of Everest for three minutes, who knows what other aspects of his body he could control?
Don't climb on top of my mother and get naked, either.
Extreme shrinkage.
Hey, where's that static line secur... er, nevermind.
Hey buddy, I don't want you leading this expedition if it means us looking at your Sherpa @ss all week long. The funk is enough to kill a donkey.
If Sagarmatha has never seen a male in the altogether, she must not have changed any boys' diapers.
Is that what they call *rock* climbing?
What cheek!
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This is an outrage, but leaving people to die is okay I guess. They've got some weird attitudes at that altitude.
LOL!
Naked people ping.
With the extremely thin air up there, you would think there would shrinkage with a side of blue balls.
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