85-Year-Old Dies Trying To Become Oldest Everest Climber

NY Post ^ | May 7, 2017 | 6:23

[Hot Tabasco]

died at the Everest base camp

At least at the base camp they'll send his body back down to his family...../....

[HereInTheHeartland]

Last marathon I ran 4 years ago ; there was a 85 year old guy I passed.
A couple other people said it was his 59th marathon and he had come from India to do it.
Way cool to stay active; not everyone can; but great to push ones self

[TChad]

I read Jon Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air."

Mount Everest is very, very good at killing people.

[Mercat]

We’re moving to our farm and in re-doing the house there we put in all new appliances (first time in my life!!!) But the fridge had to be able to hold magnets. They actually make them now that are not metal and you can’t use magnets. Hard to believe.

[USMCPOP]

I’m old enough and wise enough to know better than to ask someone to hold my beer while I try something. Either they will drop the beer or I’ll drop. It’s a no-win situation.

[USMCPOP]

"But the fridge had to be able to hold magnets. They actually make them now that are not metal and you can’t use magnets. Hard to believe."

My kids learned to spell at an early age with refrigerator magnet letters. My Mom taught them. Before long, there were some off-color phrases and expressions. How else are they expected to learn? (They did some off-color work with Crayolas at the factory place in Easton, PA as I recall. LOL)

[strongbow]

Great book. Vanity kills.

[HandyDandy]

I got frostbite just reading that book.

[dfwgator]

Announcer: Mount Everest. Forbidding, aloof, terrifying. This year, this remote Himalayan mountain, this mystical temple, surrounded by the most difficult terrain in the world, repulsed yet another attempt to conquer it. This time, by the International Hairdresser's Expedition. In such freezing, adverse conditions, man comes very close to breaking point. What was the real cause of the disharmony which destroyed their chances at success?

Hairdresser #1: Well, people keep taking your hairdryer on every turn.

Hairdresser #2: There's a lot of bitching in the tents.

Hairdresser #3: You couldn't get near the mirror.

[Army Air Corps]

That was an hilarious skit.

[Rebelbase]

Man, that dude on the left must be one hardy mofo to climb Everest in a fleece and vest with no O2.

[Rebelbase]

“Mount Everest is very, very good at killing people. “

And a lot who die never come off the mountain. Considerate of them to leave some color in an otherwise bleak landscape.

[Daffynition]

Don't deny the human will for accomplishment:

In December 1995, Col. Vaughan returned to Antarctica and climbed “Mount Vaughan,” named for him by Admiral Byrd in appreciation of his contributions to polar exploration. Vaughan was three days shy of his 89th birthday when he reached the 10,300-foot high summit.

http://www.americanpolar.org/colonel-norman-vaughan/

http://www.normanvaughan.com/

[T-Bone Texan]

You know what sucks?

Freezer magnets only stick to the sides of my fridge, not the doors.

[Mercat]

See!!!!

[WVMnteer]

And because of the temperatures, they never decompose. It sounds delightful.