(Snicker, snicker)
Posted on 05/25/2019 3:35:46 AM PDT by C19fan
Sorry (Bet me to it) See post 21
(Snicker, snicker)
I took a rock climbing class in college as a gym credit. It was fun and challenging for a 20 year old. The rappelling down was wildly fun and exciting. Now I still enjoy hiking, solitude, and great views, but nothing more challenging than the occasional friction climb. What I’m saying is, I understand some of the thrill, but I guess my priorities are vastly different. The thought of the expense, risks, and crowd has zero appeal to me. Now, give me a warm sunny day, empty road, full gas tank, and my Harley... That’s a risk I’d enjoy every day of the week...
Besides the climb victory I’d be the 1st one wearing the James Cagney mask for the “Top of the world Ma!” yell.
"Moms, why did Daddy have to die?"
"Because he was a selfish dumbass, Sweety."
“US climber Don Cash died on Wednesday after being delayed in a bottleneck of climbers during his descent. Cash, 55, fell ill close to the summit and was being helped down by two Sherpas when he collapsed again while waiting in a queue for two hours to descend the Hillary step, a well-known chokepoint”
People are dying of altitude sickness because they’re having to spend so long waiting in lines at extreme altitude. Sherpas can’t get experienced climbers down to lower altitude fast enough due to the congestion of climbers. I have to wonder if people are being told how long the wait is to go up & then down so they understand how long they will have to endure not just the wind & cold but the lack of oxygen.
It seems like there’s criminal negligence on the part of the various group organizers on the scene there.
I once walked from 8,000 to 10,000 ft and suffered from Ox deprivation... yes, starting a climb at 18,000 feet is definitely still climbing a mountain.
Well, there is a quick way down.
Oh the irony...
I didn’t know there was an elevator up to the Everest base camp. I thought the climbers had to walk up there.
Ya’ learn something every day here at FR.
It's all about money.
“It’s all about money.”
Sure
It would be like if I took the elevator in a 100-story skyscraper to the 67th floor and walked up the stairs the rest of the way to the top. Could I then say that I climbed that skyscraper?
From the nearest ocean to Mt. Everest is about 430 miles in a straight line, and much farther to walk there. Starting at sea level isn't really an option.
Also, climbers don't get to base camp by limousine. They typically walk there from much lower altitudes as part of the conditioning and acclimatization process.
Lol
The facts are well-publicized. I don't think one more "warning label" will make a difference. A spectacular, multi-dozen fatality week might, though.
Clint having a beer in Arizona.
The way it’s usually been done is for the climbers to acclimate themselves by trekking in to the base camp, a hike of over 100 miles. To put it in perspective, excluding Alaska, there’s no mountain in the United States that even gets up to 15,000 feet, so just getting to Everest base camp takes a climber higher than he’d ever go in the Continental US.
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.
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