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I’ve seen reports that some of the people who have died trying to summit Everest are still up there frozen solid, same goes for all the trash that is up there.
I understand why people want to scale Everest, but a good number of people die in the process.
I hate setting out to prove I can do something just for the sake of doing it, and then Death shows up and says “Fail”.
“a 58-year-old Indian woman who said before her expedition that she had a pacemaker”
In all seriousness, shouldn’t she have consulted her cardiologist before attempting something so physically challenging?
Very sad
“Suzanne Leopoldina Jesus, from Maharashtra, was on a mission to become the first Asian woman on a pacemaker to scale Mount Everest.”
11 dead this season as of yesterday including Sherpas. Another 2 missing and presumed dead.
If you have enough money, you can find a guide to pull you up Everest and down it regardless of your climbing ability (if any at all).
Everest has become a joke for the narcissistic rich.
People who die climbing Mt. Everest get a Darwin Award along with a post humus stupidity badge. But the Nepali guy. He was trying to make a living.
The latest fatalities were a 58-year-old Indian woman who said before her expedition that she had a pacemaker,How much of a big deal is it when a 58-year-old woman with a pacemaker can do it?
Once you get above 8000 meters you’re in the death zone.
from wiki
In mountaineering, the death zone refers to altitudes above a certain point where the pressure of oxygen is insufficient to sustain human life for an extended time span. This point is generally tagged as 8,000 m (26,000 ft, less than 356 millibars [10.5 inHg; 5.16 psi] of atmospheric pressure).[1] The concept was conceived in 1953 by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, a Swiss doctor, who called it the lethal zone.[2] All 14 peaks above 8000 m in the death zone are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram of Asia.
Many deaths in high-altitude mountaineering have been caused by the effects of the death zone, either directly by loss of vital functions or indirectly by wrong decisions made under stress, or physical weakening leading to accidents. An extended stay above 8,000 m (26,000 ft) without supplementary oxygen will result in deterioration of bodily functions and death.
My brother reached the summit of Mt. McKinley. Although it’s about two miles lower than Everest, it is difficult to climb, and he was the only member of his team to get to the top. It can only be climbed a few weeks of the year.
The “Into Thin Air” story continues. That mountain is VERY good at killing people.
Impressive. 🤡
These are adults who go into this well aware of the risks, and have to pay big money to do so. Many experienced climbers die on Everest too.
I attempted Everest in 2002. Prior to that, I’ve been up Denali, Vinson, Aconcagua, Elbrus, and Kilimanjaro. We did not summit Everest on two separate attempts due to weather.
Aside from the adventure and the accomplishment, climbing above 20,000 feet is not a fun experience. Along with the fatigue, my attempts and ascents on Everest, Aconcagua, and Denali were accompanied by entire weeks of skull-splitting headaches. This is not a sport for tourists.
There’s far too many unfit amateurs that inhabit this sport — many with way more money than sense…
Personally, if I had enough money to climb Everest (and pay the Sherpas), I’d rather buy a Tesla and keep it in my garage.
Either way it sends the SAME MESSAGE, which is that I am better than you, and I can PROVE IT.
FYI