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To: crusty old prospector

Hahaha!

I got to admit… That’s just absolutely crazy. Pretty stupid actually…

I have the movie “Everest“ in 3-D, but when you look at that with all the bottle next that happen when those people died in that one season back in the 90s, I believe… Looking at the picture you can understand why.


23 posted on 06/02/2026 5:56:26 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: rlmorel

You’re right - 1996. I remember that..what a story...I don’t think it was that congested at that time, was it? The focus was on the deaths...Always in May - must be the best time for the climb?

https://www.himalayanrecreation.com/blog/1996-mount-everest-
disaster

We saw the movie you must be referring to at IMAX - my goodness, just the training it took before the trip/climb made me dizzy..I forget where the training was - perhaps Pikes Peak?

Do you think that many climbers might make the mountain TIP OVER? LOL

A terrific book about the climb is “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer - if you like to read, I highly recommend it.

“”In March 1996, Outside Magazine sent me to Nepal to participate in, and write about, a guided ascent of Mount Everest. I went as one of eight clients on an expedition led by a well-known guide from New Zealand named Rob Hall. On May 10 I arrived on top of the mountain, but the summit came at a terrible cost.””


28 posted on 06/02/2026 6:41:12 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: rlmorel

What if you had to drop a deuce?


35 posted on 06/02/2026 10:41:12 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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