[ContemptofCourt]

About 200 people have died on Everest since the first expeditions in the 1920s. The corpses are stepped over by climbers traveling the most popular routes.

Mr. Inglis, recovering in his Katmandu hotel yesterday, revealed blackened and swollen finger tips, which may be removed soon.

He also suffered injuries to the stumps of his amputated legs caused by the repeated impacts of climbing on prosthetic limbs. His legs were removed below the knee because of frostbite on an expedition in 1982.

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OK, I understand that an exciting life is a life worth living, but there is a limit to that as well....

[Socratic]

I'm sure his heart has been frostbitten for a great many years now.

[mdmathis6]

For some crazy reason...that scene from M. Python and the Holy Grail comes to mind where Arthur keeps hacking off limbs of the Black Knight...who still keeps fighting no matter what !