Posted on 10/05/2025 9:16:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
NOT a place to FAFO.
If Democrats were a thing in the area, they would fund rescue teams to “Stand by”.
My opinion is to let people live or die by their own choices. This isn’t a hurricane, tornado or flood. When people decide to go climb Everest, they should know the only rescue or help is coming from volunteers.
I can’t imagine the cost of saving these mostly wealthy people. Of course I am assuming that people working for a living, and making under $100K a year, are taking time off to “play” in Nepal.
“ My opinion is to let people live or die by their own choices. This isn’t a hurricane, tornado or flood. When people decide to go climb Everest, they should know the only rescue or help is coming from volunteers.”
Oh they know. They go through enough paperwork prior to making the trek. What’s stupid to me is having so many people on the mountain at one time. It’s already a death trap. One mistake doesn’t just kill you, it can kill a bunch of people who aren’t even in your climbing party.
Are these 1K tourists or more likely 1K residents of that area? If they are mostly tourists, one would think there accumulated numbers should be known, so that a set number is not greatly exceeded.
I don’t mountain climb, so I don’t know how realistic my idea is. Is anyone keeping count of all the outsiders crawling around that mountain range?
That’s a dangerous place to be stuck in for a long period.
Class action Darwin award incoming.
Mountain Climbing
Bull Fighting and
Auto Racing.
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The Three True Sports.
At 4900 metres they were at the base of the mountain, not climbing.
Never go to the Tibetan side.
Had the same sense of a THOUSAND people on the damn mountain.
You know nothing about the expenses related to Mt. Everest climbs.
“The Wisdom of Crowds”
What Is Mount Everest Season?
Yes, there are 365 days in a year. But only a handful of those days produce calm, clear, and (relatively) warm enough weather on the summit of Mount Everest for humans to exist. And the only time when the top of Mount Everest consistently experiences multiple days of these conditions—what climbers call a “weather window”—is in mid to late May. During a typical year, a few weather windows may occur during this brief stretch.
That’s why, in the international mountaineering world, late April through May is known as “Mount Everest Season.” It’s when climbers arrive in Base Camp, complete their acclimatization hikes onto the mountain, and then push for the top.
According to The Himalayan Database, a website that tracks Himalayan climbing in Nepal, May 23 is the most popular date for reaching the summit. Since 1950, 1,712 climbers have reached the top of Mount Everest on that date. May 21 is the next busiest day with 1,487 successful summits ...
... Some climbers have scaled Mount Everest in the fall, when a shorter weather window sometimes opens up. But the finicky weather usually makes for a shorter window. According to Bierling, only 287 climbers have ever reached the top in the fall.
“The weather window is just too small in the fall,” Bierling said. “The monsoon is sometimes dragging on, and then the Jet Stream hits Everest earlier than other 8,000-meter peaks because it’s higher.”
But of course the lack of suitable days to climb Mount Everest is what creates those dramatic photos of traffic jams on the peak—hundreds of climbers are pushing for the top at exactly the same time. If you were to snap a photo in the same location a day later, the trail might be empty....
At Riverside no less !
Not an inexpensive bucket list item.
dumba55es. All so they can brag to people back home.
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