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NutmegCT

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Good grief. Is it really necessary for nearly everyone and his uncle to climb the mountain?

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36313139

What are we proving?
 
The climb described in "Into Thin Air" was twenty years ago or so. As a hiker, not a climber, I think training is an important part of the trek. Seems just buying your way there is cheating. The belief of the author is that too many people were promised to summit the mountain and the guys in charge let that promise and money interfere with good judgment. He also suggested that climbers tend to give each other attention, encouragement, and help. These people were told to let the guides do all the work.
 
There are some places that say "You Bring It In, You Take It Out"! That's the way it should be everywhere and be enforced by local authorities. Just sayin. PJ
 
There was a time when I dreamed of climbing Everest. Not any more.


Back then,

Climbers attempted to summit. Nobody expected to summit.

Expeditions were expeditions, not package deals.

Climbers respected the mountain and each other.

Climbers knew just being there and having the opportunity to try was a privilege and an adventure. They weren't out to get their money's worth.

None of the ascent routes looked like a freakin' freeway at rush hour.

Climbers were experienced, passionate mountaineers, not rich guys crossing a bullet point off their bragging list.


I still have respect for the guides that climb skillfully and conduct themselves professionally.

I have tremendous respect and admiration for the Sherpas, the real heros of the mountains.
 
Agreed!
 
That's really cool.
 
None of the ascent routes looked like a freakin' freeway at rush hour.
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Disney World should build an exact replica in Dubai,
with an elevator & free t-shirts (might read: "I got off on the 2900 floor")
 
The Hunt expedition, of which Sir Edmund Hillary was part, was comprised of over 400 people.
 
On a side note,how many people here in the US end up having to be rescued?
I think about the people who have to go & save them.
I think that before you start a climb,you should have proof of insurance,to show
that these people will be reimbursed for their time/expenses involved in any rescue.
 
Looking at those pictures makes for confusion & wonder.
I mean, If it wasn't so dangerous & extreme, it would be down right ridiculous.
kind of like camping out in front of bestbuy at Xmas.

I would bet many of those folks must feel let down & deflated at the end of their trek.
 
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Basil said:
The Hunt expedition, of which Sir Edmund Hillary was part, was comprised of over 400 people.
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If there had somehow been a magical camera taking pictures in the locations in the above photos, there would have been two.
 
Quite a story - check out the 1924 attempt by Irvine and Mallory. Neither returned from the attempt. Mallory's body was found, only a few hundred meters from the summit, in 1999; Irvine's remains not yet discovered.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/lost/mystery/

Andrew Irvine and George Mallory:

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