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re: Everest is a clusterfrick right now UPDATE: now 4 dead in 4 days
Posted on 5/22/16 at 11:35 pm to Langland
Posted on 5/22/16 at 11:35 pm to Langland
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Is there a base camp only option?
A number of companies offer base camp treks. Base camp itself has a lot of amenities emblematic of the overcrowding issue we've talked about, such as an internet cafe and a medical clinic. OTOH it sits at 17600 feet, so you must train even for a base camp trek. By comparison, Mt Whitney, the highest peak in the continental US, is just under 15000 feet.
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Posted on 5/22/16 at 11:37 pm to Langland
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Is there a base camp only option? I would go and eat pancakes every morning and watch these nutts die one by one while adjusting the telescope with my buttery Aunt Jemima fingers.
I wanna walk around the base camp in some coarse canvas pants and boots, with a bottle of syrup in one hand, a bottle of bourbon in the other, and my chest hair rippling in the frigid breeze.
What would it cost to develop that reputation?
I'll pay it.
Posted on 5/22/16 at 11:54 pm to Jim Rockford
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OTOH it sits at 17600
I've been to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado before (little over 14000 ft). I couldn't stay outside for longer than 10 minutes because of how extremely cold and windy it was. I bought a hot chocolate that instantly cooled upon walking outside. Everest is what, 29000 ft? Over twice as high. I can't imagine trekking that.
Posted on 5/22/16 at 11:56 pm to Jim Rockford
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Nobody has learned anything. It's not the most difficult nor most dangerous mountain, but it's too popular and too easy to get to. It attracts people who have no business being there.
Exactly right. David Breshear's, the guy behind the Everest Imax film, made a documentary for PBS Frontline a few years ago called Storm of Everest about the 1996 disaster. They made the exact same point about the fact that it is not difficult climbing by rock climbing standards. However, the extreme conditions and build up of climbers causing delays can always lead to problems. I would highly suggest watching it if you want a really interesting take on Everest and ethics of survive and rescue tactics on the mountain.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 12:03 am to BoomerJam
I watched a playoff game from the 600 level of the dome.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 12:10 am to Jim Rockford
One of my friend's dads attempted in the early 80s. Said he trained for two years as often as possible and still didn't make it. After watching these shows, it seems like every Tom, Dick, and Harry with a few thousand extra dollars tries it nowadays
Posted on 5/23/16 at 12:11 am to Hammertime
Some people are genetically better suited to altitude than others. Physical conditioning only takes you so far. If your body says no more, that's that.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 12:33 am to Jim Rockford
I drove my truck up a mountain in Arizona to around 10k IIRC. You can definitely feel the altitude and it took me about 30 minutes of relaxing to get acclimated since I'm usually underwater
The water bottles I had in my truck were doing all kinds of weird shite
The water bottles I had in my truck were doing all kinds of weird shite
This post was edited on 5/23/16 at 12:34 am
Posted on 5/23/16 at 1:22 am to CAD703X
I have zero fricking sympathy for people killed on Everest, in fact, I hate wasting my time reading about people killed on Everest.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 1:50 am to LSUsmartass
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i have zero fricking sympathy for people killed on Everest, in fact, I hate wasting my time reading about people killed on Everest.
In the spirit of saving time going forward, do you mind beginning all your posts with
***Spoiler Alert*** Shitty post below, read at your own risk
Thanks.
(You don't have to put the thanks, that was me thanking you for doing us that courtesy)
Posted on 5/23/16 at 4:40 am to LSUsmartass
OK. Gotcha. You're a tough guy. Move on.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 5:31 am to X123F45
For all you badasses that "just wanna do base camp," 4th person in 4 days has just died. He died of altitude sickness at base camp.
LINK
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Subash Paul, 44, died at Base Camp II from altitude sickness, according to Wangchu Sherpa, Managing Director of Trekking Camp Nepal. Paul was part of a team (consisting of four Indian climbers and four Sherpas)
LINK
This post was edited on 5/23/16 at 5:36 am
Posted on 5/23/16 at 5:59 am to auzach91
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snapchat for two guys climbing it right now. Pretty fricking awesome.
I've been following them as well on snapchat. Have they made any mention of these deaths? I can't recall them saying anything on snapchat. Think maybe they aren't told about deaths to keep morale up?
Posted on 5/23/16 at 6:12 am to CAD703X
They should probably only allow people who pass some physical tests attempt to climb, and not just any idiot with money. Might break the log jam.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 6:50 am to Langland
No one has mentioned the North Face.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 6:58 am to Ingeniero
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If you take on climbing Everest you should have to sign something saying you're aware no money will be spent on a rescue party.
Everyone already understands that. It's Nepal, not the US.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 6:58 am to jordan21210
I've been following them as well. And for the other posters who haven't heard of "everestnofilter" yet, these dudes are summiting the north force withOUT supplemental oxygen.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 6:59 am to RollTide1987
I believe Meru is actually tougher to summit than k2. I watched that documentary and IIRC only 3 climbers have ever summoned that mountain and they had previously done k2 and Everest several times.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 7:00 am to SuperSaint
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might go climb monkey hill tomorrow. I'll report back on the weather up there
Did you make it?
Posted on 5/23/16 at 7:01 am to IT_Dawg
Base camp is roughly 3,000 feet higher then I have ever been. I hiked up a 14er in Colorado last year and that last 1,000 feet or so just about did me in. I had to stop every 50-75 feet to catch my breath on the final ascent.
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