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re: Everest is a clusterfrick right now UPDATE: now 4 dead in 4 days
Posted on 5/23/16 at 10:51 am to Pettifogger
Posted on 5/23/16 at 10:51 am to Pettifogger
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Two deaths from one expedition company is going to be scrutinized heavily
dont forget the husband of the dead woman is still fighting for his life in a hospital from fluid in his lungs.
he's lucky he had some sherpas to haul his arse back down.
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Posted on 5/23/16 at 10:52 am to CAD703X
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he's lucky he had some sherpas to haul his arse back down.
Some of the baddest people on the planet.
I can go into a sherpa wikipedia rabbit hole and not come out for hours.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:00 am to TheCaterpillar
Follow @adrianballinger and @coryrichards on Insta. They are the two climbers responsible for #everestnofilter.
They begin their summit push in about 4 hours.
Adrian -
They begin their summit push in about 4 hours.
Adrian -
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I'm not a wordy guy at 8300meters/27,000 feet. @coryrichards and I made it to the highest camp on the planet. It hurt a lot. We leave at 10 pm for our #everest summit push. A lot of bullshite is going on around us - stolen oxygen bottles, poached tents, climbers taking it too close to the edge. We're going to do our best to keep our ascent attempt clean, succeed or fail. #everestnofilter #everest2016
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:00 am to NYNolaguy1
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The real problem is the Sherpas. I am glad they are there to help people and to make money in a relatively poor Asian country, but they almost always end up babysitting and holding people's hand to get to the top, create rope lines, secure foot/hand holds...
Yeah the western expedition leaders that are bringing all the blue blood douches are a big part of this problem. The Sherpas delivering hot face towels and tea to their tents at base camp looked like British colonial India in the 1800s. These folks are "roughing it" with servants waiting on them hand and foot.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:06 am to Rize
The death rate for Everest is about 4%. The death rate for Annapurna is 41%.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:14 am to Sisyphus
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Sisyphus
appropriate that you weigh in on this thread
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:26 am to CAD703X
UPDATE: 4th person died in 4 days now
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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.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:31 am to CAD703X
Lol Everest is not a non-accomplishment, Denali is not in the death zone. People die up there, Everest is not an environment humans can sustain.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:34 am to Jim Rockford
Thanks for the link.
I had heard that McKinley was a really tall climb, but didn't realize its base was at sea level.
I had heard that McKinley was a really tall climb, but didn't realize its base was at sea level.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:34 am to CAD703X
The summit of Mount Everest currently has 200 dead bodies on it, most of them just moved to the side and left where they died.
Make that 204 now.
Make that 204 now.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:48 am to Count Chocula
everest is trashy as frick. not exactly a protected marvel of nature
This post was edited on 5/23/16 at 11:50 am
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:55 am to CAD703X
Go rest hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh on that mountain, son your wooooooooooork on earth is done
Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:56 am to HamzooReb
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Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:59 am to Jim Rockford
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K2 and Annapurna
Neither one is anything to frick with, by all accounts
Posted on 5/23/16 at 12:00 pm to HamzooReb
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Can't wait to climb Everest one day
I've been acquainted with two people who have summitted - one has had health issues since, and one's in prison.
Be careful what you wish for.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 12:03 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Neither one is anything to frick wit
Neither is Wu-Tang
Posted on 5/23/16 at 12:09 pm to CAD703X
Looks like they need a loop around the summit
Posted on 5/23/16 at 12:50 pm to tigerpimpbot
seriously? they can't rig a ski lift gondola up this bitch so they can take out the trash?
...oh that ruins the tourist dollars.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 1:03 pm to CAD703X
I can't take the winter in South LA. Why someone would pay 50K to climb Everest is beyond me. F That
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