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Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:46 pm to tduecen
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Yes
to the top no
The most dangerous section of the mountain is at the bottom.
The Khumbu Icefall
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:46 pm to VABuckeye
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That isn't the case with Everest.
K2, Nanga Parbat, Annapurna, Gasherbrum IV and Kanchenjunga, yes.
Gasherbrum IV has been summited by less than 15 people.
This is nothing against your post but people go nuts over Everest when it just doesn't stack up against the truly difficult mountains to climb in the world. The inexperience of the people now climbing Everest is the biggest problem with climbing the mountain.
No mention of Gasherbrum VI?
That's got to be the toughest in the world, IMO
ETA: I can't find any summit info on google. Has nobody done it? I remember reading about it being nearly impossible to do but this was 10-15 years ago.
This post was edited on 4/12/15 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:48 pm to foshizzle
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Rainier
Killed Willi Unsoeld.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:51 pm to Adam4LSU
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No mention of Gasherbrum VI?
My bad on that one. It has not been climbed.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:52 pm to VABuckeye
This is all I could find on a summit attempt:
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The route began with slopes of about 55º-60°, and gradually became steeper. We stayed close to the rock to avoid possible avalanches and to try to find good protection. As a consequence, we found some mixed-climbing steps on precarious rock. We mostly simul-climbed, but sometimes belayed from pitons, ice screws, or snow stakes. Cams would have been mostly useless in the rotten rock. We stopped about 60m below the east ridge. At that point we were climbing 70° ice, and above us a narrow ice couloir led to vertical rotten rock. The only way to pass this was to climb vertical snow on either side. This loose powder must have blown over the ridge and plastered the face; protection was virtually impossible. We also could see that the east ridge had many large and overhanging cornices. Maybe it could be done by someone keen to accept these risks, but not by us.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:03 pm to BooDreaux
Would I? Sure
could I? Doubt it
could I? Doubt it
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:10 pm to chRxis
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i get what you are saying, but sex is a biological need..... climbing a fricking mountain, isn't....
There are certain things people are driven to accomplish. Everyone should have something like this in their life.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:21 pm to BooDreaux
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Would You Climb Mount Everest?
frick no. It sucks just climbing out of bed in the morning.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:25 pm to BooDreaux
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Might be the most physically challenging feat on Earth.
K2. The climb is known as a "mountain on top of a mountain".
In regards to Everest, I'd like to, but not sure if I could and if it would be worth it...especially at that price. With a fiancee and (hopefully) a future family ahead of me, it just isn't worth it. However, I do know a New Orleanian that reached the summit.
This post was edited on 4/12/15 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:40 pm to VABuckeye
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The most dangerous section of the mountain is at the bottom.
The Khumbu Icefall
Just this year the main route was redirected to skirt the edges of the KI.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:43 pm to Stacked
wonder what color they are. i could take a guess based on the sagging pants.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:43 pm to BooDreaux
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Cost starts at $65,000
I'd take the money instead
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:58 pm to Captain Crown
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Cost starts at $65,000
From what I was told 10+ years ago, this didn't include flights and possibly accommodations.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 6:19 pm to foshizzle
Foshizzle- Can't copy and paste your section on falling down rainier for some reason, but these show a few of the sections that were concerning. The pic with the loan climber shows the section we had to shorten our rope teams to only 7-10 foot intervals. Had we stayed with longer intervals, one person falling would have pulled everyone off the mountian due to the angle and how much momentum a novice climber would have created not being good at self arresting. All of these were climbed at night with headlamps in 25-40 mile an hour winds.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 6:40 pm to tigers win2
I wouldn't because I'm not a complete idiot.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 7:14 pm to BooDreaux
There are some previous comments about most mountaineering fatalities taking place on descent. I think Ed Viesturs (sp?) sums it up rather succinctly, “The mountain decides whether you climb or not. The art of mountaineering is knowing when to go, when to stay, and when to retreat.”
He has summited all 14 of the world's 8,000(+) meter peaks without using supplemental oxygen. He has summited Everest several times, and turned back several more times. Once, I believe he was within two or three hundred meters of the summit. But he had reached the time he knew he had to start descending by, so he ejected. His explanation was something to the effect of, "Summiting is optional, descending is mandatory."
I've summited three easy 14,000' peaks in CO (Elbert, Torrey's and Long). I cannot imagine how grueling Everest or the more technical Himalayan peaks must be.
He has summited all 14 of the world's 8,000(+) meter peaks without using supplemental oxygen. He has summited Everest several times, and turned back several more times. Once, I believe he was within two or three hundred meters of the summit. But he had reached the time he knew he had to start descending by, so he ejected. His explanation was something to the effect of, "Summiting is optional, descending is mandatory."
I've summited three easy 14,000' peaks in CO (Elbert, Torrey's and Long). I cannot imagine how grueling Everest or the more technical Himalayan peaks must be.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:01 pm to White Roach
I would love to do it if I knew beforehand that I would still be alive afterwards.
So in other words frick that shite
So in other words frick that shite
This post was edited on 4/12/15 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:04 pm to BooDreaux
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Would You Climb Mount Everest?
If I fount it, I'd mount it.
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