re: Watching "The Summit" on Netflix. Anyone else like high altitude climbing?

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It's the altitude pursuit for me

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Gotcha. Had a friend get sick on Denali and another made it.

Another just summited Aconcagua. Those summits and their significance aren't my thing but I love to hear stories.

What happened in 08'? Someone's mountain cabin value crashed?

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Another just summited Aconcagua. Those summits and their significance aren't my thing but I love to hear stories.

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I couldn't be a Seven Summits guy who just paid his way up on the mountains, but if I was going to devote time and money to it I'd think I'd want to achieve a climb of some note for the average person. I don't have any ambition to be an elite mountaineer or anything, although I think it's awesome, I just can't imagine I'd ever be in a position to pursue it with that much dedication.

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But actually, what happened

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Watch the documentary. Its about the deaths of 11 climbers on k2. Its also a fascinating study of how a chain reaction of poor decisions can lead to tragedy.

Sounds interesting, I'll check it out

I like reading,hearing about/ watching other people do it.

But,climbing has never been an option for me because I am sick-scared of heights.

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I just can't imagine I'd ever be in a position to pursue it with that much dedication.

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Living within hours of the mountains is key (obviously) but once you summit that first mountain you're addicted or you're not. It's an awesome high.

Just watched it. Very interesting documentary. It seems to me that they should limit the amount of people that can go up at a time, but i know i little about climbing so that may be a stupid idea

I've done a little climbing, and always had a hankering to try one of the big peaks, but life gets in the way. At this point I'm not willing to make the sacrifice of time and resources to do something like that.