re: Climbing Mt Everest - WYDI and WHY??

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I'd rather take a chopper to the top if they offered that, or however far up they fly (base camp?)

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I'd be surprised if a helicopter could get close to that summit. shite, that's airliner cruising altitude. Not enough air to grab for the rotors (this claim is #factcheckfree). I do believe they used helicopters to evacuate people after the avalanche a few years ago...saw it in "Sherpa", a pretty good documentary about the avalanche.

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