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re: Climbing Mt Everest - WYDI and WHY??
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:29 pm to foshizzle
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:29 pm to foshizzle
When someone brings all your gear to base camp for you and you never physically touch the mountain with your own flesh, you can't call it climbing.
Hiking Everest is a gnarly feat but I like to hike my own gear up to base, set my camp, cook my own food then hike up again to the routes. Place my own gear and feel the actual rock with my own digits.
Accomplishment has many differing opinions and I prefer mine.
Hiking Everest is a gnarly feat but I like to hike my own gear up to base, set my camp, cook my own food then hike up again to the routes. Place my own gear and feel the actual rock with my own digits.
Accomplishment has many differing opinions and I prefer mine.
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Posted on 1/17/18 at 7:22 pm to HollyWoodCole
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When someone brings all your gear to base camp for you and you never physically touch the mountain with your own flesh, you can't call it climbing.
I do know that on Rainier I carried a 70lb pack with not only all my own gear but my share of team gear on top of that.
And we practiced crevasse rescue during which I was definitely touching the mountain with my own flesh.
So far as Everest goes, there are many routes and I'm guessing you are thinking of the popular guided routes, which do have Sherpa assistance whereas others do not. But even those have sections like:
Hillary Step
Lhotse Face
The latter, btw, is a 2000 foot climb up a slope around 60-70 degrees. That isn't a day hike.
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