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re: Any OT’ ers ever summit Everest?
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:37 pm to Captain Crackysack
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:37 pm to Captain Crackysack
not this year...yet
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Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:40 pm to bigblake
the flight into and out of Lukla was thrilling enough. Took a helicopter back to Lukla from Gorakshep. Wilder ride.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:45 pm to Captain Crackysack
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How much does a guided trip to base camp cost?
If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:47 pm to Captain Crackysack
Cousin did it. She said never again. Almost died. Was not the experience she thought she would get.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:50 pm to ItNeverRains
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Cousin did it. She said never again. Almost died. Was not the experience she thought she would get.
So she summited Everest only to then realize that it was much harder than she expected it to be ?
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:50 pm to Captain Crackysack
No but i know a dude named everest
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:51 pm to TigerGyp
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This post was edited on 1/9/21 at 11:02 am
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:51 pm to Captain Crackysack
I have. One day I hope to summit Driskill Mountain. One day.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:54 pm to Captain Crackysack
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So she summited Everest only to then realize that it was much harder than she expected it to be ?
She’s an idiot. I have no idea what she was expecting but its Frozen Hell not Breckinridge
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:54 pm to Muthsera
To go to base camp it cost me about $1,000 for the guide, sherpa and food and lodging for the week spent hiking. I was required to have travel insurance which was about $100 or $150. And had to fly from Lafayette to Kathmandu which was about $1500 to $2000, don't remember.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:57 pm to Captain Crackysack
Carried a 6’ ladder to the top and climbed that when on the summit.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:57 pm to bigblake
Didn't hike down. Got a chopper to take us back. 20 minute flight saved 3 days of retracing my steps. I had never been on a helicopter before. Pilot was Italian ex-military, he showed off his flying skills.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:59 pm to jimbeam
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One day I hope to summit Driskill Mountain.
Gonna heli ski the back bowl on Monday
Posted on 1/7/21 at 1:25 pm to Captain Crackysack
All of us baw... where you been?
Posted on 1/7/21 at 1:25 pm to Captain Crackysack
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How much does a guided trip to base camp cost?
I looked it up several years ago when my boss at the time did the summit. It was surprisingly cheap (relative to that sort of thing) - I think in the $3500 range. Can't remember how much that included though.
ETA: reading the thread, it's obvious that would have been all-inclusive "package tour for the dilettante" which is all I would have been looking for, and not "roll your own for the competent person".
This post was edited on 1/7/21 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 1/7/21 at 1:40 pm to Captain Crackysack
I went to Tunica Hills once.....
Posted on 1/7/21 at 1:41 pm to Captain Crackysack
Uhh, yeah...all of us... does a bear shite in the woods?
This post was edited on 1/7/21 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 1/7/21 at 2:08 pm to bigblake
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altitude sickness
If I tried to climb Everest, I would definitely suffer from this. I've never been that high before, so I have no history to draw on. Its just that kind of horrible shite would happen to me just to ruin my - and everyone around's - good time.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 2:12 pm to boxcarbarney
My tundra with the 345 dollar for 80 months was doing donuts on top of it
Posted on 1/7/21 at 2:13 pm to TigerGyp
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And had to fly from Lafayette to Kathmandu
That a direct flight or you have to layover in Beaumont?
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