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Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:14 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Pecker, to really find out if it's for you if fly out here and try Mt. St. Helens.
It's 5 miles and 4500' of gain and as long as you stay away from the cornice's and the edge it's practically impossible to die if you're aware.
You can do it alone and there aren't any crevasses. Don't worry though, you won't be alone.
Just need a permit and you won't know the conditions til you arrive so rent boots/crampons and a pair of snowshoes.
This post was edited on 3/27/18 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:15 pm to Pecker
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:35 pm to ksayetiger
quote:There are companies that run treks just to Everest Base Camp, that are actually pretty affordable.
I want to climb a mountain—not so I can get to the top—cause I want to hang out at base camp. That seems frickin’ fun as shite. You sleep in a colorful tent, you grow a beard, you drink hot chocolate, you walk around, ‘Hey, you going to the top?’ . . . ‘Soon.’
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:39 pm to stat19
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You forgot the $80k-$100k you'll need as well. You can be in the best shape in the world but you're not going up that mountain without funds.
Longish article on Indian climbers of very modest means who impoverish themselves to climb Everest on a shoestring, sometimes with fatal results
LINK
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Ghosh was a 50-year-old police officer from Kolkata, part of a doomed eight-person expedition — four climbers from the Indian state of West Bengal and four Sherpa guides from Nepal — that ran out of time and oxygen near the top of Everest. The four Bengali climbers were eventually abandoned by their guides and left to die. Three did; only one, a 42-year-old woman named Sunita Hazra, survived, as did the guides.
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Ghosh shared an apartment with eight members of his extended family. Paresh Nath, 58, was a one-handed tailor who barely scraped by with his wife and young son. Subhas Paul, 44, drove a small-goods truck and used his father’s pension to pay for his Everest attempt. Hazra was a nurse, married and raising a son.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:43 pm to PCRammer
quote:That's the one thing that has struck me about a lot of outdoor disasters -- experienced, rookie, a-hole, saint, smart, dumb, whatever; Mother Nature doesn't give a shite who you are.
Actually reading this right now...sometimes all the experience in the world can prepare you for the knuckleball, but then that's when the mountain says frick the knuckleball, I'm going to shank a T shot of this dudes temple.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:56 pm to LSUintheNW
I climbed Driskill Mountain and the air was too thin for me way up there
Posted on 3/27/18 at 1:01 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Glad you're safe!
Posted on 3/27/18 at 1:25 pm to tokenBoiler
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Mother Nature doesn't give a shite who you are.
The Mountains Win Again
Posted on 3/27/18 at 2:21 pm to Jim Rockford
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Indian climbers of very modest means who impoverish themselves to climb Everest on a shoestring, sometimes with fatal results
You're not climbing that mountain without some dengi
Posted on 3/27/18 at 2:25 pm to Pecker
So you've never climbed one mountain in your entire life, but you already have Everest in your sights? What could go wrong?
Posted on 3/27/18 at 2:41 pm to Pecker
I heard watching this gif will help?
Posted on 3/27/18 at 3:11 pm to Pecker
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Pecker
Are you getting a team together? If so I would like to join you.
It has been a dream of mine to summit Everest and I’m ready and motivated. 
Posted on 3/27/18 at 5:14 pm to rebeloke
Posted on 3/27/18 at 5:15 pm to Pecker
I watched a Netflix documentary on climbing last night. Mainly on yosemite. Forget the title of doc. But it was very entertaining. That’s all I have to add to this thread
Posted on 3/27/18 at 6:20 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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I climbed Driskill Mountain and the air was too thin for me way up there
I'd advise you South Louisiana boys to come up here a week ahead of time to get acclimated to the altitude at base camp level before taking on Driskill.
Posted on 3/27/18 at 10:38 pm to Lawyers_Guns_Money
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As others have said, start with a lower peak (preferably Rainier) and work your way up. I am on a plan to go for Denali by the time I am 35 (turn 30 in May). Started by summiting Rainier in 2016 and The Grand in 2017. Going for Shasta via Casaval ridge 4 weeks from today. Even these smaller trips require a tremendous amount of preparation and have as many mental challenges as physical challenges. I couldn't imagine going straight for Everest.
OP thinks you're a pussy who can't hack that little bitch Everest.
He will start training now and summit Everest in three years.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 6:30 am to Champagne
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He will start training now and summit Everest in three years.
I just picked up my first set of golf clubs. I expect to be playing in the Masters in 3 years!
This post was edited on 3/28/18 at 6:31 am
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:47 am to Revelator
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I just picked up my first set of golf clubs. I expect to be playing in the Masters in 3 years!
You can do it! I hope you don't die of exposure to the elements somewhere on the 18th Hole. If you do, wear some brightly colored boots, say, purple. That way every year when the Masters is televised, they will show the "Purple Boots Landmark" and you will be practically immortal.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:54 am to Pecker
try to solo climb it
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