re: That Mount Everest traffic jam last May and the eleven dead bodies

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Is it really worth it...? I'd rather wait in line at Everest in Animal Kingdom, at least I won't die...

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I've done some exhilarating stuff outdoors, but that pic doesn't look like anything I'd want to do, just an exercise in breathing, or not being able to

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What about Popeye's?

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which one has the higher odds of dying? Everest or Popeyes?

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There are too many people with money and egos climbing who lack the skills and physical attributes to be on the mountain.

If you ever get a chance go and see Beck Weathers speak. He'll explain what an a-hole he was and how he had to fill his ego.

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And Weathers had over a decade of experience and training.

Isnt it already? I've heard they use them as markers already.

Yeah, I'd have kicked that woman off the ladder after pissing on her hands.

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There should be some sort of mountain qualification before attempting everest. Too many people with more money than climbing skills.

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Negative..

This is the Darwin Olympics

It should be televised.

I wouldnt want to stand in that line in a climate controlled facility, much less do it in a place that my body is trying to quit wor king

At this point the best thing they can do is limit the number of people who climb it on a daily basis.

But that’ll never happen because of the money tied to the tourism.

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The problem is the guides more than the climbers. They are willing to allow ill prepared climbers to attempt a summit for the right price and they are the ones who should really know better.

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That's their source of income. Guides are basically there to help ill prepared people do stuff they could never do on their own.

The climbers are wealthy people looking to throw money at poor guides to get up the mountain. If Guide A won't take them, they'll offer more money to Guide B, who will.

One of the things about Everest, you can make all the right choices and still die up there. Too many people don't understand that because they don't live in a world where those consequences are real and permanent. You can't buy your way out of a freak storm when you're stuck at 28,000 feet.

I am looking at pictures and it doesn't look like there is any room for traffic to fit both ways all the way near the top. Not sure how they navigate that.

Do they go down the other side?