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re: Would you climb Mt Everest if someone paid your way?
Posted on 5/1/17 at 5:31 am to theantiquetiger
Posted on 5/1/17 at 5:31 am to theantiquetiger
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I don't think there is much (or any) rock climbing associated with it.
Kids these days.
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Posted on 5/1/17 at 6:38 am to jdd48
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Everest is not known to be a super technical climb, but it's quite a bit more than just strolling up an extremely large hill.
It depends on the route up the mountain. There are routes up Everest that are extremely technical. The Kangshung Face looks pretty vertical to me.
This post was edited on 5/1/17 at 6:48 am
Posted on 5/1/17 at 6:52 am to LanierSpots
In it's truest sense that isn't rock climbing. It is ice climbing and mountaineering. This is rock climbing 
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:02 am to LanierSpots
quote:Damn that looks like fun.
Kids these days.
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:03 am to theantiquetiger
No.
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:16 am to theantiquetiger
So y'all are telling me there's a lot of hookers and blow up there.
This post was edited on 5/1/17 at 7:29 am
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:18 am to theantiquetiger
no to everest
yes to space
yes to space
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:23 am to theantiquetiger
If rather rock climb something big. Something in Patagonia preferably.
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:25 am to Walking the Earth
If someone paid for it, and I had some time to realistically train, I would give it a go.
Since I did not pay for it, I would not feel that intense pressure to summit, so I would not push it for bad weather and whatnot.
Since I did not pay for it, I would not feel that intense pressure to summit, so I would not push it for bad weather and whatnot.
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:25 am to HippieTiger
Looks like rope climbing..
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:28 am to jeffsdad
yeah ropes are definitely involved but that doesn't make it rock climbing. not to take anything away from these dudes; that shite is hard.. however it's mainly fixed systems and sherpas risking more than anyone else to get the wealthy folks up the mountain to take their summit pic
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:31 am to HippieTiger
How do these guys deal with having to take dumps on the way up?
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:42 am to theantiquetiger
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I don't think there is much (or any) rock climbing associated with it. I think it's just walking up a big arse, dangerous hill, with a bunch of sketchy passes you must transverse. (I maybe wrong here)
Technically...you are right...not much "rock climbing"...more like this:
I'm taking the space option in this scenario.
Posted on 5/1/17 at 7:44 am to theantiquetiger
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I think it is something like $150K to climb Everest.
You mean these people pay 150k to come that close to death? I always figured it was free, sans whatever equipment you needed to bring.
Posted on 5/1/17 at 8:05 am to Bunk Moreland
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How do these guys deal with having to take dumps on the way up?
On summit day, it's really not an issue because your digestive tract isn't working normally. However, while in the high camps, you pretty much just find a place (tent) to squat behind. Interesting enough, because of the extreme cold shite doesn't really breakdown - the sherpas have to shlep all the sewage to a nearby dumping area.
I was watching a special on Everest wherein this guy caught some stomach flu. He basically got the runs midway through summit day. He was nearly doubled over in pain trying not to shite. The guide told him "you have two options: shite yourself on the way down, or shite yourself right now and make the summit."
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He made the summit.
Posted on 5/1/17 at 8:12 am to Clames
And the people that die stay there so everyone else trying walks past them
Posted on 5/1/17 at 8:14 am to theantiquetiger
Fck no! I might would take the trip to go up to the low base camp just to say I did it and get to visit in that part of the world.
I flew up to the base camp and hung out and hour or so on Mt McKinley and that whole idea of hiking your arse off in cold weather and all of the shite that goes with it doesn't appeal to me
I flew up to the base camp and hung out and hour or so on Mt McKinley and that whole idea of hiking your arse off in cold weather and all of the shite that goes with it doesn't appeal to me
Posted on 5/1/17 at 8:16 am to theantiquetiger
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Would you climb Mt Everest if someone paid your way?
absolutely with zero hesitation
Posted on 5/1/17 at 8:16 am to SuperSaint
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are you honestly this retard?
He's actually not far off. Most of the sections you actually climb now have ladders. There's little actual climbing involved. You still use ropes to arrest falls and what not however.
The main dangers on Everest have more to do with ice and altitude, not actual climbing.
Now if we were talking about K2, that's a different conversation all together.
Posted on 5/1/17 at 8:17 am to HippieTiger
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yeah ropes are definitely involved but that doesn't make it rock climbing. not to take anything away from these dudes; that shite is hard.. however it's mainly fixed systems and sherpas risking more than anyone else to get the wealthy folks up the mountain to take their summit pic
This.
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