still dying on Mt Everest

[harmonica]

People are REALLY stupid.

add the effect of oxygen deprivation and you'll definitely get very stupid thinking [ lack of ]

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

They’ll all thaw out and come back to life with all of the global warming.

 

[xband]

People who climb Mt. Everest are just plain stupid. I climbed to the bottom of Grand Canyon and back out and the Grand Canyon is on a killing spree as I write.

 

[Claudette]

I watched a documentary about the bodies still on Everest. People will actually use them as landmarks to help their climb.

Yup and there are loads of bodies on that mountain. Some have been there since the 40's.



Pretty good video of the bodies.

 

[harmonica]

humans = warm blooded and need oxygen

 

[initforme]

Well either one does a quick death there or a slow death in the godforsaken rat race here. Same end result.

 

[harmonica]

Well either one does a quick death there or a slow death in the godforsaken rat race here. Same end result.

if they fall
freezing and Oxygen deprivation is slow....
...the one guy had a pregnant wife, just like the guy who died in 1996...this seems ''selfish''/dumb

 

[Theowl32]

Lol

 

[Unkotare]

..they died in 1996 because of a bottleneck also
the humans become fixated/obsessed to the point of insanity
....one of the deaths in 1996 was one climber that didn't make it on a previous trip--so it seems he had no business trying this dangerous quest
British Climber Dies on Everest as Traffic Jam’s Toll Rises to 10
1996 Mount Everest disaster - Wikipedia

Idiots self-selecting themselves out of the gene pool. Maybe we need more mountains.

 

[Unkotare]

I saw a photo of the traffic jam going up. It is unbelievable.

Here it is, taken May, 2019

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You can just make out the Starbucks up there at the top.

 

[Unkotare]

Make stupid choices. I already know my sea-level ass would probably explode up that high, so fuck that!

You don't have to get anywhere near that high up to suffer from altitude sickness if you're out of shape/unprepared/naturally susceptible.

 

[my2¢]

.....in the book Into Thin Air, the head of the guide company offered one of the men who died--- on his second try--- a discount because he did not make it the first time-----------both died
[ if I recall correctly ]

Thank-you harmonica. As I was reading through the posts I was tying to recall the name of that particular book which I read many years ago. .

 

[harmonica]

.....in the book Into Thin Air, the head of the guide company offered one of the men who died--- on his second try--- a discount because he did not make it the first time-----------both died
[ if I recall correctly ]

Thank-you harmonica. As I was reading through the posts I was tying to recall the name of that particular book which I read many years ago. .

yes, it is very well written ..I recommend it to all ..Into Thin Air

 

[SweetSue92]

I have been fascinated with the Mt Everest climb for years...probably because, honestly, I'm terrified of heights, so I don't understand what drives people to do it, but find it interesting. Read the Krakauer book and like harmonica, highly recommended.

When you get into the death zone you have only a certain amount of hours to summit and get out because you are dying up there. Even with oxygen, your body is shutting down. Seeing that line...horrifying.

 

[SweetSue92]

Make stupid choices. I already know my sea-level ass would probably explode up that high, so fuck that!

You don't have to get anywhere near that high up to suffer from altitude sickness if you're out of shape/unprepared/naturally susceptible.

Base camp is 17,600 feet. I repeat: BASE CAMP is 17,600 feet. When people get back from the summit they feel like this is oxygen-rich air. !!!!

On the other hand, my neighbor started hallucinating in the Rockies at about 12,000 feet. Ascended too fast, and we are flatlanders.

 

[Blues Man]

What does it matter?

All these people made their own choices and paid their money to go.

 

[SweetSue92]

What does it matter?

All these people made their own choices and paid their money to go.

I believe some Sherpas have died attempting to rescue them, not to mention the cost of the rescues themselves....notably Beck Weathers, rescued by helicopter.

It's one thing to put your own life in danger, knowingly, but another expecting others to put theirs in danger rescuing you.

 

[Blues Man]

What does it matter?

All these people made their own choices and paid their money to go.

I believe some Sherpas have died attempting to rescue them, not to mention the cost of the rescues themselves....notably Beck Weathers, rescued by helicopter.

It's one thing to put your own life in danger, knowingly, but another expecting others to put theirs in danger rescuing you.

The Sherpas are also making their own choice to be there. They want the money the climbers bring.

As far as search and rescue that's the government's responsibility and I do think that there should be no rescue attempts in the death zone unless the climber either pays a very large deposit or has some kind of insurance to cover the costs

 

[harmonica]

I have been fascinated with the Mt Everest climb for years...probably because, honestly, I'm terrified of heights, so I don't understand what drives people to do it, but find it interesting. Read the Krakauer book and like harmonica, highly recommended.

When you get into the death zone you have only a certain amount of hours to summit and get out because you are dying up there. Even with oxygen, your body is shutting down. Seeing that line...horrifying.

....thanks for pointing out the oxygen deal.....yes, the body --and mind!! --is taking a ''beating'' for days/weeks trying to acclimate and climb --not just the hours from Camp 4 to the top
...Scott Fischer was an extremely strong, experienced guide on the 1996 expedition and for those who did not read the book, they say he might have been suffering from problems concerning oxygen deprivation of ascending and descending Everest so many times

 

[petro]

I saw a photo of the traffic jam going up. It is unbelievable.

Here it is, taken May, 2019

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You can just make out the Starbucks up there at the top.

Maybe build one of those stupid Oxygen Bars I saw in Vegas, they would finally have a legit purpose and a complete monopoly.