[Travel] all this Mount Everest shennannigans....wtf

[Dorset Seagull]

Probably EBC 1 at around 6300 metres.

Not sure as its the wifes friend and you know how useless women are when it comes to heights

 

[sully]

Jon Krakauer has got a lot to answer for!

Why him? He pointed out how stupid it all was, surely?

 

[Geestar]

People doing something they want....what is this world coming too

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[Juan Albion]

I'm going to do it someday, but I'm waiting until they put in a cable car to the top like they are planning for Kilimanjaro. None of this climbing nonsense.

 

[dingodan]

Haven't checked the validity but...

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"We're gonna need a bigger mountain."

 

[dingodan]

I'm going to do it someday, but I'm waiting until they put in a cable car to the top like they are planning for Kilimanjaro. None of this climbing nonsense.

& a slide down

 

[Weststander]

The problem is that it’s become a tourist route like the famous Alps peaks can be, too. The “climbing” isn’t technical and there’s too many up there who couldn’t survive or get near the summit without their guides.

I’ve seen people on the Matterhorn like dogs on leads. No real achievement as far as I can see, which is why I never had the desire to climb Everest. Far too dangerous for real climbers with all the tourists around!

Literally frightening to see the packed queue of climbers each April/May on the final cornice covered arête. Certain death from a slip either side, many thousands of feet below into Nepal or Tibet.

 

[Palacefinder General]

Why him? He pointed out how stupid it all was, surely?

Perversely quite the opposite as far as I'm aware, although I imagine most of those subsequently drawn to Everest as a result only did the base camp trek, as did two friends of mine after reading his book.

 

[southstandandy]

I feel sorry for the rescue teams either having to risk 'their own' lives to saves these numpties, or indeed go up to retrieve the bodies.

 

[bhafc99]

Surely only a matter of time before the ****ing Instagram bloggers start doing this ****ing hand-holding shot bollocks up there.

I actually saw a couple do this in the i360 the other week for real. Followed by the 'make a heart shape with your fingers' one too. I nearly puked on the spot.

Get ready Everest, these ***** are surely on their way....

 

[knocky1]

Took photos all the way up and all the way down. They just couldn’t get them on Instagram.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Another one gone today, the death toll rises to 10 this season...

More deadly than the Isle of Man TT or Cheltenham for the horses !

 

[Acker79]

I hadn't heard anything about it, saw this tweet this morning. Seeing this thread now knowing there have been deaths, puts a different spin on it:

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[Weststander]

I feel sorry for the rescue teams either having to risk 'their own' lives to saves these numpties, or indeed go up to retrieve the bodies.

They’re often killed doing that, so rescues frequently don’t happen. With the dead or severely injured left in situ. Climbers pass the frozen bodies of people who fell many years before.

 

[vegster]

Could climbing Everest be Theresa May's next challenge? please?

 

[Weststander]

Could climbing Everest be Theresa May's next challenge? please?

For charity, with Diane Abbott, Boris Johnson and Lord Falconer.

They should make it to base camp.

 

[sully]

Perversely quite the opposite as far as I'm aware, although I imagine most of those subsequently drawn to Everest as a result only did the base camp trek, as did two friends of mine after reading his book.

It’s a funny old world for sure.

 

[sully]

I'm going to do it someday, but I'm waiting until they put in a cable car to the top like they are planning for Kilimanjaro. None of this climbing nonsense.

Quick way to kill yourself, I should think. It’s hard enough acclimatising as it is!

 

[sully]

I feel sorry for the rescue teams either having to risk 'their own' lives to saves these numpties, or indeed go up to retrieve the bodies.

Nobody tries to retrieve dead bodies. They’re used as way markers.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

i mean 7 dead this week as hundreds of climbers "queue" in the death zone @ 8000 ft to make a final approach to the summit and get their picture taken , what an absolute lead off bucket list bollockery.......a real indication of how ****ing stupid people are.

Agree.

Dawin's law, though.....