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Three more climbers have died on Mount Everest, taking the death toll to seven in a week - more than the total for the whole of last year.
The three died of exhaustion while descending on Thursday.
It comes amid traffic jams near the summit as record numbers make the ascent, despite calls to limit the number of climbing permits.
Nepal has issued a 381 permits costing $11,000 each for the spring climbing season at the world's highest peak.
The three died of exhaustion while descending on Thursday.
It comes amid traffic jams near the summit as record numbers make the ascent, despite calls to limit the number of climbing permits.
Nepal has issued a 381 permits costing $11,000 each for the spring climbing season at the world's highest peak.
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Must be disappointing to struggle with all your might to get to the top and be greeted with a gaggle of chinese tourists taking selfies and haggling for a souvenir T shirt.
You just have to look at the state of the place,more rubbish than in London, people with big egos trying to take on Mother Nature, ...
Daily Mail photo
300 people waiting to reach summit
You be bananas to waste bags of sand for that
UNIQUE
experience
300 people waiting to reach summit
You be bananas to waste bags of sand for that
UNIQUE
experience
The sooner they get a funicular railway installed the better, it will save a few lives.
way too many people getting permits who have no business trying to take on Everest
Whilst it is still obviously a dangerous venture, I think the wow factor of climbing it has worn off.
Similar happened in the infamous K2 incident , there were so many going up and they came down in the dark and hit bad weather.
Climbing Everest clearly is not that difficult for elite climbers with today's technology ,as the traffic jam shows.
The lack of oxygen at the summit was the stopping point for climbs before Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary succeeded.
Climbing Everest clearly is not that difficult for elite climbers with today's technology ,as the traffic jam shows.
The lack of oxygen at the summit was the stopping point for climbs before Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary succeeded.
Thought the thread was going to be about dangerous double glazing.
We remember that advert well.
"Fit the best - watch flashing lights".
"Fit the best - watch flashing lights".
We need to discover a higher mountain to take the pressure of Everest
People do this by choice why stop them
We are turning into a world of women
We are turning into a world of women
If there is no risk there is no achievement....as long as people are informed of the risks in advance
If we want it completely safe build an escalator to the top
If we want it completely safe build an escalator to the top
It comes amid traffic jams near the summit as record numbers make the ascent, despite calls to limit the number of climbing permits.
What is the significance of reducing the amount of permits? Is the likelihood of an individual dying dependent on the amount of people climbing?
What is the significance of reducing the amount of permits? Is the likelihood of an individual dying dependent on the amount of people climbing?
May 24, 2019 -- 6:49PM, detraveller wrote:
It comes amid traffic jams near the summit as record numbers make the ascent, despite calls to limit the number of climbing permits.What is the significance of reducing the amount of permits? Is the likelihood of an individual dying dependent on the amount of people climbing?
the waiting around at the hilary step getting up and down kills people
when your that high up det you're literally dying, so the longer you stay there the more chance u have of dying
I like going up hills but strangely it's something I've no interest at all in doing. I'd kind of like to go the other extreme, be nice to visit the deepest parts of the oceans in a nice safe submarine and watch the wacky creatures getting up to no good. Or see Titanic in the flesh.
People who want to attempt Everest should perhaps have to show some minimum climbing qualification?
In the old days it was near suicidal to tackle Everest
With modern equipment it is somewhat easier...but there is still a risk
If there no risk there would be little point in doing it....although people would get a good view from the top
In the old days it was near suicidal to tackle Everest
With modern equipment it is somewhat easier...but there is still a risk
If there no risk there would be little point in doing it....although people would get a good view from the top
They are not complaining akabula
Another suggestion they would have to have a minimum level of equipment, as well as climbing qualification.
Another suggestion they would have to have a minimum level of equipment, as well as climbing qualification.
They shouldn't charge a permit to go up but charge them $50k to bring them down.
This is quite common in nature.
If you have a pond with regular but finite resources then the fish population grows until the pond can’t sustain them and many die. Often Darwin gets involved and the bigger fish make sure it’s not them who suffer. Strangely, the environments don’t find a balance, they tend to bounce between dangerous overpopulation and blissful underpopulation.
If you have a pond with regular but finite resources then the fish population grows until the pond can’t sustain them and many die. Often Darwin gets involved and the bigger fish make sure it’s not them who suffer. Strangely, the environments don’t find a balance, they tend to bounce between dangerous overpopulation and blissful underpopulation.
After two failed attempts to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, the response of George Mallory when asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest was short and simple, “Because it’s there”. His next attempt in 1924 was to cost him his life.
His corpse was found not that long ago.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/george-mallory.jpg
He and his assistant had a camera which has yet to be found. I heard there was a possibility that he got to the top, years before Hillary, but the camera film would prove it.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/george-mallory.jpg
He and his assistant had a camera which has yet to be found. I heard there was a possibility that he got to the top, years before Hillary, but the camera film would prove it.
The camera was found, and the film was developed but will not be released until the 2020 US Presidential race is underway.
Apparently, the photos show Mallory at the summit shaking hands with Donald Trump.
Apparently, the photos show Mallory at the summit shaking hands with Donald Trump.
Has about Attenburgh made a heart tugging program yet about habitat loss for the Yeti?
It seems there is queuing for the summit...I think they need to limit the number of climbers at one time
If bad weather is forecast perhaps they can suspend climbs for the duration
But apart from ensuring people have a certain level of climbing qualification, a minimum level of equipment and are fully cognizant
of the risks involved, they should be allowed to climb.
We are not all babies, society has no obligation to protect people from themselves. Protecting people from others who would harm them
is enough
just my own opinion
If bad weather is forecast perhaps they can suspend climbs for the duration
But apart from ensuring people have a certain level of climbing qualification, a minimum level of equipment and are fully cognizant
of the risks involved, they should be allowed to climb.
We are not all babies, society has no obligation to protect people from themselves. Protecting people from others who would harm them
is enough
just my own opinion
If 10 deaths in one week does not discourage people nothing will!
I hope Nepal refunds money for those who have second thoughts
Everest may have been conquered, but it is still very dangerous.
I hope Nepal refunds money for those who have second thoughts
Everest may have been conquered, but it is still very dangerous.
There's an excellent film "Everest" made a few years ago and based on the true story of the events in 1996. It's clear from this past week that nothing much has changed since then
why not go up another way, seems to me everyone's going on same path.
May 25, 2019 -- 8:13PM, morpteh mackem wrote:
why not go up another way, seems to me everyone's going on same path.
Probably difficult for them to figure that out at that height.
Everest is overrated imo, might be the highest point above mean sea level but it's not even the highest point on earth or the highest mountain from base to peak, personally I would rather climb Mount Chimborazo, which is the furthest point on earth away from it's centre, closest to the stars
I prefer the South Downs. There's even an ice cream van if you're flagging.
May 25, 2019 -- 9:33PM, darren_discombobulates_sports wrote:
Everest is overrated imo, might be the highest point above mean sea level but it's not even the highest point on earth or the highest mountain from base to peak, personally I would rather climb Mount Chimborazo, which is the furthest point on earth away from it's centre, closest to the stars
Are you saying the earth isn't flat?
Went up the Clent Hills yesterday, a dizzy 315m above sea level.
I agree with injera...unless there is an ice cream van half way up Everest?
May 25, 2019 -- 9:51PM, UBLE/REGY wrote:
I agree with injera...unless there is an ice cream van half way up Everest?
People pay over a hundred thousand dollars to be taken to the summit with the VIP pass. This sometimes includes a free helicopter ride as well. I'm pretty sure if you buy your way to the summit they'll place an ice cream van up there for you.
When I save up a hundred thousand dollars detraveller….I may do that
There would be no achievement unless we climb Everest ourselves...if we make it of course?
One ice cream van to cover the entirety of the S Downs?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nepal-will-review-mount-everest-permit-rules-after-deadly-human-traffic-jams-2019-05-30?mod=mw_latestnews
Interesting article. They say they are thinking of revising their laws regarding who is allowed to call, but I don't know how much of that to believe as they were talking to american media after the death of two americans, so probably made all that up.
This one is a gem though"
Ed Dohring, a doctor from Arizona, told the Times that when he summited a few days ago, he saw people pushing and shoving to take selfies, and he had to step around the body of a woman who had just died. “It was scary,” he said. “It was like a zoo.”
Interesting article. They say they are thinking of revising their laws regarding who is allowed to call, but I don't know how much of that to believe as they were talking to american media after the death of two americans, so probably made all that up.
This one is a gem though"
Ed Dohring, a doctor from Arizona, told the Times that when he summited a few days ago, he saw people pushing and shoving to take selfies, and he had to step around the body of a woman who had just died. “It was scary,” he said. “It was like a zoo.”
Shouldn't these people be considering their carbon footprint? I don't suppose many of them cycled there.
Although if some die in the attempt it sort of evens things out.
Although if some die in the attempt it sort of evens things out.
I tried climbing a mountain once. It works muscles that are rarely used in everyday life. It wasn't long before I had a cramp on.
I see Nepal are now trying to check climbing qualifications....but they are letting far too many climb
at one time...they need to ration this.
Still if 7 people dying in one week has not discouraged people, I am not sure anything will???????????????
at one time...they need to ration this.
Still if 7 people dying in one week has not discouraged people, I am not sure anything will???????????????
Jun 3, 2019 -- 1:45PM, UBLE/REGY wrote:
I see Nepal are now trying to check climbing qualifications....but they are letting far too many climbat one time...they need to ration this.Still if 7 people dying in one week has not discouraged people, I am not sure anything will???????????????
I think they just made that 'criteria' statement to please the american media which was inquiring their officials after the death of two americans. I doubt the officials in Nepal would take any measure that results in them receiving less money.
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