a follow up to WTF kind of people does this. Mt. Everest

[Sponger.]

My life > Your life

[The DaveR]

Wait, are you suggesting that most people who spend lots of money to climb a mountain are selfish?

[marchron]

Eff the moral dilemmas: this is the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

[krishan]

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You should read 'Into Thin Air' by Jon Krakauer, which details a trip fraught with tragedy the year the IMAX film of an ascent was shot.

It will give you some insight into the mindset of the climbers who are able to step across corpses and ignore the dying.

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http://classic.mountainzone.com/clim...ics/beckw.html

This is a photo of Beck Weathers, one of the climbers that barely survived.

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I watched a show with him after a couple of weeks. No nose, face horribly deformed (beyond the nose), no ears, stumps at the end of his arms. He was a doctor.

Krishan

[daryn]

someone please explain the subject of this post to me

[VORP]

Everest sucks. Very few serious climbers climb or have any desire to climb Everest due to the obscene circus it has become. Most of the people who climb it now are people who pay $60+k to be guided up there.

Here is a link to Hillary (first ascent of Everest) ripping the climbers who left the guy to die.
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/ar...00010000000001

[VORP]

For those who liked Into the Void, you might enjoy Touching My Father's Soul by Jamling Norgay. Jamling is the son of Tenzing who climbed the first ascent of Everest with Hillary. Much of the book is about his experience on Everest during the '96 disaster and he gives a VERY different perspective from Krakauer.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

Today one climber who had been abandoned and reported dead, was found alive and has now arrived at Base Camp. Just another proof that the "impossible to help anybody"-excuse is egoistic BS.

[ImsaKidd]

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Eff the moral dilemmas: this is the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

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Awesome.

[wet work]

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Today one climber who had been abandoned and reported dead, was found alive and has now arrived at Base Camp. Just another proof that the "impossible to help anybody"-excuse is egoistic BS.

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I don't think it's impossible to help someone however you run a real high risk of becoming a victim yourself as well.
Everyone involved knows the stakes and they accept the inherent danger that comes along with it. Anyone who doesn't think they're risking their lives climbing Everest has no business being there.

Not to mention that at that altitude people aren't really thinking clearly either. Each step, at the higher altitudes, is an accomplishment. Helicopters are basically out of the question as the air is so thin. It's not a very forgiving environment to place yourself in.