Awesome story on Mt. Everest

[hanselthecaretaker]

Have you done any climbing/mountaineering yourself?

Not anything requiring equipment. I've done bouldering on some of the highest peaks in.....MI

I think it's one of the best shoulder/back workouts you can get though, and the reward is synergistic.

These guys are in a league of their own. It takes a lot of training/mental prep to take on a real mountain.

 

[bdog527]

I read that story in another mag. He makes it to the summit but dies on the way back down, big scandal cause a lot of people passed by him and never lifted a hand to help.

 

[jnevin]

I read that story in another mag. He makes it to the summit but dies on the way back down, big scandal cause a lot of people passed by him and never lifted a hand to help.

You reall can't help anyone up there, you barely have the strength or ability to think at that altitude. Krakauer wrote a good book Into Thin Air about everest. He describes how the altitude affects your body and mind. Even the most experienced climbers eat it up there.

 

[bdog527]

Yeah, I understand and really the guy brought it on himself for going it alone. The story I read had interviews from climbers that were up there and wanted to help this guy and are dealing with knowing they left a living human to die without trying to help.

 

[samoth]

 

[jnevin]

titcr

 

[theoak01]

i cant wait to read the rest,dammit i hate being left hanging

 

[caligirl]

FUCK!!!! when is the remainder coming??? good read, now I'm going to have to come here everyday looking for the rest!

 

[Testosterone boy]

I read that story in another mag. He makes it to the summit but dies on the way back down, big scandal cause a lot of people passed by him and never lifted a hand to help.

They have no choice at 28,000 feet. If they help, they both die.

Thats the choice they make when they climb Everest.

 

[Testosterone boy]

Everest is just crazy. It's got to be a helluva thing to accept the fact that you'll lose a couple of toes, fingers, your ears or nose (at least) to walk up a goddamn hill.

They don't lost parts unless soemthing went terribly wrong. If the weather wants to however, it can kill you at will.