climbing Mt Everest

[jerrymahoney]

12 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Given you didn't climb gradually, were there problems with altitude sickness- did they provide O2?

No. I am distance swimmer. Most of the guests were Japanese and nobody seemed to be having such problems.

[CecilM]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Altitude sickness? I suffered that when visiting a resort in Saudi that was at a high altitude, but no way as high as Everest Base Camp. Back then I was fit as, so it can strike anyone. I know it was altitude sickness as it vanished as I returned to a lower level.

Not fun at all.

Probably a combination of that and the strenuous trek getting there. 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, CecilM said:

Probably a combination of that and the strenuous trek getting there. 

?????

I went there in a bus. No trekking involved.

[CecilM]

47 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

?????

I went there in a bus. No trekking involved.

He did trekking all the way. 

[jerrymahoney]

I flew in on a Pilatus Porter Katmandu to Lukla and then helicopter to near Everest View. Going back, helicopter from near Everest View direct to Katmandu.

 

Lukla is ranked: 

LUKLA, NEPAL – THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS AIRPORT

 

https://samchui.com/2016/08/03/lukla-nepal-worlds-dangerous-airport/

[stoner]

31 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

I flew in on a Pilatus Porter Katmandu to Lukla and then helicopter to near Everest View. Going back, helicopter from near Everest View direct to Katmandu.

 

Lukla is ranked: 

LUKLA, NEPAL – THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS AIRPORT

 

https://samchui.com/2016/08/03/lukla-nepal-worlds-dangerous-airport/

did you do any trekking around the area at all when there ? cool pic. nice runway looks like i could hit a golf ball further than that :)

[Cricky]

On 7/13/2023 at 2:32 PM, stoner said:

 any of you ever done it ? 

I'm from Sydney and I've climbed Mt Druit ????

[jerrymahoney]

59 minutes ago, stoner said:

did you do any trekking around the area at all when there ? cool pic. nice runway looks like i could hit a golf ball further than that ????

No. Went in winter.

[Lacessit]

On 7/13/2023 at 8:00 PM, bignok said:

It is everest

It probably does.

[Hummin]

On 7/13/2023 at 9:32 AM, stoner said:

have any of you ever done it ? 

 

should it still be allowed ? 

 

Should it be allowed to let loose people on the best dive sites with marine life and ruin it? So many things that people should not be able to buy in to without experience enough to manage themselves to go there. For most it is only possible because other people guide them there, and make an negative impact on the enviroment. 

 

Unfortunate, the local people is depended on such activities. 

 

For me personally, Mount Everest have never been a place I wanted to go, especially in a que all the way up to the top, and down again, even I have enjoyed alpine climbing for years. There is a special motivation that needs, that often comes with a carriere somehow either commersial or for business leaders, and off course hard core climbers with a pure goal. 

[stoner]

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

Unfortunate, the local people is depended on such activities. 

in the video i agree with him that the money gathered from the fees should be put to better use. which would reduce the locals need for this fiasco. 

 

i'm sure most of it never makes it to those who need it. same with so many other things like you mentioned.

 

 

[Hanuman2547]

On 7/13/2023 at 10:35 PM, stoner said:

even worse. 

Why?  They cannot safely be brought down.

[Hanuman2547]

10 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

I flew in on a Pilatus Porter Katmandu to Lukla and then helicopter to near Everest View. Going back, helicopter from near Everest View direct to Katmandu.

 

Lukla is ranked: 

LUKLA, NEPAL – THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS AIRPORT

 

https://samchui.com/2016/08/03/lukla-nepal-worlds-dangerous-airport/

Yes, it is a thrilling flight.  When I flew there in March 2000 it was still a dirt runway.  It was paved in 2002 which is a lot nicer.  

[Hummin]

6 hours ago, stoner said:

in the video i agree with him that the money gathered from the fees should be put to better use. which would reduce the locals need for this fiasco. 

 

i'm sure most of it never makes it to those who need it. same with so many other things like you mentioned.

 

 

Im not found of trophy hunting! 

 

I fish for food, not catch and release if you understand! 

[Toolong]

On 7/13/2023 at 3:02 PM, PJ71 said:

Yeah, i did it last wednesday, good afternoon out although a bit chilly.

I like good wit, PJ71. Yours ticks the boxes. Nice. ????

 

(Be funnier still if you actually did do it last Wednesday and are reading my comment with a puzzled look.) 

[save the frogs]

anyone who wants to climb mt everest should be forced to undergo a psychological evaluation.

 

the psychologist should ask:

"what is it about your life that's making you so miserable that you want to do sth that might kill you?"

 

[thaibeachlovers]

11 hours ago, save the frogs said:

anyone who wants to climb mt everest should be forced to undergo a psychological evaluation.

 

the psychologist should ask:

"what is it about your life that's making you so miserable that you want to do sth that might kill you?"

 

Most adventurous things carry a risk. Why do people jump out of planes and rely on a bit of material to stop them dying?

 

Why did I go to work in Antarctica over winter, when no evacuation was possible should one have a medical emergency, ( and die )- because it was an adventure.

[PJ71]

19 hours ago, Toolong said:

I like good wit, PJ71. Yours ticks the boxes. Nice. ????

 

(Be funnier still if you actually did do it last Wednesday and are reading my comment with a puzzled look.) 

I always have a puzzled look.....living in TH will do that to you over time....

[StayinThailand2much]

On 7/14/2023 at 8:12 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

One could even go so far as to say that the Traffic Jams on Everest are an abomination to this sacred mountain.

That's just one reason why I wouldn't do it (besides heights dizziness), cause all those people in front and behind me would add extra stress to this.

[Ben Zioner]

On 7/14/2023 at 12:53 AM, josephbloggs said:

The mountain in your  picture isn't Everest. Unless it has  been processed  through the filters used by certain ladies selling their inexistent  charm on various escort sites.

[josephbloggs]

4 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

The mountain in your  picture isn't Everest. Unless it has  been processed  through the filters used by certain ladies selling their inexistent  charm on various escort sites.

Noted.

[Damrongsak]

On 7/14/2023 at 9:06 PM, sirineou said:

It  wasn't Everest but I did climb the highest mountain in Florida and boy was I winded .

Try Mount Sunflower, the highest point in Kansas.  The elevation is 1,225 meters.  The mountain itself is somewhere between 6 and 9 meters tall.

 

[stoner]

and k2....

 

 

[stoner]

 

[mrwebb8825]

I'm there right now. Wanna see me pee an icicle? ????

[bignok]

Zero interest in Everest.

[Sigmund]

A useless feat and plainly for the ego.

 

The Everest is becoming the highest garbage and human waste dump of the world.

 

Surprisingly, it's usualle the same people who give out lessons on how to save the planet-stop oil-stop-plane travel etc...who rush on those guided expeditions with Sherpa's and logistics  and end up in soiling the Everest.

 

Yes, it is however a fact that thanks to these adrenaline junkies from the west, the entire region in Nepal makes a living.

 

But these Everest tours should be banned before ranting on the cruise ships or air travel that the usual pro climate ecoterrorists are always giving out upon in Europe, in the name of climate change.

[LaosLover]

I flew around it in a small prop. plane (Buddha Air).

 

Everyone got to sit in the co-pilot seat for a couple of minutes ($200 for the hour flight). 

 

A few months after, a Buddha Air plane crashed and killed everyone.

[LaosLover]

1 hour ago, Sigmund said:

 

 

But these Everest tours should be banned 

Been to Nepal 4 times. It makes Cambodia look like Switzerland. They won't be turning away any tourist money for the next million years.

[FruitPudding]

I walked up ono of those tall pinnacle things in Guilin on a whim without even a bottle of water taking two steps at a time, thinking, " It doesn't look that high"

 

Was totally <deleted> less than halfway up. Made it to the top though. No idea how many steps.