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Offline Wildcat1

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four die on Mt. Everest
« on: May 21, 2012, 06:16:47 PM »
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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2012, 06:45:46 PM »
Asian Trekkers, I have never heard of that outfit before.    I hope they didn't cut corners financially with an increase of risk.

Adventure Consultants are the go-to Guides for Everest and most Alpine/Trekking in the Himalayas.    Last I checked, they were $80,000 USD for a complete trip including Airfare w/ permits.

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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2012, 07:58:50 PM »
Quote from: Wildcat1 on May 21, 2012, 06:16:47 PM
They had already reached the top, died on the way down
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/21/world/asia/everest-deaths/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29

Sad news, prayers for the families  :salute  :pray


problem like these happen when things the mountain gets over booked.  There were over 200 climbers waiting to make the final ascent to the summit and had to wait at the staging area until they were able to go.  This caused people to use their extra supplemental air (usually saved for the descent) while waiting around to go up and also start to the summit much later in the day when conditions start to worsen.

These tour groups purchase the permits and then need to make the money back and a lot try and get as many to the top as they can.

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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2012, 05:51:37 AM »
The Sherpa who was missing, show up at Base Camp, which is nothing short of a miracle.   The Sherpa was separated from his group and did not have communications equipment.

Apparently there was a "traffic jam" of around 150 people between Camp IV and the Summit.    It appears that the same ramshackle, no name Expedition Companies who "charge less, for getting to the Summit" are still at it and folks are naive enough to pony up cash.

Obviously, some haven't learned from events from May 10, 1996.   
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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2012, 07:13:28 AM »
I read that many die on the way down. That death zone area is a whole graveyard.
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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2012, 09:13:40 AM »
Quote from: rogwar on May 22, 2012, 07:13:28 AM
I read that many die on the way down. That death zone area is a whole graveyard.
When you die on that mountain, you stay on that mountain.  There is no way to recover bodies.  Humans don't have the energy required, it is hard enough just getting yourself and your own support gear down, and helicopters can't land and take off at that altitude (I'm not sure they can even fly at that altitude).
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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2012, 09:52:53 AM »
As of the end of 2010 there were 219 deaths attributed to climbing Mount Everest. I think it is cool that some people need to do that or want to do that but I have never had the desire to do something like that.
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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2012, 10:00:01 AM »
It's morbid but they even have nicknames for the dead you pass on route, i.e. Green Boots.
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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2012, 10:22:59 AM »
In 2010 Eurocopter made the first official helicopter landing at the summit of Everest. I suppose with a lot of $$$ thrown at it a rescue helicopter with a hoist could be made.


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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2012, 11:00:04 AM »
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As of the end of 2010 there were 219 deaths attributed to climbing Mount Everest. I think it is cool that some people need to do that or want to do that but I have never had the desire to do something like that.



I think they are a bunch of fools. And I garuntee you at the very end their last thoughts were "WTF am I doing on this mountain when I could be sitting in a nice warm Pub".
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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2012, 01:27:29 PM »
Quote from: Rich52 on May 22, 2012, 11:00:04 AM


I think they are a bunch of fools. And I garuntee you at the very end their last thoughts were "WTF am I doing on this mountain when I could be sitting in a nice warm Pub".

You're wrong.
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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2012, 02:56:56 PM »
Quote from: Masherbrum on May 22, 2012, 01:27:29 PM
You're wrong.

It's tragic, but once it's been done, respectfully what's the big deal?  When the stuff happened in 1996 I recall reading an article that there were people on the mountain that were climbing Everest as their first ever mountain climb.  If it's set up in such a way that people who've never done it before can do it, what is it other than a fairly expensive tourist destination?

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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2012, 03:11:58 PM »
Quote from: Masherbrum on May 22, 2012, 01:27:29 PM
You're wrong.

LOL, so what do YOU think they were thinking?

The world already knows its "there" so they cant say that again.
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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2012, 03:20:09 PM »
Quote from: Masherbrum on May 22, 2012, 05:51:37 AM
Obviously, some haven't learned from events from May 10, 1996.   
Those guys got caught in a blizzard.
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Re: four die on Mt. Everest
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2012, 04:54:08 PM »
Quote from: sunfan1121 on May 22, 2012, 03:20:09 PM
Those guys got caught in a blizzard.

.......and the same "traffic jam" started it all.   
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