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Everest
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:12 am
by balzaccom
Everyone is in that fine line between death and life': inside Everest's deadliest queue | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... iest-queue
Re: Everest
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:30 am
by rlown
When do you go up?
Re: Everest
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:36 am
by balzaccom
Yeah...
It's not on our bucket list. It's on our Phuket list--things we will not do, ever.
Re: Everest
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:23 pm
by Mike M.
Balzaccom, thanks for posting this link. It's a crazy mess up there and has been for many years. I commend the decision to close the mountain this year.
Mike
Re: Everest
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:05 am
by Harlen
Thanks Paul,
I feel the same; in my case, a thing I will not do again ever. I went trekking up there alone in January, 1985 and still ran into more folks than I wanted to see while staying in Laboche- 20 or so trekkers. Crossed one valley over (valley leading to Cho Oyu) and met just one crazy Englishman. It's brilliant mountain country all around Nepal's Solu-Khumbu, and per usual- just off the main trails there's hardly a soul. (and if you make a point of traveling in the off-season, you'll do even better.)
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You might happily run into these guys. Camped outside his house in very snowy cold weather.
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Here we were the only honkies in town.
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Ran into just two Swiss climbers in this upper valley. This image is an interesting contrast to the image of the line up Everest.
Re: Everest
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 8:41 pm
by Ants
This movie showed up through the motorcycle portion of my genes. It does not take long for the motorcycle to become insignificant and the WOW factor sets in.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=owyZlsa0xfE
Ants