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Everyone is in that fine line between death and life': inside Everest's deadliest queue | World news | The Guardian

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When do you go up? :)
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Yeah...

It's not on our bucket list. It's on our Phuket list--things we will not do, ever.
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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.

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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.
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