'carnage' on Everest
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'carnage' on Everest
https://www.yahoo.com/news/climber-reve ... 01069.html
A Canadian filmmaker has vowed never to return to Everest after describing the “carnage” at the top of the mountain this year, which included having to step over a dead body.
Elia Saikaly climbed Everest for the third time this month as he filmed a documentary about four Arab women making the ascent but was shocked by the scenes at the summit.
More than 800 people have reached the peak this year, with at least 10 fatalities. A photograph of the queue to reach the summit went viral last week.
"Death. Carnage. Chaos,” was how Mr Saikaly, an experienced mountain climber, summed up what he saw after setting off to summit Everest on May 22.
In an interview with The Ottowan Citizen, the newspaper of his hometown, Mr Saikaly said that despite climbing the mountain three times he would not be returning again.
“Do I think I’ll go back? I don’t think so. Not after this season… It was pretty horrific.”
Elia Saikaly - Credit: Elia Saikaly
Elia Saikaly has vowed never to return to Everest Credit: Elia Saikaly
Mr Saikaly told The Telegraph: "When we left at 9.30pm it was very alarming as within 20 minutes we saw two Sherpas had brought down a deceased climber.
"Within 45 minutes an Indian climber was brought down who was delirious and screaming and yelling which are the signs of acute mountain sickness."
Roughly three hours into the climb, his group was forced to walk over another dead mountaineer.
"It was incredibly bizarre... every single climber making their way to the summit had to step over this person - absolutely devastating."
With temperatures dropping to minus 30 degrees his group was then forced to wait in the 'death zone' to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain while '50 or 60' others at the top paused to take selfies.
Many were traumatised after passing another dead body near to the summit.
"You are climbing this very famous iconic obstacle and just beneath you is a climbers body, lifeless and lying there and you don't know what to do or feel but you know you have to move or else you could be the next victim, " Mr Saikaly said.
"This is your dream... and we all reached the summit and most of us didn't want to touch the highest point on earth because there were so many people up there."
A Canadian filmmaker has vowed never to return to Everest after describing the “carnage” at the top of the mountain this year, which included having to step over a dead body.
Elia Saikaly climbed Everest for the third time this month as he filmed a documentary about four Arab women making the ascent but was shocked by the scenes at the summit.
More than 800 people have reached the peak this year, with at least 10 fatalities. A photograph of the queue to reach the summit went viral last week.
"Death. Carnage. Chaos,” was how Mr Saikaly, an experienced mountain climber, summed up what he saw after setting off to summit Everest on May 22.
In an interview with The Ottowan Citizen, the newspaper of his hometown, Mr Saikaly said that despite climbing the mountain three times he would not be returning again.
“Do I think I’ll go back? I don’t think so. Not after this season… It was pretty horrific.”
Elia Saikaly - Credit: Elia Saikaly
Elia Saikaly has vowed never to return to Everest Credit: Elia Saikaly
Mr Saikaly told The Telegraph: "When we left at 9.30pm it was very alarming as within 20 minutes we saw two Sherpas had brought down a deceased climber.
"Within 45 minutes an Indian climber was brought down who was delirious and screaming and yelling which are the signs of acute mountain sickness."
Roughly three hours into the climb, his group was forced to walk over another dead mountaineer.
"It was incredibly bizarre... every single climber making their way to the summit had to step over this person - absolutely devastating."
With temperatures dropping to minus 30 degrees his group was then forced to wait in the 'death zone' to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain while '50 or 60' others at the top paused to take selfies.
Many were traumatised after passing another dead body near to the summit.
"You are climbing this very famous iconic obstacle and just beneath you is a climbers body, lifeless and lying there and you don't know what to do or feel but you know you have to move or else you could be the next victim, " Mr Saikaly said.
"This is your dream... and we all reached the summit and most of us didn't want to touch the highest point on earth because there were so many people up there."
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
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they should build more of these dangerous places for these delirious people, each country should have many of its own fatal attraction for these nutters to prove their point
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ok then just dont waste any more time getting to the summit of everest. the time is ripe for you now. just do it.
oh time for me to go outside, dont know why but i am going to do it
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Looks like you're taking a day off from this site while you're out there.Youn Hoo Fatt wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 6:25 amok then just dont waste any more time getting to the summit of everest. the time is ripe for you now. just do it.
oh time for me to go outside, dont know why but i am going to do it
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up to 11 dead, 2 tibet side, 9 Nepal side
Problem is many dont realize getting to the top is ONLY half of it and most die coming down
Problem is many dont realize getting to the top is ONLY half of it and most die coming down
They should shut it like they did with those islands, Phi Phi etc.
pew, pew, pew, pew!
Ban the use of oxygen tanks. Problem solved.
TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:45 pmSlavedog, you do not belong on this forum as you talk too much sense.
A lot of people have climbed Everest without oxygen tanks but you have to be almost superhuman to do it. Reinhold Messner, who made the first ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen, wrote an interesting book about his climb. He went blind on the way down and his climbing partner had to guide him step by step down the mountain.
If you're climbing for the glory, it is better to climb K2 or Annapurna I.
If you're climbing for the glory, it is better to climb K2 or Annapurna I.
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Phi Phi is not shut down
Maya bay was/is
nothing to do with deaths but to do with allowing the coral to regrow
I honestly thought the photo, of the queue to Everest's summit, had been photo-shopped. All those people standing in line inside the 'death zone' seemed too insane to believe.
Fuck that, I would probably turn around and be satisfied with having nearly 'knocked the bastard off'.
Fuck that, I would probably turn around and be satisfied with having nearly 'knocked the bastard off'.
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kinard wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 3:40 pmI honestly thought the photo, of the queue to Everest's summit, had been photo-shopped. All those people standing in line inside the 'death zone' seemed too insane to believe.
Fuck that, I would probably turn around and be satisfied with having nearly 'knocked the bastard off'.
The problem is that you cannot turn around....
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