This is why they die. I read that some people took 20 hours from the southern saddle to the summit and back to the saddle. Subsequently they run out of oxygen or die of altitude sickness.kinard wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 4:17 pmHadn't thought of that. So does that mean all those climbers summited that day? That would be quite remarkable really.Hanno wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 3:57 pmkinard 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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The unlikely case of the Strayan climber who spent a night in the open at 28,000' with no bag or oxygen and survived.Hanno wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 4:33 pmThis is why they die. I read that some people took 20 hours from the southern saddle to the summit and back to the saddle. Subsequently they run out of oxygen or die of altitude sickness.kinard wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 4:17 pmHadn't thought of that. So does that mean all those climbers summited that day? That would be quite remarkable really.Hanno wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 3:57 pmkinard 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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why not> you mean if you dont have it in you to keep going, you need to or die?Hanno wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 3:57 pmkinard 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....
Of course you can turn around
There was a line up and a line down
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All these bloody people on Everest, about time they done summit
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over the rainbow wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 7:06 pmOf course you can turn around
There was a line up and a line down
Of course, regular highways going up and down:
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