Nepal 7.9 Earthquake
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In this caes, that's because the sound actually happened before the videotaping, and it took time for the avalance to come all the way down to hit EBC
I was at Denali base camp last year and there was definitely a "crack" sound before this coming down on the NW face of Mt.Hunter.
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Having been to Nepal a couple of times trekking this tragedy sucks as the country is beautiful and i've pretty much found the people really nice and friendly. People caught on the upper part of the mountain are partially screwed as they have zero skills in downclimbing minus fixed ropes. The Khumbu must be totally wrecked after the avalanche and that is pretty much the most dangerous part of the climb - if the weather is in a warm window it will be a nightmare trying to get folk back..Maybe they can chopper them out of something. Personally I think 17 people is a lucky escape from base camp, could have been a hell of a lot worse - as said above BC is full of trekkers and stuff this time of year.
5k dead total now. and wow 18 dead at Everest... that's like 25% of the people on the planet who are even capable of Everest.
dizzie
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Yeah they do, they get a bit funny from time to time and it can be a pain to get permits.
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Over 5k people have stood on the top of the world as of now. Mountains like Annapurna, K2 and Kangchenjunga are alot more committing, require much more technical skill/knowledge, have worst weather and are far riskier. I don't think we will ever see a day when K2 or Annapurna are fixed rope walks - I hope not anyhow.
Will never, ever happen. Everest is nothing more than an escalator ride to the top; K2 and Annapurna requiremassiveskill to even attempt.
Chanur
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You guys are hilarious. Mankind's history is filled with taking environments that we could never "conquer" and doing just that. All those mountains need are people with the money to be interested.
We alter our environment to suit us. Its what we do.
We alter our environment to suit us. Its what we do.
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Everest is still a serious fucking risk. People die every single year on that mountain, Sherpas included. Clueless fucking forum warriors in this thread.
List of people who died climbing Mount Everest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Add to the fact, that nearly all of the bodies are just left there for eternity. Once in the "death zone", you are fighting for your own life for each and every breath. No one is risking their life hauling down corpses. Honestly something like 200+ bodies on the mountain out of the 250'ish deaths.
Over 200 Dead Bodies on Mount Everest
But yea, whatever forum bros... it's just a walk up a cold hill. *rolleyes*
List of people who died climbing Mount Everest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Add to the fact, that nearly all of the bodies are just left there for eternity. Once in the "death zone", you are fighting for your own life for each and every breath. No one is risking their life hauling down corpses. Honestly something like 200+ bodies on the mountain out of the 250'ish deaths.
Over 200 Dead Bodies on Mount Everest
But yea, whatever forum bros... it's just a walk up a cold hill. *rolleyes*
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Don't you know? If B is harder than A, then A is super easy. It's logic man. Take a math class.