Everest - serious question

[Shiny]

Reminds me of this:

http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/infogra ... ench-0249/

Now that is an interesting picture.

That deepest dive is crazy! Well over a thousand atmospheres of pressure!

Probably a stupid question, but how do humans survive that? I know they're inside a submarine, but surely the risks of that buckling under the pressure must be quite high?

Make it really strong, and pressurise it. HTH.

[MarkyMark]

Even if I was a serious climber I think I'd still have no desire to summit Everest. It's become a graveyard of rich tw*t with no skill, but big wallets.

Dave, when you thikning of doing it?

For details read the brilliant book "Into thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

An excellent book.
If you like climbing books, try "White Spider", about climbing the North face of The Eiger

[Forehead]

And anything written by Joe Simpson.

[Mr Lee]

18 minutes to boil an egg? Wow!

Making a nice sirloin steak with chips would take errr...*works it out technically with fingers and toes...) errr...ages.

[-wizard-]

18 minutes to boil an egg? Wow!

Making a nice sirloin steak with chips would take errr...*works it out technically with fingers and toes...) errr...ages.

do you boil your steak and chips lee ??

[Mr Lee]

if I Had to I would...although I've tried frying frozen chips with steve before in a field...

Actually I'd happily eat the steak raw..

[emmab]

My sis did Base camp a few years back ... can ask if you want

[Deathonastick]

My sis did Base camp a few years back ... can ask if you want

what? the entire base camp?

the dirty mare!!

[emmab]

[-wizard-]

My sis did BAND camp a few years back ... can ask if you want

as in American pie ???

[emmab]

oh now you're all being silly!

[Deathonastick]

It's what suits us best

[adge cutler]

My sis did Base camp a few years back ... can ask if you want

PLease M'am

[adge cutler]

My mate did it this year, I'll ask him some deets.

Sweet, thanks mate -p the more info the better

[adge cutler]

What height is the base camp? Can you still get altitude sickness at it?

Also, why only base camp and not summit?

Money is the main driver,

[adge cutler]

Even if I was a serious climber I think I'd still have no desire to summit Everest. It's become a graveyard of rich tw*t with no skill, but big wallets.

Dave, when you thikning of doing it?

Pre 50, you do the Math (as the ex commonwealth residents would say

[Jack Koff]

Base Camp (as far as I'm led to believe) isn't climbing, just walking at altitude.

It's a figure of speech becca.

I want to summit kilimanjaro too, but rather than saying walk up the mountain, most ordinary people say climb.

[LRB]

Linky to Jon Krakauer's original article for Outside a couple of months after the disaster...

http://outsideonline.com/outside/destin ... air_1.html

[Darksnow]

Linky to Jon Krakauer's original article for Outside a couple of months after the disaster...

http://outsideonline.com/outside/destin ... air_1.html

That's the beasty, the book he wrote on the same subject is brilliant.

[Deathonastick]

very poignant story. You just can't underestimate how difficult Everest is, and it is only possible if so many factors all come together right at just the right time.

Imagine paying a $65,000 fee on top of all your travel costs, equipment costs etc, to then die alone on top of a mountain, exhausted, freezing and suffocating.....

Sod that for a laugh!!

[LRB]

Linky to Jon Krakauer's original article for Outside a couple of months after the disaster...

http://outsideonline.com/outside/destin ... air_1.html

That's the beasty, the book he wrote on the same subject is brilliant.

Reading the book at the moment. The Beckoning Silence by Joe Simpson is good too.

[MarkyMark]

If you like climbing books, try The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer

http://www.stanfords.co.uk/stock/the-wh ... er-127776/

[LRB]

I think that's going to be my next buy, it's about the Eiger isn't it? A lot of Joe Simpson's, The Beckoning Silence is also about the Eiger and references The White Spider...

[Jack Koff]

Unless there's a How To Climb On Your Mother type book then i'm not interested

[MarkyMark]

I think that's going to be my next buy, it's about the Eiger isn't it? A lot of Joe Simpson's, The Beckoning Silence is also about the Eiger and references The White Spider...

It lists every attempt of The Eiger, what happened, and whether it was successful ...or not!