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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Nifflerz] 1
#25996295 - 05/16/19 03:26 PM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Didier Delsalle (born May 6, 1957, in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a fighter pilot and helicopter test pilot. On May 14, 2005, he became the first (and only) person to land a helicopter, the Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel, on the 8,848 m (29,030 ft) summit of Mount Everest.
Most helicopters cant fly nearly that high. and the highest up the mountain the less places to land as there is nothing flat to land on. It's ridiculously expensive and dangerous to use helicopters for rescue especially the further up.
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: bodhisatta]
#25996529 - 05/16/19 05:44 PM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah it's not impossible, but choppers are not designed to go that high and it's incredibly, incredibly dangerous.
Whenever there's a climbing rescue in the high Himalayas it's extrememly difficult finding a pilot who is A) willing to attempt it, and B) when they do find one, they almost always only go up to a certain point where they deem it still safe, drop off the rescue team, and then helicopter back down. In the Himalayas a rescue is rarely as simple as fly a chopper to the distressed climber, pick them up, and go back down.
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Nifflerz] 1
#25997084 - 05/16/19 11:31 PM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Nah, chances are you wouldnt be able to make it to the top because there would be 100 other people in line waiting to take a picture. Id rather backpack a remote trail in the rocky mountain wilderness for less than $200.
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: HeadbandOG]
#25997201 - 05/17/19 01:51 AM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wilderness recoveries are extremely difficult even 20 miles out of Seattle in the Cascades, and those are relatively tame mountains in comparison
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: twighead]
#25997212 - 05/17/19 01:59 AM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Ezuma] 1
#25997213 - 05/17/19 01:59 AM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Ezuma said: no screw that I've got less than zero interest in Everest, I'd probably pay 65k to NOT go there
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: pineninja]
#26009247 - 05/23/19 11:59 AM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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2 more died on Everest yesterday. That brings the total of deaths to 4 now for the climbing season. And the season just began.
Look at the line to the summit in the link (photo taken Wednesday)...Everest has become an uber expensive, uber dangerous Disneyland ride now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/world/asia/deadly-everest-traffic-jam.html
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Nifflerz]
#26009774 - 05/23/19 04:34 PM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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I will enjoy the Rockies for free
main reason I moved here
Our mountains are clean.
I do wanna see everest tho
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: PumpJackTeX] 1
#26009867 - 05/23/19 05:21 PM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Here's the photos from this week on Everest
That is...out of control.
K2, which would be a waaayyyyy more impressive feat, and in comparison probably has a couple dozen human beings on it right now as opposed to hundreds and hundreds. Problem with K2 is there's an extreme few alive that are qualified enough to even consider attempting it.
For the vast majority of climbers on Everest -- many of whom are wealthy weekend warriors and not veteran climbers -- trying K2 would be a death sentence.
But it really is amazing, though. Everest has become a business. A corporation.
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Nifflerz] 3
#26009894 - 05/23/19 05:34 PM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Muh spiritual awakening bruh
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Nifflerz]
#26010017 - 05/23/19 07:16 PM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Niffla said: http://www.sgvtribune.com/lifestyle/20150917/how-much-does-it-cost-to-climb-mount-everest
If somebody offered to cover your expenses for the entire trek -- and all you had to do was show up at the airport tomorrow, would you do it?
I definitely would not. LOTS of people have died attempting to climb Mount Everest. Some were great climbers, but some died because they were very inexperienced but naively felt like doing it would be a huge accomplishment that they could brag about
It's one thing to have an adventurous spirit, its another to not show respect for the power of nature
I've never climbed a mountain in my life, much less that monster. I would MAYBE agree to it if I was allowed at least a year or two to prepare
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: meowjinx]
#26010265 - 05/23/19 10:41 PM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Nah. Pass. I've scaled a lot of mountains up in Alaska. It's a lot of work. Maybe if I didn't have to walk back down.
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Enjoywho] 1
#26010713 - 05/24/19 07:59 AM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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3 more died yesterday on Everest.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-48395241
That's what, 5 in roughly 48 hrs? This is rapidly starting to resemble Everest disasters from years past.
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Nifflerz]
#26011640 - 05/24/19 07:46 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Niffla said: 3 more died yesterday on Everest.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-48395241
That's what, 5 in roughly 48 hrs? This is rapidly starting to resemble Everest disasters from years past.
Holy shit i would never climb that shit with people lined up like that...what the hell
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Nifflerz]
#26013170 - 05/25/19 06:13 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Niffla said: 3 more died yesterday on Everest.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-48395241
That's what, 5 in roughly 48 hrs? This is rapidly starting to resemble Everest disasters from years past.
Wow sounds even more fun
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Enjoywho]
#26013551 - 05/25/19 11:30 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Death toll up to 10.
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Nifflerz] 5
#26013891 - 05/26/19 08:03 AM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: vinsue]
#26014686 - 05/26/19 04:43 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: pineninja]
#26014714 - 05/26/19 04:58 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've actually had thoughts about climbing my Everest. I know people die on that mountain and I feel like it be a great feat and accomplishment to achieve. I'd seriously consider doing it. I am decently in shape and have not a lot of climbing experience, but I think I have endurance and will power.
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Re: It costs 65K give or take to climb Mount Everest [Re: Ogla] 1
#26015283 - 05/27/19 12:07 AM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Fuckkkk that freezing to death, and being trapped somewhere, are both teo massive fears i have. Along with burning to death and, drowning and being eaten by a bear
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