Annual Everest Thread: Well they always told me getting high was dangerous.

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twerking on the railroad: Jun 23, 2007; Get on my level

Picnic Princess posted:

Let me give people some context about how ridiculous this image is to a local, using our old friend, Google Maps. This is Lake Louise. It's a 2 hour drive from the third busiest international airport in the country.

https://goo.gl/maps/7CxSjwWMgZu

It's easy to drive this highway, it's 4 lanes with a wide median and kept clear all year. It goes right past the lake. 10 minute drive from the highway exit ramp.

https://goo.gl/maps/uqyzT86qmJT2

Parking can be tricky because it gets really busy, but in winter there should be quite a few empty spaces.

https://goo.gl/maps/D3if2kBsNmJ2

A two-minute walk takes you to the lake.

https://goo.gl/maps/FKRfqKsKW4n

There is a huge hotel built here, and the trails around the lake are paved and wheel-chair accessible.

https://goo.gl/maps/rXku5cqYaBz

There is no reason she couldn't have at least visited some mountains before going, even to just take this picture in real life. It's a loving embarrassment. Not that the Lake Louise shoreline would have done her any good with acclimatizing to high elevations, it's only 5700' above sea level.

Despite everything, she did actually summit. She just ran out of oxygen on the way down.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/exclusive-canadian-everest-victim-used-inexperienced-company-lacked-oxygen-1.1195149

# ¿ Jan 31, 2016 11:06

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 22:46

twerking on the railroad: Jun 23, 2007; Get on my level

The French Army! posted:

And didn't she stay up there for like a half hour taking selfies, wasting the precious oxygen she needed to get down as the Sherpas pleaded with her to descend or she wouldn't have the air to make it back?

Bingo.

# ¿ Jan 31, 2016 12:45

twerking on the railroad: Jun 23, 2007; Get on my level

Oil of Paris posted:

It is the most technically difficult 8000 ft mountain. There are of course more technical/difficult climbs, but K2 is indeed the most demanding Big rear end Mountain

Ahem, 8000 meter. The Matterhorn is more than 8000 feet.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2016 02:40

twerking on the railroad: Jun 23, 2007; Get on my level

webmeister posted:

As a reformed precocious shithead child, holy poo poo I hate precocious shithead children

That said I don't want him to die - I just hope he has people around him that stop him from dying in his attempt like that idiot Canadian woman. And at least he's done some preparation by climbing other mountains.

Well didn't the article say that his biggest mountain so far was Kilimanjaro? And that his dad is coming along even though his dad didn't climb mountains before the kid did? I think I just heard a richer l rumble in Everest's belly.

That said, I was under the impression that China has just plain not allowed foreigners into Tibet at all these days. So perhaps China's authoritarian ways are what will save this boy from himself and his father.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2016 09:41

twerking on the railroad: Jun 23, 2007; Get on my level

gohuskies posted:

Chinese government denied a permit to the 12 year old kid: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/04/12/yorba-linda-kid-denied-shot-at-climbing-mount-everest/

Thank gently caress.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2016 21:44