Re: Off topic_Everest

Posted by Brendon-KS on May 28, 2019 at 18:30:34 from (63.245.145.17):

In Reply to: Off topic_Everest posted by sourgum on May 28, 2019 at 10:33:06:

To a person not into mountain climbing the desire to do this will never make any sense. It is pointless to even attempt to make sense of it. However, in my younger days when I lived in Colorado I did quite a bit of climbing and even had the enjoyment of summitting a mountain in South America over 20,000 feet tall. I know first-hand the strong feelings that getting to the top of a difficult mountain can bring about. For some the desire is strong enough for them to justify placing themselves at significant risk in order to achieve their personal goals. While I myself wouldn't take the risks that come along with attempting the world's tallest mountains I'm not about to judge those who do because I know how the desire can motivate a person. Even easy mountains in Colorado carry a certain amount of risk and some of the more difficult ones I've climbed have claimed numerous lives. However, if a person attempted to avoid all risks they would probably live a miserable life not wanting to do anything.

I do have negatives feelings about what is happening on Everest. From a technical perspective it isn't that hard of a mountain to climb compared to other peaks in it's league (commonly known as the 8000 meter peaks) and being the tallest it is naturally the one that everybody wants to climb. There are lots of people attempting Everest who don't really have business being there but they have a bank account deep enough to hire a guide and fund a climb. I also personally don't think that oxygen should be used except as required for first aid. When someone gets to high altitude by sucking on a bottle and the bottle runs out the person is in far worse shape than if they went as high as they could go on on their own then turned back. Supplemental oxygen allows people who won't be physically up to the task naturally to get into serious trouble when delays or bad weather trap them at high elevation longer than the oxygen supply can last. Many lives have been lost due to this. It also causes a huge trash problem as most of the empty bottles are simply discarded on the mountain.

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