Mount Everest

[mackem 23,759]

7 minutes ago, scothunter said:

Is it the Eiger  which has a railway through it?

Also a door that opens onto the North Face 

The Jungfrau tunnel.

[riohog 5,621]

6 hours ago, mackem said:

When I was younger I wondered if I could do it,obviously not badly enough or I would have found the means.Now I have the wherewithal but physically and more importantly mentally I have no chance.I met a guy who has done it twice,passed 7 corpses as he did so,I am in the mountaineering museum as I type this drinking a coffee,the pics of frostbitten faces and fingers looks grim.

 

lol i once climbed  snowdon  .. well you have to start somewere    

[mackem 23,759]

There was a section in the museum on the yeti,general census of opinion is it's some type of Himalayan bear,

 

[lurcherman 887 12,679]

7 hours ago, mackem said:

When I was younger I wondered if I could do it,obviously not badly enough or I would have found the means.Now I have the wherewithal but physically and more importantly mentally I have no chance.I met a guy who has done it twice,passed 7 corpses as he did so,I am in the mountaineering museum as I type this drinking a coffee,the pics of frostbitten faces and fingers looks grim.

 

Is that what don means when he calls me noodle legs. If so mine are bit bigger than them 

[Greyman 25,242]

Think if I lived in a land with an alleged Bigfoot/yeti population I,d have to have a little pop at looking, biggest problem with tracks in snow is they grow every time the sun shines on them, maybe if I,ve the time left when I,ve proven the big cat case then found Madeleine McCann I,ll have a look

 

Edited December 1, 2018 by Greyman

[mackem 23,759]

Two people died this week waiting in the queue to take selfies at the peak,i think there was 2-300 people in the queue,its lost its exclusivity and cachet somehow.

 

[pesky1972 4,927]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

Two people died this week waiting in the queue to take selfies at the peak,i think there was 2-300 people in the queue,its lost its exclusivity and cachet somehow.

 

Very true. It’s still quite an achievement getting to the top but maybe the modern kit and organisation mean it’s now do-able for a great many, rather than just a few. 

Sad to see these pictures. A bit like when you see a film shot of a lion looking all windswept and majestic on the savannah.., then the camera pans round to show 50 motors full of japs and fat yanks and about 200 lenses pointed at it. It’s definitely lost a bit of the mystique and wildness that it once had.., and maybe should be left with. Or maybe I’m talking pish and, it’s just a hill

[delswal 3,817]

Looking at the pic above, do they actually climb Everest or is it just the mother fecker of all organised clambering hikes? Could not imagine as many folks like that in a queue climbing. 

[Greyman 25,242]

Photo shopped mate,

[mackem 23,759]

12 minutes ago, delswal said:

Looking at the pic above, do they actually climb Everest or is it just the mother fecker of all organised clambering hikes? Could not imagine as many folks like that in a queue climbing. 

Climbers will tell you it's not the hardest, but it is the highest.Its not the most technical but neither is it a saunter up to the top there's a company at the moment offering 1:1 sherpa assistance to summit it for £40k

I took this not particularly good pic of it last December, its the peak in the middle. 

[mackem 23,759]

14 minutes ago, Greyman said:

Photo shopped mate,

Au contraire,heres the story with the pics.Theres actually three more people died yesterday,theres hundreds up there at the moment trying for the peak.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/23/everest-traffic-jam-blamed-death-two-climbers/

 

[grompz 703]

On ‎08‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 16:24, walshie said:

A guy I worked with went as far as base camp.

my eldest grandson made the base camp last week, only 21, and raised nearly 3 grand for cancer research,very proud of him, and areal achievement for a lad of his age.

[mackem 23,759]

4 minutes ago, grompz said:

my eldest grandson made the base camp last week, only 21, and raised nearly 3 grand for cancer research,very proud of him, and areal achievement for a lad of his age.

You must be proud as punch mate,well done,and a really good cause as well.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 14,558]

On 24/05/2019 at 15:20, delswal said:

Looking at the pic above, do they actually climb Everest or is it just the mother fecker of all organised clambering hikes? Could not imagine as many folks like that in a queue climbing. 

I think you can climb parts of it , but it’s more of a trek really 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 14,558]

I’ve trekked a few hills around the world  with a lad who is currently on the descent down from there