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[frandroid]

Mt. Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) climbers claim there was "nothing to do" to help dying man

Including renouncing to your climb in order to save a life? That was not possible?

It's quite something.

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[okanagansun.livejournal.com]

I know, this boggles my mind. From my own observations, I've found that humans tend to bond together when immersed in nature...so this surprises me even more. It's so sad.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

The thing is that this mountain is not ordinary nature... People look at it as a race track, as a place of achievement. Look at my penis, it's been on top of the world.

Bringing a man down would prevent one from actually bragging about their Everest dick.

[gubydal.livejournal.com]

While I can only hope that faced with that same situation I would do the more honorable thing, the more I read about what happened the more I understand that "bringing a man down" sounds far more serious than one would think.

For more debate on the subject, including links to Hilary's (the first man to climb Everest) thoughts on it, check this out

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

More than 1,500 climbers have reached the summit of Mount Everest in the last 53 years and some 190 have died trying.

Hey, that's over 10% fatality rate. Guess who's just decided he's not ever taking the risk?

[gubydal.livejournal.com]

I can't stop reading about this. Apprently Everest is "riddled" with bodies as it's too hard to get them off the mountain. People who passed the British man claimed they thought it was the body of a different dead person. I don't think myself capable of climbing through a frozen graveyard to reach a summit.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

"riddled"... that's quite something.

And now we've seen what it's all about... The team that just rescued an Australian guy had to abandon its own Everest climb in order to do so. It's all about the climb.