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Re: Weeks saddest picture.
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Posted by Shyaku
on May 25, 2019, 11:53 pm, in reply to "
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There were only two good weather days this season. Same # of people as last year, but all crammed into 2 days.
Hilary step has gone by the way, victim of the earthquake.
On the northern (chinse) side they have a quota. But Nepal is desperately poor.
I think 50 grand is close to the lowest price actually. You can pay 120 grand for gourmet food and some training :-)
A substantial chunk of the 50 grand goes to the Nepalese govt, not sure what happens to it after that.
There are three keys to summiting everest: Your health at altitude, the weather, and your wallet. Skill doesn't really enter the equation too much.
- Shyaku
Message Thread:
Weeks saddest picture.
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Ken Waldron
May 24, 2019, 7:10 pm
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brooks
May 24, 2019, 7:17 pm
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Ken Waldron
May 24, 2019, 7:30 pm
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brooks
May 24, 2019, 7:46 pm
Courage lads! Remember that all that dreck will be derelict remnants before too long. This ignoble
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Rhisiart Gwilym
May 24, 2019, 9:17 pm
(I speak as an old mountaineer, somewhat disgusted by the commodification of the art.) NOM
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Rhisiart Gwilym
May 24, 2019, 9:20 pm
Everest: Three more die amid overcrowding near summit
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Ed
May 24, 2019, 10:21 pm
Re: Everest: Three more die amid overcrowding near summit
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brooks
May 24, 2019, 11:02 pm
Re: Everest: Three more die amid overcrowding near summit
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Shyaku
May 25, 2019, 11:59 pm
Re: Weeks saddest picture.
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Shyaku
May 25, 2019, 11:53 pm
Re: Weeks saddest picture.
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brooks
May 26, 2019, 5:53 pm
typo: "Beck *Weathers*" nm
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brooks
May 26, 2019, 10:02 pm
Anyone see Alex Honnold free climb El Capitan? Astonishing. nm
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Jamie
May 24, 2019, 10:32 pm
Re: Anyone see Alex Honnold... Yep! Simply a different league to what I knew when active. NOM
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Rhisiart Gwilym
May 25, 2019, 6:15 am
Yes I did, it was stunning. Nothing more than a bag of chalk. Nm
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Shyaku
May 26, 2019, 12:02 am
Re: Weeks saddest picture. Thanks, at least it wasn't Theresa May crying
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John Monro
May 24, 2019, 10:34 pm
John, the BBC say: 381 permits at $11,000 (£8,600) each for the spring climbing season(nm)
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Ed
May 24, 2019, 10:43 pm
Trickle-down economics, an industrial action sherpa-style
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Shyaku
May 26, 2019, 12:08 am
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