I got altitude sickness last time I went to Denver, haven't been back to see if it was a one time thing. I had been to higher altitudes and had no problems, but not that time. I think mountain-climbing is not for me.
Not quite the same, but I walked a section
of the Great Wall of China (outside of Beijing)
back in 1984, and threw about a half-dozen or
so Off Center Lincoln Cents off the Wall.
My thinking was 'Won't it be fun in 50 or 100 years
from now, when they're doing major renovations
on the Wall, and they find them!'
I can see the worker finding 'em, and thinking
"how the heck did these ever get here?"
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The movie about the unfortunate few who died was quite impressive, there were two or more movies about the same disaster. This is somewhat like that and as usual the experts give people plenty of warnings, so the blame can be place squarely on those who turn out to be victims.
A week before 9/11 on the weekend I was the first to summit on a Sunday on Khatadin, and met a New Zealander, a Mr. Griffin who had just finished the AT on an extreme budget for the months he had hiked, well under $500! His greatest expense were his boots and he would take the hikers' cast offs, like food in the hiker "free boxes". I gave him a ride to CT where he caught the links so he could get back to New Zealand. Some people try to keep their spending of "shekels" to a minimum.
With all of the crowding along the route to get to the top of Mt. Everest and the deaths of multiple climbers I had a thought about how Hollywood could capitalize on the current attention being payed to this story.
How about a reboot of the Eiger Sanction starring Scott Eastwood.
He can reprise the role of his father, Clint, in the original and have the story line be set on the slopes of Mt. Everest (who would play the parts played by George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy and Clint's love interest in the movie [maybe Beonce']?).
BTW, that movie (and its title) is the source of my forum handle.
@Staircoins, sorry to hear about your brother-in-law.
Big mountains with crevasses can involve a lot of risk, especially because it takes many hours to get up and back down, so there are many times when things can go wrong....
I stop short of Mt Everest Expedition just last summer at WDW, however, my 2 children went ahead and reached near the peak, they even claimed they saw the Yeti!
Seriously, if I had the means, I rather used that $60k trip cost and used it to send maybe 10 veterant families to WDW. I imagined this is more thrilling than climbing Mt Everest myself.
@FredWeinberg said:
Not quite the same, but I walked a section
of the Great Wall of China (outside of Beijing)
back in 1984, and threw about a half-dozen or
so Off Center Lincoln Cents off the Wall.
My thinking was 'Won't it be fun in 50 or 100 years
from now, when they're doing major renovations
on the Wall, and they find them!'
I can see the worker finding 'em, and thinking
"how the heck did these ever get here?"
Nitrogen.
After all the atmosphere is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen....
Actually I believe it's just lower pressure and less of both.
But if you accelerate even lower pressure gas to high speed, you will still feel it.
Kinetic energy = m*V^2, so even if m is smaller, a higher V can make you feel that wind.
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I got altitude sickness last time I went to Denver, haven't been back to see if it was a one time thing. I had been to higher altitudes and had no problems, but not that time. I think mountain-climbing is not for me.
I once read "Into Thin Air" by Jonathan Krakauer.
I would rather collect those blank metal pop-outs you see on construction sites, than to scale Everest.
Not quite the same, but I walked a section
of the Great Wall of China (outside of Beijing)
back in 1984, and threw about a half-dozen or
so Off Center Lincoln Cents off the Wall.
My thinking was 'Won't it be fun in 50 or 100 years
from now, when they're doing major renovations
on the Wall, and they find them!'
I can see the worker finding 'em, and thinking
"how the heck did these ever get here?"
The movie about the unfortunate few who died was quite impressive, there were two or more movies about the same disaster. This is somewhat like that and as usual the experts give people plenty of warnings, so the blame can be place squarely on those who turn out to be victims.
A week before 9/11 on the weekend I was the first to summit on a Sunday on Khatadin, and met a New Zealander, a Mr. Griffin who had just finished the AT on an extreme budget for the months he had hiked, well under $500! His greatest expense were his boots and he would take the hikers' cast offs, like food in the hiker "free boxes". I gave him a ride to CT where he caught the links so he could get back to New Zealand. Some people try to keep their spending of "shekels" to a minimum.
With all of the crowding along the route to get to the top of Mt. Everest and the deaths of multiple climbers I had a thought about how Hollywood could capitalize on the current attention being payed to this story.
How about a reboot of the Eiger Sanction starring Scott Eastwood.
He can reprise the role of his father, Clint, in the original and have the story line be set on the slopes of Mt. Everest (who would play the parts played by George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy and Clint's love interest in the movie [maybe Beonce']?).
BTW, that movie (and its title) is the source of my forum handle.
I climbed Mt Si in Washington State. Just under 4,200 feet. Almost killed me. A man's got to know his limits.
Dave
Yes... But only by viewing on PBS from my sofa. It's great training and makes me appreciate the distance of my walk to and from the refrigerator.
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That is why my friend went by helicopter. I saw the videos of that airport. Cliff on both ends and short.
I've not climbed anything higher than a flight of stairs. My brother-in-law was quite the mountaineer though. Rainer took him in 2010.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jul/28/climber-dies-fall-mount-rainier/?amp-content=amp
He went doing what he loved. Managed to save 3 on his rope team by arresting their fall into the cravasse, but there was nobody left to save him.
Climbed 2 stacks of silver dollars once. Tripped over a die break and fell 3 inches. Landed on the eagle, saved my life.
@Staircoins, sorry to hear about your brother-in-law.
Big mountains with crevasses can involve a lot of risk, especially because it takes many hours to get up and back down, so there are many times when things can go wrong....
You look different than I would have expected.
I stop short of Mt Everest Expedition just last summer at WDW, however, my 2 children went ahead and reached near the peak, they even claimed they saw the Yeti!
Seriously, if I had the means, I rather used that $60k trip cost and used it to send maybe 10 veterant families to WDW. I imagined this is more thrilling than climbing Mt Everest myself.
That runway used to be gravel. With broken airplane fuselages scattered on either side. It took us a week to walk in and 30 minutes to fly out.
As the plane dropped off the end of the cliff, I wholeheartedly regretted not walking for another week.
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Could explain where the Stella went.
I think that if I were ever to take on such an endeavor, they wouldn't have to venture too far up to find my carcass.
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Nitrogen.
After all the atmosphere is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen....
Actually I believe it's just lower pressure and less of both.
But if you accelerate even lower pressure gas to high speed, you will still feel it.
Kinetic energy = m*V^2, so even if m is smaller, a higher V can make you feel that wind.
I climbed the last 2000’ or so of Montana Picchu in the Andes (just over 10,000' at the top).