Everest Deaths 2016
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Everest has claimed its first two lives of the year. An Australian woman (Dr Maria Strydom, 34) and a Dutch man (Eric Arnold, 36) have both died of apparent altitude sickness.
The bodies, which are at 8,000 metres (26,240 feet), have yet to be retrieved.
Source - The Guardian
The bodies, which are at 8,000 metres (26,240 feet), have yet to be retrieved.
Source - The Guardian
Went up everest to prove vegans can do anything... Ok
Sorry for the loss, but if I wanted to prove carnivores could do anything, I wouldn't be needing to go up everest to prove it, just chewing on some meat is fine for me.
Why do for some reason Vegans need to tell everyone about being a vegan and why do they need to prove that being a vegan is not a disability when no one says it is.
They will probably do what they did in the film everest and just leave them up there, in the dead zone the last thing you want to think about is how to get a body down the mountain.
Sorry for the loss, but if I wanted to prove carnivores could do anything, I wouldn't be needing to go up everest to prove it, just chewing on some meat is fine for me.
Why do for some reason Vegans need to tell everyone about being a vegan and why do they need to prove that being a vegan is not a disability when no one says it is.
They will probably do what they did in the film everest and just leave them up there, in the dead zone the last thing you want to think about is how to get a body down the mountain.
Derek Smith said:
BrassMan said:
Du1point8 said:
Why do for some reason Vegans need to tell everyone about being a vegan and why do they need to prove that being a vegan is not a disability when no one says it is.
There may be a selection bias in effect.Good old PH, where even dying near the summit of everest won't spare you from a dig if you're vegan.
Reports I've read are four dead in four days- including a Sherpa who fell near the summit on Thursday:
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/22/asia/everest-cli...
Sounds like a grim expedition. I think it would probably have recieved less press attention before the earthquake, though- dying whilst trying to climb Everest is hardly an unimaginable outcome, but it's always a sad thing to hear.
Reports I've read are four dead in four days- including a Sherpa who fell near the summit on Thursday:
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/22/asia/everest-cli...
Sounds like a grim expedition. I think it would probably have recieved less press attention before the earthquake, though- dying whilst trying to climb Everest is hardly an unimaginable outcome, but it's always a sad thing to hear.
Du1point8 said:
Went up everest to prove vegans can do anything... Ok
Why do for some reason Vegans need to tell everyone about being a vegan and why do they need to prove that being a vegan is not a disability when no one says it is.
This, who was it that said vegans cant climb mountains? Its proving a point that didnt need proving, and he lost his life in the process.Why do for some reason Vegans need to tell everyone about being a vegan and why do they need to prove that being a vegan is not a disability when no one says it is.
Einion Yrth said:
Pints said:
The bodies, which are at 8,000 metres (26,240 feet), have yet to be retrieved.
Probably never will be, they almost use them as signposts.Depending on where they are sometimes there is an effort to bring some down,plus other stuff.
Eh? That´s someone traversing a crevasse, almost certainly in the Khumbu Icefall.
Not many ways of getting over one without a ladder.
Now, if you´re referring to the Chinese ladder on the NE ridge, that enables climbers to ascend the second step, well, there´s an argument that it shouldn´t be there, I guess.
Not many ways of getting over one without a ladder.
Now, if you´re referring to the Chinese ladder on the NE ridge, that enables climbers to ascend the second step, well, there´s an argument that it shouldn´t be there, I guess.
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