This is a fascinating article,with some astonishing pictures, about the 'death zone' up Everest. Amazing how many bodies litter the place near the summit. It just shows how determined these climbers are knowing that a mistake up there and no one can help you. Even your fellow climbers.
Thanks for putting that up. There is a book called 'Into Thin Air' about the time 8 climbers died on Everest on may 9th 1996. Great read, written by a journalist (Jon Krakauer) who was actually on one of the teams. recommened reading.
Zitat von beduth jaseThanks for putting that up. There is a book called 'Into Thin Air' about the time 8 climbers died on Everest on may 9th 1996. Great read, written by a journalist (Jon Krakauer) who was actually on one of the teams. recommened reading.
I'll definitely read that book, thanks for recommending it. This website is a great read, especially the route descriptions and photos.
The Everest season is nearly done and it hasn't been good. A lack of snow hampered early summit attempts with the Lhotse face being a 'wall of ice' instead of a fluffy snow walk and there are reports of a big loss of life in the past couple of days because of a choke point on the mountain where the climbers had to wait which meant many getting frost-bitten/ran out out oxygen bottles in the death zone. Bad weather made things even worse. At least five dead and one missing.
Fascinated with Everest... have many books about it.
Past camp 4 into the "Death Zone" the ascent is half the effort, the real danger exists on the descent. O2 or lack of on the way down due time going up from camp 4 to the summit is the cause for death amongst the climbers... also injury on the way down (ie broken bones, sunburned eyes ect). This is only the North face, the South face deadliest portion is the ice falls and its cracks not to mention the day time avalanches throughout the ice field.
Quote by NunoFascinated with Everest... have many books about it.
Past camp 4 into the "Death Zone" the ascent is half the effort, the real danger exists on the descent. O2 or lack of on the way down due time going up from camp 4 to the summit is the cause for death amongst the climbers... also injury on the way down (ie broken bones, sunburned eyes ect). This is only the North face, the South face deadliest portion is the ice falls and its cracks not to mention the day time avalanches throughout the ice field.
...ironically K2 sees more deaths than Everest.
Yeah, someone died in the Khumbu ice-fall this season. A Sherpa I belive.
one of my mates just got back from a base camp expedition last week, his pics are
after reading this thread a while back i ended up surfing youtibe and around the net watching a lot of the everest films, some absolute belters out there, i find the whole mountain thing amazing, eventually ended up watching one about the matterhorn and how initiallyt it was/could take a month to climb it, then some nutter came along and went up himself in about two hours, just fuckin ran up the thing with two ice axes
Quote by rosso vendicatoreone of my mates just got back from a base camp expedition last week, his pics are
I've always told myself.. I would love to do the Everest base camp Trek from Katmandu through Dudh Kosi valley up to Namche, visit the monasteries, valleys of the Himalayas and spend a day or so at Base Camp.
Has to be amazing being at the foot of such a mountain.
Quote by NunoFascinated with Everest... have many books about it.
Past camp 4 into the "Death Zone" the ascent is half the effort, the real danger exists on the descent. O2 or lack of on the way down due time going up from camp 4 to the summit is the cause for death amongst the climbers... also injury on the way down (ie broken bones, sunburned eyes ect). This is only the North face, the South face deadliest portion is the ice falls and its cracks not to mention the day time avalanches throughout the ice field.
...ironically K2 sees more deaths than Everest.
Yeah, someone died in the Khumbu ice-fall this season. A Sherpa I belive.
not quite to the same scale but tomorrow and friday i should be scaling the heights of the Aonach Eagach ridge in glencoe, rekoned to be the longest, scariest knife edge on mainland UK, think theres meant to be a better one on skye, also got a Paul Heaton gig in the glen on the friday night so with this weather it should be a good jaunt
Quote by VasqueThis is a fascinating article,with some astonishing pictures, about the 'death zone' up Everest. Amazing how many bodies litter the place near the summit. It just shows how determined these climbers are knowing that a mistake up there and no one can help you. Even your fellow climbers.
Cheers for posting that, one of the most interesting if not scary articles i've read in some time. I've done a bit of climbing/walking over the past few years and had the pleasure of meeting a guy who climbed everest a few years ago. He said that at a certain point you lose all inhibitions and the only thought is on reaching the summit, everything else goes out of your head. I enjoy climbing but that kind of commitment seems utterly mental to me. I suppose that's what sets those who get to the top/even attempt it apart from the rest of us.
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