Mount Everest 2025
The mountain is open for business!
2023 saw a bumper crop of 17 fatalities (a record) but 2024's tally was disappointing.
The authorities continue to implement new rules to spoil our fun:
On April 18th, the government of Nepal registered an “Integrated Tourism Bill” in Nepal’s upper house of Parliament, mandating that any climber wishing to hike Mount Everest must show valid proof that they have experience previously scaling a 22,965-foot (7,000-meter) mountain, or they will be prohibited from climbing the world’s tallest mountain peak.
In addition, the new bill also includes bans on solo expeditions, mandating that solo climbers will no longer be permitted to climb Mount Everest alone, and that one guide be assigned for every two climbers on peaks taller than 26,000 feet (8,000 meters), which includes Mount Everest, Annapurna, and K2, the second-tallest mountain in the world.
All climbers are also mandated to carry advanced satellite tracking devices during their ascent, so teams on the ground can track their movements in real time, and will also be able to monitor their vital signs, such as the climber’s heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and body temperature, transmitting the critical data to Base Camp and rescue teams through satellite signals, alerting those on the ground of emergencies involving climbers.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 128 | May 17, 2025 3:15 PM
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Nine people died trying to summit Everest in 2024.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 27, 2025 7:53 AM
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Alan Arnette's 2025 blog. Ropes have been fixed up to Camp Two.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 2 | April 27, 2025 11:45 AM
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More new rules:
All climbers are also mandated to carry advanced satellite tracking devices during their ascent, so teams on the ground can track their movements in real time
The new bill also mandates that all guides, including Sherpas, must be Nepali.
Dead body management insurance will also be required by climbers… Climbers and Sherpas are also required to carry policies for accidents, health, and search and rescue; all policies mandated must cover at least three months' insurance per individual.
A $4,000 refundable garbage deposit with a non-refundable garbage fee will be collected at the time of permit issuance. In order to get that deposit back, climbers are required to bring their ‘human waste bags’ back to Base Camp after their climb, in addition to bringing back a minimum of 18 pounds of waste to reclaim their deposit.
the new laws prohibit expensive and luxury glamping equipment, such as see-through dome tents with all the luxuries of home, to full-service dining and entertainment areas for the 2025 climbing season and future seasons
Heli-jumping” is also prohibited as of this season
Costs for permit fees to climb Mount Everest in 2025 are set to increase by 36% on September 1, 2025, from $11,000 per person to $15,000.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 27, 2025 1:15 PM
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^ oops, some overlap with OP. IIRC, the tracking devices issued last year were very low quality. Also new rules are issued every year but enforcement is spotty. The glamping one is already ignored if you read AA’s blog.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 27, 2025 1:21 PM
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The climbing season threads have been the most unexpected of surprises on DL. Hilarious, informative, and of course at times DL catty and bitchy.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 27, 2025 4:48 PM
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[QUOTE] The new bill also mandates that all guides, including Sherpas, must be Nepali.
This is a terrible idea. A lot of them don't know what the hell they're doing.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 27, 2025 5:08 PM
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'A $4,000 refundable garbage deposit with a non-refundable garbage fee will be collected at the time of permit issuance.'
Most of the rich westerners will be fine losing this deposit if it means they don't have to lug their shit about.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 27, 2025 5:10 PM
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So no western guides allowed? Can expedition leaders still be western or will that be axed next?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 27, 2025 5:25 PM
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if there is money to be made, it belongs to the Nepalese.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 27, 2025 5:28 PM
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I wait all year for this thread . My post Easter surprise
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 27, 2025 5:32 PM
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Good. I’m glad they are cracking down on these more money than sense idiots who endanger others with their dumb shit.
Chomolungma deserves respect.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 27, 2025 6:42 PM
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Having all these RULES about who can and CANNOT climb is goddamn UNAMERICAN!
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 27, 2025 8:01 PM
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More Nepalese expedition leaders means more corrupt fuckers like Nimsdai.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 27, 2025 9:56 PM
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"I will make Nepal our 53rd state if these horrible rules aren't rescinded!"
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 27, 2025 10:40 PM
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There probably won’t be any summits until mid-May.
I did learn that people do climb at other times. Very, very few but it is possible. Autumn has more than summer or winter. I wonder what it’s like, who are they? Also all the guide ropes and ice ladders are removed after the spring season so how are they climbing?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 28, 2025 3:12 AM
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Mount Washington in Winter is rugged enough.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 28, 2025 3:22 AM
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BTW, if you want to see a supurb recreation of what it's like to climb Mt Washington in Winter, check out the movie Infinite Storm with Naomi Watts. I was extremely impressed, quite realistic even though it was shot in another country.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 28, 2025 3:43 AM
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I have a friend up there now. The whole thing takes 60 days! They make them acclimate, and do practice runs on ice ladders. He’s submitted 12 high mountains, and this will be the sixth of the seven summits for him. He was supposed to go a couple years ago but ended up needing knee surgery, but he’s worked hard to get back in climbing shape. It seems terrifying to me, but he is clearly having a blast.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 28, 2025 5:12 AM
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Summitted. Not submitted.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 28, 2025 5:14 AM
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This experience is right up there with the Nautilus and Ladies’ Rocket Ship.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 28, 2025 5:20 AM
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Keep us updated with how your friend does, R21. Is he wealthy?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 28, 2025 10:15 AM
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R21's friend is the Bottom on Top of the World. I await the "Let's Be" thread about him.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 28, 2025 10:30 AM
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[QUOTE] Bottom on Top of the World.
Love it! Updates please, R25.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 28, 2025 9:09 PM
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I've wasted big $ and put myself in harm's way for stupid reasons, which is why I hate seeing others do it. But I also realize you can't stop someone who has something to prove and the wherewithal to do it.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 28, 2025 9:27 PM
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When I was in Nepal I saw a video of the conquest of Everest. One dude, I think he was Australian and had a new baby, got trapped in a storm and got severe frost bite. All his fingers had to amputated, he lost a good part of his nose, and both feet. But he lived.
No, thanks.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 28, 2025 10:40 PM
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“I've … put myself in harm's way for stupid reasons…. But I also realize you can't stop someone who has something to prove and the wherewithal to do it.”
And so begins the story of how I lay there, face down-ass up, in a bathhouse in the 90s.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 29, 2025 2:01 AM
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He’s comfortable, as they say r24.. No kids, no current relationship, so he’s able to train hard and take all the time it requires to be ready. He’s started the climb and will be out of contact for a week. It’s 20-30 degrees in the tents at basecamp, they sleep in all of their clothes.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 30, 2025 1:36 AM
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This sounds like a recipe for disaster:
According to a report in the Financial Times, four British mountaineers are to inhale the inert gas xenon under medical supervision after arriving in Kathmandu. They are then to be flown by helicopter to Everest Base Camp and set off straight for the summit with their Sherpas. After a three-day ascent to the summit at 8,849 meters and a one-day descent, they will return to Kathmandu by helicopter and then return home.
After a week, the Brits could be back at their desks at home. They still pay an introductory price of an undisclosed amount. In future, such a short trip to Everest will cost around 150,000 euros.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | April 30, 2025 1:36 PM
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Can I still bring my cappuccino machine up?
by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 30, 2025 1:47 PM
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What it’s like to cross the ice ladders. Hey you can practice at home!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 33 | April 30, 2025 2:25 PM
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Isn’t Mallory’s body still up there?
by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 30, 2025 2:32 PM
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Yes, R34. The team that found him covered him with rocks. The camera never has been found.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | April 30, 2025 3:37 PM
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Thanks for starting this OP!
by Anonymous | reply 36 | April 30, 2025 9:28 PM
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Return to Corpse Poo Mountain
by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 30, 2025 9:41 PM
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A 64 year old man died last week trying to summit the 'easy' mountain Ama Dablam.
On Everest, heavy snow has stopped progress.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 38 | May 1, 2025 2:24 PM
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The April 30 link above is worth reading.
Arnette calls out various climbers who are going for records—speed climbing without oxygen, a new route that avoids the icefall, a sherpa who wants to summit four times in 20 days, a BASE jumper going for the altitude record, and a guy who has cycled from Calais to India after swimming the Channel. The Xenon guys will be interesting too.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | May 1, 2025 2:48 PM
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[QUOTE] a sherpa who wants to summit four times in 20 days
Insanity.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | May 1, 2025 6:27 PM
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The OP sounds mentally deranged.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | May 1, 2025 10:51 PM
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Just give me a cute Sherpa, a cozy tent at Base Camp and I’ll be fine.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | May 1, 2025 10:51 PM
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The movie Everest (2015) is pretty good.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | May 1, 2025 11:01 PM
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What's the point of the xenon gas?
by Anonymous | reply 46 | May 1, 2025 11:01 PM
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Breathing Xenon -may- be a performance enhancer. Four former military guys have been breathing it at home and hope to arrive and summit in the space of a week. We’ll see.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | May 2, 2025 2:50 AM
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Xenon gas used to be used as an anaesthetic ...
I can see this going deliciously wrong.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | May 2, 2025 12:23 PM
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What is the estimated summit day?
by Anonymous | reply 49 | May 3, 2025 4:06 PM
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Not OP, but fuck off, r43. I look forward to this post every year. Bring on the photos of the climbers lined up like sardines, awaiting their few minutes to take a photo on top.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | May 3, 2025 4:32 PM
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The last two weeks in May will be peak climbing (heh) judging by past history, so May 15?
by Anonymous | reply 51 | May 3, 2025 4:43 PM
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Mt. Everest, the mountain with the biggest tits in the world.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 52 | May 3, 2025 5:26 PM
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^^^^ we resemble that remark!
by Anonymous | reply 53 | May 3, 2025 10:31 PM
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Mount Everest was created because Eurasia was an insatiable bottom.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 54 | May 3, 2025 10:44 PM
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And India is a power top!
by Anonymous | reply 55 | May 3, 2025 10:52 PM
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A 39-year-old man from Chicago has died on Makalu.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 56 | May 5, 2025 9:34 AM
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High winds have slowed progress on Everest. Ropes have only been fixed up to 7000m. No summits yet.
See link and scroll down for a very interesting account of climbing from Camp 1 to Camp 3.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 57 | May 5, 2025 9:36 AM
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First summits expected later on this week.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 58 | May 7, 2025 12:55 AM
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Ropes still not fixed above South Col.
Did not realise that 25% of all Everest climbers abandoned their climb at Base Camp. What a waste of $60k.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | May 9, 2025 7:13 AM
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^^^^ a fool and his money ...
by Anonymous | reply 60 | May 9, 2025 11:06 AM
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A 38 year old American died in his tent of a cardiac arrest, half way up Makalu.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 61 | May 10, 2025 4:49 AM
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If I were to have such an opportunity, I would be fine just staying in base camp and being near Chomolungma.
That area has some beautiful scenery (if you look past the human damage)
by Anonymous | reply 63 | May 10, 2025 4:43 PM
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R21 here. My friend’s practice partial ascent was postponed for a few days, but he did just return from his Basecamp to Camp 3 round trip, without oxygen. In a few days he and his Sherpa will head all the way up to the top with oxygen.
He said ‘take one step and take two deep breaths’. Because the air contains 1/2 the oxygen than at base camp. And also noted that he went up 6 ice ladders, some as tall/long at three stories. And he is insanely happy.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | May 10, 2025 5:37 PM
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Thanks for keeping us updated r64! The ice ladders sound terrifying. It’s probably a good thing that glacier is there, I am am sure it keeps away millions of people who would Otherwise want to climb.
Wishing your friend all the best.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | May 10, 2025 6:07 PM
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Three. Story. Ice. Ladders.
Dear god.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | May 11, 2025 4:59 AM
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[quote]R28 One dude, I think he was Australian and had a new baby, got trapped in a storm and got severe frost bite. All his fingers had to amputated, he lost a good part of his nose, and both feet.
Haha! Have fun trying to play with your baby NOW, idiot! It will shriek in terror each time it sees you!!
by Anonymous | reply 67 | May 11, 2025 6:32 AM
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I don't know if this is the first summit. It's the guy r39 mentioned who swam the Channel a d cycled to India.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 68 | May 12, 2025 9:40 AM
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Okay a climber from Ecuador was the first, summited without oxygen. 18 people have made it so far according to the AA blog.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | May 12, 2025 1:51 PM
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[quote]summited without oxygen
that's nutz
by Anonymous | reply 71 | May 12, 2025 9:43 PM
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The dude at r68 is sunburned to hell and back. Yikes!
Could be wind burn, too, that high up.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | May 12, 2025 10:47 PM
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[quote]R28 One dude, I think he was Australian and had a new baby, got trapped in a storm and got severe frost bite. All his fingers had to amputated, he lost a good part of his nose, and both feet.
It really makes you wonder - if this new Quasimodo were your husband, would you stay with him?
A lot of it of course would rely on if he still had a nice big cock you could ride, after strapping him in his gurney so his stumps couldn’t reach/flail out and touch you. But what if that appendage had snapped off, too?
[italic]Is it desertion[/italic] … when your partner returns from a trip an impotent, maimed monster??
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 73 | May 12, 2025 11:19 PM
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Here's a long article about the xenon sniffers. These guys have got rocks in their heads.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 74 | May 13, 2025 11:14 AM
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R67 R73 luckily the guy died soon after of cancer so your concerns are unfounded
by Anonymous | reply 75 | May 13, 2025 2:01 PM
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[quote] One dude, I think he was Australian and had a new baby, got trapped in a storm and got severe frost bite. All his fingers had to amputated, he lost a good part of his nose, and both feet.
And then there are people who have summited 5 times unscathed. Life is just a crapshoot.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | May 13, 2025 2:44 PM
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[quote]R75 luckily the guy died soon after of cancer so your concerns are unfounded
Hmpphhh….yes, well…..
[italic]settles into rocker, returns to knitting, thching to self
by Anonymous | reply 77 | May 13, 2025 3:07 PM
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"Did not realise that 25% of all Everest climbers abandoned their climb at Base Camp. What a waste of $60k."
But a smart waste, if there is such a thing. Pushing on climbing Everest when you're not feeling it and not absolutely confident isn't gonna work. In way I respect that they paid THAT much money but still chose to shut it down.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | May 13, 2025 4:41 PM
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It's the outdoorsy equivalent of the initiation ceremony for the Bullingdon Club only instead of burning a £50 note in front of a homeless person you burn $60 thousand in the company of a Sherpa.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | May 13, 2025 6:00 PM
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Climbers should be forced to wear live streaming go-pros and we get to bet on them
by Anonymous | reply 80 | May 13, 2025 8:56 PM
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R80 No, that's not at all creepy.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | May 13, 2025 9:00 PM
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[quote] Did not realise that 25% of all Everest climbers abandoned their climb at Base Camp. What a waste of $60k.
Well, if they don’t have good insurance they have to worry about the medical bills for perhaps amputating all their fingers, a good part of the nose, and both feet due to frost bite.
So maybe it occurs to them the overall cost could be much more?
by Anonymous | reply 82 | May 13, 2025 9:54 PM
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White ppl and their colonial ways
by Anonymous | reply 83 | May 13, 2025 10:03 PM
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The first international climbers reached the top of Everest on Sunday, but that sprinkling of summiters will have to suffice for a few days. For the next several days, it will be too windy for all but the most stoic climbers. As expected, several groups set off toward the summit immediately after the Sherpa rope fixers finished their work. On Sunday, they achieved the first international summits of the season. Among them is Mitch Huntcraft, who swam, cycled, and ran from his home in the UK to Nepal over nine months. He climbed, supported by Gelje Sherpa and Yak Phuri, and summited at 7:20 am yesterday.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 84 | May 14, 2025 2:13 AM
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Jesus, two other guys have done similar swim/bicycle/run/climb without oxygen in the past. One, the Swedish guy, during the fatal year 1996. Was he mentioned in any of the documentaries/movies?
by Anonymous | reply 85 | May 14, 2025 12:30 PM
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Thanks, r85. You give us a lot to work with.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | May 14, 2025 12:33 PM
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Are you aiming for sarcasm r86? Because the link is right there at r84
by Anonymous | reply 87 | May 14, 2025 12:48 PM
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Just wanted to recommend this new book by Melissa Arnot, the first American woman to summit Everest without supplementary oxygen.
It's very readable, brutally honest and compelling. Melissa is good looking and in her 20s had relationships with a few well known guides and expedition leaders, but admits she chose her partners carefully and made sure they could help her career!!!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 88 | May 14, 2025 8:42 PM
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[quote]R88 Just wanted to recommend this new book by Melissa Arnot, the first American woman to summit Everest without supplementary oxygen.
When Melissa Sue Anderson makes the summit, I’ll read the book.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | May 15, 2025 12:31 AM
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15th May, and no westerners have died on Everest so far.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | May 15, 2025 1:45 AM
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Are there usually deaths by now?
by Anonymous | reply 91 | May 15, 2025 2:34 AM
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It’s not only Westerners who climb Everest.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 92 | May 15, 2025 2:42 AM
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[QUOTE] Are there usually deaths by now?
Yes, usually several.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | May 15, 2025 2:51 AM
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I follow this guy and he is at Everest base camp right now:
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 94 | May 15, 2025 8:06 AM
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54 summits on May 13, no fatalities.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 95 | May 15, 2025 2:23 PM
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[quote]54 summits on May 13, no fatalities.
This is a goddamn ripoff.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | May 16, 2025 1:12 AM
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Three deaths but they weren't westerners. One Filipino guy in his 40s and two Nepalese workers who were taken from Base Camp by helicopter to Kathmandu and died in hospital.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 97 | May 16, 2025 2:54 PM
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And the guy at r94 has made it to the summit 18 times!
by Anonymous | reply 98 | May 16, 2025 3:49 PM
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That guy from Chicago that died - he had a wife and 2 small kids. He was diagnosed with leukemia, I believe.
Now his wife is a widow and his children are fatherless.
I don't care if he had a cancer scare when he was 19 - this is all ego and adrenaline. And I doubt there's a life insurance policy to cover Mt. Everest deaths.
They make their cancer battle their whole personality - then do these stupid climbs to prove "Anyone can tackle anything - there are no limits to what you and your mind can do."
Don't know the guy - but I doubt you'd go more than a day without hearing about his training, how cancer changes your life view, and how amazing those climbs were.
Now you're dead and it's your own fault. You got saved from death and decided to put yourself into death's path time and time again. Asshole.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | May 16, 2025 4:08 PM
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Around 7,300 have made the ascent - over 10,000 if you include multiple ascents.
Guess what the success rate is? 65-70%.
This is a farce. Ego-driven tourism for braggarts and assholes.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | May 16, 2025 4:15 PM
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The guy that died about his leukemia diagnosis:
[quote] I'm going to beat this. I'm going to be there for my family and to watch Zephyr grow up. My story has plenty of chapters remaining. I have big dreams in life, including in the mountains, and will be more relentless and motivated than ever in the pursuit of those dreams.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | May 16, 2025 5:08 PM
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R101 - like I said in a previous post - he made his cancer and these climbs his whole personality. The worst is when they deflect and say - BUT I'M DOING IT FOR CHARITY!
No you're not. You're just using that as an excuse - the amounts he's raising doesn't do jack-shit for pediatric cancer awareness or research. And I wouldn't be surprised if he used some of the donations to fund the excursion and training.
Hasn't he had enough recognition for all his previous stuff? I guarantee the phrase "As a brain cancer survivor" has passed his lips more often than Thank You.
Stuff like this just rubs me the wrong way. Literally tens of thousands of people are involved in pediatric cancer fundraising, treatment and research. None of them get many thank-yous, including the actual researchers who have made life-saving discoveries.
Yes I know I sound negative.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | May 16, 2025 5:20 PM
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Anyone who heads to Everest soon after cancer treatment is bonkers. Chemo messes with your red and white blood cells. Your heart isn't strong enough to cope with the altitude.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | May 16, 2025 7:19 PM
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But R103 - clearly you didn't read his post at R101. He was going to be there for his family and he's going to be more relentless and motivated than ever!
Such a fucking narcissistic post, if you ask me. #WhenDouchebagsGetCancer
by Anonymous | reply 104 | May 16, 2025 7:47 PM
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The guy was deluded. Nobody goes to Everest for their 'family'. It's one of the most selfish quests anyone could undertake, given the high chance of it ending in death.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | May 16, 2025 7:51 PM
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R105 - he went to raise $20,000 for CHARITY!
by Anonymous | reply 106 | May 16, 2025 8:06 PM
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George Mallory may or may not have made it to the top but was he a top?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 107 | May 16, 2025 8:17 PM
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Because Andrew Irvine is secretly hidden in that trunk with his fist up Mallory's ass, I'm going to guess "bottom".
by Anonymous | reply 108 | May 16, 2025 9:38 PM
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Andrew Irvine was the submissive bottom in that relationship. Followed Mallory about like a dog.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | May 16, 2025 10:57 PM
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[QUOTE]I'm going to be there for my family and to watch Zephyr grow up.
The wife must be feeling an unusual mixture of grief and relief. Life insurance surely won't kick in, but she'll get a $750/mo. Social Security survivors benefit for each child unless the Trump administration scraps it. (Remember Jeanne Pirro recently screeching aloud wondering why some children and infants are on SS?)
by Anonymous | reply 110 | May 16, 2025 11:20 PM
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I don't get the appeal of climbing Mount Everest at all. Can someone explain it? Even without the corpses, it's not the most beautiful place on earth. And, sure, it's the highest point on the planet, but you still had to fly to get there, know what I mean?
by Anonymous | reply 111 | May 16, 2025 11:31 PM
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"Where daddy?"
"He's climbing a tall mountain to conquer death, sweetie"
by Anonymous | reply 112 | May 16, 2025 11:32 PM
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Hmmm, I have questions:
- what's the point of doing it without supplemental oxygen? Simply for bragging rights?
- there must be something more to this story about the xenon. No-one is risking their life and relying on a speculative and untested method of skipping a lengthy acclimitisation by ingesting a gas simply because they can't get the time off work. Do they think they are going to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for this?
- Was it really legal to climb alone until this year? That also seems mad.
I had a former colleague (not someone I actually worked with) who died on Everest a number of years ago, leaving behind a young daughter and pregnant wife. He unclipped his safety rope to take a piss and a gust of wind blew him off the mountain. Tragedy can also be banal.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | May 17, 2025 2:47 AM
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My all-time greatest physical achievement was to climb Huayna Potosi in Bolivia, I warmly recommend it to anyone wanting a more sensible challenge. At 6088 metres its peak is higher than Everest Base Camp, so you can more or less sort of argue that you got within the same ballpark. It is, however, easy enough to be done in one night, using only chocolate as an aid.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | May 17, 2025 2:52 AM
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Maybe this year they will find Sandy Irvine's other foot?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 116 | May 17, 2025 2:53 AM
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Posing by remains is, we'll, a little weirdo? The poseur could still claim the right via his many witnesses, right? It's just not tacky.
[QUOTE]there must be something more to this story about the xenon. No-one is risking their life and relying on a speculative and untested method of skipping a lengthy acclimitisation by ingesting a gas simply because they can't get the time off work.
What I believe is that they believed themselves "Masters of the Universe" through their lucky birth as British aristocrats who believed themselves better ay anything they did or was within their right by birth: better looking, better strength, better cardiovascular systems.
Well, except, their intense stupidity and fallibilty as cunts willing to destabilize or destroy their young families while seeking personal "glory."
by Anonymous | reply 117 | May 17, 2025 3:05 AM
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I would imagine all summiteers to be utterly obnoxious, duly informing anyone they meet that they summited at their first opportunity. And surely there must be some god awful club of summiteers who basically rizz each other up on the regular. A summiteer's circle jerk so to speak. I imagine them all to be unbearable narcissists.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | May 17, 2025 3:29 AM
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"The poseur could still claim the right via his many witnesses, right?"
But then all the cunts on DL would scream "HE COULD HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE IF HE ACTUALLY FOUND THE REMAINS AND DIDN'T SO BORIS-MAGA-ANTI-STEPHEN-SONDHEIMITE-PASTA-DRAINING LIAR"
by Anonymous | reply 119 | May 17, 2025 12:19 PM
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Two climbers from the same dodgy Nepalese run company, Snowy Horizon Treks, have now died:
Subrata Ghosh, a 45-year-old from West Bengal, India, has died near the summit of Everest, according to The Himalayan Times. Bodhraj Bhandari of Snowy Horizon Treks reported that Ghosh passed away just below the Hillary Step during his descent.
Yesterday, Ghosh summited at around 2 pm with his guide, Champal Tamang. But Ghosh struggled with exhaustion and symptoms of altitude sickness on the way down. According to Tamang, Ghosh refused to continue descending.
Tamang eventually reached Camp 4 late last night and relayed news of the death. Efforts to retrieve the body and transport it to Base Camp are ongoing.
This marks the second fatality among foreign climbers on Everest this season, following the death of 45-year-old Philipp Santiago II from the same expedition. Santiago died at Camp 4 on May 14 while preparing for his summit attempt. There were also two Sherpas who died in hospital after coming down with Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) in Base Camp.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | May 17, 2025 12:43 PM
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Santiago did not look well.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 121 | May 17, 2025 12:55 PM
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Climbing The Seven Summits trek had 30 summits on May 15. Obviously most were sherpas, but it included Emma Schwerin (USA) who broke the record as the youngest American woman to summit Everest, 17 years old, and finishing the Seven Summits (the highest mountain on each continent). She is the youngest person, at age 16 to climb Antarctica’s Mount Vinson. She climbs with her father and they are the first pair to complete the Seven Summits in tandem. She’s also a licensed pilot. I’m just imagining her college applications.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | May 17, 2025 1:04 PM
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Unfortunately, the dearth of Western expedition leaders means a dearth of scary authoritarian figures who can order the spoilt rich men to turn round and actually be obeyed. The Nepalese leaders don't have a hope when it comes to this.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | May 17, 2025 1:07 PM
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R122, so much for Everest's new rules which state that climbers under 18 aren't illegible for a permit.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | May 17, 2025 1:08 PM
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If people under 18 aren't illegible for a permit, r124, doesn't that mean the girl WAS allowed to climb?
by Anonymous | reply 125 | May 17, 2025 1:19 PM
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nevermind. You meant she wasn't "eligible" for a permit. I read that as "ineligble".
by Anonymous | reply 126 | May 17, 2025 1:21 PM
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The Xenon guys:
Since the first of the year, Al Karns, Garth Miller, Kevin Godlington and Anthony Stazicker have slept in home hypoxic tents that gradually lower their oxygen levels to simulate high altitudes. They flew out of LHR yesterday.
“We think probably a day of travel, then three days to go up, two days down and the last travel day…. The reality is we’ve got 21 days to do this. The record is at 21 from London back to London in 21 days, so I’m really confident. I reckon there’s a 70 to 80 percent chance we’ll do it in 21 days, a 30 percent chance we can do it in seven,” said Carns.
Austrian mountain guide Lukas Furtenbach of Furtenbach Adventures believes xenon therapy, a contentious technique banned in professional sports, could eliminate the need for this lengthy process. A mere 30-minute session inhaling a low dose of xenon gas reportedly stimulates red blood cell production, reducing the usual 10-week expedition to just seven days. Mr Furtenbach has already put this bold theory to the test. In 2020, Mr Furtenbach summited the 6,961-metre peak of Aconcagua in Argentina after pre-acclimatising with a dose of xenon. ‘I climbed a difficult route eight days from leaving Innsbruck, and had no problems on the summit,‘ Mr Furtenbach told the Financial Times. This company already offers several longer trek plans that include “hypoxia training”.
A lot depends on the weather of course but I wonder, when the weather is good there are bottlenecks of other climbers. Will the Xenon team be able to pass?
by Anonymous | reply 127 | May 17, 2025 1:41 PM
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R64 and r22 here. My friend was unable to summit. He got a lung infection he could not beat. Four guides and six climbers in his group got it. He said he was at about 60% strength, and some even at 100% can’t make it to the top. He realized his family and friends couldn’t care less if he summitted, they wanted him back alive and safe. His goal all along has been to reach the 7 summits by age 60, and I think he only has a couple years left, with two summits to go. He got to 23,000’ on this trip, which is a new personal record.
He also wrote a big mea culpa about referring to his guide as a Sherpa. Sherpa is an ethnic group in Nepal, and the correct term is guide.
Oh, he also had to have a tooth pulled towards the beginning of the trip, so the healing from that also set him back. Truly just not meant to be.
Finally, he said he met Emma, the youngest American female to summit after she returned.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | May 17, 2025 3:15 PM
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