Anyone else delved into some of the darker tales revolving around Mt. Everest? I've been binging on documentaries discussing the various hardships and tales reviving around those who the mountain has claimed. From deadly avalanches that claim dozens to a notorious stretch on the mountain referred to as "rainbow valley" because of the multicolored gear of corpses that decorate it. Pretty interesting stuff if you're into all things dark or macabre.
Rogan has some good stuff on it too.
As far as the garbage goes. Tons of it was removed back in 2015 and 2017.
They talk about "green boots"?
On a side note I wonder if there's ever been a Sherdogger to scale Everest and live to tell the tale.
Yeah he was an Indian guy that died like 3 feet off the trail and his body just sat there for years before it finally got knocked off by an avalanche. That'd be so weird to be going up a trail with dead bodies literally within feet of you as you pass. I've always found climbing really cool and somewhat romantic, but it does sorta make you wonder what the point of it all really is.I don't think they reference him in the documentary posted but I've seen him mentioned in others. He seems like one of the most famous of corpses on Everest. Not sure if he has a name but I've heard he was an Indian climber.
If you ever make it out to Alaska make sure to GoPro that shit dude. I used to love snowboarding but fucked my knee up doing so years back and thus decided to stop. Shit was a lotta fun though.
Everest seems like something a lot of rich people do for some ego thing from some of the shows I watched.
Which seems likely to be the source of alot of the problems mentioned, alot of people climbing it who really don't have the skill/experience to do so safely.
Theres been less than 200 people attempt it in the last 70 years from what I've read, that's only a handful a year I'm sure it's not too overrun by tourists.
It doesn't even seem that hard considering the amount and type of people that go up there every year.
I mean I'm sure it does take a good deal of mountaineering experience even to be lead up Everest but if you look at the quality of climbers on other 8000+ meter mountains it would likely be significantly higher.
The closest I'v got to the latter would be the south end of Patagonia, the mountains down there aren't near Himalayan standards but they are rising right from sea level and are amazingly carved by ice...
Holy shit.
I'm jealous.
I was thinking of taking a trip to Patagonia this year.
Not sure about all the logistics, but I wanna go.
Honestly in some respects its actually easier than you would expect. I mean its isolated of course but CHile and Argentina are quite developed countries whilst the tourism down south is generally quite high end as well. Getting around long distances perhaps isn't the easiest but places like Torres Del Paine(that picture) or El Chalten/Mt Fitzroy(below) actually have a hell of a lot in a relatively small area. The latter especially is probably a better budget option as you can stay in town and do daywalks from it rather than having to pay a premium or drive in each day in Torres Del Paine, easily a weeks worth of walking there.