FormulaNova said..
With Mt Everest being in the news a bit because of the number of people climbing there, is it that much of an achievement?
Do people care about this anymore?
If you knew someone that climbed Everest with or without oxygen would you really care?
For me, its interesting to hear about the journey, but other than requiring a fair bit of training, it sounds like actually getting to the top is a bit hit and miss, and very much depending on whether you have lucky weather and oxygen.
Has anyone here climbed it?
What is it that people want out of this sort of thing? Something to talk about? Something to make them special amongst their friends?
I just don't understand it.
Yes it is still a big deal, people die there regularly.
I never heard of people dying regularly at other sports, for example race car driving.
Just think about how many climbers there are in the world. Airplane prices are way down in the last decades.
No wonder so many people want to and are now able to climb Everest.
After all it have only been around 4000 people who climbed Everest.
6 out of 100 people die trying to reach the summit. So yes.. still a big deal.
