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CubicleGuy

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33. This is why...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2012, 01:36 PM

May 2012

... Google Earth was invented.

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Four die on Mount Everest [View all] Rhiannon12866 May 2012 OP

i hope they enjoyed the sight , i would like to go there one day JI7 May 2012 #1

I'd love to see it in person, but have no wish to climb it. Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #2

I hope it was worth it for them, sincerely Voice for Peace May 2012 #3

OMG! Spectacular! That's quite a find! Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #4

There, now I don't have to do all that climbing. liberal N proud May 2012 #11

IMHO, an even more beautiful view is from the top of k2 (second tallest mountain) SWTORFanatic May 2012 #12

wow, amazing photo Voice for Peace May 2012 #26

"What can you see from there?" awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #13

Toronto Star: Toronto woman dies on Mount Everest descent Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #5

Helicopters can barely fly as high as the base camp, about 19,000 feet, so I think this story adigal May 2012 #18

In a free society, you can't keep people from killing themselves. closeupready May 2012 #6

People should follow their dreams, even at a risk. How is this selfish? queenjane May 2012 #7

It's a frivolous endeavor with very high risks of injury or death. closeupready May 2012 #9

So is riding a motorcycle... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #14

Do you wear a helmet? closeupready May 2012 #17

Yes... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #19

Everybody dies, and what's not frivolous? bhikkhu May 2012 #15

What about your children? closeupready May 2012 #16

Everybody dies, and if you look at the statistics even Everest is pretty low risk bhikkhu May 2012 #22

Older climbers have a 1 in 4 risk of dying - that's BBC's estimate. closeupready May 2012 #27

My wife died of cancer at 39. Throckmorton May 2012 #38

So.................? Coyote_Bandit May 2012 #20

We're really taking this off-topic now. closeupready May 2012 #21

We are known here by our words Coyote_Bandit May 2012 #23

Ok. closeupready May 2012 #24

And all the while, turning Everest into a trash pit theHandpuppet May 2012 #25

Yes, undoubtedly why areas like Mustang and Bhutan are closed closeupready May 2012 #29

^this^ frylock May 2012 #31

agreed re: the trash pit & then you have to climb by dead bodies on the way, in a traffic jam wordpix May 2012 #41

The least deadly part is summiting obamanut2012 May 2012 #8

Interesting. I didn't know the descent was the most dangerous part. mainer May 2012 #28

Why is that? treestar May 2012 #30

A few reasons Posteritatis May 2012 #35

Also, nightfall is a factor. Hassin Bin Sober May 2012 #37

Yup, all of these and a few more obamanut2012 May 2012 #39

the climbers are tired, they make bad decisions, the weather goes from good to bad...lots of reasons wordpix May 2012 #42

Thinning the herd... AngryAmish May 2012 #10

Everest grew? 35,035 feet?? Roland99 May 2012 #32

They rounded the metric height. (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #36

This is why... CubicleGuy May 2012 #33

Can't wait until google streetview makes it up there. octothorpe May 2012 #40

Everest was hiding behind clouds when I flew into Kathmandu. bikebloke May 2012 #34