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Title: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb
Post by: STEMO on 24 May 2024, 20:28:15
But, apparently, not.....

https://news.sky.com/story/mount-everest-summit-overcrowded-with-hundreds-of-climbers-near-peak-just-before-cornice-collapses-13142576
Title: Re: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 24 May 2024, 21:09:34
There's a McDonalds at Everest Base Camp!  :)
Title: Re: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb
Post by: dave the builder on 24 May 2024, 21:09:47
I don't know why people bother  :-\
it's always COLD and there's no pub or cafe at the top
not even an overpriced gift shop  :P
Title: Re: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 May 2024, 21:13:03
It was hard to climb back in the Victorian /Edwardian era  wearing tweeds and armed with only a pipe filled with rough shag. :)
Title: Re: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 24 May 2024, 21:16:54
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 May 2024, 21:13:03
It was hard to climb back in the Victorian /Edwardian era  wearing tweeds and armed with only a pipe filled with rough shag. :)

You'd think that they'd have realised that it's the 21st century and built a cable car by now.  ::)
Title: Re: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb
Post by: ronnyd on 24 May 2024, 21:43:44
Looks a bit like Snowdon, or whatever the Welsh call it today, on Bank Holiday weekend.  :)
Title: Re: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 25 May 2024, 00:56:52
The film Everest, based on actual events in 1996 gives a pretty decent look into the business of climbing Everest.
Title: Re: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb
Post by: Mister Rog on 27 May 2024, 04:46:23
Quote from: ronnyd on 24 May 2024, 21:43:44
Looks a bit like Snowdon, or whatever the Welsh call it today, on Bank Holiday weekend.  :)

Don't start me off on that one  :-\

Renaming one of the biggest tourist attractions and landmarks. Bonkers  ???