Topic: I thought Mount Everest would be pretty hard to climb (Read 2851 times)

STEMO · « **on:** 24 May 2024, 20:28:15 »

Sir Tigger KC · « **Reply #1 on:** 24 May 2024, 21:09:34 »

There's a McDonalds at Everest Base Camp!

dave the builder · « **Reply #2 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

Field Marshal Dr. Opti · « **Reply #3 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.

Sir Tigger KC · « **Reply #4 on:** 24 May 2024, 21:16:54 »

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.

ronnyd · « **Reply #5 on:** 24 May 2024, 21:43:44 »

Looks a bit like Snowdon, or whatever the Welsh call it today, on Bank Holiday weekend.

Doctor Gollum · « **Reply #6 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.

Mister Rog · « **Reply #7 on:** 27 May 2024, 04:46:23 »

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