open sesamoid wrote:
ANYONE sub-5:00 could climb Everest, with the money and interest to do so.
VIRTUALLY NOBODY who has climbed Everest could go sub-4:00.
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Well, I think I would suffer severe frostbite or die from the cold (3:57 1500m guy).
open sesamoid wrote:
ANYONE sub-5:00 could climb Everest, with the money and interest to do so.
VIRTUALLY NOBODY who has climbed Everest could go sub-4:00.
/thread
Well, I think I would suffer severe frostbite or die from the cold (3:57 1500m guy).
Look up the world record for the mile for women 70-75, and that is the equivalent mile time to climbing Everest.
open sesamoid wrote:
apples and oranges wrote:DUMBEST post of the year.
If this were true the success rate amongst those attempting to summit (ie.e. people who have both the money and interest to do so) would approach 100%.
You seem mad, bro. You must be a yuppie climber yourself to be so defensive. Take a deep breath and calm down.
Sorry, but in fact your post is clearly the ignorant one. Read more slowly next time if that helps your peabrain.
I said that anyone sub-5:00 could climb Everest if they had the time, inclination and most importantly the resources to do so. I am clearly talking about a group of at least mildly fit people (5:00, 17:30, 36:00, whatever). And yes, with years to train and money to burn, 95-99% of such people could climb Everest IF THEY WANTED.
The limiting factors in going sub-4:00 are talent and motivation.
The limiting factor in climbing Everest are vacation time and bank balance.
It's pretty obvious which is more impressive.
Here's another way to think about it, for the slow class (you):
If you give an entire graduating Grade 9 cohort, say 100 people, unlimited resources and training for the next decade, how many will break 4:00? Probably zero. (This is obvious, since THOUSANDS of motivated runners training with few real restrictions from 15-25 fail to sniff 4.)
Given unlimited resources, how many of that group COULD climb Everest? Obviously not each and every one of them, but it is clear that the answer is a non-zero number.
Now go away, moron.
Your climbing of Everest is a function of dumb luck too. Of the many biological problems that you face: cerebral edema, pulmonary edema and making it through the death zone, you also run into things like avalanches, etc. And you can't predict an avalanche or even sudden changes in weather which can be unpredictable when you near 8000 meters.
rupp-certified sesamoid wrote:
Bad Wigins wrote:Ethiopia was never taken over by the British and doesn't care about their obsolete and confusing measurement system.
That's his point.
He forgot to insult the British. I fixed it.
With a face mask on supplying pure oxygen to your lungs, how many people could run a 4 minute mile?
People die driving cars on the street everyday. Just because it's dangerous it doesn't make it difficult. If old folks, the blind, the crippled/sick , and women can do it, climbing Everest can not be too difficult.