Roberto Bettega wrote:
400 people have died climbing Everest.
How many have died running a marathon ?
Yes because the comparison is the same. How many people have attempted to scale Everest since Norgay/Hillary? How many people run marathons? (BTW, the death rate in marathons is about 1 per 500,000 participants.)
MR60 wrote:
It feels like an 800m race
Based on having run many of those, it strengthens my stand on never trying to summit Everest.
What, is that relevant because you could fall? You could lose your footing?
Do you think it's relevant because it influences the concentration of gas molecules in an air column subject to that gravitational force?
I really don't get what you're sniffing at, here. It's a wimpy hike