So he will be the first sub 4 minute miler who also when to the summit of Everest
nah there's been a few already, mostly Brits
climbing everest isn't a challenge anyone really cares about in 2025, people know that it's not that difficult and the sherpas do the actual hard work. the challenge is getting the money to do it.
it's like the 6 marathon majors medal thing. it's not a sign of achievement, it's just a sign they have a lot of spare cash
Well in 2024 a total of 860 people climbed Everest and 9 people died trying to do so (which was lower than most years). So around 1 in 90 died trying to climb it. Therefore, I wouldn't describe it as an 'easy' accomplishment.
Though it would be funny if Nick got within a couple of meters of the summit and found Mohammed Aman out of his head on drugs, blocking his path, lol.
So he will be the first sub 4 minute miler who also when to the summit of Everest
nah there's been a few already, mostly Brits
climbing everest isn't a challenge anyone really cares about in 2025, people know that it's not that difficult and the sherpas do the actual hard work. the challenge is getting the money to do it.
it's like the 6 marathon majors medal thing. it's not a sign of achievement, it's just a sign they have a lot of spare cash
Tell me you've not climbed Everest, Cho Oyu, Island, Lhotse, etc without telling me that you haven't. "It's not that difficult" until a serac breaks off over your head, the ice fall decides to tumble like a frozen jenga game, or you get stuck in a freak storm for 3 days at 26k feet...
Tough talkers like yourself are the ones that get to Camp II and figure out that a helicopter back to Kathmandu might just be the better option.
Annapurna has the highest death rate at 32% but that number has been skewed by a single avalanche in 2014 causing 43 deaths. Up until then the total count was 61.
Tell me you've not climbed Everest, Cho Oyu, Island, Lhotse, etc without telling me that you haven't. "It's not that difficult" until a serac breaks off over your head, the ice fall decides to tumble like a frozen jenga game, or you get stuck in a freak storm for 3 days at 26k feet...
Tough talkers like yourself are the ones that get to Camp II and figure out that a helicopter back to Kathmandu might just be the better option.
Bro, do you even drive on the I-395 mixing bowl? Now that’s some adventure!
climbing everest isn't a challenge anyone really cares about in 2025, people know that it's not that difficult and the sherpas do the actual hard work. the challenge is getting the money to do it.
it's like the 6 marathon majors medal thing. it's not a sign of achievement, it's just a sign they have a lot of spare cash
Tell me you've not climbed Everest, Cho Oyu, Island, Lhotse, etc without telling me that you haven't. "It's not that difficult" until a serac breaks off over your head, the ice fall decides to tumble like a frozen jenga game, or you get stuck in a freak storm for 3 days at 26k feet...
Tough talkers like yourself are the ones that get to Camp II and figure out that a helicopter back to Kathmandu might just be the better option.
Difficult and dangerous aren’t the same thing. The difficulty of climbing Everest is lower than something like running a 3 hour marathon. The risk of dying (or some serious frost bite) is orders a several orders of magnitude higher.
Difficult and dangerous aren’t the same thing. The difficulty of climbing Everest is lower than something like running a 3 hour marathon. The risk of dying (or some serious frost bite) is orders a several orders of magnitude higher.
Well...With O2 maybe since way more people can climb Everest than 7,000 with O2 (limiting factor being $$$). But without O2, climbing Mount Everest is one of the hardest things you can do. I read somewhere Symmonds estimated 10% of the world's population can climb the Big E No O2...that's riduiclous.
In all of history only 200 have made it to the top without oxygen. That would be worth like a 2:05-2:06 marathon. I'm sure that there's more that can do it, but you have to be a freak of nature to stand at 8,849 meters without any extra oxygen.
Difficult and dangerous aren’t the same thing. The difficulty of climbing Everest is lower than something like running a 3 hour marathon. The risk of dying (or some serious frost bite) is orders a several orders of magnitude higher.