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Reading about the Sherpa work stoppage on Mt. Everest

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:52 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
there's a record out there for the first to reach the summit of Mt. Everest without using Sherpa guides.

Re: Reading about the Sherpa work stoppage on Mt. Everest

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:17 pm
by a1mamacat
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:there's a record out there for the first to reach the summit of Mt. Everest without using Sherpa guides.

Yes, it's called an obituary notice

Re: Reading about the Sherpa work stoppage on Mt. Everest

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:11 am
by themanintheseersuckersuit
a1mamacat wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:there's a record out there for the first to reach the summit of Mt. Everest without using Sherpa guides.

Yes, it's called an obituary notice
What good is a record if you did not have to step over the bodies of those who failed before

Re: Reading about the Sherpa work stoppage on Mt. Everest

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:52 am
by Bob Juch
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
a1mamacat wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:there's a record out there for the first to reach the summit of Mt. Everest without using Sherpa guides.

Yes, it's called an obituary notice
What good is a record if you did not have to step over the bodies of those who failed before
Ask George Mallory and Andrew Irvine how they feel about that.