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Is it start 4 WR and another 2 Flex spots, or start 2 with the ability to start up to 4 because of the 2 Flex spots.
If the former, I probably make the deal. If the latter, I probably pass.
You talking about Scott Doolan who is built like a truck and made it to base camp by wheelbarrowing his way there?
There have been a few amputees that have summited. Two blind people, both Seven Summiters. The first in 2001.
There's also thinly veiled bias in this post, inferring that if a...
Nah, the :whoosh: is for the guys acting like Everest is the next thing to a McDonald's Playground.
The crowds make the mountain more dangerous, not less. No one's getting carried to the summit. Once someone's within the last 3,000 feet, they are just trying to keep from dying.
Yes, there are...
Everest is too high. You're not able to move people around at 29K feet.
Delsalle's Everest summit remains the only one and was done in a helicopter that wouldn't be able to carry another person.
23000 feet remains the highest medical rescue flight on Everest. There's a reason why people who...
In '99 there were 63 recorded unique summits. In '00 that number grew to 107. In '01, 120 first-timers.
More folks are summiting per day now than in entire seasons 20 years ago.
I go the other way. With how much attention Santa Anita has brought to horse racing, the stewards had to err on the side of the safety of the horses. Any other result encourages jockeys to play looser with the rules which increases the risk of injury or death.
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