Deeman3
12-18-2006, 12:05 PM
It may be sad to see the deaths occuring on Mt. Hood but it is mindful of the ones who have died trying to go up Everest. They put themselves in a very dangerous situation and now someone spends millions trying to find them. It's not like the guy who took a wrong turn, he at least was going someplace.
They say that now "hundreds" gather each May to climb Everest and the resulting amature crush is causing more and more to die. I would have thought everyone got the memo that Sir Edmond Hillary and the Norgay Sherpa did this in 1953 or so. It's not like these people are not risking it all to be the 1,900th person to climb the world's tallest peak! I mean, if they, like carried a refrigerator on their back or moonwalked up, it would at least be some sort of record. Do I just not get the thrill here. I did a little climbing in Colorado in the 1970's but it was for finess and not to get to the top of Mt.Elbert and say, "Wow, someone already beat me here!" Everest can't be for fitness as most of them at least lose fingers or toes. One guy said he'd never go again after his crew lost 8 people. He said, "You wanna climb Everest, call me."
Along these same lines, a guy from Ohio was found this weekend with his pet 13 foot snake wrapped around his neck, he was dead. I am sure someone will say, "We just can't fingure out what happened, he had this deadly massive constrictor snake and, surprise, it choaked him to death. Who would have figured?"
Tradegy might be better defined as some poor smuck who had a comet fragment fall on him. I have a little less sympathy for those who challenge death just for vanity's sake, lose and get morned for.
Should these people be added to the Darwin Awards or be celebrated?
DeeMan
They say that now "hundreds" gather each May to climb Everest and the resulting amature crush is causing more and more to die. I would have thought everyone got the memo that Sir Edmond Hillary and the Norgay Sherpa did this in 1953 or so. It's not like these people are not risking it all to be the 1,900th person to climb the world's tallest peak! I mean, if they, like carried a refrigerator on their back or moonwalked up, it would at least be some sort of record. Do I just not get the thrill here. I did a little climbing in Colorado in the 1970's but it was for finess and not to get to the top of Mt.Elbert and say, "Wow, someone already beat me here!" Everest can't be for fitness as most of them at least lose fingers or toes. One guy said he'd never go again after his crew lost 8 people. He said, "You wanna climb Everest, call me."
Along these same lines, a guy from Ohio was found this weekend with his pet 13 foot snake wrapped around his neck, he was dead. I am sure someone will say, "We just can't fingure out what happened, he had this deadly massive constrictor snake and, surprise, it choaked him to death. Who would have figured?"
Tradegy might be better defined as some poor smuck who had a comet fragment fall on him. I have a little less sympathy for those who challenge death just for vanity's sake, lose and get morned for.
Should these people be added to the Darwin Awards or be celebrated?
DeeMan