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10 Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (Read 8556 times)
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Reply #10 - May 22nd, 2012 at 12:14am
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Three more climbers died on Everest this past weekend on their way down after a relatively uneventful ascent.  Apparently they ran afoul of what's been called a freak windstorm, though I suspect such developments are not really that "freakish" in the Himalayas.

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Reply #11 - May 23rd, 2012 at 6:19pm
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Latest account I heard, it was a traffic jam. Nobody wanted to turn around short of the summit at the advised time. Extra traffic and waiting at backups used up extra oxygen too.
Sounds like deja vu.
  
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Reply #12 - May 24th, 2012 at 12:48pm
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The local (Toronto) girl who died was described as having died doing what she loved on her own terms.  We should all be so lucky.  Condolences for the bereaved.  Congrats for the deceased.
  
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Reply #13 - May 26th, 2012 at 3:28pm
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Look up the account of the guy who carried his bicycle up to the base-camp. He made it to the summit, but had to be carried down by another climber who gave up his summit attempt to save him.
If you read the book, it sounds like the same caricatures climbing this year too. IMO, a mixed crowd, some I admire, some not. My condolences to those who died and lost someone.
  
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