Yes. That's right. I want to go see Mount Everest - better known as 'Chomolungma' in Tibet and 'Sagarmatha' in Nepal. The worlds tallest mountain!
When I was a kid, I saw a Monty Python sketch featuring the mountain. It was vulgar, my younger brother and I cracked up and since then, everytime I hear "Mount Everest", I can't help but think of it.
Then, after reading Jon Krakauer's 'Into Thin Air' I've been obsessed with the mountain.
Besides, the last thing Mount Everest needs is another frozen corpse stuck to the side of it. Which is exactly how I would end up should I attempt such a thing.
I always liked Edmund Hillary, he's one of the few adverturers in history that is worth liking - he never took himself very seriously. He will be missed.
Most Everest climbers these days seem to be nothing more than a bunch of mid-aged trophy hunters with more money than they know what to do with.
Which is the main reason that I must go there! I have to see some of the insanity that I've been hearing about over the past few years.
Over-inflated egos, fraudulent guides, faulty oxygen tanks, vandalization, greed, poisonious booze, steroids, prostitution, theft, fist fights.... Why, it sounds just like 'Deadwood'!
I wonder if Ian McShane with be there too?
Say? Anyone want to go with?
TIP:
Enter the amount, and click "Tip" to submit!
TimingLogic
Little Kate
Nick Carraway
Oahusurfer
The REAL Conservative
nerd cred
Salon.com
Comments
It is like, turn uphill at the Spaniard, go left at the Pole, and if you want to see why you need to pay attention, just look at the waving hair in the col of the woman who has been there for six years. It is morgue, although better than K2.
On K2, one in six summiters dies on the return; K2 Roulette.
I would like to try both actually, but then I have masochistic tendencies.