I don't think it's for 'climbers'
It's for a different sort of person, I don't want to belittle the achievement (So much to say the average fit office worker has a 90% chance of doing it) - The climbers I know do climbing for the same reasons the hikers, boat-people (They hate that) and pilots do things alone and dangerous. It's often to be alone doing what you love to do.
Of the few climbing people I know, several have 'done' the Everest thing - the one I talked to recently - since these events - said he thought the 5 Peaks Challenge was actually more kudos.
And also, he inferred, Everest was for those with nothing left, something to prove or frankly a 'bit mental'. "Trekking", he said. "Lemming fucking trekking". He said Everest was a 'resort'
It's not a hobby for me, for sure.
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zacherynuk @echo off, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 21:55,
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