Yeah, I read the Krakauer book way back

no how, no way. one outta 8 or one outta 12, whatever, die year in and year out.

Aside from my philosophical feelings about "Because it's there" I kinda like being able to say after about two hours "That's been fun but I've had enough" , then go have lunch.

[Post edited by `lag at 11/09/2019 10:17AM]

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Posted: 11/09/2019 at 10:15AM

That's a heck of an ad (added link) -- `lag 11/09/2019 09:47AM

You could buy your own airplane for the price of that, and fly higher. ** -- EDGEMAN 11/09/2019 12:17PM

Euros are monopoly money, so it's basically free ;^) ** -- `lag 11/09/2019 12:21PM

They just mean you can make it to base camp w/o dying ** -- Hokie Bird 94 11/09/2019 10:06AM

Did they even actually guarantee that? :-) ** -- PhotoHokieNC 11/09/2019 10:25AM

Yeah, I read the Krakauer book way back -- `lag 11/09/2019 10:15AM

Basecamp sounds pretty awesome. "Only" 17,000 feet. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 11/09/2019 6:50PM

Hiked to 13k last fall, treated that like Everest... -- `lag 11/09/2019 7:06PM

Maybe it means if you started taking flights there today, that's when -- PhotoHokieNC 11/09/2019 10:05AM

Yeah, I read the Krakauer book way back

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