Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Originally Posted by GrandView
Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
3 more today. It's up to 10 now this season. That's a record. The latest was a Brit to got to the top, then dropped dead after only 150 meters going back down. This has become an international joke.


Not sure how 10 fatalities would be considered a record. There were 15 deaths in 1996.......12 in May, and 3 more in September.

The avalanche in the Khumbu Ice Fall killed far more in 2014, as did the Earthquake in 2015.........most in Base Camp.
My mistake. I read it wrong. It's a record number of climbers, not a record number of deaths, so far.


Guessing that ratio does not change much. More climbers, more deaths.

I understand the appeal. But that is way too dangerous and expensive for me. I have no problem with those that go. As mentioned above I don't feel sorry for the ones that don't make it, they died doing what they enjoyed. I have always said I want to tip over chasing a big bull around the mountains.

A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope