by fatdad » Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:59 pm
by Alpinist » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:09 pm
by blazin » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:12 pm
by Bruno » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:50 pm
fatdad wrote:[...] a climber from the PNW who's training to solo Everest in a single 30 hour push. Worth checking out.
by fatdad » Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:11 pm
Bruno wrote:For a solo climb you would need to be alone on a non-equiped route. To my knowledge only Messner in 1980 has soloed Everest.
by radson » Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:39 pm
I made it just below the Balcony and decided that Wednesday the 23rd of May was not going to be the day for the speed ascent. I looked at my watch and realized it was 11 am.
by fatdad » Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:51 pm
by Damien Gildea » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:44 pm
fatdad wrote:... clusterf@$% that arise on good day thru sections like that, not to mention the impossibility of passing.
by radson » Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:32 pm
by Vitaliy M. » Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:59 pm
by Marmaduke » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:22 am
Bruno wrote:
For a solo climb you would need to be alone on a non-equiped route. To my knowledge only Messner in 1980 has soloed Everest.
by Bob Burd » Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:20 am
by Bruno » Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:32 am
fatdad wrote:Bruno wrote:For a solo climb you would need to be alone on a non-equiped route. To my knowledge only Messner in 1980 has soloed Everest.
Well, that is true. That's a purist's definition but generally the one I ascribe to. Nevertheless, despite the climb being equipped, his ascent will be far more committing than one in a train of climbers being shepherded up (or should it be Sherpa'ed up?). I don't think anyone is going to confuse his ascent and Messner's.
Source."I reflected on the combination of problems at hand: wind, snow, traffic and fatigue. The ascent had a combination of issues that I could only learn from for the next ascent."
by Bruno » Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:37 am
radson wrote:as May 23rd was probably the best weather day of the season.
radson wrote:This is probably the easiest area on the whole mountain to jump of the fixed ropes and climb at your own pace. Basically I think the lack of oxygen caught up to him.
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