Everest first ascent
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Charles - Posts: 14939
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Everest first ascent
60 years ago today.
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Re: Everest first ascent
Well, George, we knocked the bastard off.
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It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
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Re: Everest first ascent
Air NZ was offering $5 domestic airfares yesterday to celebrate (Ed Hillary features on the $5 note)
The strawman is evil and must be punished,
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We had to let NZ get a 1st in something (excluding sheep per capita)
Although saying this, New Zealanders are probably laughing at us mountaineers in a flat country............
Although saying this, New Zealanders are probably laughing at us mountaineers in a flat country............
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Mountain Bandit wrote:We had to let NZ get a 1st in something (excluding sheep per capita)
Although saying this, New Zealanders are probably laughing at us mountaineers in a flat country............
Well, if Finch was in 1924, i wonder who is laughing now....
Then again, it may just be a lot of IFs
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Re: Everest first ascent
charles wrote:60 years ago today.
60 years if Mallory and Irvine didn't reach the summit 30 years before...
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Charles - Posts: 14939
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Diego Sahagún wrote:charles wrote:60 years ago today.
60 years if Mallory and Irvine didn't reach the summit 30 years before...
True.
I think it fitting that one of the first two (or four) to summit Everest came from Nepal.
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Mountain Bandit - Posts: 73
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Diego Sahagún wrote:charles wrote:60 years ago today.
60 years if Mallory and Irvine didn't reach the summit 30 years before...
Just "Because it's there", Ed is on the money -- "Getting to the top is optional, getting down is madatory". Getting to the top is only half the battle............
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