sjarelkwint wrote:We can always laugh with it but books like Into Thin Air, Touching The Void and even series like the Everest one on Discovery creates new climbers. We must be gratefull for those who wrote and made those books instead of bashing on them.
Yeah, I really enjoyed watching
Touching the Void, seeing those guys survive suffering in challenging circumstances. As far as
Into Thin Air, I've been pretty busy for several years and I just don't take time to read books for pleasure much (too much required reading for classes and work). I enjoyed an
Extreme Expeditions show last night on National Geographic Channel, even though I wouldn't want to do any of the several activities I watched thrill seekers do. Not my favorite, but this was one:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00WVMXr2lcs[/youtube]
Have to be honest that my own attention is drawn to bigger mountains and more and more I am considering going for them (not everest since it is financially a bitch
) but other ones where you have to put one foot in front of the other without climbing 5.14d pitches, no scottish grade 5 ice and no bivy's of 3 weeks without food before getting back barely alive...Sometimes it is fun to just test you in a physical way. How deep can i go how bad can i suffer... Everest and the other 7 summits are "pretty" easy on a technical level but they are still a physical challenge...It is pretty obvious that the OP looked for a hard physical challenge to do with his father
Yes, differnet people have different interests. I like the physical exertion, views, and occasional suffering gained from a long, high hike, but am not currently interested in the time, energy, and expense required to get into really technical stuff nor spend extended time on one route/trip. It's cool when I've got friends, or better yet, family to hike with, but usually I'm just with my dogs. Maybe that's part of why discussing this stuff is easy for me to not take too seriously.