Everest first ascent
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 9:54 am60 years ago today.
Well, George, we knocked the bastard off.
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Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 9:54 amRe: Everest first ascent
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 11:13 amRe: Everest first ascent
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 12:01 pmIt is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Re: Everest first ascent
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 4:14 amAir NZ was offering $5 domestic airfares yesterday to celebrate (Ed Hillary features on the $5 note)
Re: Everest first ascent
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 4:21 amWe 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............
Re: Everest first ascent
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 5:27 amMountain 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
Re: Everest first ascent
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 10:06 amcharles wrote:60 years ago today.
60 years if Mallory and Irvine didn't reach the summit 30 years before...
Re: Everest first ascent
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 11:02 amDiego 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.
Re: Everest first ascent
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 5:10 amDiego 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............
Re: Everest first ascent
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:49 pm