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(12,904 posts)And dude, that is way up there!
Buns_of_Fire
(17,183 posts)former9thward
(32,028 posts)It is Buddhist religious emblems put there by the Sherpa guides.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,183 posts)It still looks a little out of place, though.
ananda
(28,868 posts)if there was any snow left. Guess not.
former9thward
(32,028 posts)It is all ice and rock. I was once at the Everest base camp at 18,000 feet. Very little snow there. The highest I have gotten is the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. That was 19,341 feet. No snow at top just a glacier field.
ananda
(28,868 posts)...
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Its unconscionable. I dont mind the prayer flags; I have them at my house, but just google trash on Everest if you dont believe me.
Goodheart
(5,334 posts)I call it sacrilege.... AGAINST NATURE.
Sherpas, keep your rags to yourselves.
former9thward
(32,028 posts)You are not wanted by anyone there.
Goodheart
(5,334 posts)It doesn't.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)It seems to be from 2013:
Link to tweet
Here's a 2012 view:
https://project-himalaya.com/dispatches/index.html
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Its a shame, and Chomolungma is not best pleased.
Towlie
(5,325 posts)
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Even though the Earth is round you have to admit that they have this right:
https://forum.tfes.org/index.php?topic=10606.0
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)Treefrog
(4,170 posts)The pictures are heartbreaking, and Ive seen worse. Most people are unaware of whats going on and the Nepalese authorities simply see it as a money-making thrill ride. Theyve issued over 400 climbing permits this year, so if a storm comes up during a major summit push - watch out.
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)Treefrog
(4,170 posts)The pictures are heartbreaking, and Ive seen worse. Most people are unaware of whats going on and the Nepalese authorities simply see it as a money-making thrill ride. Theyve issued over 400 climbing permits this year, so if a storm comes up during a major summit push - watch out.
JI7
(89,252 posts)malaise
(269,067 posts)Thanks
BGBD
(3,282 posts)Read "Into Thin Air" sometime if you haven't. Great information on Everest along with the story of the worst disaster on the Mountain, caused chiefly by the long lines and high pressure on guides to summitt.
ironflange
(7,781 posts)Also "No Way Down," about a similar disaster on K2.
Goodheart
(5,334 posts)Bright, handsome, friendly man. A real pity.
Martin Eden
(12,872 posts)It was a conga line going up and down the final stretch on the narrow spine with chain links for a handrail and 1,000-foot dropoffs on either side.
Nor even remotely as challenging as Everest, but far too crowded.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)So it seems, anyhow. It all amounts to "Kilroy Was Here." Religion is no excuse for littering in its name, it seems to me.
I can't count how many photos I've seen of someone I know standing in front of some tourist attraction somewhere on the planet. It seems like everyone needs to commemorate everything they do.
Recently, there was a local TV story about a woman and her daughter who were planning an ascent on Everest. The daughter had apparently recovered from some sort of cancer, so the two of them were making the trip - in celebration or something. Then, yesterday, I saw a story that said that COVID-19 had made its way to the Everest base camps. So, now there is an additional risk to such a trip.
There's nothing wrong with setting goals and achieving them, of course. What troubles me is that the person who does that knows full well that they accomplished their goal, but feels the need to make sure that everyone else also knows. For me, that somehow diminishes the achievement.
marie999
(3,334 posts)couldn't we be living in a 2-dimensional universe but the information we perceive as 3-dimensional is possibly a hologram of the information on the surface of the universe? The great thing about quantum mechanics is no matter what you want to believe about the universe, you can probably find a quantum physicist that agrees with you.
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)and you can't fly from Des Moines to Vegas either
(Incidentally, string theory is junk - what physicists call unverifiable mathematical masturbation)
marie999
(3,334 posts)Bucky
(54,027 posts)Note how many more people are dying each year. In the last few years the fatalities are listed by age, nationality, cause of death, and what adventure vacation company they booked with.
spanone
(135,846 posts)Towlie
(5,325 posts)
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Mountaintop removal mining devastates the landscape, turning areas that should be lush with forests and wildlife into barren moonscapes. Huge machines, called "draglines," push rock and dirt into nearby streams and valleys, forever burying waterways. The massive dragline in the photo, which can weigh up to 12 million pounds and be as big as an entire city block, is dwarfed by the scale of this devastation.
PCIntern
(25,557 posts)They would say that its the lens