Discussion
Loading...

Post

Log in
  • About
  • Code of conduct
  • Privacy
  • Users
  • Instances
  • About Bonfire
Ian Robinson
Ian Robinson
@ianRobinson@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

YouTube short video from the summit of Mount Everest. This triggers my fear of heights! 🏔️

https://youtube.com/shorts/0gyD51cWR70

#Mountains #Climbing #Everest

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
Rob Fahrni
Rob Fahrni
@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@ianRobinson You’re not kidding. Right there with you.

  • Copy link
  • Flag this comment
  • Block
Ian Robinson
Ian Robinson
@ianRobinson@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@fahrni Love that there's a queue of climbers waiting to get their turn at the summit ☺️

  • Copy link
  • Flag this comment
  • Block
Rob Fahrni
Rob Fahrni
@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@ianRobinson Climbers die waiting in that queue. 😔

  • Copy link
  • Flag this comment
  • Block
Ian Robinson
Ian Robinson
@ianRobinson@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@fahrni 😳

  • Copy link
  • Flag this comment
  • Block
Rob Fahrni
Rob Fahrni
@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@ianRobinson https://www.explore7summits.com/everest-cause-of-death-waiting-in-line/

Explore 7 Summits

Everest – Cause of Death – Waiting in Line?

As Don Cash, Kalpana Das and Anjali Kulkarni set off from the South Col for the Summit of Everest this year, like most Everest climbers they would have had fears. Perhaps they feared wind, snow, ic…
  • Copy link
  • Flag this comment
  • Block
Rob Fahrni
Rob Fahrni
@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@ianRobinson Yep. True story.

Folks wait too long, insist on going up (summit fever), then end up dying on the way down. They only have so much time to get it done. Waiting in a queue isn’t ideal.

  • Copy link
  • Flag this comment
  • Block
Ian Robinson
Ian Robinson
@ianRobinson@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@fahrni Yikes. I'll read the other link later.

  • Copy link
  • Flag this comment
  • Block

bonfire.cafe

A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate

bonfire.cafe: About · Code of conduct · Privacy · Users · Instances
Bonfire social · 1.0.2-alpha.32 no JS en
Federation disabled
Log in
Instance logo
  • Explore
  • About
  • Members
  • Code of Conduct