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Ian Robinson

@ianRobinson@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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

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

#Mountains #Climbing #Everest

#everest #climbing #mountains

Rob Fahrni

@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe · 3 months ago

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

Ian Robinson

@ianRobinson@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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

Rob Fahrni

@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe · 3 months ago

@ianRobinson Climbers die waiting in that queue. 😔

Ian Robinson

@ianRobinson@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

@fahrni 😳

Rob Fahrni

@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe · 3 months 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…

Rob Fahrni

@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe · 3 months 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.

Ian Robinson

@ianRobinson@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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