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Fixed ropes to the summit of Everest 10 Mar 2011 20:41 #2555

The popular route up Everest on the Nepal side will be officially fixed from Base Camp to summit this Spring 2011 climbing season. Read More...	intrepid NOW ONLINE Moderator Posts: 1455
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Fixed ropes to the summit of Everest 10 Mar 2011 22:50 #2556

Yep, next is the HACC (High altitude cable car)	zen101 OFFLINE Senior Participant Posts: 49
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Re: Fixed ropes to the summit of Everest 11 Mar 2011 10:33 #2558

@ zen101 Ha ha, that made me laugh and brought a tear to my eye because it wouldnt surprise me. What was that about ice cream and tea parties?	Errol OFFLINE Senior Participant Posts: 56
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Re: Fixed ropes to the summit of Everest 11 Mar 2011 13:10 #2562

Well i have heard stories of fresh food and fish been flown into base camp, and on summit day the Sherpa's waking you up getting you out the tent and fastening your boots then clipping you into the fixed rope and shoving you off on your way. Where is the adventure in that, that's why there are greater mountains to tick off like K2 or Annapurna.	anthony OFFLINE Expert Participant Posts: 101
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Re: Fixed ropes to the summit of Everest 11 Mar 2011 13:30 #2563

I'm not exactly qualified to talk about going up Everest, BUT, it does seem that less and less is the responsibly of the climber. Rather, said climber pays more money to get to the top with greater ease (relatively speaking!) and less experience. I’m not saying its easy by any stretch of the imagination, however, if I were aiming for the top of the world Id like to do it by graduating to that point (through climbing my way up through the ranks as it were) and tying my own shoe laces.

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Re: Fixed ropes to the summit of Everest 15 Mar 2011 04:45 #2568

@Errol Couldn't agree more. It would be interesting to c how many of these guided climbers could make the ascent up K2!	Serious tribe OFFLINE Platinum Participant Posts: 332
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