Climbing Everest

jsmoke

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Just reading an article on Everest, as ususal I'm thinking would love to do something like that. Just totally out-of-box compared to my current life. Chances are 98% that I never will however, how fit do you think you would need to be and what kind of costs. I'm guessing around £20,000 at least for all equipment, training, guides and other logistics. An 80 year old japanese guy has climbed it.

Anyone ever done anything as extreme as this?
 
I'm not sure if it was for more than one person - but I know someone who spent more like £60-70,000 all in and they weren't even aiming for the top.

There are a few other >20,000 feet peaks that are a lot cheaper to do and a little less risk of death.

If you are serious about it try something like Kilimanjaro first (albeit kind of "touristy" these days) - my parents were quite into their mountain climbing in younger days so I've done a few more challenging ones but never anything as extreme as the likes of K2 and so on.

koolpc said:
Go climb Snowdon instead. Lol
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Prefer Cader Idris myself though haven't been in awhile but the slightly more towards technical paths were a lot less busy than Snowdon and when you get to the top there are a lot less people who look like they've put no effort in to get there heh.

EDIT: Looks like Fox's path, etc. aren't really recommended any more on Cader due to erosion and increased amounts of scree.
 
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I've gone to base camp and over the glacier to camp 1, though that doesn't require much in the way of 'climbing' just walking/trekking the altitude does get to you though. (spent just over a week in the base camp area). In terms of actual climbing/proper mountaineering I've only done stuff in the alps.

Not sure I'd want to attempt Everest per say, it does seem that some rich people essentially pay sherpas to almost drag them up the thing and will make use of fixed ropes etc...
 
And it's basically a big queue slowly making it's way up. Then you only get a few minutes at the summit. I mean, it's a cool thing to tick off, and extremely hard work, but it's kinda 'Disneyfied' these days. Except for all the frozen corpses, that is.
 
Your totally right. Way a rich kids adventure. Can always dream though. Do fancy doing something a bit extreme soon though, maybe a skydive or kayaking in the Alps, would be more realistic.
 
jsmoke said:
Do fancy doing something a bit extreme soon though, maybe a skydive or kayaking in the Alps, would be more realistic.
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I'd recommend a trip to Chamonix - loads of stuff for you to do there, had quite a few awesome holidays there both in the winter and summer (obvs mostly just for skiing in the winter) - if you're just getting into climbing then book a course or a guide, or just go with some more experienced friends from your local climbing centre/club etc...

Plenty of trails to explore on a mountain bike, also plenty to simply walk along on days that you're not attempting any mountaineering. Also plenty of little spots to just do some rock climbing or bouldering.

Another thing to try in the alps is 'via ferrata' - sort of like rock climbing but you follow a fixed trail clipping into a thick metal wire via two slings attached to your harness - the routes are generally fairly easy climbs mixed with bridges, narrow ledges and metal hoops stuck into the rock face... the fun part is simply that it is really quick, you can cover so much ground in quite a short amount of time:

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You can learn to paraglide there and unlike doing it in the UK you don't have to faff about much but can make use of the cable car to get back up the mountain, I've only done it tandem myself but have been meaning to book a one week course at some point.

You can kayak down the river through the centre of the town or you can do it on a raft (it is quite fast flowing) - but the best fun IMO was trying what they call 'hydro glisse' or hydrospeed - put on a wetsuit/helmet/fins and go down the rapids head first while holding onto a flotation device:

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VR headset and an indoor stair climber. For added realism do it in winter with the windows open, lay some mannequins around the house in suitable garb and sleep outside on the road.
 
LOAM said:
VR headset and an indoor stair climber. For added realism do it in winter with the windows open, lay some mannequins around the house in suitable garb and sleep outside on the road.
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As joking as this is, I do wonder if such a set up would make the gym more bareable.
 
First you have to become a marathon runner. Then you have to train on easier peaks which implies hiring a trainer and paying for the trips. Finally you have the cost of the equipment and the climb itself. Overall, I'd say it would cost around 100k.
 
Don't most that pop there clogs run out of air?
Not the same but when I started scuba diving my first bottle lasted me 20mins lol, now after a few years I can make the same air last 45.
 
breadturbo said:
Don't most that pop there clogs run out of air?
Not the same but when I started scuba diving my first bottle lasted me 20mins lol, now after a few years I can make the same air last 45.
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Some do. Some just give up in the death zone because of how cold and exhausted they are, their brain just tells them they need to sleep for a few minutes and eventually they give in, then they don't wake up.

Go climb Kilimanjaro as someone else said, you'll have great views and it's very much doable for someone of a reasonable fitness level.
 
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