There was some post on either that blog or another one that it linked to that said that the death rate on Everest is 6 percent, but that it's 40 percent on Annapurna.

Now, I wouldn't want to roll the dice on 6 percent, but 40 percent? Is that really true? 40 percent? And I'd wager that all 100 percent thought they were well trained and well prepared. There's no way on earth I'd accept a 40 percent risk of dying.

Name the top 5 NFL running backs in the world today. Those guys also didn't have to deal with the inferior protective equipment that runnings backs had to deal with a generation or so ago, but that doesn't (and shouldn't) bother anyone.

Popularity shouldn't be relevant.

Certainly not to climb a mountain.

"Because it is there."

Yeah, there are a lot of other things "there." I think I will leave the big, deadly mountain alone for now. Thanks anyway.

Just for fun, I grabbed my TI calculator and used the random number generator. 0.079060....

So, I would have just barely survived Everest, but I would have suffered a horrible death on Annapurna, whatever the hell that is.

Wow. Annapurna is 40 percent. Amazing.

http://gearjunkie.com/worlds-10-most...rous-mountains

I like the mountain below it, Nanga Parbat. The first 31 people who attempted it died in the process.

Here's another list that's slightly different, but also interesting: http://matadornetwork.com/trips/11-m...d-for-climbers

Here's an interesting blog post on Annapurna: http://blog.stadum.com/2007/02/annap...-mountain.html

Now try with Annapurna at 41 percent. Yeesh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander

That one has the death rates before 1990 and since. 3 of them have actually gotten *more* dangerous.

I could walk up Gasherbrum II. Piece of cake.

And those Poles really know their winter climbing.

At that point it becomes ice.


or so I've been told......

And you have to take a shot for every dead body.


Boilermaker for every body that is not laying down.



It would take probably .1 ounces of liquor to get completely shit-plowed at that altitude.

Great read. I know the Bolivian Doctors wife that the book discusses. At the time he was the oldest to summit. He died on the way down under unusual circumstances....http://www.amazon.com/High-Crimes-Fa.../dp/1401302734

Climbing mountains... That's about the dumbest shit I've ever heard.

As noble as it may be to try to help other climbers' up on Everest, HTH do you cross all the ladders up there?




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http://www.mountainsoftravelphotos.c...%20Icefall.jpg

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Awesome thread. :thumb:

I've been mesmerized for 2 days looking up any listed links. Several books/dvds I now need to check out.

My rep stick is minuscule so I don't even know if it went through, but thanks.

This is a great Web site, where climbers come for news and stories:

http://www.everestnews.com/