[Rain Man]

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.