My buddies and I climbed to the top of Yegua Knobbs one night coon hunting. Treed a coon right on top.
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My friend just took off for Everest
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Originally posted by PYBUCK View PostGot a friend that is going too. Probably the same friend you have. Can't be that many going to climb everest.
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Originally posted by Cajun Blake View PostApprox. 800 people attempt to climb Everest each year and around 400 reach the summit ... success rate is roughly 50% in recent years. Between 5-10 die annually. Cost is $50,000 +/- a few thousand.
Heard a guest speaker that climbed Everest and he said that his expedition group cost Over 100K. I guess it varies but thats a lot of money to freeze your tail off.
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Totally forgot to update the post. He said the mountain is incredible, beyond words. He said he never understood how the people who lived in the region considered it a god, but after going he totally gets it. He did go to base camp, but the traffic on Everest has gotten so much that they have segregated the base camp area so that summit expeditions are kept separate from the general access area.
Apparently Kathmandu is a complete crap hole. He didn’t like it and didn’t explore it much. They visited several monasteries and went into the lowlands and also hiked through the jungle.
They had to smuggle BOOKS in certain areas, because they went into Tibet, which is controlled by China. Several of the tour guides and books they brought with them were forbidden in China, so they would stop before getting to a checkpoint and hide them.
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Originally posted by ladrones View PostI always wondered what they do with all the garbage that the event generates.
I believe most of it is hauled out especially with the commercial expeditions wanting the base camp to be presentable for clients.
Now, up on the mountain and higher camps could be a different story especially with empty oxygen bottles
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Originally posted by txgb View PostI believe most of it is hauled out especially with the commercial expeditions wanting the base camp to be presentable for clients.
Now, up on the mountain and higher camps could be a different story especially with empty oxygen bottles
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Originally posted by txpitdog View PostTotally forgot to update the post. He said the mountain is incredible, beyond words. He said he never understood how the people who lived in the region considered it a god, but after going he totally gets it. He did go to base camp, but the traffic on Everest has gotten so much that they have segregated the base camp area so that summit expeditions are kept separate from the general access area.
Apparently Kathmandu is a complete crap hole. He didn’t like it and didn’t explore it much. They visited several monasteries and went into the lowlands and also hiked through the jungle.
They had to smuggle BOOKS in certain areas, because they went into Tibet, which is controlled by China. Several of the tour guides and books they brought with them were forbidden in China, so they would stop before getting to a checkpoint and hide them.
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It wasn’t me, but I just returned from a month in Nepal. 19 hiking days, covered about 160 miles, made it to Everest Base Camp and climbed Kala Patthar. My total cost for the month, guided, air, gear and all... was about 4500. You can do a trek half as long and for half the price and still do EBC and KP.
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