[NormsRevenge]

piece a cake.. eh?

Any climber on the forum ever climb a big 'un?

General view of 8,848 metre (29,028 feet) high Mount Everest (C), 28 November 2006. A Nepali mountaineer, Appa Sherpa, broke his own world record Wednesday by summitting Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, for a staggering seventeenth time.(AFP/File/Sam Taylor)

[SMARTY]

I’m lucky to get up the stairs.

[Spirochete]

Sherpas were mostly yak herders and traders living in the Himalayas until Nepal opened its borders to tourism in 1950. Their stamina and knowledge of the mountains make them expert guides and porters for foreign mountaineers.

But until Europeans came along, none of them had ever been to the summit of Everest?

[angkor]

Any climber on the forum ever climb a big 'un?

I've been up to Everest Base Camp, Kala Patar twice (18,500 feet, 5545 meters), Gokyo Ri once (17,990 feet).

The photo above is from the standard trekking route south of Everest, probably Tengboche or perhaps Kumjung (with a good telephoto lens).

That's what you get to see for 3 or 4 days, then as you approach Pheriche/Dingboche, Everest (the peak in the background) disappears behind the Lhotse Ridge, which is the big wall in the foregound.

[JB in Whitefish]

“piece a cake.. eh?

Any climber on the forum ever climb a big ‘un?”

Uh....yeah.....

But I PROMISED not to kiss & tell.....!!!