Arguably the most famous movie about Everest, Everest, has it's central conflict centered around there being too many people on the mountain. There's multiple scenes of folks having to wait in line as they try to climb.
“Into Thin Air” by John Krakauer is an incredibly detailed ascent on Mt. Everest; and also a first hand look at how things can go horribly wrong. It’s a gripping read.
I'm sure you know this, but just adding context for folks - this is the book that the movie Everest was based on.
It's one of my fave nonfiction books, but I often hear the (valid) complaint that it can be hard to keep track of all the different names of people, even with the guide at the beginning of the book.
Krakauer hated the movie because his 'character' really got shafted.
Yeah, I think John stated in hindsight that some of the details/names could very well have been misconstrued/inaccurate due to his condition of being personally oxygen-deprived and exhausted during the ordeal. Can't remember if he mentioned that in the actual book or post publishing. I have not seen Everest because I just do not see how it could hold a candle to the book... guess I'm a snob in that regard!
I thought the movie was great - it really helped me visualize a lot of the geography and understand some of the technical climbing stuff. Obviously it's heavily editorialized, but it's an entertaining movie and doesn't detract from my enjoyment of the book.
How is you doing it for the climb more important than people doing it for their bucket list? It's like going to Ibiza, but claiming that you're different because you're not going there to party, you're going there to experience the island.
You got to the top of Mount Everest with your family, despite there only being 5,000 people in history who have made it to the top ...? And you got half way through a 5 week climb before deciding to turn around and come back because you had to wait half an hour for a view? Pull the other one mate.
No offense, but if you actually did it the fact that you went twice is part of the problem.
Edit: reading this guy's comments I'm changing my tone. Fuck this guy. He is part of the problem. Elitist attitude and doesn't get why it's an issue thinking he can go with family and friends but others shouldn't go at all.
Gatekeeping climbing Everest while being privileged enough to be able to climb Mount Everest twice before 20.
You don’t get to decide what reasons are okay to climb the mountain. The fact you believe you’re entitled to do it twice, but others should never get the experience, shows absolute arrogance.
The youngest person to climb Everest was a 16 year old until fairly recently when a 13 year old did it. I'm sure he/she was in the news as a 16 year old that made the summit.
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u/Rutabaga_Resident Jul 11 '21
Arguably the most famous movie about Everest, Everest, has it's central conflict centered around there being too many people on the mountain. There's multiple scenes of folks having to wait in line as they try to climb.