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I think we agree it is a collection of objective hazards and getting to the top is largely chance. The baseline fitness required is not astonishingly high and i
by ahelwer 7y ago
I think we agree it is a collection of objective hazards and getting to the top is largely chance. The baseline fitness required is not astonishingly high and is within reach of moderately fit people as they spend weeks/months at base camp acclimating.
Last I heard the Hillary Step had been destroyed in the earthquake, but people still talk about it so who knows. Also, I will never climb nanga parbat lol (barring the greatest midlife (end of life?) crisis the world has ever seen)
- bitL 7y agoYeah, there are conflicting reports about Hillary step: "Last year, Mingma Tsiri Sherpa who has nine summits told the Daily Mail, “The fixed lines are more to the right of the step (than before). We’re now walking on the snow whereas before we had to walk on the rocky side. That is the reason for the confusion.” And 15 time summiter, Pemba Dorje Sherpa said “The Hillary Step is as it was before, but a large stone above it has fallen”"