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Nobody had ever climbed mountains that high. There were no truly competent people around at that time, at least not competent in high altitude mountaineering.
by jupp0r 2y ago
Nobody had ever climbed mountains that high. There were no truly competent people around at that time, at least not competent in high altitude mountaineering.
- ProAm 2y agoExcept the Sherpa's.
- jupp0r 2y agoDo you have a source for this? I have read quite a bit about climbing in the Himalayas and I have never heard of Sherpas climbing at high altitude in the 1920s.
- advisedwang 2y agoI doubt at that era Sherpas had experience climbing with oxygen either.
- HKH2 2y agoI'm not sure about other mountains, but the Sherpas were against climbing Mount Everest because they considered it sacrilegious.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoEverest would have been covered in tibetan Buddhist prayer flags if that were the case.