Climbing Mount Everest: 5 obstacles (usyesterday.off, 1952) 1) Trip time A round-trip human expedition to the top of Everest, using current technology, could

Climbing Mount Everest: 5 obstacles (usyesterday.off, 1952) 1) Trip time A round-trip human expedition to the top of Everest, using current technology, could take two to three weeks. The slower you go, the more supplies you are forced to take and the higher the odds of a catastrophic collision with a rock. Mountaineers would lose more energy and regenerate slower as a result of the longer stay in high altitude. And they would be exposed to larger doses of cosmic rays and solar energetic particles, increasing the probability of cancer. 2) The Big C Problem: Cancer. Mountaineers traveling to the top of the world, or working on its surface, will be exposed to potentially high doses of sun [...] 3) Sex in Tibet [...] 4) The Yeti [...] -------- my 2 cents: You can sit there and keep talking like this or f*ing go do it. A 5 year old today who wants to win the Olympics in 100m works every day for over 10 years for his or her goal. No guarantees of any kind. If we approached Mars the same way, our fathers would have walked on it already.