Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>>>> Isn't that rather like siting how many people have climbed Everest, 
>>>> thus *proving* that it's not impossibly difficult?
>>>
>>> Climbing Everest *isn't* impossibly difficult.  Extremely hard, yes, 
>>> but not impossible, nor even unthinkable.
>>
>> Hmm, let me see now... And how many people have actually achieved this 
>> in all of human history? 6? 8? It's a pretty small number, given how 
>> many millions of humans are out there. ;-)
> 
> Actually, no. Getting up there the first time is hard. The second time, 
> you hand-over-hand up the ropes the first team left.
> 
> Nowadays, I understand the trail guides are thinking it's too crowded, 
> and that someone is going to get hurt by someone above falling.

Litter is a problem too, especially items like oxygen bottles. I 
remember reading something about the Nepalese government paying a sort 
of 'bounty' on discarded items brought down off the mountain by guides etc.

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