Photo. Mount Everest,
challenge too big for most people, but people risk their life to conquere it.
Photo Copyright: MountEverest-net: (www.mounteverest.net).
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We believe that travelling
is more satisfying when pursuing a passion, an educational objective, research,
a special interest or a hobby. Climbing Mount
Everest is an example of such things, which could contain many of many of
them, but it`s not without risk.
"Goddess mother of the world"
Chomolungma is the Tibetan name for Mount
Everest and means "Goddess mother of the world". Everyone,
that wants to take part of a climbing expedition up this
mountain, must kno w that they can get
into very extreme situations that will be a big test for both body and mind. It`s
necessary to have enough good experience to deal with problems and
challenges which occurs during the climbing.
A
novice climbers` tale of Everest: "We
covered him up with snow and he just went to
sleep". This was the headline published in an article published 3
Juni 2004 on Cap Times` website (CapeTimes).
No
game
This article was also
referred on MountEverest-net: (www.mounteverest.net). The
article gave a huge impression on me. Here it was an interview with the
South African climber Andre Bredenkamp. Everest was his first "eightthousander"
and he reached Everest on the night when several other climbers died. The way he
described his efforts leaved not doubt that
Mount Everest was no game:
"You get completely disorientated. I had to keep reminding
myself I was climbing a mountain. Every step of the way I had to try to motivate
myself.
At that altitude I took at
least 10 to 15 breaths each time I moved one foot. Those three days were hell.
You'd wake up with your sleeping bag covered in snow and ice and icicles stuck to your face.
Then you'd pack up your wet
sleeping bag and have tea and porridge and walk all day. It took 45 minutes to
climb 100m. It was absolutely awful.
When we arrived at top camp
we had to collect ice in a black bag and melt it in a cup on the stove. We spent
several hours just melting ice to make soup and tea. It was a lot more difficult
than I anticipated and we came close to death on more than one
occasion."
Here are the
rules you should follow written by experienced climbers on Mount
Everest:
1. Always have
the last word on your safety.
2. Respect the
weather.
3. Use the
ropes.
4. Drink
plenty.
5.
Know yourself.
6.
Know your gear, oxygen and alpine medicine.
7. Avalanche (avoid avalanches).
Hopefully will it reduce the risk by following these rules.
Click on the link here to read more about the rules
in the mentioned article on MountEverest-net:
www.mounteverest.net/expguide
These rules can of course
be valuable for climbing other mountains too. They are the key to
survive, but they give no guarantee. No pain, no gain! And the risk is big. Notice that the
best advice the experienced climbers can give in this article
is: Keep your fingers
crossed!
Stein Morten Lund, 4 October
2004
Additional
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Cape
Times: CapeTimes.
For more
information about Mount
Everest, click on the link: www.MountEverest.net.
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