Man dies just hours after reaching Everest Summit - went blind -

[0roo0roo]

what is this condition called?

 

[HybridSquirrel]

what is this condition called?

see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_altitude_cerebral_edema

I guess the other climbers weren't nearly as experienced as they thought. Seems obvious to me what the guys problem was, the other climbers should have noticed it and not allowed him to continue the ascent

1st page of the thread.

 

[ShawnD1]

why are sherpas seemingly able to go up and down at their whim yet climbing everest seems to be such a feat?

Because white people are stupid.

Same thing with pyramids. Average idiot in any first world nation is like "how did you build those!?!" and the Egyptians respond with "more like how the fuck did you build the Sears tower??"

 

[bunnyfubbles]

didnt a blind man climb everest?

no, he was gay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKO6G0pC0AM

 

[Patranus]

no, he was gay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKO6G0pC0AM

Never gets old.

 

[ShawnD1]

no, he was gay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKO6G0pC0AM

haha. I wonder why she was thinking of that.

 

[mizzou]

Everest is the beast.

I went up 11,000 feat and I can definitely feel the altitude. It's very easy to black out by over-exertion when you are not acclimated. Going back again for 13,161 ft at wheeler peak (couldn't make it last time due to the weather). Will definitely do some running/swimming to help w/ the oxygen issues.

29,000 feet? holy crap, that would be INTENSE.

 

[Jzero]

29,000 feet? holy crap, that would be INTENSE.

You spend weeks acclimating....spend a few days at base camp...climb to advanced base camp, spend a few days there....climb back down to base camp....a few more days....back to ABC....few more days....up to camp I/North Col....few more days....back down to ABC....few more days...

And the whole while you've got insomnia, diarrhea, constant headache, no appetite....and it only gets worse when you get to the death zone!

It's unbelievable.

 

[emilyama]

I read about this guy few hours ago, and i'm very sad, thinking he still there yet, so unfair, such a mind, a dreamer, man, why.
My condolences for his family what a lost, but now he's in peace watching us in the highest place in this world.
Brave man!

 

[HendrixFan]

why are sherpas seemingly able to go up and down at their whim yet climbing everest seems to be such a feat?

Everest has a much higher death rate than any other mountain because everyone wants to climb it. It draws in inexperienced climbers who have a "goal" but aren't really prepared.

 

[manowar821]

I wonder if he would love it so much if he knew it would be the end of him. . .

I would.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

"bright spark" How bright is it to risk your life doing something that was already done? This is a question, not an opinion.

 

[StinkyPinky]

It is sad, but then again there's thousands of kids dying or starvation today as well. And they don't have a choice in the matter.

The dude made a choice. He knew there was a risk.

 

[brblx]

at least he can rest in piece knowing that his frozen corpse will be eternally stuck at the top of the world.

until someone gets tired of looking at it and kicks it over the side.

 

[Jzero]

Everest has a much higher death rate than any other mountain because everyone wants to climb it. It draws in inexperienced climbers who have a "goal" but aren't really prepared.

???

Everest does not have a higher death rate than any other mountain, not by a long shot.

There have been more deaths than any other high peak, but that's due to having so many more climbers overall. Relative to the number of climbers and their tendency towards the inexperienced, Everest is surprisingly one of the least-deadly high-altitude peaks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander

Overall death rate of Everest - 5.7%.

Sherpas are also uniquely adapted to high altitude conditions after thousands of years of living at the feet of "Chomolangma."

 

[brblx]

K2 and the other himalayan 8000m peaks are all way more dangerous than everest.

 

[SoCalAznGuy]

see






1st page of the thread.

Incorrect, He did not suffer from HACE. If you read other articles it will make it clear his blindess and death are very unlikely to be alltitude releated. He displayed NONE of the symptoms of HACE, and infact at the time of death was very coherent and aware of his surounding, proving that he did NOT have HACE.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Don't they screen people for medical conditions before letting them climb?

They do... he passed the medical with flying colours.

RIP Peter

:rose:

 

[Fritzo]

Exclusive picture of the incident:

 

[bommy261]

This is probably a stupid question but why can't someone parachute down from a mountain? Any time I've gone skiing, the top of the mountain was always very windy. You might not go the direction you want, but at least you'll get off the mountain.

you'll prolly end up just as dead as if u had just stayed on the mountain

 

[alkemyst]

This is probably a stupid question but why can't someone parachute down from a mountain? Any time I've gone skiing, the top of the mountain was always very windy. You might not go the direction you want, but at least you'll get off the mountain.

you do realize not only would you need a pretty decent cliff to 'jump off', but parachuting puts you at the risk of obstacles. Plus you'd have to pack that parachute along with enough for the whole team. They aren't very compact when you are looking at summiting Everest.