The News Of Mount Everest
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Opportunities that Mount Everest provides!!
Warmest equipment available for this climb, but you might not need a -40 degree bag when you have a 5 to 6 lb.down suit as well.
Make sure to try on, use and feel comfortable with all your gear. Knowing your equipment, how to adjust it, and what to do if something fails is very important on Everest. The Sherpas do not carry all your gear up. You will be responsible for most of your personal equipment from BC to Camp 2 and there can be a huge difference in the weight of what you choose. Weight is one of the hardest things to deal with up high. Buy your gear as if you will be carrying it all. The Sherpas will help us a lot, but to show up with bulging duffels of heavy gear and expect them to carry it is very poor style.
Cost: $59,900 this is counting every thing that you have to buy.
Some challenges and travel tips
There are very deadly ice falls in or on mount Everest.
Altitude Sickness
Altitude sickness or mountain sickness is the biggest risk to Mt. Everest climbers and also fresh travelers to Tibet. It will affect many aspects of their health. The higher they get, the less oxygen there is in the air. Their body can slowly adapt to this but only up to a point.Even with the comparatively lengthy period required to climb this high, they are unlikely to ever feel quite themselves above base camp, and in the Death Zone above 8,000m they are beyond the limit of their adaptation ability to the altitude.
Temperature
Air temperature drops by roughly 0.65C per 100 meters of height gained. That means at 8,800m they can expect the temperature to be about 57C less than at sea level. That’s a gross simplification ignoring many other factors but they get the idea: it is cold up there.
Managing this is not helped by the fact that they’ll switch from lying still in the darkness at night to slogging up hill with the heat of the sun bearing down from above and reflecting up from the snow.
Falls
One of the highest direct causes of death on Everest is falls. These can happen both when actually climbing, particularly on the high ridges, and also in careless moments at the higher camps. Stepping out of their tent for a wee at night onto ground covered in ice being a particular example.
Maintaining vigilance with their footwork, double checking knots and karabiners, and a good amount of prior experience on snow and ice are prudent steps for reducing this risk.
Hope you make it to the top
What you need
Packing list
Apparel
North Face Himalayan suit
North Face Prism Optimus Jacket
North Face Redpoint Pants
North Face Aurora Tights
Wool base layers
Darn Tough Vermont socks, merino wool
2XU Compression socks
2XU Compression tights
Buffs
Boots and Ski Gear
Scarpa Phantom 8000m Boot
Dynafit TLT5 Performance Ski Boot
Dynafit TLT Speed Radical Binding
Dynastar HM 187 Cham Ski, 166cm
Other Hard Gear
Black Diamond Sabretooth crampons
Black Diamond Helmet
Black Diamond Couloir Harness
Black Diamond Raven Ultra Ice Axe
Smith Polarized I/O Goggle
Soft Gear
North Face Prophet 52 backpack
VE 25 Tent
North Face Hedgehog GTX XCR Shoe
North Face XL Base Camp Duffel
North Face Inferno -20 Sleeping Bag
Technology
iPad
iPhone
Canon S95 camera
Panasonic TM 700p
Brunton Solarroll 14 and external battery for charging everything
Food
Clif Shots, Bloks, Mojo bars, and electrolyte drink mix
Werther Hard Candies
Parmesan and Hard Salami
York Peppermint Patties
Peanut Butter
Quinoa
Some things you should know about Mount Everest
1921 — Dalai Lama allows British reconnaissance party to visit Tibet and the northern side of Mt. Everest.
1924 — British explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappear near the summit, along the Northeast Ridge. It is possible that they may have actually been the first to reach the summit, but they never returned.
1949 — Nepal opens its borders, making access to the mountain's southern peak possible.
1953 — Hillary and Norgay reach summit.
1963 — First Americans reach the summit.
1989 — First two women, both American, reach the summit.
1990 — Sir Edmund Hillary's son, Peter, reaches summit.
1996 — Eleven people die during spring expeditions
3 different ways humans regionalize
If it is summer in Michigan it is summer in Mount Everest.
When you go from Michigan to Mount Everest You will most likely go past the equator.When you go past the equator it is really hot so when you go past it you might want to wear shorts and a T-shirt.