Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Climbers to recreate Mallory's Everest attempt


"An American who discovered the body of George Leigh Mallory on Mount Everest eight years ago will try to recreate the British mountaineer's pioneering attempt using only 1920s gear, a hiking official said on Tuesday." Quote from Yahoo News

A stunt or just a publicity?? Well We will only know when it actually happens, so in the meantime all we can do is just wait. Considering on the loses of lives that the mountain have claim so far, which is about 207 people and yet there is more people who is willing to take the risk and try to conquer this giant mountain even though knowing that you might not even come back from this climb.

So a person who is willing to take out that kind of risk might as well be very prepare for what the mountain will throw at you, be prepared or suffer!

My 2wo cents :
I know there is a lot of daring people that is dreaming of climbing the Mt Everest but only a few will succeed. But there seems to be also a few which is stupid enough to try a ridiculous stunt! Wearing and using the same clothing and equipment from 1920's is really risking our very own life, as the changes of temperature has been so big during the pass 83 years that a single drop of temperature would bring tremendous changes on whether you succeed or not to the summit.

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