Reality show on Everest

“They (OLN) are giving 12 'regular' people the chance to summit Everest and will be put it in several shows. They start eliminations in a desert in Africa then onto several other different harsh environments to get the number down to the 12 that will try to summit. I see another tragedy in the making!”

“One wonders sometimes if people really understand what they're getting themselves into. Just because something is exciting and 'cool' doesn't mean it's a good idea. Just because I would love to do that doesn't mean I should or could. You know what I mean?”

“I hear you on that one, skullcap.. But I bet the show will be a hit.”

“I agree with you Skully and Artex. It's not on network tv it is on outdoor living network. I think it will be on May 2003, I just saw the commercial, watching Lance!!”

“LOL, they are going about the eliminations all wrong. They should first try and find the people who are most susceptible to HAPE or HACE, and get rid of them first.

As far as tragedies, well, who knows. If they get good guides and listen to them, they'll probably be okay. I've been mulling it over in my head whether A) a producer who knows the show won't go over well if no one summits, or B) a professional guide who doesn't make any money next year if no one summits, would be worse.”

“Heck, the STANDARD requirement is a thick wallet.

In this case, the people will at least under go some physical testing. That's good.

Therefore, it sounds a lot better that the usual groups of "climbers".”

“I can just see Rudy or Richard (Survivor) climbing The Big E. But will they have all the disagreements and arguments like the other reality shows? Could be bad.”

“If Rudy did it, I think he would be the oldest person to climb Everest. I could be wrong though.

Everest Base Camp would be a great place to film a reality show. It's a circus already, from what I've read. Plus you usually still have enough energy to actually have an argument.”

“bit--Did you see the Imax movie Everest? It was great. Amazing. If I had the chance I'd see it again.

I was wondering too if they will be taking the cameras to the summit. I guess we'll see what we shall see!”

“hmmmmmm... Richard bouncing down the north face? I might tune in for that, LOL”

“After reading "into thin air" and where you had to go through just to get to the glacier below base camp, no thank you. Late snow pack or no, I won't go through what I refer to as S__t town.”

“such language!”

“I agree with treebait. Harrowing. I read that book too. But that Imax movie was tremendous. I also just saw Alive! the movie about the Uraguay soccer team whose plane crashed in the Andes. Cannibalism. Oh my!!”

“Do they get to vote other "climbers" off the show, or just push them off the mountain?”

“Pass the hot sauce, please...”

“The mountain does the voting.

I've never seen the IMAX movie, tango, although I've seen the non-IMAX version of the same film. We even have an IMAX theatre right here in lil 'ol Huntsville, and I've only gone to it once. I'm such a cheapskate.

I've read two books on the Everest Disaster of '96. I still would like to to try it, even if I had to go through #&%!$town, but I probably will never get the chance. Besides, I'd want to actually train on and climb, you know, other mountains first. So I might have some idea what the heck I was doing...”

“bit--I love elevation, and would love to do more climbing (yeah, I love trying to suck more air into these sea-level lungs). But I really have no desire to come close to the regimen that I read must be done on Everest. No way.

Good luck to you reaching your goals!

lol tilt!

Uruguay team were rugby players not soccer!”

“lol tango, I wish I could, but as I've stated before, if I took up mountaineering, my wife would shoot me to save the mountain the trouble.”

“I'm fascinated by Everest, and the expeditions to climb it. This show is giving me big incentive to write to my cable company and tell them to get OLN (gee, I'm sooooo sure they'll listen).”

“If you don't get it (OLN) by then, I could tape it and send you the tapes if you are that into it.”

“Here it is:

Everest reality show article”

“wouldn't 50grand for Sadam be better?”

“That's 250G's...the top five people gets $50,000 each.”

“Well, the last 5 'survivors' are climbing Everest. The show is on ABC right now!”

“Only 2 of the 5 made it to the top.”

“Yeah I watched that on OLN a few weeks ago. Considering the amount of time & effort and the great personalities they had covering it (Peter Athans, Conrad Anker, Peter Whittaker) I felt it could have been done better.

It was still great to actually follow a team on summit day though. I was glued to the set.”

“I saw the IMAX movie of the disaster year. That was one heck of a movie! It was amazing!”

“same here coop. i thought it was interesting at the end what they said about sir edmund hillary. he's there for a 50th annaversary thang and he wants them to close mt everest cause too many peoplle are dieing and it's getting trashed...

those were some awsome views from up there, but i wouldn't try it....”

““Everest: Beyond the Limit,” which begins its six-week run Nov. 14 at 10 p.m. ET on Discovery Channel, chronicles the journey of eight men during the 2006 spring climbing season — the second-deadliest on the Himalayan peak that rises over 29,000 feet.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15607148/”

“hey tango, how's it going in AZ? still retired and doing my dog bandana thing. knees are bad, had a hard time walking 3 miles 2 weeks ago. not sure if i will ever put a pack on again. but i have got into biking!”

“Hey girl! It's going great. Kinda hectic sometimes. It's beautiful here. I haven't hiked for awhile either but that's because I have no time. Hopefully that will change soon.

Sorry about the knees. What a shame. I send good thoughts your way.”

“Uraguyan soccer team?????

It was a rugby team.

Parado has said that if they had been a soocer team they would all have died.

Don't make me hunt you down.

(Just joking, eh?)”

“Google 'the oldest man to climb Everest'.

He was 70 (2003) BTW.”

“Hey Grem keep reading smartie pants:

Uruguay team were rugby players not soccer!”
tango
10:03:55 AM
7/23/02”

“check out this view,click on high res. http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0305/feature1/online_extra2.html”

“WOW....”

“Hey Tango, how is the campgroung going? Hope it has been a sucess.”

“Thanks for asking Bateauxdriver! It's starting to slow down now. I just got the pool closed and now there's a lot of maintenance stuff to do over the winter. I hope it's a mild one, especially on this Florida girl. Hope all is going well with you.”

“Everest: Beyond the Limit,” which begins its six-week run Nov. 14 at 10 p.m. ET on Discovery Channel, chronicles the journey of eight men during the 2006 spring climbing season — the second-deadliest on the Himalayan peak that rises over 29,000 feet.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15607148/”
Tango
7:23:18 PM
11/08/06


Everest2 starts the end of Oct on the Discovery Channel”

“I don't think I could take another dose of Russell Brice.”

“not sure if he is on it or not. I think I did recongize the big guy who didn't want to turn back last yr”

“Him too!

But I'll probably catch at least some of it if I'm not otherwise occupied when it airs.”

“Everest Beyond the Limit starts this coming Tuesday with new climbers I think it is on Discovery or Discovery Times channel. I think I heard a woman's voice on the commercial.

I'll probably watch the first episode. I did watch the first series.

Anyway FYI.”

“Finally, somebody misusing the word "on" instead of "about", but it makes sense this time.”

“Everest, Beyond the Limit is back starting tonight! Big Tim (the biker) is back and I gotta cheer him on!”

“Is that the guy who wouldn't turn back last year?”

“i went to the discovery channel's web site. the lack of respect is remarkable. i was ok with it all until i saw "sherpa cam video". it's amazing to me that people forget that for all intensive purposes anyone entering the "death zone" is dying from their first step in until their last step out.

i wonder if they show all the o2 bottles strewn about or the wasteland of frozen turds. i also wonder if they really talk about the dangers of the khumbu icefall which, in my mind, is the most dangerous part of the western approach. frankly this has always freaked me out more than the aspect of enduring the slug up to the hillary step just before the peak where you are as likely to die of hypothermia standing around waiting your turn as anything else.
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“On last nights episode two guys went up without any support right after the sherpas set in the ropes and it was just about dark and front was moving in.I guess we'll have to watch next week to see iffin they made it!”

“I was bored, but I somewhat enjoyed the program.
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“On last nights episode two guys went up without any support right after the sherpas set in the ropes and it was just about dark and front was moving in.I guess we'll have to watch next week to see iffin they made it!”
Spam
5:05:08 PM
10/31/07


they made it to the top and back down without oxygen.”