Fatalities At Everest

“Crash”

“Yeah I heard about that:( Its really sad.”

“For someone who lives in Heaven, Zeb, you sure sound cold and heartless.”

“Insensitive troll, Buddur...

Not worth paying attention to”

“sort of befitting though given the history of that peak...

still, it's very sad for the families... :(”

“Deaths on Everest are not without honor, IMO.”

“This is very sad. Both were members of the Sherpa community, one was a guide. I wonder if it was one of the ones that guide for hikers and backpackers? Either way, it is a tragedy.”

“You just can't trust those Russian choppers and planes...especially the old ones.

Just a few weeks ago, a Russian cargo plane's rear door unhatched...and a whole bunch of people got sucked out at 12,000 feet or something. Somewhere in the Congo, I think.”

“There was a lot of conflicting news about that Congo thing...Some reports said everyone on board except the crew died, others (govt. reports) said none died, others said low numbers, like 12, died. We'll probably never hear the whole truth on that one.”

“I read one report that said alot of those that died were soldiers...I guess the govt can cover it up, by saying those guys/gals died in an ambush in the forest or something.”

“The report I read was that it was soldiers and their families being relocated to another base. Not good.”

“(AP) A 63-year-old Japanese woman died while descending Mount Everest after making it to the top of the world's highest mountain, her tour guide company said Friday.

The woman, Shoko Ota, had made it to the summit with a guide and a fellow climber Thursday, Tokyo-based Adventure Guides Co. said in a statement.

But Ota became unable to move and lost consciousness during their descent, about 1,100 feet from the summit of the 29,000-foot mountain.

The team's leader, Kenji Kondo, later confirmed that Ota had stopped breathing and lost her pulse. Kondo, who is also the president of Adventure Guides, reported the death by satellite phone to the company's Tokyo office.

Ota had previously climbed Mount Cho-Oyu, a 26,900-foot-high peak in the Himalayas, with Adventure Guides in October 2002. Kyodo News reported she started mountain climbing in her 40s.



Another one who started climbing at the same age I was getting too old for it.”

“the guides should have seen her failing and turned her around.”

“Endurance is a big issue. Hubby and I would ride our motorcycles for long distances, and we would always make sure we didn't go so far or so late in the day that we didn't have enough endurance to ride back. The same thing applies. On your return ride, you need to be alert.

You don't have to go to Mt. Everest to die. A man just died on Mt. Rainier. He fell only 30 feet, but hit his head when he landed. He died in the helicopter when he was being airlifted out.”

“*scratching my head*

Did lipstick hiker really try to compare endurance of climbing Mt. Everest with "endurance" of motorcycle riding?

And gee whiz...everyone knows you can die anywhere. Maybe I'm dense, but I'm not getting the reference. ...and the point is?”