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RE: Mount Everest: The Largest Open-air Graveyard

in #everest9 years ago

Not possible unfortunately. Descending time from those points is very long - for example to descent from Camp 4 (8000 m, 26300 ft) to Camp 3 (6300 m, 22300 ft) take 4-8 hours, depending on weather and stamina of climber. Carrying weight of adult human in full equipment at much lower altitude and accessible terrain and normal temperature is virtually impossible for that duration of time. So imagine same effort at altitude where you cannot breathe, minus 40 degrees, blistering wind and one of hardest terrain in the world... It's simply not possible. And there is no machines capable of flying that high - even best helicopters can reach only Base Camp at 5400 m (17700 ft).