Member Since: 29 Aug 2015
Location: Dordogne
Posts: 42
Mad that.....
7 died in the past week apparently.
24th May 2019 6:24 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Wirral, UK
Posts: 3067
To my mind it makes a mockery of the permit system. Money talks, I guess.D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
24th May 2019 6:48 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
Yeah I was going to go, but now I’ve seen that I realised it wasn’t that difficult a trip round the M25 is much tougher DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
24th May 2019 6:53 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
I’d assumed that was a photoshop, not real!
It’s like queuing at the post office on Saturday mornings 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
24th May 2019 6:55 pm
Erea
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Munster
Posts: 1509
I’m afraid it appears to be real. There was a backlog of people waiting for the weather to clear.
24th May 2019 7:54 pm
TT___50
Member Since: 07 May 2017
Location: God’s own Country
Posts: 171
There are literally thousands more technically interesting and significantly cheaper mountains out there, but rich vain folk always seem to gravitate to the highest thing - just like MB or the 3 peaks over here
24th May 2019 11:44 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13078
The issue with the more technically interesting is that they are technical and require some skill. Everest is basically a walk. A bloody steep, very high, oxygen-deprived walk, but a walk non-the-less. That's why so many people are able to do it.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
BBC now reporting 20 ... most seem to be descending. Must be some questions to be asked of the guides ?.
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
??? BBC now saying 10 ... should've taken a screenshot..
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
25th May 2019 3:33 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13078
If people are sitting in the "death zone" for long periods waiting their turn to get on the summit, and then spending a long time coming down past those still queuing, it doesn't seem surprising that they're dying on the way down. Humans don't belong up there, physiologically speaking.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
25th May 2019 4:30 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9402
British guy who died yesterday had made the summit, but dies 150 Meters down
Apparently going down is harder as you 'will to complete' disappears as soon as you reach the topIggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
25th May 2019 4:38 pm
Someone-Gone
Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117
Here a few photos of Everest to make you think. The vast quantities of people it attracts are spoiling the place, a bit like the NC500.
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25th May 2019 5:18 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15213
An ex climber on BBC Breakfast this morning said that there are too many who go to climb Everest that just don't have a clue.
E.g. they've never worn crampons, and when they do, they put them on back to front!!
Said it was the usual thing nowadays where "money talks" and that gets you a place on Everest.
Shouldn't be allowed!!
Wouldn't be seen dead there!!!🏴
25th May 2019 5:30 pm
Someone-Gone
Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117
Yep, Nepal is desperate for foreign money so promotes the place and issues permits galore.
Apparently you can get away with a supported climb of Everest for as little as £15k.
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