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No worries and two sorrys in one thread. Could this be a record or are there very polite mountaineers on NSC.

And a film that really is worth watching. The triumph of human nature in adversity.

In the best or worse ethical debate would you cut the rope and be vilified or hang on and be pulled to your death. (Touching the Void).

And your English is perfect, you Russian adventurer you.

Sorry, forgot to point out 1978 in the previous attached.

I love the Half Moon in Plumpton. The only pub that would serve alcohol to seven people who turn up on mopeds and have an aversion to shaving. Anyway back to mountaineering. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_climbing_Mount_Everest

A few rolled the dice and lost everything.

I've never noticed footnotes before and maybe just a bit tired on a quiet Monday so have some time to digest some posts. But I've laughed on one and I have to ask you if you preferred Rutger to Anthony on a most beautiful bit or writing.

I stand corrected and deeply shamed. I thought National Geographic knew their stuff.

Mr Bolt. It's Monday morning but genuinely laughed when I noticed your footnote. I think it's Mark Twain and NSC can be a bear pit. To post a thread always fills me with trepidation.

Sorry to sound like a troll but watch this. Apparently the death zone exists. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnRMNEzGlAg

I was hoping for a mountaineer to answer Everest has been climbed by people without oxygen.

I was watching a documentary about Mount Everest and the deadliest storm. I was informed that after 8000 metres you enter the death zone, where as humans we cannot function due to altitude. Mountaineers have overcome this by taking oxygen to maintain their walk to the summit. Even in real...