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Wait, so did I win the death pool? That would loving figure; I've never won a guessing game in my life except for maybe one time in second grade when I think I won a jar full of horrible candy corn. Turtle Sandbox posted:Basically if you can run a mile and live somewhere it snows at least 2 months out of the year, you can easily climb Everest. pookel posted:I think it's fair to say that any healthy adult in reasonably good shape* could climb Everest. The things that kill you are usually weather, accidents and human stupidity - it's not that it's a difficult or technical climb. 
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I guess it's always been a weird quirk of mine to consider "climbing" as managing to get up and back down. Even though I know that more people tend to die on the descent than the ascent. Just saying, while we know Everest isn't super technical, it's still a big-rear end dangerous mountain to attempt, and just because a person can do it (under ideal circumstances and with decent luck) doesn't mean they should try it. I wonder how many people are lulled into a false sense of security by their ascents. As much as I hate uphill anything, I've often found that while going downhill might feel more comfortable, it's typically a lot trickier.
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