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@PhilAndersonOutside They did that in China - but they want 8000m mountain. And they saw decrease in traffic as it is hard to do in single season. Pretty much impossible. As to your 7000er - yeah its sort of possible - I assume many people doing Everest do say Mera peak or Island or Lobuche as acclimatization step. It gives them zero extra experience or next to zero. Chinese idea is what is needed. But all 8000ers are cheaper than Everest - idea is if you fail you try expensive Everest again. So more $$$$ for Nepal.
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@GangKatta Sherpa - as in the people working on the mountain, not ethnic Sherpa - as there are all sort of people there, will not lift a finger, will pretend they do not speak English, will treat you as air. This is not only unpolite it shows that they are fully sick with money. All they care about is money. They lost their way, the way of a mountaineer. They are corrupt. It is their choice. So what they have families - do these families prevent them from giving a hand or a swing of water??? Really? I would love if they stopped their job - all of them - went on a strike. This would be the best thing that happened to Himalayas since humanity arrived there. This would not prevent me from climbing at all - I would do it more like people in Pakistan - I would set 100m of the rope like other western climbers do. Do my share. People that climb with Sherpa do so b/c they are not really mountaineers - they are just clients, that is all. Many just climb Everest, nothing more. They don't even hike around where they live.
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@GangKatta Who are you to tell me what to do?
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 @pedrorvd1 there is not a big effect over 5000m. The effect heavy above around 6500m.
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@PhilAndersonOutside That is totally NOT correct. Sherpa do a lot of guiding not just one mountain ;))))) They have Everest in April, they do say Manaslu in September and they do say 20x or maybe even 30x (can you believe they do summits back to back? Like today they do Lobuche and next day Island peak? I spoken to an actual Sherpa whom was doing this... with hike in between at night!). Many Sherpa also may do other guiding / trip organization. Also Sherpa own the guide businesses. Don't worry - an Everest guide makes more $$$$ than local MD.
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@StephenWong14 Correct. 100%.
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@PhilAndersonOutside Video is by some non mountaineering outlet. If you are vastly wealthy would you not retire as well ;) Believe me - I seen this for more than a decade now - there is zero danger of best paid job in Nepal to disappear.
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Cylinders are 450 USD - I actually asked. And if you buy many like a company it would be 400. NOT 600. Also we are talking about full ones not empty ones.
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