>>787060nope. i climb for the passion of climbing. that's why i'm fine on just my local peaks.
>>787073it is, but you'd better be damn fucking experienced, ready to drop tens of thousands of dollars in gear or find a sponsor(s), and even then sherpas who are pissed off that you're bypassing their services might fuck with you.
>http://www.outsideonline.com/1929126/brawl-everest-ueli-steck%E2%80%99s-story>>787116>>787232sorry bros, k2's going the same way. read pic related
>I'm just curious how much cliff climbing and shit it isalmost none. like less than 100' of technical climbing the whole way, never more than 5.6, and really even most of that is aided with fixed ropes and jumars.
>>787235>At this rate Steven Hawking could drive up.literally a blind person and double leg amputee has made it up.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mount_Everest_records#Disabled_or_diseased_summiterstl:dr, fuck everyone who's trivialized everest