do not climb mt. everest

that's the advice, you're welcome.

a.k.a. it's hot so I decided to read about high altitude mountaineering like I do every summer.

I went on a binge of high altitude mountaineering books too and it is legit nightmarish

whatcha been reading

let's link some articles from Outside magazine

general cw: cold and gruesome death

The Mountain of Mountains

Take a Number

The Coldest War

What Happens to Your Body When You Climb Everest

sound advice

into thin air section |
original outside article hosted on d2l for some clas...
interview with krakauer 1 year later
some of the original controversy

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE DOES THIS

but if you are interested in this topic at all, read into thin air, it's an incredibly readable book

anyway putting a hold in at my library for savage summit, into the silence, dark summit and high crimes

also a film recommendation:

Sherpa Official trailer

if you have seen everest: beyond the limit, an incredibly addicting reality tv series about rich fools trying to climb ever (ever ever ever) rest (rest rest rest)

this film features some of the same people, but phurba tashi is the main figure

here's an article about that everest season

(which got cancelled due to sherpa strike)

hey i have more good life-saving advice: don't leave things in the fridge

also like the whole everest tag

Charting Deaths on Mount Everest

oh also reminder that the nepalese royal massacre is another possible rabbit hole

in conclusion don't climb everest

Oh this and caving are like, prime terror fodder

by caving do you mean like, going into caves

or cave diving, which is drowning in caves, but elaborately

Both -- since going into the deepest caves requires a fair amount of cave diving

don't do this either

“Blind Decent” was the book I was reading

“The Luminous Dead” is a sci-fi novella about caving and horror, which I also liked, if that’s your jam.

god i just bought that first book time 2 suffer

tsarcasm I feel that "NO. I live on earth I DIE on earth" applies here

LMAO YES

cephalopods: HAVE FUN

okay I am about halfway into high crimes and some of the stuff in this book is expected but some is wild

like the guy who sensibly turned back before reaching the summit, then, when his teammate who did reach the summit finally stumbled back into camp delirious and with his hands full of frostbite

stole his camera which included all the summit pictures

and showed the pictures to other people to claim he climbed everest while the other guy was in the hospital getting all his fingers amputated

eventually the guy finds out and wants his camera back and the thief sends back everything but the summit photos b/c he "destroyed them out of guilt"

THE FROZEN BODIES OF MOUNT EVEREST yes