![]() However, it will take some resolve and some changes to achieve and we will need to establish some standards. ![]() So what do we do? As a group of people, it is in our best interest to sort this out – and it isn’t that hard. Accidents, overcrowding, a lack of cohesiveness each season with rope fixing when teams who say they will help and don’t turn up, Icefall charges much higher than the quality of work that is completed, inexperienced climbers, teams who provide no support when their team members get sick or have an accident." In his latest blog New Zealand’s Guy Cotter (CEO of Adventure Consultants): ‘I’d say most of us recognise that there are issues on Everest. Half the teams were still on their way up!’ ![]() A very long line-up of climbers all heading for the top at 8.30am. A range of professional and legendary climbers have urged the local government to limit the number of Everest climbers in each climbing season to avoid incidents on the world’s highest peak but is that really enough, is it really the problem?Įlia Saikaly a filmmaker stated on Facebook from Everest on 23rd May accompanied by our cover photo: “We raced down the Hillary Step as fast as we could after reaching the top, swapped out our depleted oxygen cylinders, climbed up the south summit expecting a smooth descent and this is what we saw. As the images spread so did the debate about permits, death and expertise. Images of people queueing on Mt Everest looking like a front row ticket sales at a rock concert, went viral across the internet. Queuing In The Death Zone Adventure Magazine | June - July 2019
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