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John Kazanas summits Everest 28-May-2010 At 4:42:12 PM silver_13

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On 28/05/2010 Duncan wrote:
>Point taken Steve - but you and I know that what those kids have done is
>way more badass than climbing Everest - a guide can't get you up a sport
>route that would otherwise be too hard for you.

A guide can't get you up mt Everest either, you need to do it yourself. With a lot of help from guides,porters, oxygen... but still you have to walk on your own.

> If you or I had the money, inclination and were lucky with
>the weather, we could do it, no doubt.

This could be why some people do it, to prove to themselves that they can.
By the way, noone can be sure at any point they'll climb mt Everest or any big mountain. High altitude can be cruel.

>Congratulations to John, you did something you wanted to do. I was asking
>whether other climbers thought that climbing Everest was a worthy goal/something
>to aspire to. Some people wanted to have a go at me and ignore that question
>- that's cool.

I think most are in agreement that although going up mt. Everest is not an outstanding event in the climbing world anymore, its still a worthy personal achievement.