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Everyone is in that fine line between death and life': inside Everest's deadliest queue | World news | The Guardian

'Everyone is in that fine line between death and life': inside Everest's deadliest queue

A year on from the loss of 11 people on the world’s highest mountain, survivors talk frankly about what went wrong and why

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[regehr]

everything about this sounds terrible

 

[Dreamer]

Pick another mountain. Pick another attitude. Enjoy the climb. Forget the brag.

 

[Perry]

It’s something that I would never do even if I was physically able to do so. Yet I find everything to do with this uncommon feat extremely fascinating. The psychology, the physical demands, the finances, the extreme risks to name a few facets. That being said I find waiting lines below the summit insane. That seems so out of place.

 

[zionsky]

My wife won't even let me climb on the roof to clean the gutters