The Everest Base Camp Trail is amazing

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Apr 27, 2015
11:07:13am

donnerstag

The Everest Base Camp Trail is amazing

My favorite hike I've done and we didn't even get all the way to base camp. It felt surreal being surrounded by most of the highest peaks in the world.

I have no desire to climb the actual mountain. Risks and costs are higher than my threshold for a hike.

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donnerstag

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Any CBers climb, or have a a goal of climbing, Mount Everest? I think it'd be

4/27/15 9:15am

While I will never do Everest, I think it would be cool to summit a lot of the

PharmD

4/27/15 9:19am

I summited Mt. Evans in Colorado. 14,240 feet. My car was really tired after

Cougar-Duck

4/27/15 9:23am

My goal is to bike up that road one day. I've gotten over 10,000 feet a

PharmD

4/27/15 9:27am

This race would be a good warm up

RC Vikings

4/27/15 10:00am

I did it in 2013 on my cross bike - it was a lot of fun.

PharmD

4/27/15 10:09am

If I was 25, single and had $60,000 lying around I would think about it

RC Vikings

4/27/15 9:20am

what about 48/49, divorced, and $60'ish lying around?

4/27/15 9:22am

How are you divorced with that much lying around?

4/27/15 9:26am

Maybe their have been many people summit that really had no business being on

RC Vikings

4/27/15 9:28am

strangely enough, it's actually easier the older you get.

macaroni

4/27/15 9:27am

Really? Why is that?

crack

4/27/15 9:34am

you acclimatize easier and more efficiently the older you get.

macaroni

4/27/15 1:39pm

pff Everest was easy, Olympus Mons, now that was a tough hike

4/27/15 9:21am

Waiting for the oceans to melt so I don't have to climb as high

Left Shark Coug

4/27/15 9:22am

I'm down for a helicopter ride to the summit.

4/27/15 9:22am

I had a guy in my ward that climbed Everest. He climbed all of the tallest peaks

4/27/15 9:25am

Was he this guy?

4/27/15 9:27am

Pretty much. I skipped Sunday school on more than one occasion to hangout in the

4/27/15 9:32am

It's always been a dream of mine. My buddies and I have been prepping for years

macaroni

4/27/15 9:26am

Nope. It's plenty fun to hike to the top of a mountain that does not require

4/27/15 9:27am

Or one with a success rate of more than 30% and mortality rate less than 2%

cheezedawg

4/27/15 10:04am

It's a bucket list item.

4/27/15 10:13am

The Everest Base Camp Trail is amazing

donnerstag

4/27/15 11:07am

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