Walk to Everest base camp (now with PIX)

[baffled]

This is morbid, but pretty much the same as others have said:

If you die, is there another place you'd rather cash out? Die in a cabin fire, or Everest?

[Pinky]

DO IT!!! We've been waiting to write your obituary for years.

"Tim Cahill died doing what he loved: Talking to Sherpas about his cabin not being on fire yet."

[Gin Master]

Cool. Have fun, Timmah. Get the Sherpas' Fran times.

[Dan Martin]

Do it. You'll regret it forever if you don't.

@ 68 how much longer is forever?

[tough old man]

We should get an insurance policy on him. He could fund IGx for years.

[Alfred_E._Neuman]

We should get an insurance policy on him. He could fund IGx for years.

Get a policy for a million bones, kick a couple thousand to a Sherpa for an "unfortunate accident", buy hookers and beer to cope with tragic loss.

[Dan Martin]

I just channeled Tenzing Norgay...he said you're a pussy.

[climber511]

Who are you going with - what trekking company? Be sure whoever it is schedules in enough rest/acclimation days. Some of the Nepalese companies are famous for thinking the rest of us flat landers can do what they can do as to time frames - which usually isn't true.

[nafod]

Bring some whores and reefer and never leave. Go native.

One of the guys here just did a trek around the base of Everest. A whole bunch of days, obviously. Said it was the coolest thing ever, and gave an awesome slide show on it. He's in his 60's.

Personally, Everest is such a media mountain these days, so I'd rather go visit some monumentally obscure but still awesome peak. This one seems cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gongga_Shan

Summiting Kilimanjaro would be too cool also. Get you to 18K feet or so.

[TerryB]

I guess it'd be cool to climb Mt. Everest but who the hell wants to go to Africa?

[seeahill]

OK. OK. I go.

1. Fat Cat, $25 I make it. Loser pays to winner's favorite charity.

2. This is "base camp." It's a walk-up. It's not dangerous. I likely won't die. The worse is that I'd turn back. (All the Everest stuff you read about --- the ice fall, the Lhotse Face, the South Col, the Hillary Step --- are all beyond base camp, where the real climbing begins. I never earned the right to climb above the ice fall, not even at my climbing best.

3. Climber 511: the company is Adventure Consultants --- the schedule is below --- and the trek is led by Ang Dorjee: (I'm especially interested in your thoughts)

Ang Dorjee Sherpa - Nepal / USA:

Summiting Everest initially with us in 1992, Ang Dorje has moved on to achieve 17 ascents of 8000m peaks! His skills as a climber are legendary. Frequently we consult his mountain acumen to ensure the smooth operation of an expedition. Ang Dorjee has held the Climbing Sardar role since 1993 proving himself to be a fine Sherpa leader and a motivator on the mountain. He took on the role of Assistant Guide on our Aconcagua 2002 & 2005 trips and has been Climbing Sardar on every AC Everest expedition since 2003. He has now climbed Everest 15 times! In 2008 he joined our guiding team on Everest. Ang Dorjee is originally from Pangboche Village in the Khumbu Valley of Nepal, but he now lives in the USA. He guides on Mt Rainier, and recently led Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro expeditions for Adventure Consultants and guided on our Everest 2008 Expedition. He led our Aconcagua Jan 09 expedition and guided Everest again in 2009 for AC as well as Island Peak. He guided alongside Mike Roberts on our successful Everest Expeditions in 2010 and 2011.

Here's the tentative schedule for the October trip. It's not very scary:
flight to Lukla and walk to Phakding 8700 feet,
To Namche Bazaar, 11,300 feet (take a rest/acclimatizion day)
To Thyangboche, 14250
To Dinboche, 14250 (another rest/acclimatization day)
Dzugla, 15,075
Lobuche 16,175
Gorak Shep 17,000 where we ascend Kala Patar 18,450 feet (big view here and a bastard of climb and descent, I expect.)
Base Camp, 17,575 (two days of poking around)
Three days back down.
(With a couple of days built in for "problems with weather, etc..."

[Shapecharge]

What about the dinosaurs Timmah?

[Fat Cat]

Timbo, we on. Have a cigar. You've got lot's of time.

[Shapecharge]

We need to find a way to gamble on this...let's not miss an opportunity to enrich ourselves through Timmah's possible and highly anticipated demise. Some kinda over/under deal on death by fall, freezing to death, pulmonary edema, hypoxia, yeti attack, drug overdose, murder by sherpa, avalanche etc. Is there some way to put squares together on this i.e. pick Timmah's "death day"? Say 25.00 a square? Shit negros we've got Phd's on here, get crackin' on this...chop chop.

[Alfred_E._Neuman]

We need to find a way to gamble on this...let's not miss an opportunity to enrich ourselves through Timmah's possible and highly anticipated demise. Some kinda over/under deal on death by fall, freezing to death, pulmonary edema, hypoxia, yeti attack, drug overdose, murder by sherpa, avalanche etc. Is there some way to put squares together on this i.e. pick Timmah's "death day"? Say 25.00 a square? Shit negros we've got Phd's on here, get crackin' on this...chop chop.

Simple:
Google map his route. Pick the exact point he packs it in and turns around. $25 gets you one pick. Closes pick to the exact kilometer he tucks tail is the winner.

[baffled]

We need to find a way to gamble on this...let's not miss an opportunity to enrich ourselves through Timmah's possible and highly anticipated demise. Some kinda over/under deal on death by fall, freezing to death, pulmonary edema, hypoxia, yeti attack, drug overdose, murder by sherpa, avalanche etc. Is there some way to put squares together on this i.e. pick Timmah's "death day"? Say 25.00 a square? Shit negros we've got Phd's on here, get crackin' on this...chop chop.

If someone starts a website, I can probably SEO it for "Tim Cahill". His name gets searched, allegedly, about 2400 times a month.

[Turdacious]

We need to find a way to gamble on this...let's not miss an opportunity to enrich ourselves through Timmah's possible and highly anticipated demise. Some kinda over/under deal on death by fall, freezing to death, pulmonary edema, hypoxia, yeti attack, drug overdose, murder by sherpa, avalanche etc. Is there some way to put squares together on this i.e. pick Timmah's "death day"? Say 25.00 a square? Shit negros we've got Phd's on here, get crackin' on this...chop chop.

Tragic vaseline accident should have best odds and slimmest payout IMO.

[Shapecharge]

See, that's what I'm talking about. It's a win for us whether he lives or croaks. But, I find the dying part much more fascinating. Oh, we also need to add if he gets off'ed, whether or not his body is recovered...big money on that one. No fucking killing yourself either Timmah.

[baffled]

If someone designs a site, I'll SEO the shit out of, then we'll sell his books to other people who are having suicidal thoughts (through Amazon. Lots of money through Amazon, and easy to sell products on Kindle), or we'll sell books from another author. That may work better.

[nafod]

We should buy him Yeti suit. Very warm.

[bigpeach]

Can you autograph a book so that when you die I can hawk it on ebay?

The value would double on his death but I've checked all of his books out from the library and several of them were already signed. Not much of a return in it for you.

[climber511]

I'm obviously out of the loop on seeahill's resume. Reading between the lines he is an author of some note. Can one of you fill me in please so I don't come across as an idiot (as easy as I often find that). PM me if it's not public desired.

[TerryB]

He writes cheap smut novels that you can buy in adult novelty stores.

[Shapecharge]

He's a plagiarizer of the lowest order. And he copies other people's stuff too.

[Thatcher II]

Can you autograph a book so that when you die I can hawk it on ebay?

The value would double on his death but I've checked all of his books out from the library and several of them were already signed. Not much of a return in it for you.

Sounds like the Holy Grail for collectors of Timmah's books would be to locate a rare unsigned copy.

Everest is literally part toilet, part dump. Dying there would be vainglorious and crushingly hollow. Even a writer would struggle to squeeze any meaning from final gasping minutes of padded horror spent staring at piss-stained snow and squeezing the hand of a sherpa with bad English calling him "Mrs Tommy".