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  • Simon Wood
    Commissioner
    • Feb 2008
    • 5551
    #1

    Stairway to Heaven

    Hi All,

    Apparently, Mount Everest is soon to be fitted with a ladder.

    Now I've heard it all.

    Everest may have ladder installed to ease congestion on Hillary Step
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/27/mount-everest-ladder-hillary-step
    Move welcomed by Nepalis hoping to expand climbing industry but opposed by mountaineers who want to preserve challenge


    Regards,

    Simon
    Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
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    • Robert
      Commissioner
      • Feb 2008
      • 5163
      #2
      Will there be stores at the top, or will they be all closed?

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        • lynn cates
          Commisioner
          • Aug 2009
          • 13841
          #3
          word power

          Hello Robert.

          It is of no consequence. With a word they can get what they came for.

          Cheers.
          LC

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            • Simon Wood
              Commissioner
              • Feb 2008
              • 5551
              #4
              Hi Robert,

              As I understand it, there will be a 24/7 Shopping Mall at the summit, replete with T-shirts and assorted coffee mugs [all made in China] bearing the I-Heart-Everest motif.

              Regards,

              Simon
              Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.

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                • caz
                  Premium Member
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 10569
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Robert View Post
                  Will there be stores at the top, or will they be all closed?
                  Hi Robert,

                  My brother went on a coach trip to the Pyramids some years ago and found them closed to the public for maintenance.

                  To add insult to injury, the coach broke down on the return journey and the passengers were stranded for hours in sweltering heat waiting for one vehicle to come and take the women and children and another to come later for the men.

                  Love,

                  Caz
                  X
                  "Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." Peter Ustinov


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                    • Robert
                      Commissioner
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 5163
                      #6
                      Could have been worse, Caz - he might have gone all that way to find they were still building the things.

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                        • Graham
                          Assistant Commissioner
                          • Feb 2008
                          • 3813
                          #7
                          I'm reliably informed by a mountaineering friend that the Chinese installed a ladder at the Hillary Step at least as far back as the 1960's, but that 'serious' climbers wouldn't use it. Apparently it became unsafe (except for Chinese climbers) and was removed at some time.

                          Hi there, welcome to the Summit Of Everest Macdonald's. What can I get you today, apart from frostbite?

                          Graham
                          We are suffering from a plethora of surmise, conjecture and hypothesis. - Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure Of Silver Blaze

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                            • Archaic
                              Chief Inspector
                              • Mar 2009
                              • 1903
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Simon Wood View Post
                              Hi All,

                              Apparently, Mount Everest is soon to be fitted with a ladder.
                              And, I hope, an awesome slide for on the way back.

                              Archaic

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                                • Limehouse
                                  Chief Inspector
                                  • Mar 2008
                                  • 1895
                                  #9
                                  I was listening to an article about this on BBC Radio 4 yesterday. It seems that the path to the peak is getting crowded these days and a ladder, although still tricky, is a safe option to cover the last bit of the climb.

                                  Ooooh, it makes me wonder.

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                                    • Phil Carter
                                      Commissioner
                                      • Oct 2009
                                      • 4270
                                      #10
                                      I am just waiting for the summer season when the water-splash opens.

                                      Fun for the whole family....



                                      Phil
                                      Chelsea FC. TRUE BLUE. 💙


                                      Justice for the 96 = achieved
                                      Accountability? ....

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