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john hansen
climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 3, 2016 - 09:47pm PT
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I have a collection of the American Alpine Journal from 1970 to present.
It is amazing how many reports from the really high 7 and 8 thousand meter peaks end in tragedy. It seem like every other page in that section has news of someone who perished in a fall or from HAPE or Edema.
A fixed line break's or an avalanche. One slip,, Objective dangers, I guess it is part of the game.
It seems to me a disproportionate percentage of Japanese and Korean's and Indians die on these routes. Sherpa's seem to lose their lives on route prep and trying to rescue injured climbers.
There are also many western climbers who have perished through the years.
It is an unforgiving world
Your body starts to break down above 21,000 feet.
I wonder what the mortality rate is for expeditions on the 8000 meter peaks has been in the last 40 years?
Thinking of summit teams, going for the top.
Maybe five percent? Maybe more,, What you think?
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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I heard a while back the 10% of the climbers who attempt Himalayan peaks die in their attempts. Do the statistics show that as true or not? higher or lower?
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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I don't think the odds are as bad as wingsuit, but I decided long ago as a young man after surviving some rockfall in the Canadian Rockies that super alpinism was not for me--on the lower peaks but especially the big ones. I love life and climbing. The Himalaya seemed too deadly. EVERY great climber who has been to a summit has stories of near-death experiences. I get the draw, of course, but it's a very high-stakes game.
BAd
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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I dabbled, did an alpine style climb on a 21,000 foot peak in the karakorum. So cold! So many things can go wrong..saw K2 from the summit of our peak and knew deep down I wanted NOTHING to do with anything like that!
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E
Ice climber
mogollon rim
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when I climbed manaslu there were many bodies...all above 7500 meters
in that zone is where the sh#t happens. when we were going for shishapangma we ran into two german alpinists looking for medical help who were both prolly gonna lose all their fingers and toes. One guy had already had several fingers amputated from frostbite injuries on previous mountains.
I got pretty bad frostbite from that first trip and the climbing at that altitude and extended time in the zone prolly affected my general health permenantly...
EE
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L.A. Woman
Social climber
Pasadena, CA
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EE someone is emailing me saying they are you, but I don't think so.
Are you willing to connect and catch up...I'm in a super boring meeting today checking out climbing web sites. Still read lots of climbing books for a non-climber. V aka LA Woman :)
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