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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 9, 2017 - 06:46pm PT
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This story is going places!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39856224
From his FB page:This news is probably going to make a lot of people upset with me and I really hope you'll all forgive me. I'm willing to be as accountable as I know how but my Everest expedition has taken a very bad turn. I am going to be honest in saying that when I arrived at Base Camp it became evident that I didn't have nearly enough money for a solo permit because of hidden costs and even if I did they would have declined it because I had no previous mountaineering experience on record. I was ashamed that I couldn't afford the permit after all the help, preparation and what everybody had done for me during my training, it would have been a total embarrassment to turn around and accept defeat because of a piece of paper. So I took a chance and spent the little money I had on more gear to climb and practice on the surrounding peaks for acclimatizing in preparing for a stealth entry onto Everest. My main incentive for being on the mountain was to help anyone who might have been in trouble since every year there are so many fatalities. In one incident 40 climbers walked right past a dying man who was pleading for help. He inevitably died because all the climbers were fixed on the Summit and didn't want to get distracted. If I could at least have helped one person it would have made a difference, that would have been my Summit. Unfortunately the system caught up with me and I was eventually captured by the mountain Orks after 2 entries into the Ice Falls and managing an ascent of 24,000ft. Expedition companies have no time for wanna be Everesters with no money so someone turned me in. I was harassed at basecamp to a point that I honestly thought I was going to get stoned to death right there. I'm not even exaggerating. I was treated like a murderer. A true testimony of how money has become more important than decency.
My passport has been confiscated and I am being sent to Katmandu where I will face penalties, apparently I'm in for jail time. I am so sorry that I have let all my supporters down and those who had faith in me, but please believe me when I say I will find the means to finish what I started. Unfortunately it will have to be put on hold for the next season or until I am allowed! It's a hurdle of which I will find a way over. I was so close... Good bye Himalayas, I will miss you😒
To all my close friends and family who I know will want to jump in and rescue me by paying the exorbitant 5 digit $ fines or bail fees, please I beg you, Do not! This was my doing and I took the risks, I am accountable. I would feel really really bad if someone baled me out for something I did on my own accord. This will pass as everything else does in life and I will return for a second attempt! I love all those who have loved and supported me, you know who you are😉
And from his attempt at Pumori:So I'm climbing Pumori Peak and all is going well except that most of the time I'm either dangling by a rope or hanging by a couple of claws from my ice Axe with hungry crevices frothing at the mouth waiting for me to fall in. I get turned around 1000 vertical feet before the summit on a very technical ice ridge that requires 2 ice axes. What a dumbass to think I could have summited Pumori with only one Ice Axe. I'm back in Namche Bazaar again to purchase the necessary tools then I'm coming back for you Pumori. I'm having a conversation with someone later on and he says, "Pumori is considered an extremely dangerous peak, many have lost their lives there. I was like, "Wait a minute, in the movie 'Everest', it was referred to as the "Kiddi Slopes" the guy replied with "Not many Everest climbers would attempt Pumori, it's too technical" I was like. "Gulp, ok, that figures" I guess if I can handle Pumori, I can handle Everest. It's really not the height that worries me, it's the Altitude😏 I'm not even considering putting a foot on Everest right now since there is bumper to bumper traffic, once the big expeditions leave I'll make my move! Thank you so very much for everyone's support and encouragement, I'm getting there one step at a time!
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Wow.
BAd
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7SacredPools
Trad climber
Ontario, Canada
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Unreal. I was gripped from the get go.
People gave this guy money???
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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You lost me at: "From his FB page."
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2017 - 07:20pm PT
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You lost me at: "From his FB page.
That's cool. I get it. Social media is lame.
It is also comedy gold.
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WBraun
climber
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once the big expeditions leave I'll make my move!
LOL .... I'm rootin for ya!!
Ho mannn that's some funny sh!t ......
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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unbalanced individual.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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The Everest zoo, what do expect....climbers? Everest has become an embarrassment....don't blame the sherpas, they are just fighting for crumbs falling from the guide service's tables.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Denver CO
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I like him, hope he can negotiate that fine with the judge for a bargain price.
from his interview on Traveler24:
Davy told Traveller24, “I could not afford the permit and even if I could they would have declined it because I have no previous mountaineering experience.
'No idea what I will do'
“I have no idea what is going to happen, I'm in Namche at the moment on my way down to Jiri to catch a bus to Katmandu where I will turn myself in.
When asked if he regrets what has happened Davy says he has had ups and down during this experience that are "imprinted on his soul forever".
He says getting himself into a tight spot while training on a surrounding peak in close proximity to Everest was worse than being caught, ”I had a sheer drop on either side of me clinging on for dear life on a knife edged glacier. I knew if I panicked I would have most certainly been in trouble. I could not reverse since I couldn't see where to place my crampon. So there was only one way and that was up.
"It was scary for me since I had never been in that kind of situation before on a mountain and I knew if I fell I was all alone and no one even knew I was there.
"I descended the mountain but within minutes I had taken a fall. I started tumbling down the glaciers slope. I was a bit battered and bruised but I was alive and mobile."
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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What is terrible about this, is that he is perfectly capable of taking out others who have the misfortune to be below him.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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I don't know...sounds a little off to me but you have to applaud his thumbing his nose at the Everest establishment.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Correction....I was raised in Philadelphia. I have embarked on a lifelong pursuit of climbing precisely to keep from growing up....what a terrible idea!
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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It's really not the height that worries me, it's the Altitude
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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don't blame the sherpas, they are just fighting for crumbs falling from the guide service's tables
"One man gathers what another man spills . . ."
If one looks at the past, Everest expeditions have always been a bit of a production. Is there currently a period aside from winter, that a small, self funded group could ascend in a righteous manner?
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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I'm still awaiting Everest 3.2.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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May 10, 2017 - 05:15pm PT
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"Clinging for dear life on a knife edged glacier".
Trying to envision what that might look like.........
Some people crave/need attention.
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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May 10, 2017 - 05:49pm PT
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What is terrible about this, is that he is perfectly capable of taking out others who have the misfortune to be below him.
Oh piss off Ken M. "Oh, it's just terrible". Geez, listen to yourself will you?
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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May 22, 2017 - 08:43am PT
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Hopefully no more buy the farm on Everest this season...
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/05/22/mount-everest-deaths/
Correction....I was raised in Philadelphia.
Climb at Livesey Rock much? I used to climb with Mike Cohen (and a bunch of other derelicts) quite a bit while I was an undergrad in Philly. Probably should have been studying more...
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ManMountain
Mountain climber
San Diego
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May 22, 2017 - 10:47am PT
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A sponsor of his exploits:
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