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Posted by Tom D on May 14, 2008 at 5:22:44 pm EDT
In reply to Re: New Brashears video on Everest 1996 posted by tbastress on May 14, 2008 at 3:37:56 pm EDT

Good question, Tbastress. I really don't know. I don't think guides will take just anyone-you have to have some climbing credentials, I believe. You also need a lot of money, but that can't possibly be the only factor. I bet if you look at some of the guide sites, they will have some criteria posted for various climbs.

If you read any of the books by Ed Viesturs, Rheinhold Messner or other famous climbers, you see that they learned by doing for the most part, climbing with other more experienced climbers and eventually climbing the most challenging routes and mountains. You also find out that virtually all of them either lost teammates on a climb or at the very least, knew someone who was killed climbing-usually more than one.

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