Well, it's happened.

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:12 pm

<a href=http://everestnews.com/stories2005/ever ... 05.htm>You can get to the top of Everest in a helicopter.</a> I wonder how long it will take for a Hilton and a McDonalds to show up.

DarkPrime · Post by **DarkPrime** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:14 pm

Starbuck's probably owns land up there already.

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:16 pm

The skibunnies need their white mocha lattes, after all.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:20 pm

Well, there went my dreams of being a sherpa.

DarkPrime · Post by **DarkPrime** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:21 pm

More tourists means more food for the Yetis.

Ancient · Post by **Ancient** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:14 pm

Hillary's gonna be pissed.

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:20 pm

Ancient · Post by **Ancient** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:25 pm

Sir Edmund Hillary. First guy to climb the damn thing (and only notable thing he ever did, despite what he may tell you).

When your nation sticks him on the $5 note, you're basically forced to remember him.

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:34 pm

Ah. I probably should have googled it.

Ancient · Post by **Ancient** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:37 pm

And get nude pics of Hillary Clinton?

Lets not forget that the internet is American dominated, with no room for us little 'insignificant' countries.

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:39 pm

...

<a href=http://www.google.com/search?client=saf ... F-8>Google everest Hillary</a> and you get, oddly enough, Sir Edmund Hillary. Google plain Hillary and he's the fifth result. Reaching the top of Everest was kind of a big deal for everyone.

Ancient · Post by **Ancient** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:43 pm

Edit: Fuck I'm blind and retarded concerning google today.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:29 am

I sleptwalked to the top of Everest, once. I was having a pretty weird dream at the time.

Nakasan_UKG · Post by **Nakasan_UKG** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:58 am

Yeah, sleep mountain climbing appears to be an ever increasing problem here in the UK. The only thing that seems to link one case to another is the fact they all have, as you had, a weird dream. Ever thought of giving up your body to medical science? You die instantly but get paid SHIT loads!!

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:24 am

This just ruins everything.

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:16 pm

Is it even phisically possible? It must be a military copter.

Post by **Squirrelknight** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:19 pm

Meh, I'll be impressed when they put an escalator on the side of the mountain.

Post by **Delphine** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:04 pm

Brazillian Cara wrote:Is it even phisically possible? It must be a military copter.

Watch the video.

The Scarlet Scorpion · Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:55 pm

Given this developement, I'll bet dollars to donuts that James Bond is seen at Everest's top in his next movie (in the pre-titles sequence, more than likely).

Personally, I think that's cheating, but then I also think that using a powdered cocoa mix to make hot chocolate is cheating, too.

And, technically speaking, Hillary didn't reach the top of Mount Everest first; it was actually his Sherpa guide, the late Tenzing Norgei. But Hillary led the exposition, and thus is generally (and falsely) considered to have reached it first (much like how the first airplane was flown in 1901 by the Wright Brothers' aviantion consultant Gustav Whitehead, but since the W.B. got their flight on film, and Whitehead died in a glider accident in 1908, the spoils of history went to someone more promient).

I was raised on PBS, what can I say?