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Back during the 2000 dot-com boom crash I met a guy who got into a top business school in part by writing about the challenges of climbing Everest. He confessed drunkenly at a party to me that he'd never even left the USA...
But as a recreational climber, why bother with xenon? Just inject EPO.
https://archive.is/WWrtP
LESS people have Tesla car than amount of people who were on top of Mount Everest, why bother ?
Thousands upon thousands of people have done the Three Peaks (a famous walking route in the UK), but I'd still like to do it, and would feel a sense of satisfaction at succeeding.
Yeah this is not your average mountain climber group, "normal" people could not do this just by xenon gas alone
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why the HATE so much lol
But it also makes me wonder if we’re turning what used to be a deeply human and challenging journey into just another experiment in efficiency.
Not sure if that counts as progress. Curious how others see it.
Important to note that they didn't use xenon for the climb, only for the prepwork, which makes this outcome all the more remarkable. Still, I would feel uneasy if this were to become a trend, as incorrectly administering xenon can lead to death, as seen on Hamilton's Pharmacopeia[0]. > In an interview, Mr. Carns said that his expedition had been in touch with the ministry, and clarified with the department that it ha…