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They used Xenon to climb Everest in days – is it the future of mountaineering?

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Re: They used Xenon to climb Everest in days – is it the future of mountaineering?

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Post by gnabgib »

Related: They want to climb Everest in a week using an anesthetic gas (3 points, 13 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43988039

Use Xenon gas to climb Everest in a week? (12 points, 27 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43837865

Climbers using xenon gas to climb Everest (107 points, 4 months ago, 145 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42705180

Re: They used Xenon to climb Everest in days – is it the future of mountaineering?

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Post by herbst »

Calwestjobs wrote: post #4

LESS people have Tesla car than amount of people who were on top of Mount Everest, why bother ?

You could be the _first coder who wears blue shoes from country X_ who ever climbed the Everest!

I doubt your Tesla example is true, but the summit news sound like stupid jokes at this point

Re: They used Xenon to climb Everest in days – is it the future of mountaineering?

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Post by Etheryte »

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 had not taken the gas on the mountain.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVahys8MWLo

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