Cassi Creek: ophthalmology
appointment today. Intra-ocular
pressures are all right. There is some
apparent cellular debris building up on my intra-ocular implants. The plan is to have the ophthalmic surgeons
remove it with a YAG laser. That will
happen sometime after a July consult. I’m
looking forward to the procedure. There
is sufficient deposition that it is affecting distance vision.
Too many people with too much money
A
fight at 23,000 feet? Climbers accuse Sherpas of Mount Everest attack
By Manesh Shrestha and Catherine E.
Shoichet, CNN
updated 6:24 AM EDT,
Tue April 30, 201
This is, to
me, unthinkable. On the early successful
Himalayan expeditions, Sherpas were valued as guides and climbing
partners. There were some Sherpas who
worked on as high altitude porters but they, too, were respected for their
knowledge and ability.
The ascent of
Everest was once a highly coordinated almost military in nature,
undertaking. Climbers on the teams were
selected by expedition leaders based upon personal knowledge and
abilities. Teamwork was stressed and it
was understood that placing one pair of two on the summit was a team
mission.
Now, the
commercial guide services are selling the opportunity to be dragged up the
mountain in order to claim a successful climb.
The Sherpa teams are doing the grunt work, forcing the route and
stringing rope lines for the tourists to use to pull their selves up the
route. They get the bulk of the danger
and none of the glory.
It is time to
return high altitude mountaineering to its 1950’s-60’s form.
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