Everest Undone…

It was only a matter of time, but last month humans got to the top of Everest without kicking a single step in the snow, shivering violently in a wind-ravaged tent, or coughing up a single clot of lung blood. How? They flew to the top–in a helicopter. Read the report here, and check out the great video (it’s the music, I tell you) and story here. How long before there are helicopter tours? Who will wear the first spandex, and carry the first fanny pack, on the summit of the world’s tallest mountain? Thank God Mallory didn’t live to see this…

“Oh shit! I think we just blew a team of climbers off the Lhotse Face…”