Thursday, July 18, 2013

Why You Can’t Climb Every Mountain

                Mountain climbing is an extreme sport and is easily associated to the climber’s physical, emotional and mental prowess. Without the three major elements needed, ascent to a mountain’s peak can tantamount to a grave danger. All over the world, mountaineers would risk their lives to that prove that nature is tamable but reaching the zenith of any land formation possible. On this journey, some succeeded but others did not.

                Still, the personal thirst on such an extreme activity cannot be quenched by some foreboding news. Regardless if a mountaineer dies, the effect that stirs inside another mountaineer’s body is completely contradictory and irreversible as others would think. Death of a fellow climber breeds a nagging curiosity. What may have caused him/her that? He/She didn’t make it, will I? Is the trek really that bad?

                This itch would then turn to desire wherein it becomes a dream. Grim and sad, it is not to be addlepated to the reality of every climber’s dream. And what, of course, is every climber’s dream, you ask? Simple: to climb every climbable mountain there is.

                This notion is a really exciting one, on that I can confess. The feeling of being on top of every living creature is intoxicating already. But as a well-seasoned mountaineer, I have learned many years ago that dreams should always be bounded by realism and practicality. Without it, you are like rising everything you’ve got, life and all, for something that would not benefit you upon acquisition. It is a total waste.

                Mistake me not; I am not trying to dissuade you on this remarkable activity. More likely, think of this as an insight of a reality, an advice, a preparation. Behind every canopy you see hides some of the most straightforward facts about mountain climbing.

1.       It is dangerous.
2.       People have died in this.
3.       Not every mountain is climbable.

            Not every mountain is climbable. I am not trying to instill some reverse some reverse psychology on you. It is an axiom that no matter how hard you try to scale the mountains of the world, some are just untamable as man thought.

       In Mt. Everest alone, tourists die every year trying to reach the mountain peak, with some, due to difficulties, never went descend anymore. Literally. Over all, it is believed that there are hundreds of dead bodies scattered and undiscovered in the Himalayan Mountains, perfectly preserved by the cold weather. Some of the corpses where even used as landmarks directing contemporary climbers.

       Not that nobody minds about them, it is just that the Himalayan landscape has an extreme weather condition that attempting to recover a corpse will eventually lead to the production of more corpses. If you are not convinced, you see some of the dead bodies here by clicking the link. (WARNING: Potential offensive visuals)

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