Climb This!

It was on this date in 1953 that Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of the world’s tallest peak—Mount Everest.

On the crest of the Himalayas, between Nepal and Tibet, Everest sits 29,035 feet above sea level, making it almost FIVE TIMES as tall as Mount Washington, the highest peak in the Northeast---and home to 94.9 WHOM’s transmitter!

I’m scared enough of heights, especially precarious cliff-type heights where one false step is rewarded with instant death. As such, I could never understand the rationale for risking your life in order to plant a flag on an icy rock where even a mountain goat would call you crazy.

Nevertheless, you have to admire the courage of people who make these attempts…why? “Because they are there” is the standard answer.

Why did I watch sports from my couch all weekend? Because it too, was there. When I “head to the mountains”, it may a Coors I retrieve from the icy terrain of my refrigerator. I don’t need to plant a flag anywhere. Instead, I plant MYSELF in front of the TV.

Chips, anyone?

Below is a clip of an Everest climb, to give you a sense of crazy-in-action:





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlITgWcJMSM

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