Everest is littered with dead, exposed bodies

Re:Everest is littered with dead, exposed bodies by jodrellblank on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @01:01PM (#1979889)

How far is materials technology from being able to keep people warm there?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Everest is littered with dead, exposed bodies by TheCondor on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @06:02PM (#1981043)

Materials isn't the problem. No amount of warm clothes make you feel warm when your body is losing oxygen.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Everest is littered with dead, exposed bodies by jodrellblank on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @06:27AM (#1982527)

The losing more oxygen than you can breathe part is only in the death zone, the last <3,000 feet, from what I can tell.

Apart from that, I'm less wondering about feeling warm and more wondering about avoiding severe frostbite (or is that already mostly a thing of the past?)

[ Parent | on HN ]