Let’s see: 216 people have died trying Mt. Everest. About 150 corpses are still on the mountain. Numerous injuries. Frostbite. Hmm, almost as bad as D.C. and Detroit. Apparently, AGW is going to make it worse
Global warming is ‘making Mount Everest more dangerous to climb
Mount Everest is becoming increasingly dangerous to climb because global warming is melting glacier ice along its slopes, according to a Nepalese Sherpa who has conquered the world’s highest summit 20 times.
Rising temperatures have melted much of the ice on the steep trail to the summit and climbers are struggling to get traction on the exposed rock surface, according to the 49-year-old Sherpa, known only as Apa.
Funny how this information is appearing after the UN IPCC has been discredited for their inclusion of BS Himalayas material. Oh, and let’s not forget the reports about the glaciers showing no statistically significant melting. Anyhow, funny that all of a sudden we are supposed to listen to a person who is not a climate scientist.
The melting ice has also exposed deep crevasses which climbers could fall into, and experts have warned that people scaling the mountain risk being swept away by “outburst floods†from rising volumes of glacial meltwater.
Crystal ball time.
BTW: Electric cars ‘won’t cut global warming emissions‘ – Switching to electric vehicles will not on its own have a significant impact on Britain’s carbon emissions, a report said today.
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Yeah. Sure. The mountain was perfectly safe before the climate started changing in the 1950’s.
Seems to me that there were always deep crevasses at the mountain. Many documentaries highlight their dangers.