Cool story.

He climbed without the fixed ropes. He climbed the north side witch doesn’t use nearly as many ladders as the south side because it doesn’t have the khumbu icefall. He carried all his own gear.

He didn’t follow the exact route, as he was climbing without the fixed ropes.

Considering that Jornet was on the opposite side of the mountain he didn’t go through the icefall.

Follow Alan Arnette’s blog, lots of good stuff.

Fuck off.

Yep, this is what ignorant people say.

• North: 136 foreigners/170 Sherpas

Bingo.

There are a few variations on both sides, but you’re generally correct.

Good to see another person with some Everest knowledge!

He climbed without the fixed ropes. He also planned his summit attempt at a time when less people would be on the route. He also climbed the north side (Tibet) which has less commercial climbers.

That’s exactly when you leave on your summit push.

This is awesome.

Deadspin’s baseball writing sucks.

I have no idea who that is. That really just proves my point further. Again, there is a fundamental flaw somewhere if only “a fraction” of the mechanics are known. I suppose it all depends on what fraction he’s using but I assumed he meant a small one. I’m not saying it isn’t true (how the hell would I know?!),…

I understand maybe not knowing 100% of the mechanics... but “a (small) fraction?”

18 hour weeks? That’s not a lot. I was expecting it to say days.

Nothing would ever be released then.

You’re dumb.