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...Anniversary: The Mount Everest...
...Anniversary: The Mount Everest...
...Anniversary: The Mount Everest...
...Many climbers argue that Everest is no longer an epochal achievement and that the conga lines of climbers waiting for a shot at the summit are degrading a once pristine environment. In Hillary's day, teams of top climbers were handpicked by prestigious bodies such as the Royal Geographical Society. Today, an overweight globe-trotter with more money than experience and a little-known blind guy have equal access. The door to Everest's slopes has been blown wide open, and some critics speak of the death of great adventures...
...Everest's history is the modern world's history, with all its challenges and abuses?and the unparalleled opportunities for human endeavor. To me, it's perfectly fitting that an adventure which began with ?lite climbers is undertaken by a blind guy 50 years later. We cannot step back and close the mountain, for retreat would annihilate the modern age's greatest gift to humanity: the freedom of an individual to choose his own path...