horribly boring TV.................... I actually saw some of it this afternoon at post ride
beverage stop.
Kurgan Gringioni wrote:
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>>Kurgan Gringioni wrote:
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>>>I'm not sure that any of those high altitude expeditions would make for exciting television. The
>>>mountaineers have very little energy (compared
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> to
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>>>what they have at low elevation) due to the high altitude/low
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> atmospheric
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>>>pressure, so they don't move very fast. Sure, it's exciting if you're
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> there,
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>>>but TV needs action.
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>>It's new, never seen before. Anything happening in the death zone has some level of mildly morbid
>>curiosity. I plan to watch every minute of the coverage, but maybe not in the future. Having never
>>been above 12000' myself, I am intrigued.
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> I've spent a month above 14,000 (highest was 17,500).
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> I think it would make boring TV. They may get ratings the first time from the curious such as
> yourself, but I'll guess that'll be the end of it. Climbing Everest by the traditional route is
> basically an extremely high altitude (therefore slow-motion) hike.
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> Footage of an assualt on the South Wall of Lhotse would be more interesting (vertical 13,000 ft,
> only been done once), or Makalu or K2, but how would they film those?