weeds wrote:It appears she was well prepared and it appears the family is into hiking adventure. It also look like dad wasn't there pressuring her has he was doing kokoda.....she is also 19 therefore an adult.
weeds wrote:Umm, it seem natural to say youngest when she is......it like when they the oldest is because the person was the oldest.
Saying a 19yo has summered Mt Everest does quite tell the story.
walkerchris77 wrote:Lets hope she makes it down ok. I read another australian died on the way down.
DaveNoble wrote:weeds wrote:Umm, it seem natural to say youngest when she is......it like when they the oldest is because the person was the oldest.
Saying a 19yo has summered Mt Everest does quite tell the story.
I think it is fairer to say "youngest Australian" rather than "youngest" as I think a few 13 year olds have summited Mt Everest?
Dave
wayno wrote:walkerchris77 wrote:Lets hope she makes it down ok. I read another australian died on the way down.
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/05/2 ... on-everest
thats another issue, how much do the young really comprehend the dangers of what they are doing fully? you cant predict what will happen to any individual at altitude and in the alpine environment.
eagerness for action in the young can over rule their understanding of how much they need to prepare or just be prepared for the fact they may not come back, and would they still go if they understood the risks were that great..
weeds wrote:DaveNoble wrote:weeds wrote:Umm, it seem natural to say youngest when she is......it like when they the oldest is because the person was the oldest.
Saying a 19yo has summered Mt Everest does quite tell the story.
I think it is fairer to say "youngest Australian" rather than "youngest" as I think a few 13 year olds have summited Mt Everest?
Dave
What ever.......isn't it funny, instead of praising an awesome achievement here we are knocking her or pointing out there are younger whoopi doo
weeds wrote:Overlandman.........just to clear things up.....I'm not sure why Dave quoted me in the first place.......I was just pointing out the term 'youngest' in general around discussing/reporting...I didn't say the Aussie girl was the youngest to do it.....
Overlandman wrote:It was the Toowoomba teen's third attempt to reach the summit after natural disasters thwarted two previous attempts.
In 2014, while she was at base camp an avalanche struck the Khumbu Icefall, killing 16 Sherpas.
In April 2015, Ms Azar was again at base camp when Nepal was struck by a devastating earthquake, killing 3,218 people.
The same day the teenager conquered Everest, Melbourne woman Maria Strydom died of altitude sickness while climbing down the mountain.
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