OpEd on egotism of mountaineering

Interesting article. The bit about Mallory disrupting Tibetan politics with his climb was intriguing, I just put "Into the Silence" on my reading list.

The Globe And Mail wrote:Some have attempted to claim it as science or sport, because it requires some of the same skills, but it lacks the human engagement to be a proper sport or the purpose to be meaningful science.

If climbing is a waste of time, what is golf?

It lacks the proper human engagement to be a proper sport? Like curling say?

Believe me, I've been looking for alternatives to this expensive, superfluous, egotistical hobby for the last 10 years but I haven't found any that come close to holding my attention the way mountaineering does.

I'll try another round of Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy; maybe that'll do the trick.

This guy is a total tool - full stop - that has not the most minute fraction of an understanding of the sport he so easily talks down upon, claiming any and everyone who participates is some self-absorbed, egotistical, wealthy person devoid of any prudence or sense for his impact on the mountains/regions they climb.

Anyone with experience in the matter knows better.

Pretty funny. Hmmm, just what is the alternative, Mr. Saunders? I guess the collective ~ten thousand of us should be striving to get an Olympic's gold metal in gymnastics. ;-)

Kind of surprised he didn't outright accuse climbers of causing the Kinabalu earthquake.
Global warming too.

Mark E Dixon wrote:Kind of surprised he didn't outright accuse climbers of causing the Kinabalu earthquake. Global warming too.

best response to this moronic article:

dpmclimbing.com/articles/vi…

"Do I want to smack Mr. Saunders in the face so that I can say that I did it? No, I want to smack it because it’s there."

The Globe is a tabloid rag ... this particular piece would fit well on Faux Noise for drawing broad conclusions from very narrow premises ...

We are all born with egos, might as well use them.