What Everest Base Camp REALLY looks like

150 metres past the sign that says 'Qomolangma Base Camp' we came across Tiger Dome, the real base camp for real mountaineers. We had been gasping and panting for 6 km to get here. Altitude: 5200m, ~17,000ft. The wind was howling outside. Once we entered, it was surreal. Dead silent. There were three mountaineers in a plexiglass dome. One was meditating, the other was playing cards, and the third was doing his taxes. Astroturf, DVD player and wide-screen TV. A glass of red wine, 10 yuan.

Not what we were expecting. My friend's expression says it all.

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[Stumblestrum]

Actually the naming of Everest has nothing to do with British arrogance. The British tried if possible to always use local names on their survey maps. At the time both Tibet and Nepal were closed to foreigners and they couldn't establish a definitive local name for the mountain. The Tibetian name Chomolungma or Qomolangma was already know but their were also different local names for the mountain. George Everest was actually against having the mountain given his name.

[lastardriver]

Actually, he was from New Zealand. brother.

[monewmeek]

@soundforce100 and chomolungma..... bloody westerners :p

[frmertd]

Your history is all wrong. Tenzing and hillary were both americans. They were from a small town in South Carolina. There, I've settled it.

[robthesamplist]

@simon2coates

I didnt say tenzing and hilary were british, just that it was a british lead expedition.

[simon2coates]

@robthesamplist yeah but the british got to head up first and failed. And not only that but it was hillary and a friend of his (name escapes me right now) who discovered the south col route on a previous trip to surrounding moutains. So say what you want about it being a british lead expedition, but Edmund Hillary and Tenzing were far from British, far from it

[robthesamplist]

@simon2coates

British led expedition i think you will find

[simon2coates]

You are forgetting that they named it everest a long time before they climbed it, and that it was not a Brit who summited first.

[csneav00]

Roughing it

[xyjudgexy]

i see a ton of stuff in this video. very comfy accomodations. i guess you have to aclimate. and, does anyone bring this "stuff" down? or does it just pile up??

[mattbellow]

i named it