LAST EDITED ON 12-31-09 AT 03:57 PM (EST)

1. What? Are those guys crazy? Up-climbers passing down-goers in the "Death" zone on an ice covered 6" wide ridge with miles to fall on either side, in clumsy snow gear, crampons, and everyone breathing from oxygen bottles and about to pass out from exhaustion and low pressure (altitude) sickness? And where 100mph -40F winds can simply blow everybody off that narrow ridge on mountain? A hundred or so people in a Conga Line trying to Summit whenever weather would allow it? Not to mention the $50K or so each climber has to shell out. What kind of crazy person does this?

Fooner? Where is Fooner? Hanging off Nanga Parbat no doubt.

2. The views! Wow. The photography sells the show, IMO. The heck with the dead bodies and human interest dramas, let's just watch the scenery.

3. Check out "Into Thin Air: Death on Everest" (book and TV) if you want an idea how dangerous climbing these high mountains (and Everest specifically) can be.

4. Those early climbers, esp. those that did it without oxygen, in the winter, solo, on un-established routes, they were inconceivably, unbelievably tough. And crazy.

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This is the third season that I have watched the show. I liked the first two seasons more. They focused more on the stories of the people climbing, not just the climb from camp 4 to the top.

I loved the Krakeur book and became interested in Everest ever since then. That said - I don't think I would ever even think of doing this. You described it perfectly as the Conga Line trying to get up to the top. You really have to have the every person for themselves mentality up there. I couldn't imagine getting to the top and then trying to get down and having to wait 30 or 45 minutes to go down the Hillary Step - all the while my oxygen is slowly running out. That is just insane.

And if I ever thought that I might be crazy enough to try this, the last episode sealed it for me that I never would. The last group they showed paid 50K to poop their pants multiple times on camera. Yeah - no thanks. I think I will take my 50K and go some place that has some yummy drinks, white sand, and blue water. (I might pee in the ocean though)

I had no idea this was on before. Interesting (and what vistas) on TV, but a braving the dangers of a beach sand dune is about my style.

This show got altitude sickness and was cancelled.

Awwww