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I'm a former (my GF says reformed) professional moutaineering guide. I would take issue with Everest style mountaineering being anything like "real" mountaineering, everest has become the tourist trap of mountains.
Can't say I've ever guided anything "big" in terms of altitude...the highest I've ever been was mont blanc. I've guided all over the world (Tetons, whites, wassatch, alps, sierras, dolomites, canadian rockies, etc), it was fun but sometimes a little painful to be bringing really irreverent schmoes to your favorite mountains. And IMHO, the most irreverent schmoes per capita are the folks who go directly from suburbia to the himalaya. Bleah!
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Grant
In the stable: 1938 Buick Special model 41, 1963 Solex 2200, 1973 Vespa Primavera 125, 1974 Vespa Rally 200, 1986 VW Vanagon Syncro Westfalia, 1989 VW Doka Tristar, 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser, 2011 Pursuit 315 OS, 2022 Tesla Y
Gone but not forgotten: 1973 VW Beetle, 1989 Porsche 944, 2008 R56 Mini Cooper S
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