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Originally Posted by widgeon13 View Post
It is a tourist mountain, if you have enough money you can summit. Simple as that. Doesn't mean to live to tell the tale.
Yep, the term I've always heard the "professional" climbers use for the inexperienced pay-to-be-guided-up types is "country club climbers." There is a certain level of distain for this class of climber, but they're also a necessity to pay the expedition bills....
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