Could the average active duty US Special Forces soldier climb Everest?

[AcetylCoA]

First try, with Sherpas and supplemental oxygen?

[latverian41]

First try, with Sherpas and supplemental oxygen?

First try?

No training? No experience climbing mountains?

Is this is serious question?

[p7nk]

First try, with Sherpas and supplemental oxygen?

Old officels looking for a adrenaline rush do it all the time

[Shysty021]

I heard everest isnt even all that bad

I also heard there is a literal line of people going up it…trash all over the place

[MrSchons]

Anyone half fit can get up there with the Sherpa's doing all the hard work, the Sherpa documentaries are well worth watching.

[gmenfan40]

I heard everest isnt even all that bad

I also heard there is a literal line of people going up it…trash all over the place

I think you're mistaken for the the base camp next to Mount Everest. (Super Ded fkn Srs)

[blindsideflank]

First try?

No training? No experience climbing mountains?

Is this is serious question?

I mean spend some time in crampons and with an ascender. The skills for Everest aren't really high level for mountaineering. Fitness and mental fortitude are certainly needed. There have been many relatively unskilled people that have summitted Everest, but also many that died. I still think most of that is fitness (and decision making in overestimating fitness or summit fever).

What I can comment on is what a "special forces" fitness level is.


Make no mistake, it's still a huge climb at extreme elevation and some people just can't due to altitude sickness (hape/hace) even when in shape but it's not a climbers climb if that makes sense. Personally I'd rather do ama dablam (my friend did it and it looks fantastic).

Ama Dablam camp 2

[blindsideflank]

I think you're mistaken for the the base camp next to Mount Everest. (Super Ded fkn Srs)

All camps are disgusting. The **** doesn't decompose, there are hundreds of empty O2 bottles and gear left at these camps.

[Ratfish]

only if there's a tranny party at the top

[MrSchons]

K2 the worlds 2nd highest mountain is far worse, 1 in 4 people who attempt it die lol

[SmithMachineGuy]

Yes.
Everest is not a particularly difficult climb. It's mostly a long hard walk. A special Forces soldier would have plenty of stamina to do it with Sherpas and oxygen.

[guest89]

Yes. Aside from having excellent fitness and mental fortitude. They go through mountaineering and cold weather training. I'm sure just about any type of special forces guy could do Everest. I have my doubts that the guys climbing Everest could pass all the rigors of training the SF courses require.

[OliverHeldens]

If you have oxygen and trained sherpas and people carrying your gear, it's not that hard. People mostly have trouble with the altitude.

[helpmee]

Of course.
Have you not seen the people who Climb it?

[Unstumpable]

Obviously they could. How is this a question? Females climb it.

[crupiea]

They would have a better shot at it simply because they are very fit and used to challenging themselves.

That said you can be as tough as hell but cant just walk off altitude related sicknesses. There are very real danger associated with them. If a guy is a seal for example and spend 99% of his time at sea level, the high altitude will be very hard on his system until he gets acclimated to it.

Of course they would stand a far better chance than probably the majority of the people do who try it.