Does this really count as a succesful summit?
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Hillary & Co didn't have the luxury of flying to Lukla and walked in further, may have been all the way from Kathmandu.
It's difficult to draw a line how far up it legit to be flown in, but from the Nepal side to get to base camp is just a walk so flying that far doesn't miss any of the difficult stuff - flying to above the icefall is definitely cheating as it misses out a difficult bit.
It's difficult to draw a line how far up it legit to be flown in, but from the Nepal side to get to base camp is just a walk so flying that far doesn't miss any of the difficult stuff - flying to above the icefall is definitely cheating as it misses out a difficult bit.
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