Helicopter on Everest!!

One has to wonder when the first people will be heliskiing of Everest : <br><br> www.eurocopter.com/publications/FO/scrip...?lang=EN&news_id=317

Talk about a myriad of snow conditions, eh?<br>That's one major accomplishment getting a chopper that high; let alone setting it down and then taking off again.

Really makes you wonder what the pilot's backup plan was, on the off chance that he got stuck on that piece of snow.<br><br><br><br>Looked like it would be hard to get in/out while he "landed".<br><br>Gotta love the cockpit photo:<br> <br> www.greatoutdoors.com/published/general/...everestmakeshistory/

Here is a copy of the official news release:<br> www.traditionalmountaineering.org/News_Helicopter-Everest.htm

Time will tell how this changes the Everest ethics.
--trad_guy

is this real? ??? ??? ??? ???holy buckets