Frazz by Jef Mallett for March 12, 2024

SOME people think they do better under pressure. Research has shown that for the most part, they’re wrong to believe that.

At the top of Mt Everest, it’s only 0.31 atmospheres. At 29032 feet down, it’s about 876 atmospheres. That’s why it’s a false equivalency.

The top of Mt. Everest is called the Death Zone. At 26,000 feet the body starts to die, cell by cell of oxygen deprivation. Over 300 people have died trying to reach the summit of Everest, and some of their bodies are used as trail markers by the living.

In both cases, special equipment is required.

I don’t know why Caulfield cares what the deadline is. We, and he, know he won’t start on it until the morning it’s due.

That’s Caulfield. He just has to try the limits. Knows he won’t win, but he just can’t resist.

Climbing Everest is an industry, and people die every year attempting it for bragging rights.

Your rational has been crushed like a bug.

Here’s a photo of a typical day on Everest, the line-up they say is always like this, at least, at the lower elevations…

https://I.imgur.Com/QUXhLvQ.png