Re: greater accomplishment
Right. I was just trying to point out that of the number of people you used (1500 by 2001), a very small percentage did it without oxygen. One other important point...
In those days it was quite a feat even reaching Mount Everest. It was a very dangerous trip just getting TO and FROM the start of the climb! These days people are helicoptered in and out. This only adds to Hillary's feat in my opinion.
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