Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for August 11, 2023

Maybe it’s vodka flavored oxygen.

It’s so nice they had (until-now unseen) oxygen and coats and mountain-climbing poles with them …

… apparently being carried by some yet-to-be-seen (by us) Sherpas?

And the weather is probably great back at lower elevations.

With The Fink and others gone, this would have been an excellent time for the Id-iots to have a revolution!

I have a feeling that this isn’t so much a team building exercise as it is a team-weeding-out exercise.

What happened to the yacht? Geez!

Maybe it’s a tank of nitrous

Ever notice that Edmund Hillary was credited with being the first human to conquer Mt Everest? BUT..his guide Tenzing Nordgay took a photo of him reaching the summit…FROM THE SUMMIT. Nordgay was first, not Hillary.

Hummm. Lack of oxygen. High altitude. Is this a set up for a viagra commercial.

For those wondering about them just walking along, a mountain climbing friend of mine says Everest is not a technical climb requiring lots of rope and fingertip techniques. It is mostly a survival climb. You have to survive the weather and the thin oxygen at that altitude. The “climbing” part is easy. And I am open to correction if someone knows more.

Even as a young buck I ran out of go-power long before I felt dizzy. Tower work at 10,000 feet when I was 60 was taxing but I never felt dizzy.

It’ll keep you alive so you can enjoy another bottle.

In Real Life transitioning from the lowlands to even 2000 meters can bring on altitude sickness. The two notable forms are High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE). I had HACE once and don’t want it again – nothing helps the wicked headache but getting to lower altitudes. HAPE, difficulty breathing accompanied by pink foam, is a medical emergency. Oxygen and aspirin don’t help at all; lower altitudes are the proper treatment.

What Bung wants to do invites dehydration, which typically shows up at altitude as weakness and sudden loss of consciousness – alcohol is a big risk factor. Say… though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.

The Himalayas may not be the best place to go staggering around blind drunk.

False hope!

The king is closer to the ground so he gets more oxygen plus his little body does not need as much?

Breathe, Bung.

High Altitude oxygen for climbers, high flying wing suits, hang gliders and oxygen therapy for PVC allergic patients is delivered through surgical silicone cannulas. All PVC type plastic freezes and cracks to pieces.

To Sir Rodney: “This is not the bottle you were looking for.” Besides, Bung emptied all the good stuff.

Never confuse getting sober with altitude sickness.

Where’s that St. Bernard when you need him?

Good old bottled oxygen. Better than booze at that height.

It was BYOB.