tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post745190032497278675..comments2024-02-15T04:42:41.606+00:00Comments on James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] AkadakeJames Annanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-73571498417204504472013-11-10T13:00:39.960+00:002013-11-10T13:00:39.960+00:00Yes, and the amazing thing is that the old huts re...Yes, and the amazing thing is that the old huts really were built (and maintained and staffed and replenished) by people carrying stuff up on their backs - we once saw an old photo of a line of sherpas who had come to build the Hodaka Sansou (I think it was). Nowadays massive bits of steel frame and mechanical diggers are simply dropped off by helicopter, which seems a bit of a cheat by comparison. However, people do still carry provisions up to some of the lower huts.James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-35100389391003232032013-11-10T11:18:58.433+00:002013-11-10T11:18:58.433+00:00I've always thought that the mountain hut thin...I've always thought that the mountain hut thing always generated mixed feelings.<br /><br />There you are, congratulating yourself on having made it all the way up there, bathed in sweat, catching your breath and wondering if you've got the energy to go on. <br /><br />Then you look left and see someone else also did it, but managed to build a hut after they arrived...<br /><br />Good luck with the UK. Here in Dorset we have a brilliant blue sky at the moment so all may not be lost.<br />Steve Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515692806214127465noreply@blogger.com