 Have you read Metro, Monday?
"If a yak can make it up there, then a bike should be able to"
Swedish female biker Annie Seel will make loads of trekking friends...
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http://www.rallyprincess.com/everest2003_en.html
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 Saw it in Sunday Times motoring, she is bonkers.
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she's gonna take a motorbike up everest???
I swear, by the end of the century there'll be a macci D's up there.
rant, rant, rant. mutter, mutter, mutter.
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 Nice...
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At least it's from the Tibetan side where BC is actually reached by road, though the idea of riding to advanced base camp seems a tad more serious.
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 Bloody Great!!
I suppose she wouldn't see anything wrong in riding her motorbike along a green lane in the Dales either.
I hope she runs into Mike Harding and he subjects her to hours of his comedy routines.
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 This route is described by Gary McCue in his book "Trekking in Tibet" as the highest trek in the world which can be done without any climbing experience (just lots of acclimatisation)- can't say I'd fancy meeting a motorbike up there.
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 I hope she runs into me.
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 "I suppose she wouldn't see anything wrong in riding her motorbike along a green lane in the Dales either."
Probably becauase there is nothing wrong with riding on green lanes.
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My main problem with motorbikes in the mountains (or loads of snowmobiles during the winter as in Sweden), is the noise. The chain-saw screaming from the high-rev two strokes can be heard from miles away, and really takes away the tranqility (spelling?) and feeling of wilderness like nothing else. I don't mind her or others having fun in their own way, as long as it's not on others expense.
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Given that you can actually arrange to ride up to Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side on a mountain bike with a bog standard adventure travel company, it's not actually a particularly radical thing to do anyway.
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 Jon, yer link to her site in the story is broken.
That's got to be one of the daftest things I've heard. But considering how cute she is I'll let her off
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Dunno about cute
Flaming muppet though.
Still, could be worse, she could be strapping a carbon fibre plank to her back and flying the Channel, or crossing the Sahara using only the power of slugs spit.
Another pointless pseudo-extreme sports merchant desecrating the earths third pole.
Right, rant over, feeling better now. Back to work I go.
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 She says: “At high altitude [bikes] lose so much power – just like people, there’s not enough oxygen for the engine to run.”
There's going to be even less oxygen up there once she and her support crew have choked up the atmosphere with exhaust fumes. Why doesn't she strap herself to the bike and ride off an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, to see how deep she can go. That WOULD be impressive.
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 Gosh, just looked at her website.
She IS cute isn't she!
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Jeez' we are so shallow. Maybe the next attempt should be 'two up with her tits out'! LOL
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Has that been done? It's a good idea...
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http://www.rallyprincess.com/images/everest/Annie4_everest.jpg
http://www.rallyprincess.com/everest2003_diary_eng.html
She made it! What an adventure! What a fantastic achievement! (Not) Is there actually a sign on Mount Everest with the text "5305 m" ?
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Who cares about the sign?
A girly in leather on a motorbike - it doesn't get much better than that.
Oh and she's still cute!
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