Outdoor Heater

Coleman Heaters for Mt Everest Climbers

Many climbers seem to develop some kind of addiction to the Mt Everest experience. These are the types who bring along portable Coleman heaters in their subsequent expeditions up the slopes of the great mountain. The outdoor heater of Coleman could be a more important equipment than any other else, considering the very cold temperatures one encounters as he slowly ascends step by step the 8,848 meters (29,028 feet) height of Mt Everest.

The Sherpa guide, always at the side of the foreigner climber can help the climber in carrying the Coleman heater he has with him. The mountain guides belong to the hardy Sherpa tribe who are natives of the mountain area, and tribe members have learned to make a living out of the mountain climbing activities taking place every year.

The Sherpa guide of course just smiles within himself when he sees the camping heaters the American climber has brought along with him. The Sherpa guide, used to the very low temperatures on Mt Everest, politely refuse his American guest inviting him to join him in his tent heated by the catalytic heaters, even silently joking that he will perspire if he gets near the portable heater.

Unable to speak the English the American can sufficiently understand, the Sherpa youth includes in his refusal to stay inside the tent sign language they both laugh at together, each one unsure if they really understand one another correctly.

Perhaps an executive from Coleman should visit the Mt Everest base camps one day to see for himself the potential market for the Coleman heaters among the many climbers of many nationalities vying for the coveted "I made it to the top of Mt Everest" medallion.

Climbers who come from the warmer countries of Asia could be the more likely ones to buy those Coleman heaters if only they can see these items on sale in the base camps housing the climbers before their individual adventures up the slopes of the famous mountain.

In the 2007 climbing season alone, there had been 3,679 ascents to the Mt Everest summit by 2,436 individuals from different countries. Even if only half of the 2,436 each buy a portable Coleman heater, the big number of heaters needed will be quite a market to consider.

That number will surely be increasing every year as the mystery that is Mt Everest continues to hook more mountain climbing enthusiasts into the challenge of conquering her ascending peaks one after the other.