Keep Your Clothes On Already

Don't expect any more (legal) attempts to out disrobe 25-year-old Sherpa Lakpa Tharke. His several-minute controversial half-naked display on the top of Mount Everest's 29,035-foot summit in 14-degree weather during the 2006 season garnered him the highest display of nudity—an act, he said, he did for "world peace."

Altruistic cause or no, the peak's still a god, and showing your skin is a no-no, says the Nepal Mountaineering Association, according to recent news reports. Well, they didn't word it exactly like that but they did call for bans of nudity and other bizarre record-setting bids on the top of Everest Sept. 26.

Despite the ban, after rereading Kevin Fedarko's July 2007 article, "High Times," we're guessing the well-stocked parties, Playboy bunnies, and crazy record-setting attempts will continue for quite some time. —Christina Erb