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quote:"When I was listening to [Krakauer], I thought about his advice," says Tyler. "But he doesn't know me. He might have experienced different things than me. I don't suffer altitude sickness. I might have a better summit day. I might just do better than him." Jesus Christ. This is incredibly depressing.  I can't mock him—he's a kid, and kids are stupid. But this—dumb kid's dad posted:It's not me saying he can do it. It's [the professional guides Tyler has been climbing with for three years] who have climbed the mountains. They're saying he can do it. YOU ARE THE PARENT, rear end in a top hat. Just....ugh.
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I can't wait for him to reach the summit, say "gently caress you old man" like that other guy and disappear forever.
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effervescible posted:Jesus Christ. This is incredibly depressing. Meanwhile the professional guide quoted in the story, Dave Hahn, who has more experience on Everest than any non-Sherpa, basically says flat out that the kid couldn't do it and shouldn't try it.
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Sep 8, 2015 22:37
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Eh, let him go. Get him a support squad of tween Sherpas. Film for Disney Channel. Edit: I like how it says he's done 3 of the 7 Summits, when yeah, I mean, true, but Kilimanjaro is a low grade hike, Elbrus has a goddamn cable car, and Aconcagua is doable without ropes from the Northern Approach. I just wonder if he cable-carred Elbrus or actually upclimped. Edit2: Lol he wants to do the North Ridge on Everest. Probably safer nowadays what with the lines, but still that's a significantly more technical climb. Also China outlawed that. He'd have a much easier time of bribing the Nepalis to grant him a permit given the recent troubles. Paramemetic fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Sep 9, 2015 |
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Sep 9, 2015 02:19
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I feel like this falls under the type of (neglect or abuse?) where the kid will only eat chicken nuggets or has a life threatening condition and they pray to god or use alternative medicine
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Sep 9, 2015 03:10
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Yes. Let him climb. MORE BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, MORE SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
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Sep 9, 2015 03:20
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I bet you could pack a whole lot more child corpses on the summit than regular sized human corpses.
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Sep 9, 2015 03:25
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Bip Roberts posted:I bet you could pack a whole lot more child corpses on the summit than regular sized human corpses. You could cover that mountain with like TRIPLE the amount of corpses! It'd be just like in a death metal video. It's good to have goals.
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Sep 9, 2015 03:30
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rotinaj posted:You could cover that mountain with like TRIPLE the amount of corpses! It'd be just like in a death metal video. It's good to have goals.  Not sure about the croc, might have to carve it out of ice?
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Sep 9, 2015 03:53
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Surprised he hasn't done Mount Kosciuszko yet, since it's not exactly a trying climb. Or maybe he's doing the Puncak Jaya version of the Seven Summits.
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CommunistPancake posted:Surprised he hasn't done Mount Kosciuszko yet, since it's not exactly a trying climb. Or maybe he's doing the Puncak Jaya version of the Seven Summits. Thats an understatement as to how easy it is, compared to Everest it's like walking to the shops to get groceries. When you've already done the 3 he has, unless its the last of the 7, it's not exactly worth spending a fucktonne of money to come here just to climb Kosciusko. underage at the vape shop fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Sep 9, 2015 |
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Sep 9, 2015 04:34
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gently caress you john krakuer you're not my real dad
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Sep 9, 2015 04:39
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rotinaj posted:MORE BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, MORE SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE And we can be reasonably sure it's virgin blood. Will a virgin sacrifice quench the thirst of the Blood God? No. No it will not.
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Sep 9, 2015 04:48
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If he dies he dies
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Sep 9, 2015 05:35
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Grr, that article says some american lad is the youngest to summit, that's not true anymore.  Oh, wait, she's Indian. Forget I said anything
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Sep 9, 2015 05:41
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Hunterhr posted:If he dies he dies  weirdest thing about Dolph Lundgren to me is he's mad brilliant, and was in grad school at MIT when he dropped out to play thugs for Hollywood full time. Guess it worked out alright though. I don't know; it seems a bit of a shame for a kid to risk their life like that climbing Everest, but kids also compete in motocross and a bunch of other dangerous sports. I mean if life is pointless anyway what does it matter really. At what age does it become okay to risk your life for kicks?
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Sep 9, 2015 05:43
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I want to be the youngest person with my social security number to climb everest.
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Sep 9, 2015 05:44
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Cojawfee posted:I want to be the youngest person with my social security number to climb everest. Sorry mate a Russian hacker beat you to it.
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Sep 9, 2015 05:55
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Broken Machine posted:\ Whatever age you are considered an adult capable of adult decisions and understanding what death is. So I guess 21 if you are American?
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Sep 9, 2015 06:06
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Whatever age you are considered an adult capable of adult decisions and understanding what death is. So I guess 21 if you are American? We try 12 year olds as adults here so they should be able to climb Everest.
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That's the sort of statement that really drives me up the wall. Not everything that is "dangerous" is equally dangerous. The differences in amount of danger are enormous. There is a massive difference in risk between attempting to summit Everest, and doing kids' motocross.
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Sep 9, 2015 06:45
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jeremiah johnson posted:We try 12 year olds as adults here so they should be able to climb Everest. So you can go to prison before your balls even drop but you can't have 1 sip of alcohol for another 9 w/e let the kid kill himself.
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Sep 9, 2015 09:29
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I thought the Nepalese considered the world's holy mother? Why are they letting a bunch of kids climb on our mom and die with their asses out?
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ElGroucho posted:I thought the Nepalese considered the world's holy mother? Why are they letting a bunch of kids climb on our mom and die with their asses out? Money.
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Whatever age you are considered an adult capable of adult decisions and understanding what death is. So I guess 21 if you are American? 18. The drinking age doesn't really work for age of adulthood since that's more about experience driving than experience of being a person.
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Sep 9, 2015 20:29
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CommunistPancake posted:18. The drinking age doesn't really work for age of adulthood since that's more about experience driving than experience of being a person. Your government doesn't trust you to be allowed alcohol and not drive, dunno sounds like you're still treated like a kid
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Sep 9, 2015 22:25
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Your government doesn't trust you to be allowed alcohol and not drive, dunno sounds like you're still treated like a kid There's more to being an adult than getting drunk.
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Sep 9, 2015 22:37
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CommunistPancake posted:There's more to being an adult than getting drunk. for example, being allowed to decide if you get drunk
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Sep 9, 2015 22:45
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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CommunistPancake posted:But why is "being able to get drunk" the line for being an adult? There are lots of things the government doesn't let you do, why is drinking the important one? its like when you turn 10 and your parents start letting you be responsible you are still 10.
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CommunistPancake posted:There's more to being an adult than getting drunk. The "Working in IT" threads beg to differ.
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:its like when you turn 10 and your parents start letting you be responsible Why does it matter that the government says you can drink? You're considered an adult by society. That's what's important. There are a lot of things that people of every age can't do in America, but that doesn't make them children either.
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You cant even make all your decisions for yourself cause your government says you are still too much of a child to do it
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:You cant even make all your decisions for yourself cause your government says you are still too much of a child to do it In some states, everyone is required to wear a seatbelt. Is everyone a child? ps: sorry for this argument
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CommunistPancake posted:But why is "being able to get drunk" the line for being an adult? There are lots of things the government doesn't let you do, why is drinking the important one? because it's part of the set of things that everyone can normally decide to do themselves but children can't if there was no age limit on alcohol then it wouldn't be relevant
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Sep 9, 2015 23:56
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I'm pretty sure the 11 year old isn't going to get drunk on Everest.
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He could get laid if he brings some cash with him. vvv Oh, please continue this loving boring derail about the drinking age as long as you can. ohnobugs fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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CommunistPancake posted:In some states, everyone is required to wear a seatbelt. Is everyone a child? Thats for when you die and the government has to pay for someone's therapy after they scrape you up when someone else hit you Sorry your government doesn't trust you to not have alcohol and drive aka treats you like a child I guess.
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If I told my dad I wanted to climb a mountain where the only thing separating life or death is pure chance / the whims of the mountain gods on any given day, he would tell me to stop being a little retard and go ride my bike for a while. And make me wash the truck for wasting his time.  Seems kids these days need some light verbal abuse to show them that their childish fantasies are not going to happen.
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Mathematics posted:If I told my dad I wanted to climb a mountain where the only thing separating life or death is pure chance / the whims of the mountain gods on any given day, he would tell me to stop being a little retard and go ride my bike for a while. And make me wash the truck for wasting his time.  http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/27/history-made-teen-with-down-syndrome-reaches-everest-base-camp/
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