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Fatkraken posted:lots of people are guessing awfully high, is this just because all the lower numbers are occupied or do y'all think that the poo poo that went down last year will make the mountain extra crowded/dangerous? Lower numbers are all occupied but also lower permit costs + even more crowding.
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I love this thread every year.
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Mar 15, 2015 23:18
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Zero. No one will die, goons will cry.
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Mar 15, 2015 23:31
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Rondette posted:So I made a beautiful banner fuckin glorious 
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Mar 15, 2015 23:32
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HarlanHell posted:Zero. No one will die, goons will cry. I think it would be lovely if no one died. I don't WANT anyone to die, but chances are quite a few people will and chances are that at least some of those deaths will have been preventable (beyond the obvious of not going there in the first place)
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Mar 15, 2015 23:38
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Chiming in to say, that banner, holy poo poo. Also not guessing casualties, that's like talking to the goat overlord.
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Mar 15, 2015 23:41
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I'll say 21 like a blackjack hand and by blackjack hand I mean some overly rich dude named Jack who fucks up and gets so frostbitten they have to amputate his black lifeless digits oh and that banner is the poo poo
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Mar 15, 2015 23:43
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Didn't know the story of the canadian. Aweful. But still, darwin law
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Mar 15, 2015 23:44
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:I'd like to borrow $200M
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Can the OP please correct the date of the first summit to 1953, not 1952?
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Mar 15, 2015 23:47
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I'm in for 21 or 22 (if the 21s are gone), based on the BBC article about slashed permit prices. I expect we're going to be seeing some brand-new, sketchy-as-gently caress expedition groups bringing one or two people up.
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Mar 15, 2015 23:54
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Rondette posted:haha, animation is beyond my ken. Does that banner in devnagiri actually mean anything because I'm pretty sure its gibberish at least in hindi or urdu. Bkhabhachabhakath mbhabathaj ayya(?) hunjhchh??? Also this is my first everest thread and I am enjoying it immensely, even if I'm not ready to bet on dead people.
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Mar 15, 2015 23:58
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Rondette posted:A wealthy Chinese lady summited, with the help of a helicopter.. Yeah this story should not be missed. This lady was originally climbing with Russell Brice, who of course cancelled his expedition when the mountain was shut down. Instead of leaving, she secretly arranged 7 sherpas through another company that denied helping her (thus almost getting Brice banned from Everest,) and chartered 20 chopper flights to camp 2 for supplies. She flies to camp 2, thus only climbing half the mountain, but claims she climbed the whole way and crossed the Icefall several times. So she didn't really climb Everest, but she is a serious competitor for Everest's #1 rich rear end in a top hat.
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Mar 16, 2015 00:31
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I'm just saying that if another entire team is wiped out, they'll close the mountain again. You have be hoping for some kind of global warming-generated hyperstorm to destroy the mountain here to go over 20.
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HEY VAPER posted:You got mine wrong but I'll roll with the punches and keep it at 1, besides the only ones who count as "people" on Everest are the sherpas in my book. I don't even know what the hell is left in the pool, but this is exactly what I came to say. So if 1 is still available, put me for that. If not, give me whatever the lowest (positve) number is, I guess. 
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Mar 16, 2015 01:09
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Dely Apple posted:I'm just saying that if another entire team is wiped out, they'll close the mountain again. You have be hoping for some kind of global warming-generated hyperstorm to destroy the mountain here to go over 20. If they're making it cheaper to have a "team" of one sherpa, one expedition leader, and two rich assholes, I don't think they're going to close the entire mountain if they gently caress up.
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Mar 16, 2015 01:19
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Dangit, got to the thread too late and all the good numbers are taken. I love this thread every year. Put me down for 1, if that's taken then 16, if that's taken then 25.
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Mar 16, 2015 02:13
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My guess is 0 because no one will be allowed to climb it this year. I don't care if that's already taken.
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Mar 16, 2015 02:42
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HarlanHell posted:Zero. No one will die, goons will cry. YOU MONSTER
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Mar 16, 2015 02:56
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Trillian posted:20 chopper flights to camp 2 for supplies. She flies to camp 2, thus only climbing half the mountain, but claims she climbed the whole way and crossed the Icefall several times. 20 chopper flights? what was she flying up? Easter Island headstones?
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Mar 16, 2015 03:07
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Gonna join the optimist club and say 1
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Mar 16, 2015 05:58
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hailthefish posted:My guess is 0 because no one will be allowed to climb it this year. I really doubt the Nepalese government is going to be willing to let their golden goose go two years in a row. Whether or not they allow last year's passes to be used is another question entirely, but even if they don't and the legitimate expeditions say "gently caress it, gently caress you, we'll come back next year" you know it's going to be amateur hour up there trying to grab all moneyed idiots who just can't wait.
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Mar 16, 2015 06:49
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Just watched Touching the Void. Goddamn that was a great story. Reminded me of Into Thin Air.
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Mar 16, 2015 07:01
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Trivia posted:Just watched Touching the Void. Goddamn that was a great story. Reminded me of Into Thin Air. Touching the Void is one of my favourite movies, I've watched it too many times. It's extremely well directed.
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Mar 16, 2015 07:57
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quick and dirty
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Mar 16, 2015 08:05
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"The mountains are filled with their frozen corpses" would have fit the meter better.
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Ah, hello thread. The Everest threads have been my favorite since I started lurking the first one, even though it all makes me feel like a total vulture. I only check GBS periodically but I knew I'd cross paths with the 2015 thread eventually and I'm inappropriately delighted now. I think it was hunting for Everest documentaries that led me to one about the Franklin Expedition that was pretty interesting. It featured the mummies of a few guys who died during the expedition that freaked me the gently caress out, so I kinda blame the thread for the months of nightmares that followed. Thanks, Everest thread! And good luck to everyone on the death pool, I guess.
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SC Bracer posted:Does that banner in devnagiri actually mean anything because I'm pretty sure its gibberish at least in hindi or urdu. Bkhabhachabhakath mbhabathaj ayya(?) hunjhchh??? It was a font I download that converts letters to that. It 'says' "Everest Death Pool 2015" but yeah I suspected it would actually translate as gibberish..... Butt Wizard posted:Can the OP please correct the date of the first summit to 1953, not 1952? holy poo poo how did I get that wrong. Changed.
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Mar 16, 2015 10:33
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I wanna keep my guess at 26 but i will also predict Everest will lash out at those who dare make light of its dreadful power. 1 poster from this thread will die in 2015.
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Mar 16, 2015 16:18
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I'm saying one, but with a really specific caveat: it will be ONE OF US!
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Mar 16, 2015 16:31
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FreakerByTheSpeaker posted:I'm saying one, but with a really specific caveat: it will be ONE OF US! Oh you two...I hope as the OP I am not top of the list......
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Mar 16, 2015 17:00
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Rondette posted:So I made a beautiful banner Now 'shop her so she's on top of this:  - which I got from googling 'Everest corpses' for purely educational purposes. (Actually, I was morbidly curious how the corpse on the left weathered and wanted a higher resolution.) Also I came across this with the same search terms:  Somehow this seems like it would be safer than climbing Everest.
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Stoat posted:I wanna keep my guess at 26 but i will also predict Everest will lash out at those who dare make light of its dreadful power. 1 poster from this thread will die in 2015. Oh poo poo, beaten by so little. I'll volunteer. I'll provide the goon blood.
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Ansiktsburk posted:Ah, hello thread. The Everest threads have been my favorite since I started lurking the first one, even though it all makes me feel like a total vulture. I only check GBS periodically but I knew I'd cross paths with the 2015 thread eventually and I'm inappropriately delighted now. I think it was hunting for Everest documentaries that led me to one about the Franklin Expedition that was pretty interesting. It featured the mummies of a few guys who died during the expedition that freaked me the gently caress out, so I kinda blame the thread for the months of nightmares that followed. Thanks, Everest thread! If you like reading about idiotic white people starving to death/eating each other in the high Arctic may I recommend Pierre Burton's The Arctic Grail? It's a massive, highly readable chronicle of people shooting themselves in the foot and refusing to learn for nearly a century.
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This still bothers me from a few pages back:quote:The group flew into Lhasa, at around 12,000 feet, on Oct. 18. Within a few days, they had driven to base camp at 18,000 feet. Most members of the group suffered some altitude sickness, Elizabeth said. Morgan's became so severe that the group decided to drive him to a lower elevation. No helicopter transport was available. Wait- you fly up to 12000 feet, mill around a few days, then drive a vehicle up to 18000 feet. How could anyone acclimate to that? And it sounds like there was no oxygen available either. That all seems pretty irresponsible. really. Doesn't mean the university is to blame, but it does seem like a really bad plan.
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Mar 16, 2015 18:27
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FreakerByTheSpeaker posted:Oh poo poo, beaten by so little. I don't think it needs an entire goon, just stick your little finger in some dry ice until you get frostbite and it drops off. If actually going there and stepping over dying people and failing to offer help on your way UP isn't universally fatal, a finger between us ought to be enough for idly speculating about possible deaths.
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Mar 16, 2015 18:37
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Literally Kermit posted:Now 'shop her so she's on top of this: They went to all the trouble of making a plaque with the 'j' in January not capitalized. A fitting tribute. Wanna visit the Yak mound.
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Mar 16, 2015 19:48
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gently caress that camp, yaks don't ever drop the goddamn rare. And put me down for whatever the lowest number available is, with the a special bonus if Vladamir Putin is killed by a yak in base camp. pr0k fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Mar 16, 2015 |
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Mar 16, 2015 21:06
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Mar 16, 2015 21:53
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Well all the realistic numbers are taken, so I guess I'll go with a huge avalanche hits Camp 1 and kills 18. I hope the tide is turning against the standard practices that keep getting people killed, and maybe the expedition leaders will take care and only take a reasonable number of qualified climbers up.
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I had a dream last night where I was waiting to climb everest but it was closed due to rain. Decided it wasn't worth it and went to pee at a nearby gas station.
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