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Butt Wizard posted:This is one of the better threads in GBS so please don't gently caress it up. Actually it's insanely bad and full of weird obsessive posters just like all the other megathreads
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Butt Wizard posted:This is one of the better threads in GBS so please don't gently caress it up. It's a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
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Oh Long Johnson posted:Actually it's insanely bad and full of weird obsessive posters just like all the other megathreads well it is now that you're here to save the day
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Well have you ever seen one naked? Bruce Jenner is now a sherap ditty bout my clitty fucked around with this message at 20:55 on Apr 25, 2015 |
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Oh Long Johnson posted:Actually it's insanely bad and full of weird obsessive posters just like all the other megathreads Mountains are cool and mountaineering is interesting and fun.
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Oh Long Johnson posted:Actually it's insanely bad and full of weird obsessive posters just like all the other megathreads go kill you are self
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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So one of the people killed on Mount Everest is a Google executive. quote:@BreakingNews: Expedition company: Google executive Dan Fredinburg among those killed on Mount Everest after quake - @cnnbrk http://t.co/64cmlNfize
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Leperflesh posted:Yeah, welp. Poor countries are poor. Can't do poo poo about that. Taxi stats weren't mine. I used the analogy as more of a "paying to tote you around" thing and didn't even consider the violence aspect until the other guy brought it up.
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http://himalayanexperience.com/newsletters/earthquake/the-daily-moraine-2015-earthquake-2#sthash.h2QRafsR.dpbsquote:The Daily Moraine 2015 - Earthquake #225 April 2015 Phurba Tashi is okay then! ever ever ever rest rest rest
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keevo posted:So one of the people killed on Mount Everest is a Google executive. excellent, this earthquake is the fusion of the Everdeath and the tech_bubel.tar.gz2 threads
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Pvt Dancer posted:moments before:
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Cliff Racer posted:Stats for summits are useless since sherpas do a lot more than just summitting. Going at a per year rate is much better. I think its great that you don't think I read these threads since I have for a few months now. I like to mock the idiots but its not exploitative or, if it is, its Nepal exploiting them with expensive climbing permits that probably are not re-invested in local communities. OK sorry I get all the shitposters confused with each other. Are we still trying to draw an equivalence between someone doing a useful and necessary job for a reasonable standard of pay in America, which carries some risk, vs. people doing an unnecessary and pointless job for wealthy Westerners, in an impoverished country, which carries an insane risk? The deaths/year charts are available and have been posted in this thread. They're too high. Way too high, for what amounts to the staff at a wealthy tourist resort location.
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keevo posted:So one of the people killed on Mount Everest is a Google executive. He was one of the ones that got their trip cut short last year with the avalanche too.
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MorgaineDax posted:He was one of the ones that got their trip cut short last year with the avalanche too. the mountain hungers
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Leperflesh posted:OK sorry I get all the shitposters confused with each other. Are we still trying to draw an equivalence between someone doing a useful and necessary job for a reasonable standard of pay in America, which carries some risk, vs. people doing an unnecessary and pointless job for wealthy Westerners, in an impoverished country, which carries an insane risk? It's basically slavery to ask people to work at wealthy tourist locations 
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blowfish posted:the mountain hungers https://instagram.com/p/13WNquxFl-/ He posted this picture yesterday.
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GUISSEPPE PIZZAPIE posted:It's basically slavery to ask people to work at wealthy tourist locations maybe the truth is in the middle?!?
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MorgaineDax posted:https://instagram.com/p/13WNquxFl-/ I think this pic has a lot of Photoshop potential: https://instagram.com/p/13JfetxFsV/?taken-by=danfredinburg
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MorgaineDax posted:https://instagram.com/p/13WNquxFl-/ hipster mountaineers now eh
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MorgaineDax posted:https://instagram.com/p/13WNquxFl-/ Temptingfate.jpg
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GUISSEPPE PIZZAPIE posted:It's basically slavery to ask people to work at wealthy tourist locations Why yes that's totally the same as what I said! Good job!
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Does anybody know what the highest camp reached so far was? I don't know if there have been any summit pushes or not yet, because I have no idea of time scales when it involves climbing mountains. I know camp 4 is in the death zone, but could they hole up in camp 3 until they could figure out a non-icefall route down?
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Everyone please bring back one poo poo post with you when leaving this thread thank you 
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 he's about as rich white mountaineer as you can get, I think we really hit the jackpot here
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Everest 2015: Hold Down F11 For Current Events All jokes aside, hopefully they can rescue those who can still be rescued.
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Foam Monkey posted:Does anybody know what the highest camp reached so far was? I don't know if there have been any summit pushes or not yet, because I have no idea of time scales when it involves climbing mountains. I know camp 4 is in the death zone, but could they hole up in camp 3 until they could figure out a non-icefall route down? Pretty sure most teams are no higher than Camp 1 or Camp 2. There's not really much definitive information out yet regarding the damage at the camps. Those stuck above the Icefall would probably be best off trying to make do where they are rather than ascending further--the higher they go, the less likely they are to be able to get a helicopter rescue. It's possible that routes other than the Icefall have been damaged as well, also making further ascent pretty risky at this point.
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MorgaineDax posted:https://instagram.com/p/13WNquxFl-/ Clearly a man who respects the seriousness of the situation and the danger the mountain holds. The comments...
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I laughed my rear end off when icarus fell out of the sky, too.
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Madcosby posted:the worst part about this quake is that it seems to have brought gbs 1.0 back from the grave
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Okay, seriously, are we really supposed to feel bad about this guy's death? Can't we make an exception just for him?
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GUISSEPPE PIZZAPIE posted:Oh, and hey, I know somebody over there right now, at this very base camp. They are unharmed as of now. tell them to take it as a life lesson
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Leperflesh posted:Yeah, welp. Poor countries are poor. Can't do poo poo about that. What are you doing about it, Leperflesh
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Its a total tragedy for the people of Nepal who have to deal with the gigantic death toll and their largest city in ruins. on the other hand a bunch of millionaire white guys dying while trying ascend to the world greatest bragging rights kind of owns. if only davos would have an earthquake next year
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quote:Google executive Dan Fredinburg was among 18 people killed on Mount Everest after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged Nepal on Saturday. Rondette posted:19 
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I can only hope that the Earthquake causes the land around Everest to settle, and makes K2 the world's tallest mountain.
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Minrad posted:I can only hope that the Earthquake causes the land around Everest to settle, and makes K2 the world's tallest mountain.
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Also, lots of reports that there's an expected aftershock that will rival or dwarf the first 7.8 earthquake. Nepali TV is warning it could be as high as 9.0+ on the Richter scale, so Nepal and Everest aren't out of the woods yet. e: Ah, better reign that back. quote:Update 14:28 UTC : The usual CRIMINAL rumors are already circulating. DO NOT BELIEVE them. Aftershocks can be expected but nobody can predict how strong they will be and when they will strike. Strong aftershocks can go on for days and even weeks or months. Every region in the world has different aftershock patterns. We reacted strongly against this tweet (we have to do it all the time! and all over the world)
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