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Waiting to hear back about my brother in law. Was at base camp. Probably isn't now. Two kids at home, selfish bastard.
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Hot Jam posted:Not any faster than being buried in equivalent snow while not in a tent. Suffocation from snow on tents is usually a result of people being asleep when it happens, and thus not awake to realize their tent has become a tomb. If anything the structure of a 4-season tent would make it easier to create an air pocket ok but Fansy posted:People that took refuge in tents turned out to be the unlucky ones…..only a few feet away if a person hid behind a rock or a ice bank they escaped unharmed. People in tents were wrapped up in them, lifted by the force of the blast and then slammed down onto rocks, glacial moraine and ice on the glacier.
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Apr 27, 2015 09:02
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Fansy posted:People that took refuge in tents turned out to be the unlucky ones…..only a few feet away if a person hid behind a rock or a ice bank they escaped unharmed. People in tents were wrapped up in them, lifted by the force of the blast and then slammed down onto rocks, glacial moraine and ice on the glacier. Such an unbelievable force of wind and compressed air from the falling ice seracs and snow, it’s very hard to wrap my head around it. tehy sould have carried a knife collection like aney halveway competitent mountaineer!! the ydonte know nothing about a real tents
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Apr 27, 2015 09:05
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Hot Jam posted:Not any faster than being buried in equivalent snow while not in a tent. Suffocation from snow on tents is usually a result of people being asleep when it happens, and thus not awake to realize their tent has become a tomb. If anything the structure of a 4-season tent would make it easier to create an air pocket. Anyone even slightly competent in hiking/backpacking carries a knife so getting out of the tent should not be a major problem. Therefore, most of the people at EBC would've been totally screwed. Taking refuge in a tent during an avalanche would almost certainly mean ending up tangled in a crumpled bunch of nylon under the weight of a bunch of snow. I cannot see any situation in which diving in a tend gives you a better chance of surviving.
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Apr 27, 2015 09:10
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Sure, all I said was that you would not suffocate faster being buried in an equivalent amount of snow inside of a tent vs outside of a tent. I did not say that everyone should seek refuge in a tent in an avalanche.
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Apr 27, 2015 09:28
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OMGVBFLOL posted:tehy sould have carried a knife collection like aney halveway competitent mountaineer!! the ydonte know nothing about a real tents Nah just 1 that is also lightweight multiple knives are not worth the packweight.
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Apr 27, 2015 09:31
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Hot Jam posted:Nah just 1 that is also lightweight multiple knives are not worth the packweight. when i waes camping in patagonia, teh store manager came & say "get out of the tents, u cants sleep hear, i am callinge mall security" disaseter can strike anywhere, it s a good thing i hade my trsuty guye wires
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Apr 27, 2015 09:41
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What’s an avalance in a tent to a muhfucka like me Can you please remind me?
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Apr 27, 2015 10:01
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Hot Jam posted:It would've been kinda awesome if Ueli had been on Everest this year instead of last because he would've done some sick 360 noscope summit already and then come back down with supplies from china. Ueli is my hero. No mere avalanche can stop Ueli Steck. He'd just claw his way out and continue casually jogging up the mountain.
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Apr 27, 2015 10:11
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OMGVBFLOL posted:when i waes camping in patagonia, teh store manager came & say "get out of the tents, u cants sleep hear, i am callinge mall security" disaseter can strike anywhere, it s a good thing i hade my trsuty guye wires Patagonia doesn't make tents and they don't have any stores that are in shopping malls. The whole fyad thing was pretty funny otherwise though.
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Apr 27, 2015 10:21
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Sex Hobbit posted:No mere avalanche can stop Ueli Steck. He'd just claw his way out and continue casually jogging up the mountain. Non-joking: I'm surprised that guy is still alive. Just that video of him climbing over the snow on Mt. Eiger, just a patch of loose snow and a tiny avalance and he would be airborne. Probability-wise, he should have been splattered against a mountainside years ago. How many close calls has that guy had? He's an adrenaline junkie for drat sure.
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Apr 27, 2015 10:26
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lenoon posted:Waiting to hear back about my brother in law. Was at base camp. Probably isn't now. Two kids at home, selfish bastard. Was he doing the trek or a climb?
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Apr 27, 2015 10:27
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Climbing, he's one of the people that delivers fresh corpses to the mountain in the form of executives with more money than sense. He's been up to the summit lots of times, left someone up there in 2010 and had to abort his teams summit attempt during the big die off a couple of years ago. I'm sure he'll be fine. Tends to be. Think he even went back into the death zone to retrieve a body a few years back. Phone posting or I'd go hunt down a link.
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Apr 27, 2015 10:43
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Places where you can donate- any suggestions will be added to the OP. FWIW I gave my money to ActionAid. Actionaid Unicef
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lenoon posted:Climbing, he's one of the people that delivers fresh corpses to the mountain in the form of executives with more money than sense. He's been up to the summit lots of times, left someone up there in 2010 and had to abort his teams summit attempt during the big die off a couple of years ago. I'm sure he'll be fine. Tends to be. Think he even went back into the death zone to retrieve a body a few years back. Phone posting or I'd go hunt down a link. goddamn leaving a dude up there to die is hosed up like yeah they were probably going to die too if they tried to keep them with him but just dumping off a blind person on a snowbank and saying peace seems real rich white tourist
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Apr 27, 2015 11:06
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Doublestep posted:goddamn leaving a dude up there to die is hosed up It is the the 8000+ way. It has been debated hundreds of times in these threads, but there are tons of situations where carrying another climber would just mean more deaths in the end. So if you can't walk by your own force, you'll be left behind. The hosed up thing is to go to a deadly mountain without the skills and training necessary, because you're a cool executive with tons of cash and a desperate need for a really bad-rear end profile picture on Facebook, and exposing tons of other people to mortal danger.
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Apr 27, 2015 11:11
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lilljonas posted:It is the the 8000+ way. It has been debated hundreds of times in these threads, but there are tons of situations where carrying another climber would just mean more deaths in the end. So if you can't walk by your own force, you'll be left behind. He seems to have been plenty skilled enough, the problem is his retinas exploded and he went blind. #justeverestthings Also obligatory: 'I would have rather seen a hundred sherpas die in the process if it means saving these heroes. What are they getting paid for??'
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Apr 27, 2015 11:16
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lenoon posted:[url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/everest-team-forced-to-leave-sick-british-climber-to-die-1988979.html] quote:Retinal haemorrhages – bleeding from the cells at the back of the eye – are a relatively common complaint of mountain climbers. High altitude causes the blood to thicken, increasing blood pressure, which can lead to the seepage of blood from cells into surrounding tissues. ah yes bleeding from my eyes, it's bolded on my todo list
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Apr 27, 2015 11:21
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I don't know how mountain morality works, so don't ask me. Whole thing is hosed up.
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Apr 27, 2015 11:23
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I posted a few days ago that I'd look for legit operations in Nepal to donate to directly, but didn't follow up as I was waiting for one in particular to throw in. They now have, so those of you looking for legit operations for relief donation may want to consider Live to Love, which is the organization of His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa. Not only are they a reputable organization with established disaster relief systems in place, they are also headquartered in Nepal, meaning that money donated to Live to Love will be immediately put into use in the area surrounding Druk Amitabha Mountain Nunnery in the Kathmandu valley. To me, this represents a better option for donation than some international organizations where the money and aid will have to be funneled through several tiers of bureaucracy and transport before it arrives at a final destination. Live to Love volunteer crews are already assisting with boots on the ground in and around Kathmandu valley and direct financing will be very helpful. The website has more information. Of course, any charitable donation you want to make to any organization is helpful for the people of Nepal.
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Rondette posted:Places where you can donate- any suggestions will be added to the OP. FWIW I gave my money to ActionAid. Please add http://www.livetolove.org/what-s-happening-sidebar/277-help-us-help-nepal which I just posted more details about above as well. Experienced, established disaster relief team headquartered in Nepal, a good way to get money directly to the front lines and assist rescue crews already with boots on the ground.
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Apr 27, 2015 11:45
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Hot Jam posted:Patagonia doesn't make tents and they don't have any stores that are in shopping malls. The whole fyad thing was pretty funny otherwise though. uhhhhhhh i brought the tent with me???? becauses i was camping!??? dumbass!
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Apr 27, 2015 11:47
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hey those udmbfucks in the everest dont they know everest dosent make tents??!!
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Paramemetic posted:Please add http://www.livetolove.org/what-s-happening-sidebar/277-help-us-help-nepal which I just posted more details about above as well. Experienced, established disaster relief team headquartered in Nepal, a good way to get money directly to the front lines and assist rescue crews already with boots on the ground. already added 
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https://twitter.com/NorthmenPK/status/592643133457899521 @NorthmenPK: #Everest heli evacuation is complete, all climbers from high camps rescued to base camp. #NepalQuake  https://twitter.com/NorthmenPK/status/592647104348164096 @NorthmenPK: #Nepal appeal from stuck mountaineers to journalists: "don't try to call us, phone batteries are precious to our lives" (Marco) 
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Fansy posted:Mountain god farts on tourists Huh. So being higher up ended up being safer for a lot of them, despite the way down getting erased. quote:I was relieved to find out that Alan Arnette and the rest of the team was up in Camp I or II on the mountain, but when they return, they will have nothing, they will be homeless and their camp is destroyed. Many other teams will have to accept the same fate, but they were lucky, and so were we. An old friend of mine, Dan Mazur and his Summit Climb Camp was also leveled, but again their members up in Camp I, spared.
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Apr 27, 2015 14:36
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gently caress I just took cover in a tent on this thread's advice and now I'm dead
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Apr 27, 2015 14:39
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I skipped a few pages, so is this thread back to talking about mountain climbing / updates on stranded people yet or do some people still need to get their hand-wringing shame-on-you shitposting out of the way
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ethanol posted:gently caress I just took cover in a tent on this thread's advice and now I'm dead Stay safe, corn-based ghost 
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raditts posted:I skipped a few pages, so is this thread back to talking about mountain climbing / updates on stranded people yet or do some people still need to get their hand-wringing shame-on-you shitposting out of the way I don't know, maybe you should read the thread and find out
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raditts posted:Nope So your not really looking to read updates on the higher camps, base camp, climbers or nepal, you just want to know if those drat trolls are done making GBS threads up your favorite dead people photoshop thread? interesting and weird.
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Apr 27, 2015 15:22
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Apr 27, 2015 15:27
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GBS is the first place I go when I want to celebrate my moral superiority.
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Apr 27, 2015 15:35
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Literally Kermit posted:Stay safe, corn-based ghost Guess you could say he was a spirit now.
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Wasabi the J posted:Guess you could say he was a spirit now. Guess you could say he's  on the rocks. All kidding aside, stay safe anyone on Everest!! 
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Apr 27, 2015 15:42
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Blitter posted:
Oh dear god, I can't imagine slowly making my way over that horrible icefall and suddenly getting hit by an earthquake/avalanche. Maybe still clipped onto a ladder as the whole thing plunges into a crevasse. Ugh.
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Nice piece of fish posted:Non-joking: I'm surprised that guy is still alive. Just that video of him climbing over the snow on Mt. Eiger, just a patch of loose snow and a tiny avalance and he would be airborne. Probability-wise, he should have been splattered against a mountainside years ago. Guy is a beast but he's pushing 40 and will either have to slow down or die. There's a saying that goes 'there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no old, bold climbers.'
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Quite a good overall picture so far from the BBC: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32476888 Interestingly the vast majority of their coverage to date has been about Nepal and Kathmandu and not Everest and climbers. Edit: I didn't know you could be evacuated from camp 2 by chopper; although the article states only one person at a time can be
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