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dj_clawson posted:Everest is closed on the Nepalese side for the season: David Breashears posted:
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Leperflesh posted:I wonder how her school would have explained things to her parents if she'd died. Who knows? She sounds like a kid who didn't really know what she was getting into. She complains about the food.
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DumbparameciuM posted:This strikes me as the correct attitude to have, not MEAT POPSICLES FOR THE MOUNTAIN GOD This is literally the first thing in the OP; Rondette posted:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Come on.
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Gripen5 posted:Plus I am sure that there will be a push both internationally and from within Nepal to try and encourage tourism and investment in the country. They'll be offering climbing permits "50% off for children 12 and under" next season.
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Apr 29, 2015 01:01
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Angela Christine posted:Who knows? She sounds like a kid who didn't really know what she was getting into. She complains about the food. You can never tell with these articles, no doubt translated, and also based on some interview with... you know, a child... but yeah. For all I know she's from some high-alpine village in India and is actually highly acclimated and has been charging around on the tops of mountains in the Himalaya since she was an infant. But even then, it's a bit nuts. And the impression from the article is that she's just some poor villager who got a "chance of a lifetime" and can't possibly have understood (or consented to) the danger.
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Apr 29, 2015 01:05
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Internet Kraken posted:This is literally the first thing in the OP; you're assuming concern trolls read the op or thread
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Captain Novolin posted:Remember the 14 yo girl who wanted to be the youngest person to climb everest, wrote a book about her "lifelong dream" It's been eight long years since I heard about the idea of climbing Everest and thought, "that sounds cool"... *stares wistfully into the distance*
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you were warned posted:It's been eight long years since I heard about the idea of climbing Everest and thought, "that sounds cool"... *stares wistfully into the distance* I am totally loving determined to go to Everest on the Tibetan side, which is a reasonable goal if you are traveling in that general area. Climb it? How much before you've technically "climbed" something? 10 feet? 20 feet? What if I said, "Climbed without summitting"?
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dj_clawson posted:I am totally loving determined to go to Everest on the Tibetan side, which is a reasonable goal if you are traveling in that general area. Climb it? How much before you've technically "climbed" something? 10 feet? 20 feet? What if I said, "Climbed without summitting"? ive had that sex. it's bad sex.
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Pick posted:ive had that sex. it's bad sex. Well it's not the only reason I want to go to Tibet.
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:You must be old enough to touch a dick in america before you may summit the mountain loving patriarchy climbing mountains at birth
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Apr 29, 2015 03:24
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Internet Kraken posted:This is literally the first thing in the OP; What? I'm not concern trolling, I was making reference to that crazy motherfucking Dane climber who intended to keep climbing "for Nepal" E: On reflection, the last time that dude was bought up was like two pages ago, I probably could have made things a bit clearer. My bad. And for reference, I'm the guy who made the bet in the death pool that a HAPE/HACE affected climber would german suplex one of their Sherpa off the Kangshung face. I am not a loving concern troll.
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dj_clawson posted:I am totally loving determined to go to Everest on the Tibetan side, which is a reasonable goal if you are traveling in that general area. Climb it? How much before you've technically "climbed" something? 10 feet? 20 feet? What if I said, "Climbed without summitting"? Also maybe examine the use of reasonable when taking a poo poo at 17k feet would be the most exercise done at once for a large portion of the first world. Vvvv Wasn't a dig at you,just that a statistical term like reasonable breaks down when recommending a trip to high altitude that would severely strain an average american just being there zedprime fucked around with this message at 04:52 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Apr 29, 2015 04:47
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zedprime posted:If you want to go all lawyer-like about it I dont think Nepal base camp is on the prominence unique to Everest to say you are technically climbing it at that point. I'm not a fan of the lack of plumbing in that part of the world, so I plan on just holding it for as long as I can. This worked surprisingly well in India.
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Leperflesh posted:Did nobody even warn her about the bodies? Seems coming from India she should have been right at home in an environment covered with dead bodies and human feces...
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Another charity that you may want to donate to - Nepalese Search and Rescue dogs
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so its been about a thousand pages have we decided which goon murdered 4000+ people
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The North Tower posted:/\ god drat you were close Well, there's only a couple of ways for that many people to go in one season: avalanche or surprise storm. I thought base camp was safer though  From what I understand, a lot of the people there aren't there on some foolhardy endeavor to be the 3rd youngest Japanese-Egyptian to summit without supplemental oxygen.
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Fojar38 posted:so its been about a thousand pages have we decided which goon murdered 4000+ people Butt Wizard, it's just taking a while to kick in. Next up a giant event in a first world country. Maybe Yellowstone Park will finally go pop.
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Fojar38 posted:so its been about a thousand pages have we decided which goon murdered 4000+ people I just realised I said...something in my OP- quote:So, bring on the climbers!! The avalanches!! The endless arguments about why they can't 'put a slide at the summit'!!  Added another link to the OP too (sorry Goon who posted another link, can you do it again, I've lost it in all the posts) Julian Lennon is going to match any donation you make with his own money https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/life/nepal-earthquake-relief-fund/ That's a wicked picture. VVVVV Rondette fucked around with this message at 12:25 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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I posted this in the last Everest thread, and it was closed thirty minutes later. I don't know if I will ever get to base camp, but so far, this is the closest I have been. Kathmandu-Lhasa flight (get the left window seat!) The view the whole flight is amazing. Taken two years ago tomorrow, back when the big Everest news was about the guides getting into a fight with Sherpas. Innocent times those were. 
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PostNouveau posted:a lot of the people there aren't there on some foolhardy endeavor to be the 3rd youngest Japanese-Egyptian to summit without supplemental oxygen. Be the first to summit with supplemental sulphur hexafloride;
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Potrzebie posted:Be the first to summit with supplemental sulphur hexafloride; Just so the next dbag to summit can claim "First summit without supplemental sulphur hexafluoride"? Don't think so pal.
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So, how many people have died on Everest so far? Who's in the lead in the death pool?
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Day Man posted:So, how many people have died on Everest so far? Who's in the lead in the death pool? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest This (not really accurate but who knows) list has 17 new names plus one 'unknown climber' so. 18 is the number although that may change. eta- 'Adventure Consultants' sure took a hit, they have 5 Sherpa casualties. I wonder if they were on the icefall at the time. Rondette fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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DumbparameciuM posted:Just so the next dbag to summit can claim "First summit without supplemental sulphur hexafluoride"? Don't think so pal. Be 
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you were warned posted:It's been eight long years since I heard about the idea of climbing Everest and thought, "that sounds cool"... *stares wistfully into the distance* *takes drag on candy cigarette*
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DerekSmartymans posted:*takes drag on candy cigarette* "The thrill of Pop-Rocks is no longer enough."
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OP can you please add MSF in the donation link list? The donation link on their page isn't Nepal specific, but they're consistently competent and not corrupt and they're also sending a bunch of hardware and people to Nepal.
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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Chappers posted:I posted this in the last Everest thread, and it was closed thirty minutes later. That's an amazing picture. Do you have it in a bigger size?
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Meatwave posted:That's an amazing picture. Do you have it in a bigger size? Here you go.  Confession: It's been cropped and slightly shopped (for contrast and removal of a bit of dust on the lens). If you want the original, I have that too. Here's some more from the flight. In order from west to east out of Kathmandu. The Mansiri Himal. The peak in the middle of the pic is two, actually. Manaslu, 8th highest in the world, is mostly obscured by Ngadi Chuli, 20th. The bigger, snowier peak is Himalchuli, which is 18th.  Far right, Gyachung Kang, the 15th highest in the world. To its left, Cho Oyu, 6th-highest. I never researched what is on the far left.  Everest on the left, Makalu on the right.  And then the plane took a left at Everest & Makalu and headed into Tibet. The clouds obscured the spine of mountains, unfortunately, but it's really obvious that Tibet has begun.   
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Great pictures. I wonder what it's like to be at cruising altitude and see landforms that close to you.
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Those shots are gorgeous, I'm jealous.
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It was a complete crap shoot. Some days the clouds are too much. We got lucky. There were a good 10 minutes during which I could see Everest. At one point I forced myself to put down the camera and just soak in the view, and mumble, "gently caress me, that's Everest." I also took a cruddy 10-second video of it. Edit; "gently caress me, I'm LOOKING DOWN at Everest." Nice Tuckpointing! fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Chappers posted:It was a complete crap shoot. Some days the clouds are too much. We got lucky. There were a good 10 minutes during which I could see Everest. At one point I forced myself to put down the camera and just soak in the view, and mumble, "gently caress me, that's Everest." Should have taken that flight, but it was like another $100, and my budget was running out.
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Those of you looking to donate to something with a mountaineering link should check out The Himalayan Trust. It was founded by Sir Edmund Hillary and they've been doing poo poo like building schools in Nepal for decades. They have an earthquake appeal but they also do good poo poo on a day-to-day basis as well.
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Butt Wizard posted:Those of you looking to donate to something with a mountaineering link should check out The Himalayan Trust. It was founded by Sir Edmund Hillary and they've been doing poo poo like building schools in Nepal for decades. They have an earthquake appeal but they also do good poo poo on a day-to-day basis as well. They are a good charity. I'm actually going to save up some money and give in like 2 months, when things have shaken out and it's obvious who's actually there for the long haul in terms of emergency relief. It'll almost definitely be Doctors without Borders, but there's a lot of politics in who Nepal is accepting help from so it's better to hold off. The issue right now isn't cash flow but getting things to places, which is very hard.
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Linking Fox, which is gross. Apparently China has suspended climbing for the rest of the season from Tibet, but despite climbers claims otherwise, Nepal has yet to officially close the mountain for climbing. I'm sure that's only a matter of time though.
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