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Dogwood Fleet posted:
drat, Mathematics, you pulled off the best "NO gently caress YOU DAD" ever.
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Mathematics posted:Seems kids these days need some light verbal abuse to show them that their childish fantasies are not going to happen. I’m sure the dad is in no way living vicariously through the attention his son his getting. Never would he push his son into this or try and convince him not to call it off in a moment of weakness.
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That Everest movie is coming out in little over a week.
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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 Actually that'd make America's age of adulthood 25, because until then you can't rent a car or reserve rooms in some hotels.
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Terrible Opinions posted:Actually that'd make America's age of adulthood 25, because until then you can't rent a car or reserve rooms in some hotels. Can't run for Congress or the President either. Guess you aren't an adult until 35. Or 67 if you include medicare and social security.
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i am very sorry for starting this argument can we stop now
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i wouldn't suggest c limibing everest at any age
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Came back from seeing Everest in IMAX. A good movie IMO.
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Pierogi posted:Came back from seeing Everest in IMAX. A good movie IMO. Is it one of those movies that's a lot better in the theater?
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Meatwave posted:Is it one of those movies that's a lot better in the theater?
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Tired of normal cave diving and looking for a challenge? Boy, do I have just the place for you! It's been sealed off from the surrounding world for nearly 5 million years. Oxygen only makes up 10% of the air, and it all comes from sulfate-oxidizing bacteria, which grow in a thick layer on the water. The air is thick with carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, and visits are limited to under 6 hours to prevent kidney failure.
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I'll kickstart the STOP! GO NO FURTHER! grim reaper sign to prevent people from suicidally diving it
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Minrad posted:I'll kickstart the STOP! GO NO FURTHER! grim reaper sign to encourage rich idiots to suicidally dive it. FTFY
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Anyone know what the death total is? I need to figure out how many books I need to send out to the winners January 1st.
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Can't wait til they build a space elevator to the top and I can sit there eating a gotdamn sammich in my flip flops while staring at these hobos going "welp our 5 minutes is up gotta get back while we have enough oxygen to not die and be forever memorialized on this dumb gay mountain"
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Alan Smithee posted:Can't wait til they build a space elevator to the top and I can sit there eating a gotdamn sammich in my flip flops while staring at these hobos going "welp our 5 minutes is up gotta get back while we have enough oxygen to not die and be forever memorialized on this dumb gay mountain" First Man To Climb Everest In A Wal-Mart Scooter
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Pierogi posted:Came back from seeing Everest in IMAX. A good movie IMO. That's good to hear. I saw a brief short on it on HBO and they actually shot it on location which is pretty cool. I mean, I don't think they climbed up very high, but even being at base camp (I assume that's where they filmed) is neat.
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Seems like they did most of the climbing stuff in Italian Alps and did some shooting at the Everest base camp, probably took the heli for some vistas also. The compositing is mostly flawless in the movie, the upper camps, summit and south col were really believable. One aerial shot of Everest right at the beginning of the movie looked artificial although it might have been the softening effect of wind blowing snow over the ridge, which made it look to me a bit like google earth. I think the things they must've done at Pinewood studios like Hillary's step were a bit fakey but all in all a really nice movie and honest in it's portrayal to boot. Anne Frank Funk fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Sep 14, 2015 |
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The North Tower posted:Anyone know what the death total is? I need to figure out how many books I need to send out to the winners January 1st. actually a good question. most of the reports I can find on the matter only list early counts, but most of the death totals coming several days after the quake seem to count anywhere from 18 to 22 deaths at a minimum. the best tally I can find of confirmed fatalities is 16, died on Everest Renu Fotedar Ge Zhenfang Lhakpa Chhiring Sherpa Shiva Kumar Shrestha Pema Hissi Sherpa Dawa Chhiri Sherpa Chhimi Dawa Sherpa Pemba Sherpa Milan Rai Pasang Temba Sherpa Tengien Bhote Khrishna Kumar Rai Dan Fredinburg Marisa Eve Girawong Vinh Truong Tom Taplin 2, died in Kathmandu from injuries sustained from the avalanche on Everest. Yomogato Horoshi Jangbu Sherpa ??? 1 or 2 unidentified bodies at last count sources: http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?url=everest-names-of-avalanche-victims_1430306452 http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2015/04/27/everest-2015-ebc-death-update/ http://www.nepalmountaineering.org/...20Mt.%20Everest However if the contest is still running until January 2016, there's still possibilities for deaths in the upcoming Fall Everest Climbing season. e: There may also be a large number of people still missing? http://www.nepalmountaineering.org/...%20April%202015 Minera fucked around with this message at 22:29 on Sep 14, 2015 |
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Minrad posted:actually a good question. most of the reports I can find on the matter only list early counts, but most of the death totals coming several days after the quake seem to count anywhere from 18 to 22 deaths at a minimum. the best tally I can find of confirmed fatalities is This is what I feared. Not that a bunch of rich people died, but that this is going to be a bunch of work for me at the end of the year.
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Went to a climate controlled theater playing IMAX. Saw a dead body in a North Face jacket and turned the gently caress back
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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. if you think about it the mountain could get bigger if we coat it with more corpses.
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The North Tower posted:This is what I feared. Not that a bunch of rich people died, but that this is going to be a bunch of work for me at the end of the year. sherpas shouldn't count those people risk their lives to help rich spoiled idiots die. They should be honored.
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Alan Smithee posted:Went to a climate controlled theater playing IMAX. Saw a dead body in a North Face jacket and turned the gently caress back Canada Goose or 
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I saw Everest also. I definitely recommend it. I saw it in 3d/Imax and it was pretty cool. I think it faithfully portrays the events/people as written in Into Thin Air.
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But what about as portrayed by Stallone in Cliffhanger
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I want to be the first one to get the base camp and be like, "Nah, this probably isn't worth risking my life over"
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Alan Smithee posted:But what about as portrayed by Stallone in Cliffhanger I said it that way because a lot of people disagree with how they were portrayed in Into Thin Air... Anatoli Boukreev and Sandy Pittman being two of the more vocal.
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Venusian Weasel posted:Tired of normal cave diving and looking for a challenge? Boy, do I have just the place for you! That was actually insanely cool to read. That's pretty loving amazing something like that exists.
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The Light Eternal posted:I said it that way because a lot of people disagree with how they were portrayed in Into Thin Air... Anatoli Boukreev and Sandy Pittman being two of the more vocal.
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Nocheez posted:Anatoli's book, The Climb, was a good read to hear his side of the story. It was definitely not written as well as Into Thin Air, but if you want to get a better picture of the events then I recommend it. I agree, it's a great book. I was glad to get some perspective from a member of Scott's team although I agree with Krakauer that he should have used supplemental Os.
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I think it's a hindsight sort of thing. If they had been disciplined and not rushed a summit bid, then he would have been fine. But hypoxia is a terrible thing that affects everyone at least a bit, and having that oxygen *may* have saved some lives. We will never truly know, but I think he was pretty heroic that day.
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Nocheez posted:Anatoli's book, The Climb, was a good read to hear his side of the story. It was definitely not written as well as Into Thin Air, but if you want to get a better picture of the events then I recommend it. The Climb was not really written by Boukreev, it was written by Gary Weston DeWalt based on secondhand info from Boukreev, and some people feel it was more antagonistic towards Krakauer and Into Thin Air than Boukreev would have wanted it to be. Boukreev's memoirs, Above The Clouds, were translated from Russian by his girlfriend after his death on Annapurna in 1997 and present a more nuanced and thoughtful view on Everest 1996 and climbing in general.
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Venusian Weasel posted:Tired of normal cave diving and looking for a challenge? Boy, do I have just the place for you! this is extremely cool, thank you
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Venusian Weasel posted:Tired of normal cave diving and looking for a challenge? Boy, do I have just the place for you! Stay safe cave ghost.
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Minrad posted:actually a good question. most of the reports I can find on the matter only list early counts, but most of the death totals coming several days after the quake seem to count anywhere from 18 to 22 deaths at a minimum. the best tally I can find of confirmed fatalities is Only a couple of those people are listed as "missing near Everest." I don't think just being somewhere in Nepal (or on another mountain) qualifies someone as a potential member of this years Everest death cohort. Edit Hmmm... there are two unidentified bodies and two foreigners listed as missing near Everest since the earthquake. This is probably a coincidence since obviously Nepalese officials have compared the unidentified bodies with the listed missing persons. Right? ZombieLenin fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Sep 18, 2015 |
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ZombieLenin posted:Only a couple of those people are listed as "missing near Everest." I don't think just being somewhere in Nepal (or on another mountain) qualifies someone as a potential member of this years Everest death cohort. IIRC, they had to be at base camp or higher at some point. If they got HAPE or something like that at base camp and then died at a lower elevation, it would still count.
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I saw some article on Facebook from the Daily Mail about 10 people recently dying in the Italian Alps trying to rescue a dog. Anyone able to find a real source or is it all lies?
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