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Alan Smithee posted:Wait so did that youngest girl ever or whatever the gently caress actually summit Everest Youngest girl to ever write a book about being the youngest girl to summit Everest and subsequently not be allowed to climb.
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The youngest girl to climb everest made it to the summit. The youngest girl to write a book about being the youngest girl to climb everest did not.
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Cojawfee posted:The youngest girl to climb everest made it to the summit. The youngest girl to write a book about being the youngest girl to climb everest did not. And the cosmic ballet... goes on.
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Cojawfee posted:The youngest girl to climb everest made it to the summit. How old was she like 32?
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I will become the youngest man to have been cucked on everest, please sponsor my kickstarter GBS.
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Alan Smithee posted:How old was she like 32? 13 but she is indian so obviously not quite the accomplishment it could've been
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Syncopated posted:I will become the youngest man to have been cucked on everest, please sponsor my kickstarter GBS. The good thing is your girlfriend and the other dude will probably die from exposure, so you will get the better end of the deal.
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rezatahs posted:13 but she is indian so obviously not quite the accomplishment it could've been There's a joke about an accomplishment that she hasn't been gangraped but I'm not going to go to such a tasteless place
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Alan Smithee posted:There's a joke about an accomplishment that she hasn't been gangraped but I'm not going to go to such a tasteless place "I'm going to ascend one foot for every unwanted inch that's been inside of me" *climbs Everest* ew drat it alan
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Madcosby posted:"I'm going to ascend one foot for every unwanted inch that's been inside of me" *climbs Everest* not even Alan SMithee would take credit for usch a post
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Alan Smithee posted:There's a joke about an accomplishment that she hasn't been gangraped but I'm not going to go to such a tasteless place I think you're reaching really far out of the possibilities here.
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Just got through the entire thread. Looking forward to the next one. I LOVED the thread about the goon who was gonna walk across a America but gave up after 6 days. Probably the best thread I have ever read. I also loved the lost Germans in the desert which leads me onto my question. I love hearing about the scale of America, as a Brit , we really can't grasp how big the USA is. Are there some good documentaries etc which showcase the sheer scale, the outback and desolation. I recently went to Vegas and while flying I was in awe of the desert alone, imagine just randomly being plopped down - you'd be so ducked and no one would ever know. Amazing.
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What's the farthest you've driven at a time in the UK? I can drive for seven hours straight and not even leave Texas. Also, that's a thing in the US. Traveling is determined by hours of driving, not by distance.
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It takes about 7 hours to drive from London to Edinburgh so yeah, the US is biiiiiig.
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Cojawfee posted:What's the farthest you've driven at a time in the UK? I can drive for seven hours straight and not even leave Texas. Also, that's a thing in the US. Traveling is determined by hours of driving, not by distance. About 7 hours - and that's from the London area to hadrians wall area. That's probably just a session for you guys.
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Lands end to john o groats is the length of Britain and that's a good 18 hours or something. As far as you can go. Driving across the U.S. is a big deal, but Christ, driving across Libya when going from Egypt to Tunisia is about half the continental U.S. And so so so much more boring.
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What got across how big the US is to me (or rather, how small Europe is) were the Top Gear Europe road-trip specials... they would go from Italy to England in a (long) day, and I thought about the same drive in the states, and it wouldn't get you out of some states.
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If anyone's interested in a thoughtfully planned, full-assed excursion, Paul Salopek is walking from Ethiopia to the bottom of South America over the course of several years as he retraces the path of human migration. Right now he's leaving Georgia (the country). http://www.outofedenwalk.com/
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And this is without even leaving the Atlantic coastline.
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NaDy posted:It takes about 7 hours to drive from London to Edinburgh so yeah, the US is biiiiiig. I have to drive over 8 hours to get to the nearest beach.
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driving west through texas is cool becuase you can speed massively since theres nobody else on the road
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I think this helps to drive it home: The flight time is deceptive, since it includes a stopover; but a direct Miami:Seattle flight is over 5 hours, which is similar to a flight from London, UK to Athens, Greece. Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Oct 3, 2015 |
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I'm not even sure drive time gets the scale across--does the UK have flat stretches where the speed limit is 75? Interstate highways tend to allow faster driving and even then states will take hours to cross. If it helps, my state, Missouri, is roughly similar in area to England. It takes about six hours to cross east to west but you would mostly be on highways with 65 or 70mph speeds.
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Leperflesh posted:I think this helps to drive it home: I wonder which drive would be nicer to make there. Someday I wanna do something like that.
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atomicgeek posted:I'm not even sure drive time gets the scale across--does the UK have flat stretches where the speed limit is 75? Interstate highways tend to allow faster driving and even then states will take hours to cross. Yeah, somewhat. Many rights of way in the UK were first established by romans who liked to build long straight roads, and the speed limits on their motorways are comparable to our highways. That said, their roads have much more traffic than those long stretches of straight highway through the flyover states, and of course there aren't any roman roads in scotland's north. Driving around in the UK is more like driving around in the US's northeast; more density of cities, more weather that is likely to slow you down. A long straight road there will run between two big cities that are 50m apart, rather than like a long straight road in texas that will run for 300 miles in a perfectly straight line. So: tl;dr, yeah geography is a factor in making comparisons but not a massive one.
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rotinaj posted:I wonder which drive would be nicer to make there. Someday I wanna do something like that. When I was a kid we took a 7 month trip around the US. Started in Virginia, went north, then down and around all the way up to Alaska, then back down to hit everything in the middle of the country on our way to Texas. It absolutely owned and I wish to do it with my own family some day.
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Pretty sure I would murder every other person on that trip within about two weeks.
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rotinaj posted:I wonder which drive would be nicer to make there. Someday I wanna do something like that. I've done a number of drives like this, they aren't as fun as they sound. By the end you just want to get where you are going.
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rotinaj posted:I wonder which drive would be nicer to make there. Someday I wanna do something like that. I've done the northern route - it can be pretty, if you like long stretches of nothing (the Dakotas) and then Glacier National Park which is amazing. Long as hell though, you really do want to plan things out; not just sightseeing but making sure you stop for a break every few hours, are always topped up on gas, and don't find yourself in the middle of nowhere at 11pm with only a Motel 6 to sleep at. I imagine it'd be interesting in an RV, my uncle did it and had fun but I don't think my hair is blue enough.
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Leperflesh posted:Yeah, somewhat. Many rights of way in the UK were first established by romans who liked to build long straight roads, and the speed limits on their motorways are comparable to our highways. Yes, little known fact - the Romans had a hard time adapting to the lack of speed limits on the Germanic tribes' autobahns, greatly impeding their conquest. But seriously this is a great poignant instance of "100 miles is a long distance / 100 years is a long time".
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My gf's sister just made the drive from Orlando to Seattle in 4 days. She said it was boring as gently caress.
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If I'd have been there to keep her company it would have been much more enjoyable.
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rotinaj posted:I wonder which drive would be nicer to make there. Someday I wanna do something like that. Unless you really like long stretches of empty plains, almost certainly the one that doesn't go through the Dakotas.
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the drive through black hills national forest in south dakota owns but the rest of it is loving poo poo
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Khizan posted:Unless you really like long stretches of empty plains, almost certainly the one that doesn't go through the Dakotas. Incorrect, Kansas is much worse to drive through. Plus the other one looks to take you past the surprisingly amazing Corn Palace.
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Kampfy Von Wafflehaus posted:My gf's sister just made the drive from Orlando to Seattle in 4 days. Staying on the Interstate the entire time going 75 is boring because you don't actually see anything. Even in Washington State - sure you could speed through on I-90, or you could take the side roads and see Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, the Olympics, the Grand Coulee Dam (and the laser light show held on it every night, no I'm not joking), Lake Chelan... get off the drat highway once in a while.
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MANGOSTEEN CURES P posted:And this is without even leaving the Atlantic coastline. That 29 hours is basically a minimum too, without much traffic or construction, and doesn't include all the gas/food stops.
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Distance is measured by time in Canada too. Calgary to Vancouver: 12 hours. Saskatoon: 8. Toronto: 2 days. Edmonton: 3 if you're going the speed limit but no one ever does so it's usually 2. I have no idea the actual distances in terms of kilometers and I'm in geography 
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This is not a very good derail imo, but nobody will be climbing Everest until like may next year so whatever
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MANGOSTEEN CURES P posted:And this is without even leaving the Atlantic coastline. This is an image from the Daily Mail so it's probably well researched. 
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