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Apparently a company called Avalanche just acquired a company called Annapurna, clearly a great omen for this year's climbing season. http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/following-big-setback-avalanche-ties-knot-gene-therapy-player-annapurna/2016-02-01
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 14:41 |
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# ? May 15, 2024 03:23 |
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2016 has already been loving nuts, gonna aim high with 37 dead and hope I'm wrong because it's a Clerks reference.
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 15:19 |
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I'll take 25, all killed on one of those big human chains bottlenecked trying to climb up.
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 16:03 |
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i'm gonna say zero everest victims this year, but a tragic 10 man killing spree for K2
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 20:09 |
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elwood posted:-1 stab posted:I'm still going with the -1. Don't steal my number, JERK stab fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Feb 1, 2016 |
# ? Feb 1, 2016 20:31 |
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I can't believe how excited I am about the Jeb campaign!
H5N1 fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Aug 20, 2018 |
# ? Feb 1, 2016 20:37 |
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Anoia posted:2016 has already been loving nuts, gonna aim high with 37 dead and hope I'm wrong because it's a Clerks reference. In a row? I wonder if some rich kid has ever thought about speeding up the Inheritance Timeline by encouraging their parents to get into Everest climbing. In the old days I know they'd just poison them or something, this is a bit more subtle
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 21:04 |
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With the number of deaths so far in N America I'm going with 18. El Niño conditions gonna gently caress poo poo up
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 22:22 |
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I hope NOBODY dies except for the 11 for my pick
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 23:25 |
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Comrade Koba posted:For a weekly donation of at least 50 USD, a rich douche of your choice gets pushed down the Lhotse Face. would
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 00:37 |
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I'm feeling confident that 12 rich assholes will die, as well as 5 sherpas who don't deserve to die but will anyway because of the aforementioned 12 rich assholes
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 01:43 |
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I'm gonna go with 4 I think the mountain god will be reasonably satisfied with its feasts over the last two years.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 02:19 |
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Anoia posted:2016 has already been loving nuts, gonna aim high with 37 dead and hope I'm wrong because it's a Clerks reference. In a row?
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 03:09 |
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I'm picking 23 for the Death Count because it hasn't been taken yet. And it's one of those numbers you never suspect until it hits ya. Like an avalanche down the Lhotse Face! Wondering what numbers have already been picked? I went through the list and this is what's been chosen so far. If you see multiple names next to a number, it is because people are bad at picking numbers. I can't remember how we dealt with that last year because I'm snow tired. CURRENT DEATH COUNT PICKS FOR THE 2016 EVEREST CLIMBING SEASON Your grandmother would be so proud. -1 stab, elwood 0 Literally Kermit, Pvt Dancer, PostNouveau, Minrad -1+1 Robo Reagan (Mom dies but baby lives) 1 CaptainOblivious, Fumble 2 empty baggie 3 Troublemaker, Shinjobi, Alan Smithee 4 The Light Eternal, StoneOfShame 4.5 Popeahuntis 5 Microwaves Mom, Cliff Racer 6 Rondette, bradzilla 7 Anya, Vintimus Prime, The French Army! 8 Electrical Fire, Nuggan, ranbo das 9 SaNChEzZ, SteveVizsla 10 Quinctia, Shwqa 11 Robo Reagan, Bob Loblaw 12 slinky triscuits, Dr.Smasher 13 Crusty Nutsack 14 Tambaloneus, Dead Precedents 15 Xibanya, Lasca 16 Comrade Koba 17 Day Man, BlueBlazer, Quantum Finger 18 BisonDollah, Picnic Princess 19 Nostalgia4Butts 20 Teddybear (“smallest available positive integer”) 21 Cymoril 22 Stars War 23 Nether Postlude 25 Arcsquad12 27 MorgaineDax 30 Cowman 35 mike12345 37 Anoia 69 Nooner 162 Happy Hedonist 666 soy Mtn The Goatfather All Chinatown, Mega64
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 03:24 |
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NaDy posted:That might have been Francys Arsentiev who was trying to be the first American woman to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen. Oh and her husband Sergei died on the same expedition going back up to the summit to try and rescue her. Poor kid lost both parents on the same day because they were dumb. Quantum Finger posted:that was her. Wow, what a selfish oval office. I hope that kid hasn't developed a nasty meth habit by now.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:03 |
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Nether Postlude posted:I'm picking 23 for the Death Count because it hasn't been taken yet. And it's one of those numbers you never suspect until it hits ya. Like an avalanche down the Lhotse Face! This should go in the op
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:15 |
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If we're allowing doubles I'm going in for 2. I always forget to vote for three.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:19 |
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Dead Precedents posted:Wow, what a selfish oval office. I hope that kid hasn't developed a nasty meth habit by now. This is a really odd thing to think
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:22 |
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StoneOfShame posted:I'm gonna go with 4 I think the mountain god will be reasonably satisfied with its feasts over the last two years. Ah, you beat me to it! I also call 4! And I'll hedge it by saying one of them'll be a Sherpa, probably due to some bullshit.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:48 |
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Gonna go with 24 bourgeoisicles.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:57 |
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Lupin posted:This is a really odd thing to think Losing both of your parents after you warned them not to go is gonna gently caress up anyone. I'm legit saying I hope this kid grew up to be a happy adult (as happy as one can be given what happened).
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 05:01 |
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Dead Precedents posted:Losing both of your parents after you warned them not to go is gonna gently caress up anyone. I'm legit saying I hope this kid grew up to be a happy adult (as happy as one can be given what happened). I'm sure he'll grow up to be Batman. I assume he's rich and white?
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 05:25 |
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Nether Postlude posted:I'm picking 23 for the Death Count because it hasn't been taken yet. And it's one of those numbers you never suspect until it hits ya. Like an avalanche down the Lhotse Face! The winner should get a cave-diving trip.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 09:05 |
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In 2017 I'm going to climb everest and murder people on it. I'll be the everest serial killer. I'll strike a standing pose for when I freeze to death holding a knife above my head in a menacing fashion pointing the way to go up the mounta. After craving in the nearby rock. "MY SOUL SHALL RETURN FOR MORE EVERY YEAR." Everest really needs or has a good serial killer. I wonder if you could trigger an avalanche below you wiping a lot of people out.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 10:03 |
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42069666 dead
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 10:58 |
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The best part is you could literally murder someone on everest and no one would be able to prove it unless they saw you, but obviously you'd kill any witnesses.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 12:26 |
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Microwaves Mom posted:The best part is you could literally murder someone on everest and no one would be able to prove it unless they saw you, but obviously you'd kill any witnesses. If you did it in the death zone you could do it and people would literally look blankly at you and keep going probably
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 12:38 |
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Nether Postlude posted:I'm picking 23 for the Death Count because it hasn't been taken yet. And it's one of those numbers you never suspect until it hits ya. Like an avalanche down the Lhotse Face! Ahh, thanks for saving me a job! I'll add this to the OP.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 12:42 |
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i think that the mountain will claim 420 lives after a sherpa smokes a blunt at the summit and his coughing causes an avalanche
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 13:45 |
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City of Tampa posted:i think that the mountain will claim 420 lives after a sherpa smokes a blunt at the summit and his coughing causes an avalanche In 2020, Snoop Dog will earn the Oscar for his performance as Sherpa.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 13:57 |
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42, and the islamic state will hold a public execution on the mountain
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 14:05 |
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Cthulu Carl posted:Gonna go with 24 bourgeoisicles. This is my favorite way to describe it.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 14:13 |
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I predict eleven deaths on the mountain this year, but only three of them will be Sherpas. They will rightly recognize these white and East Asian rich people to be underserving of life and thus will take fewer risks to ensure their safety. However since 11 has been taken multiple times, I will make a secondary prediction: someone on the mountain will be MURDERDED
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 16:08 |
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I found a nice summary of 8k peaks and satellite images, courtesy of NASA: http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/8000MeterPeaks/ Scroll down to load the rest.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 16:35 |
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I predict 14 but hope for 3 or less, and all of those 3 being rich assholes and not sherpas.. Everest has been on a loving roll recently though, so it will probably be more
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 16:39 |
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11 deaths this year I reckon
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 16:41 |
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Devonaut posted:I found a nice summary of 8k peaks and satellite images, courtesy of NASA: that's cool
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 16:49 |
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Put me down for 16 dead.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 16:53 |
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I'll take 26, as the effects of hypoxia cause multiple people to fail to clip in properly, so they fall down one of the bottleneck areas and bowl others down as they tumble.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 17:10 |
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# ? May 15, 2024 03:23 |
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Any chance the new everest movie will drum up more interest in climbing the mountain?
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 19:11 |