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hseroK divaD posted:You forgot the best part: It's kind of understandable that people climbing in the name of some fucktarded crusade would be relatively unlikely to seek out a quality guide service, or put more than minimal effort into preparing for the climb. Binary Badger posted:Two U.S. soldiers, one an amputee, made it to the summit of Mt. Everest earlier today! That reminds me of when Nepal was talking about banning elderly and disabled people from climbing. I would hope that if such a law gets passed, they leave some avenue for proving that one is still fit enough to have a sporting chance on the mountain.
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Lolie posted:But wait, there's more. quote:
What the hell is the "triangle"? And, I think they mean 8,600 meters, not feet. Which then raises the question: How is a body that is only 250 meters below the summit, in the death zone, "easier to retrieve"? Edit; thinking about it, I think the one guy close to the summit is like, really, really near the summit. Which I say warrants a shove off the Kangshung face. It's what I would want for me. Nice Tuckpointing! fucked around with this message at 03:09 on May 25, 2016 |
# ? May 25, 2016 03:07 |
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Back when Alyssa Azar was planning to be the "youngest woman ever" before having to move the goalposts to "youngest Australian ever" to climb Everest, she had pre-written her tie-in book - does anyone have a link or remember the name of the book? I remember it had some ridiculously obnoxious title that had assumed her triumphant success.
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# ? May 25, 2016 03:24 |
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Duke Jeffrie posted:Back when Alyssa Azar was planning to be the "youngest woman ever" before having to move the goalposts to "youngest Australian ever" to climb Everest, she had pre-written her tie-in book - does anyone have a link or remember the name of the book? I remember it had some ridiculously obnoxious title that had assumed her triumphant success. Google tells me it's "The Girl Who Climbed Everest: The Inspirational Story of Alyssa Azar, Australia's Youngest Adventurer"
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Ville Valo posted:Google tells me it's "The Girl Who Climbed Everest: The Inspirational Story of Alyssa Azar, Australia's Youngest Adventurer" I've managed to track down a sample chapter: quote:When I was young I liked walking up hills. I don't really know why, I just did. So I climbed up lots of hills. Then I decided to climb Everest, because I like climbing things. So I climbed Everest too. It was very cold and very hard, but I did it all by myself and with no help from anyone else
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# ? May 25, 2016 06:12 |
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webmeister posted:I've managed to track down a sample chapter: I'm just going to go ahead and believe it.
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# ? May 25, 2016 06:44 |
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quote:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/di-westaway/i-took-everest-off-my-bucket-list/
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# ? May 25, 2016 07:08 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:
This reminded me of why I stopped halfway into reading "The Snow Leopard" by Peter Matthiessen. He went to Nepal in the early '70s ostensibly in pursuit of the snow leopard, and spends the narrative talking about finding oneself and Buddhism and being caring and loving the world and seeking happiness...and never seeming to find it. Oh, and occasionally mentioned how he left behind a family that included an 8-year-old son who was very upset to see him go to Nepal instead of being with him. But enough of a son who loves me, here's five pages describing plants in this valley and how awful it is that nobody seems to care about others anymore.
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# ? May 25, 2016 07:22 |
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Are all sherpas called Sherpa ? Is it a cool consanguinity quirk ?
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# ? May 25, 2016 07:38 |
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unpacked robinhood posted:Are all sherpas called Sherpa ? Is it a cool consanguinity quirk ? sherpa culture doesn't have last names and the government didn't like that so they all have the last name sherpa now
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EngineerJoe posted:News Flash: It's cold on Everest! My last words will be in this lovely mspaint comic sans handwriting Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 08:18 on May 25, 2016 |
# ? May 25, 2016 08:14 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Lincoln's friend and fellow Everest summiteer, Cheryl Bart, says: "When people ask me if I have a death wish, I say 'No, I have a life wish'." gently caress off.
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# ? May 25, 2016 08:16 |
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Tuxedo Gin posted:sherpa culture doesn't have last names and the government didn't like that so they all have the last name sherpa now I can't tell if you're joking or not. For real?
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# ? May 25, 2016 08:21 |
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my bucket list includes leaving a quarter ton of waste on a giant freezing rock
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# ? May 25, 2016 08:25 |
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sincx posted:I can't tell if you're joking or not. For real? for real
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# ? May 25, 2016 08:27 |
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I have a life wish which is why I climb a mountain that literally has an area called "The Death Zone."
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# ? May 25, 2016 08:50 |
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gently caress you kids id rather freeze to death on poo poo mountain rather than put $50k towards your college education and raise you
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# ? May 25, 2016 08:54 |
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My life wish is to not die on Everest, it's too trendy.
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# ? May 25, 2016 08:58 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:
The dumb bitch died because she literally wanted to "prove that vegans can do anything". If she loved doing that enough to risk dying for and putting friends and family through this, she got exactly what she deserved.
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# ? May 25, 2016 08:59 |
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I know I wont be the first but I'm gonna jack it up and down the mountain and leave it jizz capped
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# ? May 25, 2016 09:09 |
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Alan Smithee posted:I know I wont be the first but I'm gonna jack it up and down the mountain and leave it jizz capped wanna bust a nut at the highest point while staring a sherpa directly in the eye how much does that travel package cost
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# ? May 25, 2016 09:11 |
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:wanna bust a nut at the highest point while staring a sherpa directly in the eye you probably start with the cheapest poo poo tier travel company and then that costs you extra. Lol if you dont play stare chicken with everyone while you give their boots permaglaciers
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# ? May 25, 2016 09:13 |
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Alan Smithee posted:you probably start with the cheapest poo poo tier travel company and then that costs you extra. Lol if you dont play stare chicken with everyone while you give their boots permaglaciers wanna make sure i aim towards base camp when i start my cumvalance
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# ? May 25, 2016 09:19 |
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ok this thread just got weird
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# ? May 25, 2016 09:29 |
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"got"
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# ? May 25, 2016 09:29 |
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:wanna make sure i aim towards base camp when i start my cumvalance Baste camp
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# ? May 25, 2016 09:42 |
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Jizz all the way to the top then use the frozen cumslide to get back to basecamp
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# ? May 25, 2016 09:49 |
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Seven Streaks on Seven Peaks: The Real Mile High Club
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# ? May 25, 2016 09:59 |
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death
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# ? May 25, 2016 10:00 |
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Oh, cool, the Everest thread is about cum now No cum til I see dead Americans
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# ? May 25, 2016 11:24 |
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sincx posted:I can't tell if you're joking or not. For real? where did you think names like Smith and Cooper came from?
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# ? May 25, 2016 13:10 |
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I am so happy to see Sir Edmund get caught up in the political word filter.
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# ? May 25, 2016 14:11 |
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I like when people talk about Everest as the only place to go to really live, to really push yourself, to have a life worth living. Hello idiots, there are thousands of things to do and places to go that will not kill you and will challenge you significantly more than walking up the side of a big rock. It's just bullshit justifying narcissism. All that effort and money and time could be spent helping the world and becoming a better person, and instead you want to sleep in shitsnow.
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# ? May 25, 2016 15:11 |
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Tuxedo Gin posted:sherpa culture doesn't have last names and the government didn't like that so they all have the last name sherpa now Except Tenzing Norgay.
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# ? May 25, 2016 15:28 |
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quote:it sure beats the hell out of joining the almost 40 million people who die of noncommunicable diseases every year. Everest prevents cancer, news at 11.
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# ? May 25, 2016 15:37 |
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Annual Everest Thread 2017: a 'Once-in-a-lifetime' experience for all the wrong reasons!
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# ? May 25, 2016 15:40 |
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Annual Everest Thread 2017: Evidence that vegans die like everybody else
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# ? May 25, 2016 16:37 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/di-westaway/i-took-everest-off-my-bucket-list/ quote:My 16-year-old daughter was almost hysterical when I boarded the plane. She knew it was dangerous and she said I was mad. I told her I could manage the risk. I cited statistics, explaining that it was more dangerous riding my bike down to the local shops on a busy road. Boy howdy is this lady bad at math. A 1% chance of death every time you get onto a bicycle! LOL
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# ? May 25, 2016 16:45 |
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All of us know at least dozens of friends who have died after leaving for a pack of smokes. The gutters are overflowing with the twisted metal wreckage of a thousand crushed bicycles. There is no god here
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# ? May 25, 2016 16:47 |
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Jimmy's body is too close to the 7/11 so it would be way too risky to try to recover.
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