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Nice Tuckpointing! posted:Facebook reminding me that it was 10 years ago today that I flew by Everest in an Air India 737 and snapped one of the best photos I've ever taken. no green boots voted 1
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News of the day: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sherpa-sets-everest-record-intl-hnk/index.html 
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May 15, 2023 11:48
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That dude would be like Goku if he went down to sea level I bet
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May 15, 2023 12:04
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I wonder if there's reverse altitude sickness for people who've lived for centuries above 10,000 feet suddenly descending to sea level?
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May 15, 2023 13:40
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Not sure, but if they go 10,000 feet below sea level more than they'll definitely be feeling it until they're about the size of a hockey puck.
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May 15, 2023 14:05
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I was at ~3500m for about six months and getting back to sea level was incredible. Felt like I could hold my breath forever.
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May 15, 2023 16:43
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Part of that trip on which I took that Everest photo posted two weeks back involved three days in Lhasa. Our group, upon arrival, was told to chill in the hotel for the rest of the day because they wanted to make sure we were all okay with altitude. I felt just fine, so decided to explore the neighborhood. Then I made the mistake of bounding up the steps of a pedestrian overpass and it felt like I'd just done a 100-meter dash.
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May 16, 2023 08:20
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Nice Tuckpointing! posted:Part of that trip on which I took that Everest photo posted two weeks back involved three days in Lhasa. Our group, upon arrival, was told to chill in the hotel for the rest of the day because they wanted to make sure we were all okay with altitude. I felt just fine, so decided to explore the neighborhood. Then I made the mistake of bounding up the steps of a pedestrian overpass and it felt like I'd just done a 100-meter dash. Oh man, that first day for someone who lives at sea level was brutal from the Lukla trek. You go down like 200m through some nice temparate forest, then you cross a bridge and there's a 10 step staircase that absolutely eats your soul.
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May 16, 2023 08:46
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does it work in reverse? like if you're from a high altitude place and you go on holiday to somewhere sea level do you feel like superman absorbing the red sun's rays for the first time?
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May 16, 2023 19:47
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AceClown posted:does it work in reverse? like if you're from a high altitude place and you go on holiday to somewhere sea level do you feel like superman absorbing the red sun's rays for the first time? That's pretty much why atheletes do high altitude training
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May 16, 2023 23:05
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AceClown posted:does it work in reverse? like if you're from a high altitude place and you go on holiday to somewhere sea level do you feel like superman absorbing the red sun's rays for the first time? It takes staying at altitude for a significant amount of time, but yes you can absolutely naturally dope this way. Effects last a few weeks. Metabolism, on the other hand, increases at altitude extremely quickly, and dropoff when you return to normal is much slower, even months.
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May 17, 2023 07:40
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I lived in Colorado for awhile, got into awesome shape, and regularly ran several miles and hiked 14ers. Then I moved back to Virginia expecting to be invincible and I couldn’t even run half a mile because it felt like I was almost drowning in the humidity. I was very disappointed.
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May 17, 2023 12:01
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quote:A school teacher who aspired to become the first Asian with a pacemaker to scale Mount Everest died while making the attempt. As of today, 9 confirmed deaths and another missing. There was a non-injury icefall collapse 2 days ago that had to be repaired and closed the route for a while, as well...
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May 20, 2023 01:11
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loving hell. What a waste.
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May 20, 2023 01:18
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how the gently caress you approve a pacemaker
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May 20, 2023 02:21
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"First asian with a pacemaker" wtf. We were just joking with the first polish American with ADHD to climb everest with a copy of MacGruber stuff.
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May 20, 2023 02:33
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Paladine_PSoT posted:As of today, 9 confirmed deaths and another missing. There was a non-injury icefall collapse 2 days ago that had to be repaired and closed the route for a while, as well... Why, loving why would you decide to climb Everest with a pacemaker, your ticker is already hosed, that's why you have a pacemaker! Climbing a mountain is one of the most athletically strenuous exercises you can do, and even worse, Everest is really loving tall, so you don't have much oxygen to work with, your heart beats faster, and you're putting even more stress on your already shot heart. gently caress people are dumb sometimes.
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May 20, 2023 02:43
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Maybe her heart was fine and she had a pacemaker put in just so she could claim the glory on Everest
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May 20, 2023 02:57
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I mean at least she died right outside of basecamp during pre-acclimatization training, so no Sherpas had to risk their lives for her stupid rear end.
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May 20, 2023 03:00
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Cojawfee posted:"First asian with a pacemaker" wtf. We were just joking with the first polish American with ADHD to climb everest with a copy of MacGruber stuff. Beat me to it, this is totally a joke sounding, "First," good god. Or it was.
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May 20, 2023 04:00
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9 deaths without there being a big avalanche or something. Nasty season up there.
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May 20, 2023 04:38
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And a deaf-mute climber missing high up the mountain. https://explorersweb.com/basak-airlifted-from-makalu-deaf-mute-climber-missing-on-everest/
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Mynameismud posted:And a deaf-mute climber missing high up the mountain. 
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May 20, 2023 12:07
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yeesh, what a poo poo job for the sherpas having to search and rescue people's asses
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May 20, 2023 12:17
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orange juche posted:Why, loving why would you decide to climb Everest with a pacemaker, your ticker is already hosed, that's why you have a pacemaker! Climbing a mountain is one of the most athletically strenuous exercises you can do, and even worse, Everest is really loving tall, so you don't have much oxygen to work with, your heart beats faster, and you're putting even more stress on your already shot heart. gently caress people are dumb sometimes. Why do people insist on going to Everest to die.
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May 20, 2023 13:04
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Elukka posted:And then there's the "I paid for this! I'm not going back down!", ignoring the obvious advice given to save her life. So not exactly a professional mountaineer here. I don't blame anyone specifically for things they say once they're up in the death zone. It's a place where rationality goes to die. Hence *nobody should be up there in the first place*.
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May 20, 2023 13:05
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This was, however, near base camp, during acclimation. Though maybe that's not much different depending on the state of her heart.
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May 20, 2023 13:11
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Elukka posted:This was, however, near base camp, during acclimation. Though maybe that's not much different depending on the state of her heart. Oh poo poo really? I totally missed that, apologies. In that case yeah, she should never have been allowed near the drat mountain with that attitude.
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May 20, 2023 13:17
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sounds like Nepal needs to REGULATE
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HopperUK posted:Oh poo poo really? I totally missed that, apologies. In that case yeah, she should never have been allowed near the drat mountain with that attitude.
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May 20, 2023 14:20
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Elukka posted:Why do people insist on going to Everest to die. People have a right to make their own choices and if that's to attempt to enter the death zone with death inducing conditions that's their choice. Deer culling themselves from the herd as a cost efficient alternative to wolves.
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May 20, 2023 14:21
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Elukka posted:What puzzles me is that they do. They want the money, sure. But when they get to the point where the more experienced people running the show go "In my professional opinion, you are going to die on a mountain if you don't turn back now", why do they take no for an answer? Why not say, that's it, we're not not doing this anymore, we're going no further, we're not carrying your stuff, it's over? Maybe I am just projecting from past retail experience. But if I had to deal day in and day out with that kind of entitled jackass knowing that they spend more money on Starbucks in a month than my entire extended family's yearly income -- yeah I'd let them kill themselves if they really wanna.
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May 20, 2023 14:31
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Outrail posted:People have a right to make their own choices and if that's to attempt to enter the death zone with death inducing conditions that's their choice. Nah, we limit choices in a lot of ways when those choices are nothing but harmful.
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May 20, 2023 14:40
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Jesus, Everest sounds like one of those suicide machines from Futurama.
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Elukka posted:And then there's the "I paid for this! I'm not going back down!", ignoring the obvious advice given to save her life. So not exactly a professional mountaineer here. Everyone knows that when you get to the part of the story where everyone tells you to give up it is just a test of your resolve. You push through and all your dreams come true and everyone stands up and claps.
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Paladine_PSoT posted:Oh man, that first day for someone who lives at sea level was brutal from the Lukla trek. You go down like 200m through some nice temparate forest, then you cross a bridge and there's a 10 step staircase that absolutely eats your soul. Nowhere near the same, but we live at sea level and went to CO last year and did a few hikes around Denver. The first one we did was literally a road that has been turned into a park, not even bad, it's at 1821m (5975') elevation and only 2 miles long. The very beginning of the trail is a 200' rise in elevation over 3/4 mile or so. It was our 2nd day there and I wanted to loving die.
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May 20, 2023 15:35
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im gonna be the first person to sun my rear end in a top hat at everest's peak
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May 20, 2023 16:06
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Chief McHeath posted:im gonna be the first person to sun my rear end in a top hat at everest's peak sorry, white guy already did it what else can you bring to the table
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I thought they were going to make the qualifications more strenuous? These people are still probably getting firsts, just not the ones they want.
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