|
down n out posted:So, has everest been dumbed down by so many sherpas and ropes that it's basically extreme hiking? That Canadian lady looked like she was in slow motion even on the practice climbs and she still managed to summit. Extreme hiking where you are dying every second you spend past a certain height, yea.
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 01:36
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 25, 2024 07:27 |
|
|
Gringo Heisenberg posted:OP your youtube playlist is missing the best climbing documentary: Touching the Void is one of the most amazing stories ever. For you NPR folks out there, apparently they still have available an old story about an Everest expedition they covered back in '88: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4581895 Giving this a listen it isn't the full extent of the reporting they did, but just some recordings made by their reporter trying to keep up with the climbers. For a taste of how much fun climbing Everest really is. Cuntpunch fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Jan 14, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 01:43
|
|
|
Cuntpunch posted:Touching the Void is one of the most amazing stories ever. Yeah Touching the Void! Imagine crawling to what is possibly going to be your death with this stuck in your head. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GiX2PbrBXCQ
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 01:49
|
|
|
ThePutty posted:i wonder if there's some sort of academic document explaining exactly what drives people to think climbing everest is going to improve their lives or is even a good idea If you read Krakauer's books, he goes into this quite a bit. It's been a while since I read his books, but I remember that he talks about a particular ascent he made (I think of Devil's Thumb), especially in Into the Wild (which is actually about Chris McCandless' ill-fated trip to Alaska rather than about mountaineering). He describes how during a rough patch in his life, he hoped that ascending this challenging mountain and standing on the razor-thin summit would give him some greater sense of clarity and personal actualization, and help him solve the issues he was having. It didn't.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 01:50
|
|
|
http://www.startribune.com/nation/288439021.html The two dudes climbing Yosemite are almost at the top. Cool and safe climbing is just as impressive!
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 02:02
|
|
|
SaltLick posted:http://www.startribune.com/nation/288439021.html Oh man I forgot about these guys! They've already been at it for like two weeks or something, and there's a pair of Nat Geo film dudes climbing with them so we'll get some pretty amazing videos at some point.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 03:31
|
|
|
SaltLick posted:http://www.startribune.com/nation/288439021.html Its way more impressive then someone paying a whole bunch of money to role the dice on becoming a popsicle
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 03:50
|
|
|
If I ever end up with a terminal illness I am going to die on Everest.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 04:47
|
|
|
I'm going to Everest's summit and this is how I will get there: 
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 05:22
|
|
|
Bro Nerd Alpha posted:If I ever end up with a terminal illness I am going to die on Everest. you wont burden your family with insane funeral costs, and you'll be preserved forever. probaly even a wikipedia entry. win win
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 05:25
|
|
|
Xaris posted:you wont burden your family with insane funeral costs, and you'll be preserved forever. probaly even a wikipedia entry. win win I would climb into a crevasse that's both highly visible and impossible to get out of and die proudly with my dick in my hand wearing a birthday hat
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 05:30
|
|
|
I'd do a kickstarter to fund the trip and leave a nest egg for family. Set tiers, top being I'd hold up a custom sign from any group and have their logo all over. Who the gently caress would bother to erase/change it and my next of kin would have a nice lump sum.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 05:32
|
|
|
Bob James posted:I'm going to Everest's summit and this is how I will get there: Make a big enough impact so K2 becomes the tallest
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 05:32
|
|
|
just thought it would be kinda crazy is someone brought a grenade to the summit and murdered everyone there. hell of a way to go
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 05:34
|
|
|
Rondette posted:
One of the bodies is the first person to ever attempt it in 1924.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 05:36
|
|
|
Zeike posted:One of the bodies is the first person to ever attempt it in 1924. he was a fuckin historical hottie too kickstarter to snap his dead frigid dick off and make a cast of it for folk to enjoy worldwide
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 05:42
|
|
|
Pick posted:he was a fuckin historical hottie too I dunno. It's pretty cold up there.. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 05:44
|
|
|
I propose a new idea. Everyone who has reached the summit successfully can apply to be a sherpa. Then we can have a bunch of douches competing for who can out extreme each other. "first genderqueer, double amputee ADHD lesbian republican, rookie sherpa, lost on second trip with group of 12"
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 05:54
|
|
|
Rondette posted:Yeah sorry bud, I had no idea you had started one, and I had to keep my Everest fix going! lol no worries, i'm juist happy to see this horrific mountain death thread back and active. it's one of my favorites on the board. Parts Kit posted:This was posted in the tail end of the last thread and it's an amazing read. It's about the last dive of David Shaw, when he attempted to recover the body of Deon Dreyer from a 800+ foot deep underwater cave. and this was a good read that i enjoyed from the last thread. the whole thing seems dumb when you look at the big picture but i couldnt stop reading it.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 06:39
|
|
|
I tend to just lurk this thread but goddamn it's a thrill
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 07:03
|
|
|
The sign says "STOP" but the picture of the reaper says "c'mon guy, it's cool there's room for one more" Mixed messages on that sign, man.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 07:14
|
|
|
mookface posted:The Canadian lady's story is hilarious. good loving lord everest shouldn't be your first loving mountain
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 07:21
|
|
|
raditts posted:The sign says "STOP" but the picture of the reaper says "c'mon guy, it's cool there's room for one more" Bishop fucked around with this message at 07:55 on Jan 14, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 07:27
|
|
|
Rondette posted:Yeah Touching the Void! Imagine crawling to what is possibly going to be your death with this stuck in your head. I watched that documentary and was horrified most of the time but still laughed when the guy said "bloody hell I'm gonna die to Boney M". Really though I found it very interesting. I mean from the description of the whole ordeal you'd think the worst part would be falling on the mountain and barely escaping death. Then you have to watch this guy crawl for days across snow and dirt as his body gets torn up in the process. He's not just physically destroyed but also mentally because he's spent days alone going through torture for what he realizes is a hopeless escape attempt.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 07:34
|
|
|
Gringo Heisenberg posted:OP your youtube playlist is missing the best climbing documentary: Joe Simpson is a crevasse wanker e: when i was 11 we went to canada and my dad decided it was a good idea to walk on glacier in a heatwave. I nearly slipped and fell into a crevasse a pipe smoking dog fucked around with this message at 11:56 on Jan 14, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 11:53
|
|
|
Bishop posted:Death is close to certain if you aren't a cave diver though (takes lots of specialized training and equipment), and even then death is surprisingly possible! not surprisingly
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 12:10
|
|
|
Last Chance posted:OP, can you add this previous thread to your list: Thank you for helping to keep me sane for another year.  
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 13:09
|
|
|
a pipe smoking dog posted:Joe Simpson is a crevasse wanker OK so here is my current library of books-  I haven't gotten round to reading the Bear Grylls one, the Graham Hoyland one, the James Ballard one and am halfway through the John Hunt one. I also have 'Touching the Void' but have lent it to a friend. If there are any of the others here that I've read that you want to know more about let me know, also any recommendations! The Mountaineers book has some excellent old photos in it which I will share with you , I won't dump them all in this post but try and have some sort of theme for each set. We'll start with Badasses from history-   George Mallory  Hanging out with a smoke.  Chillin  A pipe is an essential part of any Alpinists gear.  Lookin sharp guys! Rondette fucked around with this message at 13:27 on Jan 14, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 13:20
|
|
|
Bob James posted:I'm going to Everest's summit and this is how I will get there: There was a british guy whose plan was to crash-land on Everest, and then walk the rest to the top. Of course he had neither experience in flying nor climbing.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 13:36
|
|
|
Rondette posted:A pipe is an essential part of any Alpinists gear. That story about George Mallory scaling an unclimbable cliff because he'd forgotten his pipe and no-one being able to figure out how he did it. My grandma taught Mallory's children piano, though I think it was several years after he had died.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 14:16
|
|
|
The-Mole posted:That's a pretty poo poo belay job pff, a little slack isn't a big deal her footwork though, woefully bad
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 14:30
|
|
|
a pipe smoking dog posted:That story about George Mallory scaling an unclimbable cliff because he'd forgotten his pipe and no-one being able to figure out how he did it. haha, that is amazing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mallory#Robert_Graves.27_tale_of_Mallory.27s_Pipe quote:"My friend George Mallory .... once did an inexplicable climb on Snowdon. He had left his pipe on a ledge, half-way down one of the Liwedd precipices, and scrambled back by a short cut to retrieve it, then up again by the same route. No one saw what route he took, but when they came to examine it the next day for official record, they found an overhang nearly all the way. By a rule of the Climbers' Club climbs are never named in honour of their inventors, but only describe natural features. An exception was made here. The climb was recorded as follows : 'Mallory's Pipe, a variation on route 2 ; see adjoining map. This climb is totally impossible. It has been performed once, in failing light, by Mr G. H. L. Mallory.'".[58]
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 15:02
|
|
|
midnightclimax posted:There was a british guy whose plan was to crash-land on Everest, and then walk the rest to the top. Of course he had neither experience in flying nor climbing. Yea but I imagine he believed in himself so he was perfectly qualified. When is someone going to climb with a pressurized suit? Have a long hose from camp 4 and be fine
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 15:09
|
|
|
Rondette posted:haha, that is amazing. I kind of like the believe he got to the top before he died because he comes off as the sort of person who would manage it, though I agree with Hillary that it isn't a success unless you can come back down (take that dead canadian lady).
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 15:49
|
|
|
Pick posted:good loving lord But it was her dream! Seriously though, her husband must've been a weak willed piece of poo poo to just agree and let her spend $50-60k just so she can climb the world's tallest mountain even though she has literally zero experience. There's comprising in marriages and then there's "gently caress no I will not be a party to your death wish". That he didn't even fight her on it and tell her to climb some other smaller mountains first means he was either as dumb as her or completely cowed by her. Really, 15 minutes on the internet would tell you that people die on Everest every year, and some of them are expert climbers who just get hit with bad luck. But this poo poo quote:The Torontonian had long dreamed of reaching the 8,848-metre summit. With no climbing experience, she paid Utmost Adventure Trekking, a company that she learned of through family in Nepal, almost $40,000 to guide her. is just someone given the rope to hang their self and eagerly jumping into the noose. Now that Nepal has slashed the price of the climbing license by 50% or higher you're going to get even more people who lack a fundamental knowledge of mountain climbing and think that a few months in the gym and a few weeks with the Sherpas will get them to the summit effortlessly.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 15:59
|
|
|
pentyne posted:
Bad for them, good for schadenfreude and this thread.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 16:09
|
|
|
pentyne posted:Seriously though, her husband must've been a weak willed piece of poo poo to just agree and let her spend $50-60k just so she can climb the world's tallest mountain even though she has literally zero experience. There's comprising in marriages and then there's "gently caress no I will not be a party to your death wish". That he didn't even fight her on it and tell her to climb some other smaller mountains first means he was either as dumb as her or completely cowed by her. Why do you think she married him?
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 16:21
|
|
|
pentyne posted:But it was her dream! every time he thought about arguing her out of it he'd go to the file cabinet, find the life insurance policy, thumb through it and count to ten
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 16:40
|
|
|
i'm fairly sure whoever at the insurance company handled that claim googled her name, found one of these threads, and then dunked the claim form into the basura laughin'
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 16:45
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 25, 2024 07:27 |
|
|
a pipe smoking dog posted:I kind of like the believe he got to the top before he died because he comes off as the sort of person who would manage it, though I agree with Hillary that it isn't a success unless you can come back down (take that dead canadian lady). I remember reading many times that it was unlikely Mallory made it to the top because the second step (on the North approach) is considered far too difficult of a climb for someone of his level of skill. It is only typically possible today with the use of ladders. Even though the last eye witness who saw them alive claims they were just above the second step. This story kinda makes you wonder. It is really steep. I am sure it would be a difficult climb even at sea level in ideal conditions.  But Conrad Anker, the guy who found Mallory's body, apparently free soloed it in 2007 using period 1924 gear. I guess its just another one of those things the internet can argue about forever just for the hell of it. Edit: Oh. This was all laid out in the wiki just above where it was linked too. Oh well. Gripen5 fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Jan 14, 2015 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2015 16:51
|
|
