Annual Everest Thread: Well they always told me getting high was dangerous.

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poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

you cant cut back on sherpas! you will regret this!

# ¿ Jan 30, 2016 19:17

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 02:00

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

the tea leaves won't tell me how many dead but i have it on good authority that the earth will open and swallow the whole mountain this year, heralding the beginning of the end times

# ¿ Jan 31, 2016 00:22

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

Crankit posted:

can't you just drive a snowmobile up the mountain, seems like you could save a lot of time that way??

a zipline all the way to base camp

# ¿ Jan 31, 2016 22:52

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

i wonder if theres a market for explicit everest death. some people spend a lot of time and money on their own funeral arrangements. how many of these folks would pay a few hundred grand to give up the ghost on the everest summit and become a permanent part of the mountain i wonder

youd have to be prepared to work a little harder getting cancer patients and poo poo to the summit but thats just part of doing business

# ¿ Jan 31, 2016 22:57

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

Tochiazuma posted:

More tourist areas need to figure out how to get the rich to pay a lot of money to get killed there

Bonus points if the locals don't die as well

you can already do this in most of south america and africa

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 03:07

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

It's not everest but...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/02/utah-climbers-kyle-dempster-scott-adamsongo-missing-pakistan

quote:

Pakistan plans helicopter search for US climbers missing on Ogre II

Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson have been missing for a week after their latest attempt to climb the notoriously difficult 23,000ft peak

The Pakistani military has set up a helicopter search for a pair of American climbers missing for more than a week after an attempt to climb the notorious Ogre II mountain.

Days of snowy and butty conditions had left rescuers unable to reach the remote peak to search for renowned alpinists Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, said Jonathan Thesenga, of Black Diamond Equipment.

But a break in the weather meant he Pakistan military helicopters were due to begin the search on Saturday morning local time. An organization called Global Rescue also has helicopters and a medivac aircraft on standby.

Dempster and Adamson, who are from Utah, were due back at base camp on 26 August after leaving five days earlier to begin their ascent up the north face of the 22,864ft (6,969m) Ogre II in the Panmah Muztagh subrange of the Karakoram mountains.

Bad weather had hindered rescue efforts since Sunday , which began on Sunday, Thesenga said. Four guides had been dispatched to search the mountain on foot.

Dempster, 33, and Adamson, 34, are two of the most accomplished alpinists of their generation, Thesenga said. The pair made the same attempt last year, when Dempster broke his leg after a 100ft fall and the two then fell 400ft while trying to get down the mountain.

Six other climbers, including two from the US, were at base camp on the mountain and ready to ascend if they were needed to help, he said.

�They have built their careers on cutting-edge alpine ascents from Pakistan to Alaska,� Thesenga said. �We remain optimistic that they are going to get out of the mountains and have this amazing story of survival to share.�

The Ogre massif, also known as Baintha Brakk, is regarded as one of the most difficult climbs in the world thanks to its steep, rocky faces. Doug Scott, the legendary British climber, broke both legs on the first ever ascent of the Ogre in 1977 and it was not climbed again until 2001.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2016 15:34

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

cloud2butt strikes again

# ¿ Sep 3, 2016 17:10

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 02:00

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

that was their route

for perspective we're talking about ogre 2

# ¿ Sep 5, 2016 14:40

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