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Bilirubin posted:man how many ropes that guy tied into for what looks like no protection and why does it look like he's about to stomp another with his crampon Looks like he's rapping one doubled up rope that appears to be tied on one end to the base of the ladder to make it easier to rapp sideways. hosed up to have a ladder on low third class terrain. Sigmund Fraud fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Sep 1, 2020 |
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Sat next to a guy who summited K2 in the 90:s at a dinner during a climbing meet. Asked him how many of his group that summited. He said he didn't know cause he was the only one who didn't turn back and made it back down alive. A sudden storm claimed the rest. K2 has killed so many excellent, highly skilled and motivated people. It has many objective dangers such as fixed lines that frequently break, sudden storms, collapsing seracs and extreme exposure. Being struck by HAPE/HACE or snow blindness on K2 is often a death sentence. There is no rescue up there unlike the ABC:s on Everest. I can see how its to many people find it comedic that people willingly risk their lives in the Himalayas. I don't. Sigmund Fraud fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Jan 4, 2021 |
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how about some awesome alpinism videos to break the everest negativity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMMGFZh6wwI
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https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10156275046798216 It's only appropriate to follow Ueli and David with another germanic alpinist: Hansjörg Auer in possibly the sketchiest rappel ever caught on tape.
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PittTheElder posted:Looks like K2 has claimed three more guys, they've been just MIA for over 24 hours: https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2021/02/05/winter-k2-update-summit-push-update-6/ https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/3-top-climbers-missing-following-k2-winter-summit-attempt/ He is suggesting they might try to bivvy and wait for the sun and less extreme weather. Imagine the horror of attempting to hide in a snow cave above the death zone without O2, batteries and food in -80 F/-60 C wind chill temps.
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