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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE- poo poo got real in Nepal, 7.9 Earthquake which has devastated the region. The two days of tremors have sent Nepal's economy back by 10 years. Donate some money at these sites (more to be added.) Medecins sans Frontieres Julian Lennon will personally match your donation SAR dogs Nepal - search and rescue dog team in Nepal. Live to Love (based in Nepal so best way to get money to the source) Actionaid Unicef ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. 8848 metres of rock.  It was first knowingly ascended by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hilary in 1953. Since then more than 4000 people have summitted, and around 250 have died trying. A lot of those people are still up there, and have become landmarks for other hopeful climbers. The most notable one is known affectionately as 'Green boots', and resides in a cave close to the summit.  Dorje Morup aka Green Boots There is a lot of controversy about the bodies on Everest, and every year people ask why they can't get the bodies down. For a start, even though climbing Everest is much 'easier' these days thanks to modern technology, you are still battling conditions at an altitude of cruising jets, with 30% of the oxygen you are used to. Your body is actively eating itself and you have to climb a single fixed line that is also being used by loads of other climbers of varying skills, under an incredibly strict time window. It is not a place where rescues happen easily, let alone chipping decades old bodies from a rock face. The air is too thin for helicopters - the highest ever rescue took place in 2013 and that was a struggle at 7000 metres. Everest has been a source of fascination for me since the first thread I read on SA back in 2011, and I have read and digested more than I care to remember. A good place to start is to read 'Into thin air' by Jon Krakauer which is about one of the most famous years on Everest. 1996 was the year that 15 people died, 8 in one night when they were caught in a terrible storm. It was made into a tv movie and is currently being adapted into a big budget movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le3D-fUA_XU 2006 was another bad year, with another large death toll, including one David Sharp who was stranded next to Green Boots and left to die while people passed him by to get to the summit. The 2006 year has a lot of footage available for us to watch, as there were at least 2 tv crews up there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZLCIpovtkU This is a good tv show but you will hear a LOT about Tim Medvitz's injuries. Also 'Ever-ever-ever-ever-rest rest rest' There are 3 seasons of this, the first two are definitely the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_CMD4R0ufk This series follows some guys from the British army attempting to try to climb the quite frankly terrifying West Face, which has only been successfully climbed by 19 people, and it has killed 21 people. 2014 was hotly anticipated by goons after some notable failures in previous years, including this unfortunate Canadian Lady in 2012 who photoshopped herself into some mountain scenes as part of her climbing preparation.  It didn't end well.  Unfortunately for everyone the 2014 season was abruptly cut short when an avalanche killed 16 sherpas, making it the deadliest year in Everest's history. The remaining Sherpas refused to work out of respect for their colleagues, and probably knowing it was next to impossible to do without them, all expeditions were cancelled. This included a crazy bastard who wanted to Base Jump from the summit. This blog post goes into a little of what we can expect this year, and somehow I feel this quote sums up what Everest is all about these days. quote:Many of the guides I spoke with said they have been approached to host film crews, but said the crews had no “story line” and were going to be there in case there was another tragedy. Apparently there are as many as 8 separate crews preparing to be at base camp. So, bring on the climbers!! The avalanches!! The endless arguments about why they can't 'put a slide at the summit'!! Also feel free to talk about other mountains, such as Everest's slightly smaller but much angrier cousin, K2, known affectionately as 'The Killer Summit' - it will eat you and literally chew you up, depositing your remains at its feet. Also caving, diving and any other sort of extreme sport which we can get freaked out by. I have a youtube playlist with some more mountain documentaries on here- http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1rmbexoLhFeYR86FqBnY01-OKSEuG1eT Previous Threads- 2011 2012 2013 2014 I can't wait. eta- Mountain pug  ======================= ETA we had a bit of a dual thread situation going on, here is Last Chance's excellent image laden OP..... Last Chance posted:Old thread EDIT- [url=http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/[/url] is a good place for up-to-date news on this year's events. edit edit! COMPETITION!!!  Deathpool! Pick a number of fatalities for the 2015 climbing season, get it right, win prizes! There is a maximum of 3 guesses per number of fatalities, they're filling up fast! Prizes will be books and your own personalised drawing (by me) of you atop Everest..... Here is the current list.... The North Tower posted:Updated list - we're pretty much out of the typical range by now, with 2-15, 17 and 26 all taken - sorry if you weren't able to enter with a number you wanted, but I did follow request solely in chronological order, and there's always next year for the big 20-year-anniversary party! Here is a great mountaineering book list that was posted on page 22! SteveVizsla posted:I was in a bookstore the other day that had a ton on climbing, so I took photos of the fronts and backs and typed this up. I didn't include Touching the Void, Into Thin Air, High Crimes, anything by Krakauer, etc. Rondette fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Jan 12, 2015 20:36
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The Canadian lady's story is hilarious. http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/m/episodes/2012-2013/into-the-death-zone Here is a link to a documentary about it. She was a loving idiot.
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Jan 12, 2015 20:42
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somebody should poo poo on the OP's dick
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Jan 12, 2015 21:01
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dad gay. so what posted:somebody should poo poo on the OP's dick That's no way to speak about a lady. Sweepstakes on the number of dead this season? Any number between 0 and 100 (incl. climbers and sherpas, both Tibetan and Nepalese sides)? My pick 41 total.
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Jan 12, 2015 21:13
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dad gay. so what posted:somebody should poo poo on the OP's dick Charming! I'll join in the death toll sweepstake and put a punt on 34
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Jan 12, 2015 21:18
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that woman was a loving moron if it makes you feel any better
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Jan 12, 2015 21:20
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Chinatown posted:that woman was a loving moron if it makes you feel any better She was the first Canadian woman of south Asian descent to become a human popsicle in a $8,000 down suit on the world's highest rubbish tip. And no one will ever take that record from her. 
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Jan 12, 2015 21:26
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Any notable douchebags attempting this year we should know about ? I want to be the first Filipino transgender colorblind lesbian double amputee gulf war veteran to summit.
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Jan 12, 2015 21:36
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I'm gonna start an adventure tour travel agency, but we're just gonna kill all our customers, drain as much of their money as we can, and claim they died on the great adventure they paid to go on. In reality, the unconscious bodies will be auctioned off to wealthy cannibals immediately after we gently caress 'em up with the captive bolt gun. Hell I bet there's people who would pay for THAT.
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Jan 12, 2015 21:41
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Josef K. Sourdust posted:She was the first Canadian woman of south Asian descent to become a human popsicle in a $8,000 down suit on the world's highest rubbish tip. I did do some photoshops in the intervening years 
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Jan 12, 2015 21:43
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MIB 3 is awesome
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Jan 12, 2015 21:50
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Rondette posted:2014 was hotly anticipated by goons after some notable failures in previous years, including this unfortunate Canadian Lady in 2012 who photoshopped herself into some mountain scenes as part of her climbing preparation. Her last words always stuck with me "DON'T LEAVE ME HERE TO DIE" because it sounds pretty bitch rear end you better believe if you fucks were leaving me to die on everest i'd have some more... colorful language
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Jan 12, 2015 21:51
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my questoin is if oxygen is a problem why dont they bring more of it lol
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Jan 12, 2015 21:51
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1gnoirents posted:my questoin is if oxygen is a problem why dont they bring more of it lol they should just suck more air ??!
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Jan 12, 2015 21:56
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dMastri posted:Her last words always stuck with me She was a moron. She was warned like a hundred times to go back down because she didn't have enough oxygen to ascend and descend and she didn't listen. She made it to the top but died going down.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:00
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Post pics of dead people preferably with blog posts by them before they were dead about how they wanted to climb the mountain and then let's laugh at them for failing. That's my favorite part about these threads.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:01
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I'm a former mountaineer and can tell you with absolute certainty that the only people who do this kind of poo poo anymore are complete douchbags. I hope they all die.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:05
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I had a thought that they should get those rebreathers that the divers use. But I sure it is prohibitively heavy. I seem to remember reading that you can barely walk in them before getting into the water, but that might have just been due to the dry suit and other gear. Either way, those pressurized tents that the doctors on Everest use on climbers who get altitude sickness are pretty neat. Definitely would think every team would want to pack one or two of those for emergencies.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:07
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Gripen5 posted:I had a thought that they should get those rebreathers that the divers use. But I sure it is prohibitively heavy. I seem to remember reading that you can barely walk in them before getting into the water, but that might have just been due to the dry suit and other gear. I wondered about that but don't those rebreathers have a 10-20% complete malfunction rate? Killed a whole lot of cavers (in the last thread). Posters itt check your apparatus. tia
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Jan 12, 2015 22:09
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Why not just use really long lengths of garden hose
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Jan 12, 2015 22:10
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because it's there
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Jan 12, 2015 22:11
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Josef K. Sourdust posted:I wondered about that but don't those rebreathers have a 10-20% complete malfunction rate? Killed a whole lot of cavers (in the last thread). Posters itt check your apparatus. tia when exposed to frost and cold, and if you include every one attempted to mountain climb from 1938 until now
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Jan 12, 2015 22:14
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I was happy when that Canadian lady died but felt a little guilty. Now that I am watching the documentary I am even happier and don't feel guilty at all.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:20
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i hope a goon dies on everest with a something awful grenade keychain, thats the only way we'll be remembered in the future
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Jan 12, 2015 22:23
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if you go to everest make sore you have Something Awful merch on you please
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Jan 12, 2015 22:24
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winner on the death sweepstake 2015 gets to climb and die in 2016. kickstart it E: Choose your number. I have 41 and I'm afraid of heights 
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Jan 12, 2015 22:25
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Demonachizer posted:I was happy when that Canadian lady died but felt a little guilty. Now that I am watching the documentary I am even happier and don't feel guilty at all. lol snowbinded by hubris
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Jan 12, 2015 22:29
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Demonachizer posted:I was happy when that Canadian lady died but felt a little guilty. Now that I am watching the documentary I am even happier and don't feel guilty at all. what documentary is that
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Jan 12, 2015 22:32
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a hole-y ghost posted:i hope a goon dies on everest with a something awful grenade keychain, thats the only way we'll be remembered in the future eh sure, but can it wait another decade or two?
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Jan 12, 2015 22:33
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woah this mountain rules and owns people on the reg
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Jan 12, 2015 22:34
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buy mt everest an sa account
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Jan 12, 2015 22:34
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Chinatown posted:what documentary is that http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/m/episodes/2012-2013/into-the-death-zone
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Jan 12, 2015 22:34
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mookface posted:The Canadian lady's story is hilarious. Oh my god, this is what happens when absurd narcisism and Dunning-Krueger collide. This is so upsetting to watch, but I can't look away. 
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Jan 12, 2015 22:38
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Tipps posted:Oh my god, this is what happens when absurd narcisism and Dunning-Krueger collide. This is so upsetting to watch, but I can't look away. Its not upsetting to watch actually its pure lol how is this person so loving dumb.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:39
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Honestly if I had to choose where I died it'd be at the summit. At least I'd have you goons talking about my death for years to come.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:40
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Whirlwind Jones posted:Post pics of dead people preferably with blog posts by them before they were dead about how they wanted to climb the mountain and then let's laugh at them for failing. The 2013 fight between sherpas and Euli Steck + company was a major disappointment to me. If there is anything I would like to see on Everest, it's more alpinist-style climbers going up there without fixed lines alongside a team of sherpas in some high altitude traffic jam. And then some famous alpinist climbers set out to do just that and got attacked by sherpas because they had to cross over a line the sherpas were fixing and allegedly knocked ice down on them.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:43
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They should make a series of zip lines that go from the summit all the way down to base camp.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:51
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Chinatown posted:Its not upsetting to watch actually its pure lol how is this person so loving dumb. It is almost more amazing how her friends and family are just like oh she was super determined and poo poo. Her sister commented on how she was lazy and never wanted to walk anywhere preferring to take a taxi. What a useless piece of poo poo.
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Here are the previous years threads- 2012 2013
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