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Yeah, places that had previously stayed frozen all year are now starting to undergo the freeze-thaw process and once stable areas are especially prone to rockfall and slides. Even though there's been a ton of frost-wedging they've never had the chance to fall before so it's like a time-bomb waiting to go off. A lot of frozen moraines are starting to melt too, which can lead to landslides. We're seeing it here in Canada, it's actually a huge problem for the Athabasca glacier walk in Jasper because the moraine they built the parking and staging area for the snow-coaches on is likely going to collapse in the near future. Not to mention the glacier itself is receding at an insane rate.
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To show that we aren't completely heartless if be all for setting up patreons for the Sherpas. We can pay them for every rich rear end in a top hat they no longer have to take up the mountain
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Did someone ask if the Sherpas are worth 1/2 or 1/3 for the deadpool? Cause I'm taking 6.6666667 if thats the case.
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I think the Sherpas should be worth zero pool points because they're just doing their job and don't deserve to be a part of our macabre game of bingo. Calling 9 rich assholes with more money than sense.
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Mar 5, 2016 05:54
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Outrail posted:I think the Sherpas should be worth zero pool points because they're just doing their job and don't deserve to be a part of our macabre game of bingo. Fine we'll compromise at 3/5 
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Mar 5, 2016 06:10
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Alan Smithee posted:To show that we aren't completely heartless if be all for setting up patreons for the Sherpas. We can pay them for every rich rear end in a top hat they no longer have to take up the mountain That would just incentivize Sherpas to toss rich pricks off the cliff although they may do some of this for fun already
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Mar 5, 2016 07:01
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naem posted:That would just incentivize Sherpas to toss rich pricks off the cliff although they may do some of this for fun already Don't get me excited
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naem posted:That would just incentivize Sherpas to toss rich pricks off the cliff I hope your only problem with this is that it is littering.
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MY death count excludes sherpas. I don't think we should ridicule their deaths. Also why do people see this thing and think, "I'mma climb this death trap."? There's nothing there but despair, exhaustion, and death!
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Mar 5, 2016 11:23
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Microwaves Mom posted:MY death count excludes sherpas. I don't think we should ridicule their deaths. Why climb any mountain? Why go out to the woods to camp (and I mean for real not pulling up to a camp site in a state park)? The answer is obvious to put yourself in danger to prove you can overcome it. Doing so brings you a special kind of feeling. It is dangerous, yes, but for some it is worth the danger. I personally have gone camping in the more extreme fashion where you load up a bunch of poo poo into a huge backpack and walk some twenty miles into the woods before you set up camp and it's definitely rewarding in a particular fashion that normal camping isn't. Climbing a mountain like Everest is even more extreme, even more dangerous, then that but I think they're after the same feeling.
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Microwaves Mom posted:Also why do people see this thing and think, "I'mma climb this death trap."? Because their neighbour hasn't.
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Jim Barris posted:Why climb any mountain? Why go out to the woods to camp (and I mean for real not pulling up to a camp site in a state park)? The answer is obvious to put yourself in danger to prove you can overcome it. Doing so brings you a special kind of feeling. It is dangerous, yes, but for some it is worth the danger. I personally have gone camping in the more extreme fashion where you load up a bunch of poo poo into a huge backpack and walk some twenty miles into the woods before you set up camp and it's definitely rewarding in a particular fashion that normal camping isn't. Climbing a mountain like Everest is even more extreme, even more dangerous, then that but I think they're after the same feeling. FrozenVent posted:Because their neighbour hasn't.
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Mar 5, 2016 15:56
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I want to be the first gay black female leader of the ku klux klan to climb Everett
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Alan Smithee posted:I want to be the first gay black female leader of the ku klux klan to climb Everett I'm sure a lot of people in the Ku Klux Klan have climbed Everett.
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Mar 5, 2016 16:36
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Can we talk about other disasters here, or is this mostly for idiots on mountains
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10.5 people shall perish
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:Can we talk about other disasters here, or is this mostly for idiots on mountains cave diving is traditional topic, so's x-treem whatever
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Jim Barris posted:Why climb any mountain? Why go out to the woods to camp (and I mean for real not pulling up to a camp site in a state park)? The answer is obvious to put yourself in danger to prove you can overcome it. Doing so brings you a special kind of feeling. It is dangerous, yes, but for some it is worth the danger. I personally have gone camping in the more extreme fashion where you load up a bunch of poo poo into a huge backpack and walk some twenty miles into the woods before you set up camp and it's definitely rewarding in a particular fashion that normal camping isn't. Climbing a mountain like Everest is even more extreme, even more dangerous, then that but I think they're after the same feeling. Lol, if you believe this. If they wanted a challenge they would climb without the assistance of the sherpas. Climbing Everest is just an expensive form of masturbation that often ends in their death.
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I watched the Descent for the first time the other day. The first half was really good at being creepy and claustrophobic. The second half was dirty brown water trash. Are there any caving movies or anything of the sort that convey the terrifying feeling of squeezing through a narrow space under a ton of rock?
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RCarr posted:I watched the Descent for the first time the other day. The first half was really good at being creepy and claustrophobic. The second half was dirty brown water trash. 127 Hours
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Jim Barris you are a dumb rear end, a real stupid horse-donkey. There is a difference between going on a huge rear end dangerous hike or climb to prove something to yourself or show off, and going on a huge rear end dangerous hike or climb to prove something to other people and also paying someone to come with you and putting their life in danger for you own narcissistic insecurity. If they really wanted 'a challenge' there's plenty of other mountains to climb that don't cost thousands of dollars to access. If they really wanted to 'challenge themselves' they wouldn't have a team of Sherpa servants doing half of the hard work for them. They just want attention. Source: I'm an insecure narcissist and have done back country hikes, been to dangerous places and climbed over 6000m for my own boastful pleasure but somehow without putting other people's lives in danger.
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One of the mayoral candidates in my city climbed Everest and people don't understand why I think it shows he has no business being mayor.
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:Can we talk about other disasters here, or is this mostly for idiots on mountains There's a lot of snowmobile idiots where I live, they all go out as a huge group, and usually all hit the same slope at the same time, and then you get 5 people dying when an avalanche takes everyone in the group out. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/avalanche-deaths-of-5-snowmobilers-preventable-expert-says-1.3433105 Like how hard is it to take turns so that if an avalanche occurs there's multiple people available to dig the poor fucker out of it?
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Picnic Princess posted:There's a lot of snowmobile idiots where I live, they all go out as a huge group, and usually all hit the same slope at the same time, and then you get 5 people dying when an avalanche takes everyone in the group out. I have a feeling that this may be the intersection of snowmobiles and alcohol
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when is the drat climb? Everest, she needs blood to be satiated or else she will awaken and walk on two legs
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Jim Barris posted:Why go out to the woods to camp (and I mean for real not pulling up to a camp site in a state park)? The answer is obvious to put yourself in danger to prove you can overcome it. This is really stupid. Most people don't go backpacking because of the danger. They go backpacking because it's the only way to find solitude in the wilderness and actually experience nature without all the other campers in the same developed campsite you're in, and all their noise and poo poo and drunkeness and screaming children and feeding the contents of their cars to the bears etc. etc. Wilderness backpacking is fantastic and doesn't have to involve any significant danger. If you're well prepared and either experienced, or with someone experienced, it's probably less dangerous than driving your car for a few hours on the interstate.
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^^: gently caress, your response was shorter and better than mine. EXTREME INSERTION posted:I have a feeling that this may be the intersection of snowmobiles and alcohol And Albertans. 16 to 17 sledders? Most of the people who died had all the right expensive safety equipment but apparently not the right training, peer pressure, too many people and multiple people waiting to cross a restrictive terrain feature may have played a part? Not sure why this is relevant to the thread though.
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Alan Smithee posted:when is the drat climb? Everest, she needs blood to be satiated or else she will awaken and walk on two legs Most groups get there right around end of March or beginning of April and attempt the summit in early-mid May. We've got a wait.
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:Can we talk about other disasters here, or is this mostly for idiots on mountains There are no disasters here, just darwin and mountains.
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Mar 6, 2016 05:59
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Well, this seems like as good a thread as any to point out that there was a man called Major Butts on the Titanic
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:Well, this seems like as good a thread as any to point out that there was a man called Major Butts on the Titanic hahaha Did he go down with teh ship?
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Microwaves Mom posted:hahaha Did he go down with teh ship? Sadly, Major Archibald Willingham Butt perished
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:Sadly, Major Archibald Willingham Butt perished At least his spirit lives on in presciently named Michigan tight end, Jake Butt. https://mobile.twitter.com/jbooty_88 Butt was recently named the best Big Ten tight end.
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Sherpas should count for 2 deaths since they're the ones accepting money to take rich people up a mountain. If there were no Sherpas they would do it on their own and we get more death for the death God.
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nonreg drugged my mom with rufus, fettucine LOL
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http://www.outsideonline.com/2017426/how-hollywood-filmed-movie-everest
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Picnic Princess posted:There's a lot of snowmobile idiots where I live, they all go out as a huge group, and usually all hit the same slope at the same time, and then you get 5 people dying when an avalanche takes everyone in the group out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSf9k52bb7I
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Turd Burglar posted:Sherpas should count for 2 deaths since they're the ones accepting money to take rich people up a mountain. I kinda doubt 99% of the people climbing would do it if they didn't have sherpas to hold their hand though.
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Pekinduck posted:I kinda doubt 99% of the people climbing would do it if they didn't have sherpas to hold their hand though. Let's be honest, if they didn't have locals to pay pittances to, they'd just bring their own slightly-higher paid proles to lug their gear up mountains for them. When you're dropping 70 grand on the trip, and sherpas are making 5-7 grand of that, you can probably afford to hire someone at 10 grand and then hope they get HAPE somewhere between camp 3 and 4 so you can finish up and leave a nice trail marker for the next group.
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Outrail posted:Jim Barris you are a dumb rear end, a real stupid horse-donkey.
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