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It's interesting to pop into these sorts of threads from time to time, like anytime you venture into one, you're put in a whole new world where people you don't recognize from anywhere are wishing death upon people who do things you couldn't care less about
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John Denver Hoxha posted:It's interesting to pop into these sorts of threads from time to time, like anytime you venture into one, you're put in a whole new world where people you don't recognize from anywhere are wishing death upon people who do things you couldn't care less about makes u think
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Apr 17, 2016 14:12
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Ars Arcanum posted:I wonder when we will get the first child Woulda made a good side bet.
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Apr 17, 2016 14:41
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Zo posted:Most of the Sherpas are probably greedy assholes in it for money anyway. It only makes sense that the mountain is just full of assholes. Their income is peanuts compared to Western guides but they still make like 5x-10x the average Nepal income plus summiting bonuses, so there's always gonna be a huge greed factor. Sherpas gotta sherp bro
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Apr 17, 2016 14:54
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John Denver Hoxha posted:It's interesting to pop into these sorts of threads from time to time, like anytime you venture into one, you're put in a whole new world where people you don't recognize from anywhere are wishing death upon people who do things you couldn't care less about first anime avatar of a woman to summit everest thread with observation
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Apr 17, 2016 15:31
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Sounds like we should just rename Everest Mt. rear end in a top hat.
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Apr 17, 2016 15:38
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Microwaves Mom posted:Sounds like we should just rename Everest Mt. rear end in a top hat. No that's K2. People just die on Everest, K2 goes out of her way to kill them.
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Apr 17, 2016 15:40
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I wonder if anybody has smoked the nasty fake weed chemical K2 while on the mountain K2. I kind of want to be the first to achieve this feat
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Apr 17, 2016 16:40
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John Denver Hoxha posted:I wonder if anybody has smoked the nasty fake weed chemical K2 while on the mountain K2. I kind of want to be the first to achieve this feat You can almost certainly be the first to die trying! 
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Apr 17, 2016 17:28
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Nether Postlude posted:Hooray!! The 2016 Everest Climbing Season has BEGUN!!! Forgive my deteriorating memory if the link was already posted earlier in the thread, but like in previous years, Alan Arnette is covering the season on his blog: http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/everest/everest-2016-coverage/ If there are any more earthquakes, if the Sherpas eat Tim Medvitz or if the mountain splits in two to reveal the gates of hell, you should hear about it there.
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Apr 17, 2016 19:21
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Didn't see this posted in the OP but I enjoyed this documentary about the Canadian lady, who seemed ....ill prepared. http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2012-2013/into-the-death-zone
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Apr 17, 2016 21:12
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webmeister posted:That spoiled brat kid is in for a serious shock if he wants to do any mountain climbing in Australia! Our highest mountain is 2200m and is about an hour's chairlift + leisurely walk from the carpark. Apparently some of the Tasmanian mountains have killed people - but usually not due to the altitude. Usually it's due to the person climbing said mountain doing so in shorts and a singlet not realising it can go from 24c to like -10 in the space of an hour down here. It can and does snow out of nowhere. Or they just think "Tassie is tiny, you can't get lost there" and promptly get lost because it is tiny and therefor gently caress all people live here and most of it is scrub/bush/forest with no phone reception. One person was found dead from exposure about 10 minutes from a town. Bonus for us is that the Tassie devils are great scavengers, they like to eat pretty much everything including bones and sometimes the only thing search teams (or whoever happens on the body) find are a few leftover bits of backpack or a wallet or something.
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Apr 17, 2016 23:42
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Alpenglow posted:That's not the Three Sisters. They're from Yorba Linda? Holy gently caress, that explains everything. Also, I'm throwing in a side-bet (even though betting is closed 'cause that's how I roll). Someone in a red jacket (parka...whatever) will get an icepick to the skull.
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Apr 18, 2016 00:10
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Dead Precedents posted:They're from Yorba Linda? Holy gently caress, that explains everything. are you climbing the mountain? 
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Apr 18, 2016 00:54
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Shinjobi posted:are you climbing the mountain? Hell no. I'm not that stupid.* I'm just taking a guess that someone is going to go crazy up there and slam their climbing pick into someone's head who is wearing a red jacket. *Though still stupid
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Apr 18, 2016 01:03
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wintrrmute posted:Didn't see this posted in the OP but I enjoyed this documentary about the Canadian lady, who seemed ....ill prepared. "You have one life, live it." LOL
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Apr 18, 2016 01:07
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  Add it to OP
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Apr 18, 2016 01:15
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Shinjobi posted:
its like opening a fine bottle of wine and getting a sniff of what you're about to enjoy.
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Apr 18, 2016 01:21
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DumbparameciuM posted:Woulda made a good side bet. There's always next climbing season 
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Shinjobi posted:
I've been reading Viesturs' Everest book and his central point is exactly that. "You only have one life, so live it. That means listening and thinking things through and turning around and getting off the drat mountain when it's time to go."
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Dead Precedents posted:They're from Yorba Linda? Holy gently caress, that explains everything. i predict this person will die on everest: 
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Apr 18, 2016 05:27
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Updated the DeathPool in the OP. Tim Medvitz as a guide just makes me 
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Apr 18, 2016 12:58
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Rondette posted:Updated the DeathPool in the OP. Mansplain plz
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Apr 18, 2016 13:46
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Alan Smithee posted:Mansplain plz I can Ladysplain. The long story is contained within the Discovery show 'Everest:Beyond the Limit' in which walking 'RUFTY TUFTY USA BIKER' stereotype Tim Medvitz attempts to scale Everest. He was in an accident (which iirc was on Sept 11 2001) which the show tells you about at least 3 times a show, and is packed full of metal pins, staples and other stuff, so that makes him SPESHUL. He is climbing with Russell Brice's Himex outfit, regarded as the best on the Mountain. However being an American Stereotype he thinks he knows better than the leader and veteran Brice and frequently ignores his demands to come back and generally pises Brice off with his 'If you can dream it you can do it' attitude which people like Brice are not fans of, especially if it leads to a fatality on the mountain and a spot on Brice's (so-far) spotless 0 Fatalities rate. Here is a video with his INJURIES montage included which you will see a lot if you watch the show (which is, having said that, is a Good Show) http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/everest/videos/everest-beyond-the-limit-tim-medvetz/ He's not a BAD GUY, he treats the Sherpas with respect and knows a bit of Nepalese, but, he's the antithesis of everything that Brice is. (edit-oh yeah he got to the top of Everest the next year, breaking his hand in the process and neglecting to tell base camp who surely would have told him to return immediately) You could also watch this video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikOpVGeGKFs  VVV Ha ha yeah drat I had forgotten that VVV Rondette fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Apr 18, 2016 |
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Apr 18, 2016 18:59
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Don't forget he was engaged to Cher too
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Apr 18, 2016 19:04
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Given the choice between dying a miserable, frozen pointless death on Everest or being married to Cher, I'm going to take the mountain every time.
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Apr 18, 2016 21:45
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"Congratulations, you're married to Cher." "Wow, uh, anyway. Can I borrow $40,000 and enough oxygen to make it 95% up to the summit of say, I don't know, Everest?"
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Apr 19, 2016 00:28
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If anyone hasn't been there yet, Cher's Twitter feed is a national treasure.
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Apr 19, 2016 00:35
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It's been ages since I've watched Ever-rest-rest-rest-rest but Medvetz came off okay from what I remember? IIRC most of the stupid poo poo was producers lionising him for knowing Hollywood people (biker builder to the STARS). Obviously he was underprepared and blithely assumed willpower would make up for shortcomings in ability, but I think that describes the majority of people who attempt Everest.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:If anyone hasn't been there yet, Cher's Twitter feed is a national treasure. Oh my god, it so is. I had no idea.
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Apr 19, 2016 01:03
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There were a lot of idiots on that show. Like the guy who didn't even make it to the top but just had to take his gloves off and take a picture with his flag. Then he lost the top half of most of his fingers to frostbite.
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webmeister posted:It's been ages since I've watched Ever-rest-rest-rest-rest but Medvetz came off okay from what I remember? IIRC most of the stupid poo poo was producers lionising him for knowing Hollywood people (biker builder to the STARS). He comes off particularly badly on summit day because they have so much footage of him to show - again and again, Brice tells him to start descending and Tim insists he can still make it even though he obviously can't move, and then when he does start descending, he just sits down over and over while the sherpa screams at him to keep moving. That happens to many people on the mountain, and it looks like Gerard is a worse client than Tim even just within the HimEx group, but they have so much Tim footage that they really shove it in your face.
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Cojawfee posted:There were a lot of idiots on that show. Like the guy who didn't even make it to the top but just had to take his gloves off and take a picture with his flag. Then he lost the top half of most of his fingers to frostbite. He took his gloves off in an environment that hovers around 0 degrees Fahrenheit? Da gently caress is wrong with people?
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Apr 19, 2016 03:38
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Rondette posted:I can Ladysplain. dude looks like John McAfee. A walking Vice documentary
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Apr 19, 2016 04:05
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Alan Smithee posted:dude looks like John McAfee. A walking Vice documentary yeah total douche vibe
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:If anyone hasn't been there yet, Cher's Twitter feed is a national treasure. someone should tell Cher a 14 year old girl has hijacked her name
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Dead Precedents posted:He took his gloves off in an environment that hovers around 0 degrees Fahrenheit? Da gently caress is wrong with people? It's almost like people can't think properly when their brains are starved of oxygen
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Apr 19, 2016 05:43
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webmeister posted:It's almost like people can't think properly when their brains are starved of oxygen Welcome to the Republican Party 
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Goodness, looks like some sanity's slipping in: "Nepal bans novice climbers from Everest, considers more limits" http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/29/travel/nepal-everest-limits-feat/ "Now, the country has banned climbers who have not previously reached the peak of at least one 6,500-meter (21,325-foot) mountain, according to Sapkota. This will weed out less-experienced climbers who critics say pose a safety threat to themselves and others. The ministry, which has the authority under Nepalese law to set conditions for climbing permits, is also considering setting minimum and maximum age limits for climbers, and rejecting those who are visually or physically disabled."
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Are they hoping that by consuming stronger souls, the mountain will eat less people?
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