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

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Outrail: Jan 4, 2009; www.sapphicrobotica.com

canyoneer posted:

Ultimate Adventure seems a better name

Wow

They won't get many repeat customers with that business model.

# ? May 11, 2016 03:52

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Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Utmost Adventures is doing the world a favor.

# ? May 11, 2016 09:02

c0ldfuse: Jun 18, 2004; The pursuit of excellence.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...2a8372eb786500c

article posted:

NINE Nepalese guides have summited Mount Everest, becoming the first climbers in three years to reach the top after two successive natural disasters.

Nepal Mountaineering Department official Gyanendra Shrestha, who is at the base camp, said the group reached the 8850-metre peak on Wednesday.

Sherra Gyalgen Sherpa reached the top of Everest at 5.05pm (9.05pm Wednesday AEST), said Ang Tshering Sherpa, chief of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.

The Nepalese Sherpa guides are hired by expeditions to carry equipment and fix ropes on the icy and rocky slopes for the use of the foreign climbers.

Nearly 300 foreign climbers and their guides are attempting to reach the summit from Nepal this year. Many are expected to succeed as favourable weather is forecast this month.

May is the most popular month to climb, coming between the harsh winter and dangerous monsoon season.

Nepal is hoping for a safe 2016 season on Everest, after an avalanche triggered by a powerful earthquake killed 19 climbers and injured 61 others at base camp last year. In 2014, 16 Sherpa guides were killed by an avalanche above the base camp.

# ? May 11, 2016 19:15

bradzilla: Oct 15, 2004

RKRGoat posted:

So...

http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bad-weather-hampers-rescue-slovak-climbers-stuck-mt-everest-avalanche/

redacted

bradzilla fucked around with this message at 00:09 on May 12, 2016

# ? May 11, 2016 20:24

koreban: Apr 4, 2008; I guess we all learned that trying to get along is way better than p. . .player hatin'.; Fun Shoe

Reset your death counts. The Sherpas saved the Slovaks.

http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/sherpas-rescue-slovakian-climbers-everest-avalanche/

# ? May 11, 2016 21:53

ChrisHansen: Oct 28, 2014; Suck my damn balls.; Lipstick Apathy

I'm saddened by the news

# ? May 11, 2016 22:11

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

whats pemba gyalje sherpa up to these days he did insane stuff if the summit was telling the truth

# ? May 11, 2016 22:22

Paramemetic: Sep 29, 2003; Area 51. You heard of it, right?; Fallen Rib

Jose posted:

whats pemba gyalje sherpa up to these days he did insane stuff if the summit was telling the truth

He's got a website. He apparently is running his own business doing some treks and minor summits, and also training climbers.

# ? May 12, 2016 00:05

Frozen Pizza Party: Dec 13, 2005

koreban posted:

Reset your death counts. The Sherpas saved the Slovaks.

http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/sherpas-rescue-slovakian-climbers-everest-avalanche/

9 more to go

# ? May 12, 2016 00:39

Kung Fu Fist Fuck: Aug 9, 2009

SaNChEzZ posted:

9 more to go

dusted

# ? May 12, 2016 00:49

Glass Joe: Mar 9, 2007

Makalu claimed two Sherpas though

http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepal-mountaineering-two-sherpa-guides-killed-mt-makalu/

# ? May 12, 2016 00:53

ChrisHansen: Oct 28, 2014; Suck my damn balls.; Lipstick Apathy

Glass Joe posted:

Makalu claimed two Sherpas though

http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepal-mountaineering-two-sherpa-guides-killed-mt-makalu/

The article says that 2 trekkers died in the everest region "earlier"

# ? May 12, 2016 01:04

mikemil828: May 15, 2008; A man who has said too much

Welp the white man-free Everest streak is over.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/05/12/climbers-reach-top-mount-everest-for-first-time-in-two-years.html?ICID=ref_fark

mikemil828 fucked around with this message at 20:12 on May 12, 2016

# ? May 12, 2016 20:10

atomicgeek: Jul 5, 2007; noony noony noony nooooooo

Here's a profile of a Sherpa woman who's summitted more than any other woman in the world. Story is equal parts awesome and :smith:

just so you're warned.

# ? May 13, 2016 01:55

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

mikemil828 posted:

Welp the white man-free Everest streak is over.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/05/12/climbers-reach-top-mount-everest-for-first-time-in-two-years.html?ICID=ref_fark

Wow, they're the first people to summit in two years!

Except for the Sherpas who did it a couple of days ago :ssh:

# ? May 13, 2016 02:22

Outrail: Jan 4, 2009; www.sapphicrobotica.com

webmeister posted:

Wow, they're the first people to summit in two years!

Except for the Sherpas who did it a couple of days ago

Whats the odds they boast to their friends exactly this and totally downplay the Sherpa bit.

# ? May 13, 2016 02:26

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Outrail posted:

Whats the odds they boast to their friends exactly this and totally downplay the Sherpa bit.

Probably, though 2 of the 3 westerners seem pretty experienced climbers (nearly 20 summits between them) so maybe not.

# ? May 13, 2016 02:28

Howard Beale: Feb 22, 2001; It's like this, Peanut

not only that but there was an unsatisfactory friday lunch in lalitpur

http://thehimalayantimes.com/food/food-spies/unsatisfactory-friday-lunch/

quote:

But that is when all the trouble began. Waiting for our main course to arrive I looked around and saw cigarette butts littered all over the place. Some were carelessly pushed under our table. This littered sight put me off. Also, I had begun to notice that we were the only customers in the whole restaurant. Not to forget we had to ask for a candle just to get rid of the many houseflies around our table.

# ? May 13, 2016 03:35

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Who is this person? Why would you go to Nepal, order a Thai seafood dish and expect perfection? :psyduck:

# ? May 13, 2016 04:40

Outrail: Jan 4, 2009; www.sapphicrobotica.com

webmeister posted:

Who is this person? Why would you go to Nepal, order a Thai seafood dish and expect perfection?

If I throw enough money at the world it will bend to my will. Anything else is surprising and unsatisfactory.

# ? May 13, 2016 04:48

gohuskies: Oct 23, 2010; I spend a lot of time making posts to justify why I'm not a self centered shithead that just wants to act like COVID isn't a thing.

Sounds like Friday morning summit attempts were largely successful:

quote:

http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2016/05/12/everestlhotse-2016-2nd-summit-wave-success/

After a few individuals, three foreigners and three Sherpas summited just after nine Sherpas fixed the route to the summit, the first commercial teams are seeing success on Friday morning, May 13, 2016

Himex sent their entire team up and are reporting that all six have summited along with at least that many Himex Sherpas. They had 5 members climbing, plus 1 guide and at least 6 Sherpas.

Jagged Globe has at least two climbers on the summit around 9:30 am local time. They were near the South Summit just past 8:00 am. They had four members plus at least that many Sherpas

At this point, the climbers are both elated and exhausted. Most arrived in the full light of the morning sun after climbing for 8 to 12 hours, mostly in the dark.

There will be hugs, smiles and definitely tears. Hopefully, no one forgot their cameras as selfies and poses with their Sherpa will be in order. The Sherpas will take a lot of pictures including of themselves. These days, the Nepal Ministry ask for a full picture from head to toe with your eyes and face showing to grant you a summit certificate.

In respect for the mountain, most people will not stand on the very top as that is where Miyolangsangma,the Tibetan Buddhist goddess lives.

Congratulations to all and safe climb back to camps.

# ? May 13, 2016 06:31

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

These days, The Nepal Ministry ask for a full nude picture from head to toe with your eyes and genitals showing to grand you a summit certificate.

# ? May 13, 2016 06:44

Zo: Feb 22, 2005; LIKE A FOX

If himex is pushing, there won't be problems. Now that they're out of the way, the blood bath can begin.

# ? May 13, 2016 06:45

trauma llama: Jun 16, 2015

atomicgeek posted:

Here's a profile of a Sherpa woman who's summitted more than any other woman in the world. Story is equal parts awesome and just so you're warned.

This is what gets to me. We list the fact that this is the first summit in two years and those "climbers" get their records, but what about the Sherpas? Where is the Guinness world record for "fixing X number of ropes to the summit" or "carried X number of lovely tourists up the mountain." For fucks sake even the news sources can't limit this elitist bullshit. Even the article sources below separates "climbers and guides" and Sherpas into separate groups. It even implies that every "climber" has their own Sherpa.

Every time I read about this insanely huge mountain the tourists getting dragged up if sound far less like extreme adventurers and far more like insecure egotistical goobers having a very expensive jerk off session.

# ? May 13, 2016 06:57

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

We need some kind of website that generates first "x to climb Mt Everest" stories. Everyone has done it now so stuff will have to be absurdly specific.
E.g. first Bulgarian one legged prostitute.
First Canadian HIV positive midget, etc.

# ? May 13, 2016 07:21

goatsestretchgoals: Jun 4, 2011

first sherpa with over $1b net worth of 'accidental' asphyxiations

# ? May 13, 2016 07:45

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

First disabled Trump Supporter from Wyoming to climb Mt Everest.

First Tasmanian Florist with Asthma to climb Mt Everest.

First Swedish quadriplegic actuary to climb Mt Everest.

# ? May 13, 2016 08:16

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

First goon to drop a sick burn on Mt Everest without supplementary oxygen

# ? May 13, 2016 08:20

Gargamel Gibson: Apr 24, 2014

First Canadian woman of South Asian origin.

# ? May 13, 2016 08:32

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Gargamel Gibson posted:

First Canadian woman of South Asian origin.

Something that will never be achieved unfortunately.

# ? May 13, 2016 08:35

Rondette: Nov 4, 2009; Your friendly neighbourhood Postie.; Grimey Drawer

Diggin out the classics...

# ? May 13, 2016 09:02

Microwaves Mom: Nov 8, 2015; by zen death robot

Rondette posted:

Diggin out the classics...

lol.

I think first serial killer to summit everest is still open.

First serial killer to kill on everest too!

# ? May 13, 2016 09:37

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Gargamel Gibson posted:

First Canadian woman of South Asian origin.

She did actually make the top though. So it'd have to be:

First Canadian woman of South Asian origin to summit and return to base camp while not in a coffin

# ? May 13, 2016 13:17

Aphex-: Jan 29, 2006; Dinosaur Gum

webmeister posted:

She did actually make the top though. So it'd have to be:

First Canadian woman of South Asian origin to summit and return to base camp while not in a coffin

To be fair most people agree that it's not really a successful summit if you don't make it back down afterwards.

# ? May 13, 2016 13:32

complimentary soap: Nov 29, 2014

I climbed a 2500m mountain once was gonna be a guided trip where everyone are tied together so when u fall down some crack or something you should be saved.. maybe?

for some reason the guides never showed i had been waiting for a long time so i just said gently caress it and went to the top on my own, didnt even fall through the snow

# ? May 13, 2016 13:35

Paramemetic: Sep 29, 2003; Area 51. You heard of it, right?; Fallen Rib

Microwaves Mom posted:

lol.

I think first serial killer to summit everest is still open.

First serial killer to kill on everest too!

Does it matter the order? Like to be first serial killer to summit do you have to already be a serial killer? Or can you summit and then take up serial killing and get the title retroactively?

# ? May 13, 2016 13:56

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Willing to bet a Sherpa Has taken the title unknowingly

Whether or not he has killed in the off season is debatable

# ? May 13, 2016 14:07

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

First son with a gay father climbs Everest, so what?

# ? May 13, 2016 14:10

Germstore: Oct 17, 2012; A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time

Jumpingmanjim posted:

First son with a gay father climbs Everest, so what?

the poop situation up there is already bad enough

# ? May 13, 2016 14:22

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Microwaves Mom: Nov 8, 2015; by zen death robot

Paramemetic posted:

Does it matter the order? Like to be first serial killer to summit do you have to already be a serial killer? Or can you summit and then take up serial killing and get the title retroactively?

well, I guess you could get technical on it if ones already taken.

# ? May 13, 2016 15:36

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