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

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

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

3 is basically 1

# ? May 22, 2016 15:26

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Szechuan: Mar 3, 2008

Looks like Everest has claimed the first two victims of the season.

The Washington Post posted:

Arnold died while experiencing altitude-related symptoms on his way back down the mountain, the first of two climbers killed on Everest this year. Arnold had enough bottled oxygen with him, but he complained of weakness and died before he was able to reach lower altitude, Pasang Phurba, a representative of Arnold's Nepali guide company, told the Associated Press. A second climber from that team, Austalian Maria Strydom, died Saturday.

# ? May 22, 2016 15:54

Pirateparty: Apr 12, 2007; Scurvy

If you donate to someones gofundme for them to climb Everest, could you be an accessory to murder/littering?

# ? May 22, 2016 16:08

ArtIsResistance: May 19, 2007; QUEEN OF FRANCE, SAVIOR OF LOWTAX

Leperflesh posted:

Alright well I guess if we're doubling up on numbers I'll go with 13. If we're not, then nevermind because all the plausible numbers are taken.

Have you heard of the Titanic? You know how the ship has become the most well-known standard for human hubris? Like, you just have to say "the Titanic" and everyone who you say it to understands immediately that you're referring to a historic disaster that was completely avoidable and that happened because of supreme overconfidence collided with incompetence, and the whole affair was salted with a hefty dose of lingering Victorian-values class injustice, what with the rich people getting lifeboats and the poor people getting to drown?

Well, Everest is like if, after the Titanic disaster, thousands of people just kept on making more Titanics and blithely sailing them into a bunch of iceburgs, over and over and over, never adding lifeboats, never changing the design, never learning from the experience, and meanwhile most of their families and friends and co-workers and the media just praised them for their bravery and perseverance and ignored the enormous waste of money, resources, the litter of sunk Titanics accumulating in the north Atlantic, made movies about it, and the governing body, I dunno let's pretend it's NATO, kept charging an exhorbitant fee for Titanic sailing permits because the impoverished people of Greenland need that money pretty badly due to the ongoing injustice of enormous disparities of resources between the rich and poor countries of the world.

And in this extended analogy, the people posting in this threads are the ones standing around at the docs going "hey you stupid fuckers, stop building Titanics, no you idiots don't get on that boat! It's gonna crash into an iceburg maybe, you might die, there's not enough lifeboats!" But people just won't listen, and eventually the crowds just settle down and start making bets on which Titanics are gonna crash and sink and hoping that it's mostly the rich idiots paying for passage that die and not the poor cockney-speaking ignorant bastards manning the engine rooms because the pay from one round trip voyage will feed their extended families for a year.

And you, Faux-rear end Nonsense, are I guess just wandering up to the docks and seeing the jeering crowds and shaking your head in disgust at us, because I guess you're just completely missing the context and thinking that we're the ones with the problem, what with the death pools and the schadenfraude etc.

But no man, it's not us, we're just posting on a forum. Kindly reserve your disdain for the profitable, established industry of "tour guide" companies who take rich people's money in exchange for hoisting them up a deathtrap mountain in order that they can experience a few days of oxygen-deprived delierium and tedious walking through snow at night strapped to a safety line while two or three locals whose economic situation is so dire that $20 a day is worth maybe dying for. Direct your scorn, goon sir, at the conga-line of starry-eyed Westerners who have convinced themselves that walking to the top of this mountain, for $60k to $100k, will add meaning to their lives, give them a sense of accomplishment they can achieve in no other way, earn them the accolades and admiration of their families and peers, and present them with a worthy challenge, none of which they can achieve in their otherwise apparently meaningless lives by doing much less stupid and normal things.

Marvel at the incredible lack of imagination it must take, to come to the conclusion that standing at the top of a big hunk of rock is worth a ~10% chance of death and a small fortune, when instead they could dedicate their efforts and financial resources to accomplishing something perhaps less immediately spectacular to the casual observer, but in the long run far more worthwhile to all of humanity: like, say, joining a NGO and traveling to an impoverished third world country as a volunteer to help build clean sustainable water supplies, or going to school, getting some medical training, and joining Doctors Without Borders to travel to a war zone and save the lives of kids who got their limbs blown off by land mines. You know, the sort of personal challenge that takes years of training and dedication, selflessness, and raw human grit to face, the kind of achievement truly worthy of respect and admiration, an undertaking involving some degree of personal danger, a facing of internal demons, genuine human bravery.

Redirect your sneer, please, for the people who actually deserve it, for needlessly wasting their lives and resources on a completely pointless and meaningless journey that directly endangers not only their own lives, but the lives of the people who they must hire to enable them to accomplish something that, if they actually tried to do on their own, would require decades of accumulated experience that they're simply not willing to go to the trouble of acquiring. Why, after all, should they obtain actual mountain-climbing skills, when they can just pay some very poor foreigners to do all the heavy lifting for them?

Check yourself, oh goon. It is you, and not we, who appears the fool now.

I used to think you guys were the cool type of people who laugh at people dying but now I see that's not the case

# ? May 22, 2016 16:40

Tuxedo Gin: May 21, 2003; Classy.

Szechuan posted:

Looks like Everest has claimed the first two victims of the season.

read the thread dumbass

we've been talking about this for a couple pages already

# ? May 22, 2016 16:47

slidebite: Nov 6, 2005; Good egg

Szechuan posted:

Looks like Everest has claimed the first two victims of the season.

If you don't read the whole thread before posting at least read the last page

# ? May 22, 2016 17:03

Nuggan: Jul 17, 2006; Always rolling skulls.

Whats the official count so far? (With Sherpas). I didn't read all the sources posted, so I wasn't sure if some were just repeats of the same events.

# ? May 22, 2016 17:12

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Everest is the final boss of this game, and K2 is the secret quest mega boss

# ? May 22, 2016 17:25

Shazaminator: Oct 11, 2007; The power of Shazam compels you!

Ceciltron posted:

First leather fetish porno shot on the south col

Does the extreme altitude have any effect on the body's ability to get an erection

# ? May 22, 2016 17:25

RKRGoat: Jun 20, 2003

Nuggan posted:

Whats the official count so far? (With Sherpas). I didn't read all the sources posted, so I wasn't sure if some were just repeats of the same events.

3 shitlords 1 sherpa

# ? May 22, 2016 17:47

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

ArtIsResistance posted:

I used to think you guys were the cool type of people who laugh at people dying but now I see that's not the case

Haha man, I'd forgotten about that post I posted. Months ago. I guess you're just catching up to the thread?

# ? May 22, 2016 17:49

Mr. Boogie: Apr 1, 2013; Is a meat patty something or nothing?

The #EverestNoFilter guys are warning their followers not to be concerned because "over the next two days, you're gonna watch Adrian and I start to really deteriorate...that's a super, super normal part of the process."

# ? May 22, 2016 17:54

slidebite: Nov 6, 2005; Good egg

2 Indian climbers are now missing
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/two-indian-climbers-missing-on-mount-everest-after-two-die-1.2912560

quote:

Two Indian climbers have gone missing on Mount Everest, an expedition organizer said Sunday, a day after two deaths from apparent altitude sickness were reported, underscoring the risks on the world's highest mountain.

Paresh Nath and Goutam Ghosh have been missing since Saturday, said Wangchu Sherpa of the Trekking Camp Nepal agency in Kathmandu. They were last seen near the Everest summit.

Two of their companions who fell sick were being helped down the mountain, Sherpa said. About 30 climbers have developed frostbite or become sick near the summit in recent days.

# ? May 22, 2016 17:57

Ceciltron: Jan 11, 2007; Text BEEP to 43527 for the dancing robot!; Pillbug

Shazaminator posted:

Does the extreme altitude have any effect on the body's ability to get an erection

It's like erotic asphyxiation.

# ? May 22, 2016 18:05

EngineerJoe: Aug 8, 2004; -=whore=-

If you haven't started following EverestNoFilter on snapchat by now I suggest you start. The next 4 days should demonstrate everything that this thread is about.

# ? May 22, 2016 18:30

Backweb: Feb 14, 2009

Szechuan posted:

The Washington Post posted:
Arnold died while experiencing altitude-related symptoms on his way back down the mountain, the first of two climbers killed on Everest this year. Arnold had enough bottled oxygen with him, but he complained of weakness and died before he was able to reach lower altitude, Pasang Phurba, a representative of Arnold's Nepali guide company, told the Associated Press. A second climber from that team, Austalian Maria Strydom, died Saturday.

quote:

the first of two climbers killed on Everest this year

it's happening

(e: the serial killer, I mean)

Backweb fucked around with this message at 18:53 on May 22, 2016

# ? May 22, 2016 18:45

Skarsnik: Oct 21, 2008; I...AM...RUUUDE!

So the Sherpa definitely died before these two shitbags?

Pretty bad the media are calling them the first fatalities

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/22/australian-woman-and-dutch-man-die-on-everest-as-queensland-teen-reaches-summit

# ? May 22, 2016 18:54

suck my woke dick: Oct 10, 2012; I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!

Put this cum-loving slave on ignore immediately!

Skarsnik posted:

So the Sherpa definitely died before these two shitbags?

Pretty bad the media are calling them the first fatalities

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/22/australian-woman-and-dutch-man-die-on-everest-as-queensland-teen-reaches-summit

3 people 1 sherpa dead :agesilaus:

# ? May 22, 2016 19:05

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

Everestnofilter guys are looking a lot less energetic. It's going to be real lovely watching them waste away and go crazy

# ? May 22, 2016 19:18

Arsenic Lupin: Apr 12, 2012; This particularly rapid💨 unintelligible 😖patter💁 isn't generally heard🧏‍♂️, and if it is🤔, it doesn't matter💁.

Thirty people are ill with frostbite and/or altitude sickness. Rob Gropel, widower of Dr. Maria Strydom, is injured and making the descent.

quote:

The couple were attempting to reach seven summits, and had already reached the peaks of Denali in Alaska, Aconcagua in Argentina, Ararat in Turkey and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Of the Seven Summits, how do those rank in difficulty?

# ? May 22, 2016 19:29

I Greyhound: Apr 22, 2008; MusicKrew Dawn Patrol

http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2016/05/21/everestlhotse-2016-may-21-summits-frostbite-deaths/

quote:

Also there were rescues of climbers, some on the Lhotse Face as told to me by Jeff Evans of Everest Air, a rescue operation on the Nepal side. Jeff said they had six rescues themselves with six cases of frostbite, one ruptured Achilles tendon and a case of profound diarrhea. He noted that many of the frostbite cases appeared to be with inexperienced climbers.

Everest 2016: If the Mountain doesn't get you, the Profound Diarrhea will.

# ? May 22, 2016 19:38

Tuxedo Gin: May 21, 2003; Classy.

the profound diarrhea has to be one of the guys eating soylent

# ? May 22, 2016 19:45

Dr Sun Try: May 23, 2009; Plaster Town Cop

Arsenic Lupin posted:

Thirty people are ill with frostbite and/or altitude sickness. Rob Gropel, widower of Dr. Maria Strydom, is injured and making the descent.

Of the Seven Summits, how do those rank in difficulty?

Ararat is easy mode, the peak can be reached by ship....

# ? May 22, 2016 19:45

trauma llama: Jun 16, 2015

Tuxedo Gin posted:

the profound diarrhea has to be one of the guys eating soylent

Nah dude. If you live in a liquid diet and eradicate your normal flora you'll never have to poo poo again!

# ? May 22, 2016 20:07

Arc Hammer: Mar 4, 2013; Got any deathsticks?

Beastie posted:

This is pretty rad though:

To you it looks Rad. To me it looks like:

# ? May 22, 2016 20:14

elwood: Mar 28, 2001; by Smythe

Dr Sun Try posted:

Ararat is easy mode, the peak can be reached by ship....

As is Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua.

# ? May 22, 2016 20:17

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; as a person who never leaves my house i've done pretty well for myself.

Arsenic Lupin posted:

Of the Seven Summits, how do those rank in difficulty?

Denali: legit

Aconcagua: has altitude, but otherwise an easy climb

Kilimanjaro: easy mode

Ararat: not even one of the Seven :confused:

# ? May 22, 2016 20:32

Renegret: May 26, 2007; THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

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Platystemon posted:

Denali: legit

Aconcagua: has altitude, but otherwise an easy climb

Kilimanjaro: easy mode

Ararat: not even one of the Seven

to be fair

still more experience than the average Everest climber

# ? May 22, 2016 20:35

Hopper: Dec 28, 2004; BOOING! BOOING!; Grimey Drawer

Shazaminator posted:

Does the extreme altitude have any effect on the body's ability to get an erection

Mere seconds after you open your pants and get it out, you'll have a stiffy...

# ? May 22, 2016 20:44

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

Arcsquad12 posted:

To you it looks Rad. To me it looks like:

raaargh

# ? May 22, 2016 20:50

futurememory: Oct 22, 2011; "You're a bad man! You're a VERY bad man!"

The #EverestNoFilter guys are semi-annoying, but some of their pics have been pretty cool, and Adrian has a ton of experience (has summited Everest 6 times). It's been interesting actually watching it in real time, as someone who has lurked this thread for years now.

The face that they're doing it without supplemental oxygen and the fact that they're cutting corners (didn't get enough rest at base camp, both not getting sleep/feeling lovely is where things seem like they can go very wrong.

# ? May 22, 2016 21:07

ArtIsResistance: May 19, 2007; QUEEN OF FRANCE, SAVIOR OF LOWTAX

Leperflesh posted:

Haha man, I'd forgotten about that post I posted. Months ago. I guess you're just catching up to the thread?

I was going through it because I liked the previous threads and then saw your post and realized it's probably better not to waste time reading poo poo written by crazy people

# ? May 22, 2016 21:42

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

ArtIsResistance posted:

I used to think you guys were the cool type of people who laugh at people dying but now I see that's not the case

FYI That was the best post in the thread.

# ? May 22, 2016 21:51

Anya: Nov 3, 2004; "If you have information worth hearing, then I am grateful for it. If you're gonna crack jokes, then I'm gonna pull out your ribcage and wear it as a hat."

futurememory posted:

The #EverestNoFilter guys are semi-annoying, but some of their pics have been pretty cool, and Adrian has a ton of experience (has summited Everest 6 times). It's been interesting actually watching it in real time, as someone who has lurked this thread for years now.

The face that they're doing it without supplemental oxygen and the fact that they're cutting corners (didn't get enough rest at base camp, both not getting sleep/feeling lovely is where things seem like they can go very wrong.

The noting how they were trying to go slow to ABC, and then on their summit push, they were still tired and missing adequate sleep seems ominous. I'm impressed their phones are still operating in such temps. Hypoxia in real time, and watching their Strava reports, going to be a weird week.

# ? May 22, 2016 22:08

Prettz: Sep 3, 2002

EngineerJoe posted:

If you haven't started following EverestNoFilter on snapchat by now I suggest you start. The next 4 days should demonstrate everything that this thread is about.

Apparently you're not allowed to use snapchat on a computer and have to use a telephone? I guess I'll be missing this one.

# ? May 22, 2016 22:35

Trevor Hale: Dec 8, 2008; What have I become, my Swedish friend?

Dr Sun Try posted:

Ararat is easy mode, the peak can be reached by ship....

This is a Good Joke.

# ? May 22, 2016 23:13

EngineerJoe: Aug 8, 2004; -=whore=-

Prettz posted:

Apparently you're not allowed to use snapchat on a computer and have to use a telephone? I guess I'll be missing this one.

Sorry that you live in the stone age

# ? May 22, 2016 23:39

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; as a person who never leaves my house i've done pretty well for myself.

EngineerJoe posted:

Sorry that you live in the stone age

Haven�t you heard? Even tribesmen on the Dark Continent have mobile phones these days.

# ? May 22, 2016 23:45

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

Prettz posted:

Apparently you're not allowed to use snapchat on a computer and have to use a telephone? I guess I'll be missing this one.

same

# ? May 22, 2016 23:54

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 20:00

Prettz: Sep 3, 2002

EngineerJoe posted:

Sorry that you live in the stone age

i'm not installing some human being app just so i can look at pictures on a screen so tiny it fits in my hand.

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# ? May 23, 2016 00:28

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