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Platystemon posted:I like this line of thought. It implies that I, too am a hero.
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Cartoon posted:You didn't die. Fix this one thing and then we're golden. Never has hot pink text been so useful to me.
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Platystemon posted:Never has hot pink text been so useful to me. 
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Cartoon posted:You didn't die. Fix this one thing and then we're golden. You mean we are all just heros in waiting?
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elwood posted:You mean we are all just heros in waiting? Everest thread gangtag pls, 'Heroes In Waiting'
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The good news is there's now less litter on the mountain.quote:KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A rescue helicopter brought the body of Australian climber Maria Strydom from Mount Everest to the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Friday, a week after she died on the world's tallest mountain. At least now they can give her a proper vegan funeral.
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Mega64 posted:The good news is there's now less litter on the mountain. Vegan would have been leaving her on the mountain, where worms couldn't eat her.
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What are the odds that paying a cheap team, dying and thus essentially paying for a superfluous flight home, getting your body flown out by helicopter, having it shipped home and finally buried is way more expensive then just paying a proper team in the first place and not dying on a mountain?
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Hopper posted:What are the odds that paying a cheap team, dying and thus essentially paying for a superfluous flight home, getting your body flown out by helicopter, having it shipped home and finally buried is way more expensive then just paying a proper team in the first place and not dying on a mountain? Husband guy probably won't get a bill for the chopper ride or however you ship human remains. Remember, only dude corpses have to stay on Everest. If you're young, attractive and female someone will get you down.
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Plus he was apparently running a fundraiser to collect a corpse from a mountain so he still comes out ahead in the long run.
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Hopper posted:What are the odds that paying a cheap team, dying and thus essentially paying for a superfluous flight home, getting your body flown out by helicopter, having it shipped home and finally buried is way more expensive then just paying a proper team in the first place and not dying on a mountain? I wonder how many people factor in the cost of dying when planning their self-aggrandizing everest ego-trips..
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According to Aussie press the family are needing to fundraise $35,000 (aussie dollars) to bring her home, so yeah, add that cost onto the price of her original trip and you're probably looking at the same price as the top expedition outfits charge. Which is quite ironic really.
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May 27, 2016 11:46
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I thought helicopters were prevented from flying to Everest due to the thin air. Am I wrong?
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ASIC v Danny Bro posted:I thought helicopters were prevented from flying to Everest due to the thin air. They can't really fly all the way to the summit, no, but they can operate at base camp just fine* and have occasionally made trips higher up the mountain but the further up they go the riskier it is. *It's not easy, but it's not suicidal either. hailthefish fucked around with this message at 12:20 on May 27, 2016 |
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ASIC v Danny Bro posted:I thought helicopters were prevented from flying to Everest due to the thin air. Yeah, one even "landed" (touched a skid on) the summit a few years ago. It's definitely dangerous but specialized helicopters are capable of flying fairly safely at those heights, given good weather.
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BEAR GRYLLZ posted:Yeah, one even "landed" (touched a skid on) the summit a few years ago. It's definitely dangerous but specialized helicopters are capable of flying fairly safely at those heights, given good weather. Well hell, how much for a ride then? I can take a poo poo on the summit, laugh at the lineup and leave in half an hour.
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AceRimmer posted:Ama Dablam Camp II This is fake or Photoshopped or something, right? 
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I don't even want to think about how much feces is in that camp. I doubt anyone is sticking their rear end out over the edge
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Sand Monster posted:This is fake or Photoshopped or something, right?  
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Paineopticon posted:I don't even want to think about how much feces is in that camp. I doubt anyone is sticking their rear end out over the edge
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Anyone got some context as to why they climbed up that spike just to camp? If it's a look how baddass this is thing I understand, because that's baddass.
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zedprime posted:You probably poo poo in a chamber pot and chuck it over the side. Is a chamber pot really something someone would carry up a mountain?
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They probably just pick up the half frozen poo and throw it and wipe their hands on the snow/rocks.
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Outrail posted:Anyone got some context as to why they climbed up that spike just to camp? If it's a look how baddass this is thing I understand, because that's baddass. The only thing I can think of is maybe the surrounding area isn't stable enough to establish a camp but the giant phallus shaped rock is very stable so they camp there?
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The Local Legend posted:Is a chamber pot really something someone would carry up a mountain?
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ranbo das posted:The only thing I can think of is maybe the surrounding area isn't stable enough to establish a camp but the giant phallus shaped rock is very stable so they camp there? Thats what I was thinking. Doing that at sea level would be hard but fun/interesting, at altitude? gently caress that.
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zedprime posted:Well making GBS threads in your hand isn't really an option because most accounts say if anything is coming out of your butt on a climb its going to be watery. I sincerely doubt anyone is dropping trou outside a tent so you poop into something or you paint the walls. You poop in special plastic bags. They have chemicals in the bag that help control the odor and decompose the poop super quickly. https://www.rei.com/product/662978/cleanwaste-wag-bag-waste-bags-package-of-12
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Here's an alternative Camp II if you don't like the dick rock, for the real climber elite. 
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Yeah just dig into that 70 degree slope of snow and put your tent there. What could go wrong?
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This panorama from Camp 3 is pretty sweet though.
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Paineopticon posted:I don't even want to think about how much feces is in that camp. I doubt anyone is sticking their rear end out over the edge Ama Dablam Summit Day Summary quote:Valdis and Sergey followed closely and heroically behind (with significantly higher style points) and we recomposed ourselves in Camp Two. Camp Two is better known as ‘Camp Poo’ due to the extensive garbage and human waste left behind from other expeditions. It’s both sad and strange to see firsthand how one of the most iconic camps in the Himalaya is one of the dirtiest (serious understatement) I’ve ever seen… Needless to say, we were under strict instructions ‘not to touch anything’ and kept bottles of hand-sanitizer close to hand..! Having survived the Yellow Tower I was not eager to test my luck or the strength of my gastro-intestinal system here!!
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Body of Indian Climber Found on Everest, 4th Death in a Week
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That loving article. "Oh this Indian guy died but let's talk more about vegan altitude sickness lady"
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AceRimmer posted:This panorama from Camp 3 is pretty sweet though. This is awesome, thanks for posting it.
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I am going to start training right now to climb Everest as far as it takes to get to some good poop deposits. I am going to gather some juicy samples from those poop deposits and bring them back. I will market the poop to people doing at-home fecal transplants! I'll be a millionaire! Everest poop is the poop of the rich and powerful. Who wouldn't want some? No one steal my idea!
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When does climbing season generally end? I believe I may have underestimated the mountains thirst for souls this year.
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Cuckoo posted:That loving article. "Oh this Indian guy died but let's talk more about vegan altitude sickness lady" Yeah, but Indian guys kill themselves on Everest all the time. How often do we get to enjoy a vegan killing herself through her own hummus hubris?
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The French Army! posted:When does climbing season generally end? I believe I may have underestimated the mountains thirst for souls this year. May is the official window, so this year's season is basically over. Snowstorms from summer monsoons will start any day now and make it nearly impossible to summit.
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Tuxedo Gin posted:May is the official window, so this year's season is basically over. Snowstorms from summer monsoons will start any day now and make it nearly impossible to summit. There's a fall window in September after the summer monsoon and before the winter, but usually only a few people attempt it then, these are the busy days right now.
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