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Popular Mechanics posted:Why You Should Go In May
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The fall window is generally actual mountaineering folks because it's even more dangerous due to months of fresh snowfall. The May window is when you get the hilariously unprepared folks feeding themselves to the mountain.
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May 28, 2016 00:03
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Tuxedo Gin posted:The fall window is generally actual mountaineering folks because it's even more dangerous due to months of fresh snowfall. ~First person to summit Everest on Dec. 31st #blessed~ 
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May 28, 2016 00:13
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AceRimmer posted:Are there any months with no successful summits? I don't know, but probably Dec/Jan and maybe July? Looking at statistics, the majority of summits are in May. There have also been numerous in April, September, and October. Some Poles did it in Feb.
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May 28, 2016 00:25
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Cool article about winter ascents and  quote:Strong wind blows all the time. It is unimaginably cold. -Radio message from the summit of Everest, February 17, 1980 AceRimmer fucked around with this message at 00:35 on May 28, 2016 |
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May 28, 2016 00:31
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http://reductress.com/post/bold-beauty-moves-in-case-they-find-your-corpse-on-this-mountain/
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May 28, 2016 00:55
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:http://reductress.com/post/bold-beauty-moves-in-case-they-find-your-corpse-on-this-mountain/ The sweating thing is actually good advice 
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May 28, 2016 01:18
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HungryMedusa posted: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! 
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May 28, 2016 01:41
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AceRimmer posted:Are there any months with no successful summits? Then you start getting minute firsts; first youngest American Surgeon to Summit on Dec 31st.
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May 28, 2016 02:54
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first baby born on the summit to a lesbian couple
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May 28, 2016 03:00
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first zika baby born above 8000m
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May 28, 2016 03:04
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This guy gets it. Donate to my gofundme for Everest poop collection today!
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May 28, 2016 04:06
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gohuskies posted: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 gently caress, I'm buying these so I don't have to get up so often during long gaming/anime sessions. Goodbye poopsock, you're service will be remembered!
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May 28, 2016 05:24
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simplefish posted:Everest thread gangtag pls, 'Heroes In Waiting' Dude, I would be all over this if it was a thing because it's just a matter of time before I actually manage to die on a mountain considering some of my close calls.
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May 28, 2016 07:06
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May 28, 2016 07:36
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HungryMedusa posted: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! not only am I going to steal your idea for selling locally sourced bespoke artisinal farm to table poop, I'm gonna stay at home and just use the stuff here and market it as such to save on overhead lol at you for going to Everest
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May 28, 2016 09:19
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Alan Smithee posted:not only am I going to steal your idea for selling locally sourced bespoke artisinal farm to table poop, I'm gonna stay at home and just use the stuff here and market it as such to save on overhead Just got to a local Himalayan restaurant (or chinese place if you don't have one). Then you can say it's Himalayan Poop. Triple the price, bud.
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May 28, 2016 09:22
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can someone post that photo of everest? where its shadow goes over the horizon and what the term for that is called tia unless it was photoshopped anyway
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May 28, 2016 09:29
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Jose posted:can someone post that photo of everest? where its shadow goes over the horizon and what the term for that is called tia 
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May 28, 2016 09:52
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yeah thats it. it owns edit: did you just change the picture from the k2 one? post them both
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May 28, 2016 09:55
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Not photoshopped, I've seen that myself plus the sky rays that come to that point known as anticrepuscular rays. Not the term you're looking for probs but I posted anyway 
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May 28, 2016 09:55
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Jose posted:edit: did you just change the picture from the k2 one? post them both  K2 >>> Everest
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May 28, 2016 09:58
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gently caress the mountain scene man its all about this molehill you've never heard of
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May 28, 2016 11:17
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 </thread> Edit: 
EngineerJoe fucked around with this message at 22:06 on May 28, 2016 |
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May 28, 2016 19:44
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Hello, thread. What's the count so far this year? I didn't enter the sweepstakes this year because I inadvertently caused an earthquake last year by suggesting an absurdly high number. (I claim moral victory for last year's sweepstakes. Whatever the prize was, I definitely don't want it.) I have learnt my lesson and will use my powers only for good. 
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May 28, 2016 20:36
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They should abolish all laws near Everest and let camera crews document climbers clubbing each other with gear while being hunted by death squads in an attempt to summit and die atop the mountain god I would watch it
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May 28, 2016 22:35
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BULBASAUR posted:They should abolish all laws near Everest and let camera crews document climbers clubbing each other with gear while being hunted by death squads in an attempt to summit and die atop the mountain god I want to see this Everest movie that's hunger games except actually good and not for dumb broody millennial kids
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May 29, 2016 00:38
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The purge: Everest.
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May 29, 2016 00:47
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Alan Smithee posted:I want to see this Everest movie that's hunger games except actually good and not for dumb broody millennial kids So the Eiger Sanction?
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May 29, 2016 00:59
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Alan Smithee posted:I want to see this Everest movie that's hunger games except actually good and not for dumb broody millennial kids It's just a few crafty assholes stealing oxygen bottles and watching the competition flounder in the snow.
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May 29, 2016 01:25
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:http://reductress.com/post/bold-beauty-moves-in-case-they-find-your-corpse-on-this-mountain/
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May 29, 2016 01:52
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climbing vinson seems like it would give better bragging rights in that you've both climbed the biggest mountain on antarctica and also been to there. it seems a lot easier for the same cost too
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May 29, 2016 02:58
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I learned that my sister has a copy of the book Into Thin Air and I'm borrowing it from her now, have I made a good decision?
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May 29, 2016 21:19
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Xenomrph posted:I learned that my sister has a copy of the book Into Thin Air and I'm borrowing it from her now, have I made a good decision?
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May 29, 2016 21:30
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Although I think a few things in it are inaccurate or just plain made up. There are a few other books about the same season, the russian guy's tells a fairly different story.
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May 29, 2016 22:38
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jamal posted:Although I think a few things in it are inaccurate or just plain made up. There are a few other books about the same season, the russian guy's tells a fairly different story. Yeah Anatoli Boukreev was pretty mad over how the book depicted him as careless and not doing enough to save people when the whole summit attempt went south.
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May 29, 2016 23:05
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The recent movie Everest did more justice to Anatoli. He's just a minor character, but shown as a very competent guide saving people from the storm.
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May 29, 2016 23:19
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Yeah the book also overlooked how they did have accurate weather forecasts but instead decided to proceed at risk. Everest is a grueling climb even in perfect conditions but quickly turns into a worse deathtrap if conditions aren't right.
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May 29, 2016 23:21
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etalian posted:Yeah the book also overlooked how they did have accurate weather forecasts but instead decided to proceed at risk. They were aware of the approaching weather system, but expected it later in the afternoon. However, the climbers exceeded their return times and ran into trouble when the storm landed as expected. Most of the early returners got back safe. Mostly, the information that the monsoon was coming early that year plus the heavy traffic on the Step contributed to what happened later.
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May 29, 2016 23:27
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mcustic posted:They were aware of the approaching weather system, but expected it later in the afternoon. However, the climbers exceeded their return times and ran into trouble when the storm landed as expected. Most of the early returners got back safe. Yeah probably the greatest blunder was not following the time rule and deciding to press onwards instead of scrubbing the summit attempt.
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May 29, 2016 23:31
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