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Cojawfee posted:I would have thought "gently caress it, If I'm going to die up here, I'm taking these shitlords with me" and sliced those shitheads to bits. Ftfy. Is it self defence at that point?
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Ah, here is a reference to it. With some proper gory details- https://k2bottleneck.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/chris-warner-talks-to-google-employees-about-k2/ quote:A video of Chris Warner talking to Google employees about leadership is on Broadband sports. It is a year or 2 old but a really good one about K2. Recently, he was rescued off Makalu, so seeing his thoughts here on K2 were insightful. Aha, found the quote I was thinking of here- (page 29) http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/clawsonj/COURSES/TACTICAL_LEADERSHIP/OB-0979_K2_CONDENSED.pdf quote:Bowie‘s fight to reach Camp Two lasted until 8:00 p.m. that night. Unknown to him, when he arrived at the small Camp Two plateau, his headlamp had fallen off and plummeteddown the south side of the ridge in the darkness. Upon arriving, he immediately wriggled into a That whole year on K2 was a massive clusterfuck. Rondette fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Jun 9, 2016 |
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[urk=http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/06/economist-explains-6]The Economist posted a short explainer about why Everest is so dangerous[/url]. In it's entirety: [quote]SIXTY-THREE years ago, on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, news crackled over the radio that Mount Everest had finally been conquered, by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Since then more than 4,000 climbers have scaled the world’s tallest peak. Over 250 have died attempting the journey. In April, after the climbing season resumed for the first time in two years, following an avalanche in 2014 and an earthquake last year, six climbers lost their lives. Everest is safer than most of its 8,000-metre sister-peaks, thanks largely to Sherpas’ detailed knowledge of the route. They make frequent sorties up and down the slopes to haul food and oxygen supplies. They rig the mountain with ladders and rope handrails to make it easier for climbers to plough through. On a “death to safe returns” ratio, the mountain does better than other lesser-trodden peaks, like Annapurna for instance (where one climber dies for every three who make it to the top; at Everest it is 1:30). In 2012, on a single day, 234 people flocked the summit to set a world record. In 2013, after a day of lengthy jams, 150 had reached the top. But whereas rocky crags, treacherous cornices, thin air, and wildly fluctuating temperatures are common to most vertiginous snow-clad peaks, Everest’s troubles are partly man-made. The mountain’s two most popular climbing routes, one from Nepal and another from Tibet, are terribly overcrowded. Improved weather-forecasting tools allow all commercial expeditions to exploit the precious “weather window” that stands between them and the summit. Key portions of the routes are often secured with a single rope-line tugged by more than a hundred climbers at once. One misstep can trigger a domino effect. Any jam at that altitude can be fatal. Many dodgy local operators, eager to woo customers, skimp on costs, hire fewer Sherpas and enlist rookie climbers. Until the 1970s Nepal’s government allowed only one climbing expedition every year. Today there is no such cap. Everest is a big draw for Nepal’s $471m tourism industry, the country’s second-biggest foreign-exchange earner after remittances. This season added $3.1m in climbing fees. Hardly any of it is used to rehabilitate the mountain itself, which is littered with garbage. New rules that call for banning inexperienced climbers are often discussed, but never enforced. A plan to lease out neighbouring Himalayan mountains to private companies that might lure climbers to other peaks, meanwhile, has yet to take off.[/quotee]
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Outrail posted:Ftfy. Is it self defence at that point? Yep. I'm not the least bit a tough guy, but if that had happened to me, I'd tear the loving tent down before letting those pricks use it. Do most climbers carry a knife? I don't recall that from Into Thin Air or the other stuff I've seen and read.
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 19:42 |
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Rondette posted:As it neared 8pm, Warner’s group were reaching the end of the rope, from where there would be an easier passage to camp 4. Then they came across what looked like a piece of garbage but was the Czech climber. That's cold.
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a messed up horse posted:That's cold. Probably by that point
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 04:09 |
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I'll take your tent-no-sleeping-bag and raise you sleeping-bag-no-tent quote:So, when the Italians approached the Mir of Hunza, Jamal Khan, asking for men to help with the K2 ascent, Mehdi was among those picked from the hundreds of aspirants who packed the royal court. basically if you see an Italian on K2, kill them quickly before they try to kill you.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 04:20 |
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WW1 gave the Italians permanent national mountain derangement syndrome.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 05:11 |
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Italians are pretty insufferable in anything involving competition.
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Xibanya posted:You should still be able to play; can you show me a screengrab? Also stupid hacky trick, try disconnecting from the Internet when you start the game then connecting once it's running. It's telling me this doesn't exist any more on Mediafire?
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 05:29 |
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Apparently libertarian candidate Gary Johnson climbed Everest.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 05:56 |
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Pick posted:It's telling me this doesn't exist any more on Mediafire? Ah drat, I'll rehost on itch tomorrow the way God intended.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 06:07 |
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Skeesix posted:Apparently libertarian candidate Gary Johnson climbed Everest. How many mysterious deaths were there that season?
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 06:28 |
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Platystemon posted:How many mysterious deaths were there that season? I'm also interested in how many people died due to bootstrap related injuries.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 06:32 |
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I'd say most of the Italians I've met travelling were pretty cool, but there was never any competition involved so maybe they turn into animals at the sight of a checkered flag. Or maybe it's just their climbers.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 07:05 |
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drat those Italians, they seem almost... Machiavellian
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 08:22 |
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Cojawfee posted:I would have thought "gently caress it, If I'm going to die up here, I'm taking these shitlords with me" and sliced that tent to bits.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 09:05 |
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Skeesix posted:Apparently libertarian candidate Gary Johnson climbed Everest. too bad he made it back. Well at least we get to watch him make a fool of himself during the debates.* *he streams the debates on youtube and his remarks about what he would say if he was there. Its really quite sad.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 09:11 |
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The film Everest, based on the 1996 disaster, is on HBO starting tomorrow night for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 15:47 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnuzVyTI2uM Pretty interesting talk by Anker at Google. Talks a bit about the Everest clean up efforts and goes into more detail right at the end about how he reached the conclusion that Mallory didn't summit.
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 00:35 |
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You guys should really have a Death Pool for the Isle of Man TT races. Five people have died this year alone: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-36505271 e/ although the problem with this one is the spread is a lot lower as avalanches and earthquakes are a lot less likely in the British Isles than the Himalayas
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Xibanya posted:Ah drat, I'll rehost on itch tomorrow the way God intended. Thanks!
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 05:36 |
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As a thread we made it through another climbing season with a fair amount of infighting, theft and bad feeling but at least no one died. And we all saved $25,000 each. Good job, team SA. See you next season!
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 13:26 |
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Cojawfee posted:I'm also interested in how many people died due to bootstrap related injuries. First oppressed white Christian male to summit Everest while carrying bootstraps (the sherpa was carrying them).
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 16:51 |
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It's here! Get the latest build of #Everest, the game inspired by YOU, yes you horrible people, right here! Changelog
Also, I'll be demoing this game along with some other Team Dogpit stuff at the Let's Play Expo in Plano, TX, next weekend, so if you find yourself in the area, come by and say hello! Got some massive changes planned (integrated fake social media and more digs at vegans!) but I didn't want to get too involved since the big summer jam is coming up. At any rate, I'm always open to suggestions, so if there's something you wanna see in the game, please let me know! Oh yeah, and bugs, tell me about bugs.
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# ? Jun 12, 2016 00:20 |
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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/11/climbing-mount-everest-no-oxygen
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# ? Jun 12, 2016 03:00 |
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How much would it cost to build a machine that sarcastically claps for people who make the summit under any conditions? One that can withstand the elements.
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# ? Jun 12, 2016 03:11 |
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SynthOrange posted:http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/11/climbing-mount-everest-no-oxygen quote:Some purists maintain that it was not Hillary and Norgay that made the first “true” ascent of Everest, but rather Messner and Habeler. But this is to judge former accomplishments by today’s refined standards. “Refined” my arse. Climbing without oxygen doesn’t make the mountain tougher, it just makes you suck more. If you want a challenge, and have a death wish, climb K2 in the winter.
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# ? Jun 12, 2016 03:28 |
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Everest is difficult and deadly without sherpas and oxygen. The teams that do it that way are actually legitimately climbing Everest.
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# ? Jun 12, 2016 03:45 |
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lol you’re not a man unless you climb Everest naked while carrying a human sacrifice for Chomolungma on your shoulders
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# ? Jun 12, 2016 03:57 |
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Platystemon posted:lol you’re not a man unless you climb Everest naked while carrying a human sacrifice for Chomolungma on your shoulders After wrestling a bear.
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# ? Jun 12, 2016 03:59 |
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Did anyone get a screencap of the Everest game credits? I'm traveling for work and won't be home for 3 weeks to check it out.
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# ? Jun 12, 2016 04:03 |
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koreban posted:Did anyone get a screencap of the Everest game credits? I'm traveling for work and won't be home for 3 weeks to check it out.
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Anoia posted:How much would it cost to build a machine that sarcastically claps for people who make the summit under any conditions? One that can withstand the elements. Costly to weather proof it and power it at the top I'd imagine. Especially if it is supposed to go without maintenance. Better to put it at base camp and have them press the button when they come back town. E: Or maybe you could have them push it when they go up, they get a ticket number like a bakery. and They return that ticket number when they come back down and are congratulated. Then it shows them what numbers haven't been returned Microwaves Mom fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Jun 12, 2016 |
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I'm going to frame this.
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# ? Jun 12, 2016 04:52 |
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This was an interesting thread. Wish I had come across before it was so late in the season. A question about Everest. Is the Everest climb a very difficult one itself or is it mainly the environment? What I mean is, say you could lay out replicas of all the tricky parts, but at sea level on a warm day - is it something that anyone with a moderate level of fitness could manage?
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HairyManling posted:This was an interesting thread. Wish I had come across before it was so late in the season. A question about Everest. Is the Everest climb a very difficult one itself or is it mainly the environment? What I mean is, say you could lay out replicas of all the tricky parts, but at sea level on a warm day - is it something that anyone with a moderate level of fitness could manage? After training in stuff like how to use ropes, crampons, and ice axes, sure. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Jun 12, 2016 |
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HairyManling posted:This was an interesting thread. Wish I had come across before it was so late in the season. A question about Everest. Is the Everest climb a very difficult one itself or is it mainly the environment? What I mean is, say you could lay out replicas of all the tricky parts, but at sea level on a warm day - is it something that anyone with a moderate level of fitness could manage? Ignoring the environment and weather, the most difficult part is the Hillary Step so... probably not something you want to do without the barest knowledge of how to climb and some fixed ropes, but yes, most of the difficulty in everest is just the fact that it's ever so slightly high enough that you aren't meant to survive while on top of it. the weather also does a lot: walking across a ridge is "easy" until you're in 60 mile an hour winds and can't see anything due to whiteout, and one missteps means a long slide and then death. I think the analogy people used in earlier threads for "why don't they help the dying people off the mountain?" was "Why don't you get blackout drunk and carry a 200 pound sack of meat down off your roof with a barely supported ladder in -20 C while a blizzard is roaring with 50 mph gusts and whiteout conditions?" Minera fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Jun 12, 2016 |
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In those sorts of conditions being blackout drunk would probably increase your chances of success.
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what are some good and easy mountains to climb in europe? ideally not very busy
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