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Jul 12, 2016 07:33
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There's a mewtwo at summit. Hope you have a good signal.
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Jul 12, 2016 14:22
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I hope there is a gym at basecamp.
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Jul 13, 2016 11:46
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I can't help but wonder what would happen if they put a unique Pokemon on the summit. Would woefully under prepared nerds try to climb just to get it? Or would "typical" climbers just use it as another form of bragging? ("First X who captured Ever-Chu on the world's highest mountain!" And can now no longer play the game because they lost all fingers to frostbite.) Probably bad timing since its too late for typical climbing season, but I could see people getting caught up in the hysteria. I am sure by next year, no one will care.
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Jul 13, 2016 16:02
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Tag it up there late august and watch nerd corpses pile up during the winter season...
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Jul 13, 2016 16:25
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gannyGrabber posted:Tag it up there late august and watch nerd corpses pile up during the winter season... If enough nerd corpses pile up, one will reach the summit! Like in a zombie apocalypse.
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Jul 13, 2016 16:30
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No one who plays Pokemon has the monetary assets or physique to get to base camp.
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Jul 13, 2016 18:50
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High Lord Elbow posted:No one who plays Pokemon has the monetary assets or physique to get to base camp. idk that google guy who got killed last year was posting instagram selfies of him drinking espresso over a crevasse, i feel like he was probably terrible enough to have done it
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Jul 13, 2016 18:59
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OMGVBFLOL posted:idk that google guy who got killed last year was posting instagram selfies of him drinking espresso over a crevasse lol my only reaction to things like this is to chuckle and think 'the hubris of man' am I broken inside?
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Jul 14, 2016 00:20
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Moridin920 posted:lol my only reaction to things like this is to chuckle and think 'the hubris of man' Do you really think this is the right thread to be asking that?
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Jul 14, 2016 02:50
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LastCaress posted:I still want to do a few ones before thinking of Everest: I would describe it as a hill that is slightly taller than the hills around it. Edit: Despite being less tall, I found Uluru to be much more challenging because it is far more steeper. Also the view is way better. Fanatic fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Jul 14, 2016 |
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Jul 14, 2016 04:33
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Yeah, but Kos is one of the Seven Summits(if you go by the wussier list).
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Jul 14, 2016 04:41
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Khizan posted:Yeah, but Kos is one of the Seven Summits(if you go by the wussier list). That said, it's only like a 5 hour drive from Sydney however so most tourists will go down to it for the weekend then come back, so in that sense it's fairly accessible and easy to incorporate if you're visiting Sydney anyway.  You can even do a bit of skiing in the nearby snowfields while you're there.
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Jul 14, 2016 05:02
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Moridin920 posted:lol my only reaction to things like this is to chuckle and think 'the hubris of man' it was his last instagram post before he was killed, literally, in writing, mocking the mountain's danger  you cant make this poo poo up lol
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Jul 14, 2016 19:53
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OMGVBFLOL posted:it was his last instagram post before he was killed, literally, in writing, mocking the mountain's danger RIP from Thailand! My google executive died of hubris on Everest last year, and so I'm donating today to make sure nobody else kills themselves foolishly on a mountaintop. Put this towards saving the animals!
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Jul 14, 2016 23:38
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OMGVBFLOL posted:it was his last instagram post before he was killed, literally, in writing, mocking the mountain's danger Thank you Mount Everest!
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Jul 14, 2016 23:40
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OMGVBFLOL posted:it was his last instagram post before he was killed, literally, in writing, mocking the mountain's danger Say what you like about his hubric arrogance but his gear looks pretty baller. Live hard and leave a well dressed mangled corpse buried under tons of ice in a crevasse in glacier on a mountain somewhere. No regrats.
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Jul 14, 2016 23:44
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Everest eat the
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Jul 15, 2016 01:56
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He should not have mocked Sagarmatha Bobby Digital posted:Everest eat the Smash Mountain
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Jul 15, 2016 10:05
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I've been reading through this thread over the past few days, got a few tips for films to watch from it, so far i've watched Sherpa, K2 - Siren, The Summit & Meru and I'm developing a bit of a fascination with this sort of thing (watching it, not doing it). I'm gonna watch Touching the Void tonight, I did see this one years ago but I can't remember most of it and I'm itching for more, these films are so much more loving terrifying than anything I think I've ever watched... just.. jesus. Can anyone recommend any other good ones I should watch? Also, I started reading last years thread, anyone know if the fat reddit poster that paid money to climb everest actually went? Did he die? I kinda hope so cos he was full of himself but also kinda don't cos that would be a shame for his family and stuff.
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Jul 16, 2016 01:48
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Jez Plama posted:I've been reading through this thread over the past few days, got a few tips for films to watch from it, so far i've watched Sherpa, K2 - Siren, The Summit & Meru and I'm developing a bit of a fascination with this sort of thing (watching it, not doing it). I'm gonna watch Touching the Void tonight, I did see this one years ago but I can't remember most of it and I'm itching for more, these films are so much more loving terrifying than anything I think I've ever watched... just.. jesus. Can anyone recommend any other good ones I should watch? "The Summit" about the 2008 disaster on K2 was really good. It is a mix of inenactments and live footage. Helps you understand what the mountain looks like above the Death Zone. Edit: oh was The Summit & Meru part of the same title or different? I assumed the same title and not the film I was talking about. Yeah. Two different films, the & confused me. My mistake. Gripen5 fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Jul 16, 2016 |
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Jul 16, 2016 01:51
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Gripen5 posted:"The Summit" about the 2008 disaster on K2 was really good. It is a mix of inenactments and live footage. Helps you understand what the mountain looks like above the Death Zone. Ah yeah sorry that could be my crappy formatting, could've done with an oxford comma in there. Yeah, they're two different films. The Summit was great, really enjoyed it. Meru was really good as well, definitely worth watching.
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Jul 16, 2016 02:00
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mountain smash the eggs
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Jul 16, 2016 02:00
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Do you think Everest recruits other mountains to do its dirty work? There's been a few deaths this year in our mountains, maybe Everest made them do it.
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Jul 16, 2016 09:02
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Die Nordvand is good too. German drama of old timey climbers doing a first ascent of the north face of the Eiger. English title is The North Face. From an era when climbers made their own equipment and wore combat boots with homemade crampons.
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Jul 16, 2016 09:13
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canyoneer posted:Die Nordvand is good too. German drama of old timey climbers doing a first ascent of the north face of the Eiger. English title is The North Face. That film has superb cinematography and believable climbing. Another good tip is the old thriller Eiger Sanction.
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Jul 16, 2016 10:20
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mcustic posted:
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Jul 16, 2016 21:32
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mcustic posted:That film has superb cinematography and believable climbing. Another good tip is the old thriller Eiger Sanction. A guy actually died filming climbing scenes on Eiger Sanction, I think it might have even been like the second day of filming, and several other guys got serious injuries. It was shot on location on the Eiger and that's not a bullshit location. Eastwood did his own stunts of course. It's an excellent movie, it is super 70s though.
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Jul 17, 2016 01:56
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gohuskies posted:it is super 70s though. Clint Eastwood as JONATHAN HEMLOCK Also, it's hilarious how hard the trailer tries to get over the term "Sanction" as a stand in for "assassination".
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Jul 17, 2016 03:08
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canyoneer posted:Die Nordvand is good too. German drama of old timey climbers doing a first ascent of the north face of the Eiger. English title is The North Face. Thanks for the suggestion, just finished watching it, what a good film that was. I thought modern mountaineering was insane enough even with all the high-tech kit they have but these guys are doing it in wooly hats and mittens.
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Jul 18, 2016 02:19
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I just read Buried in the Sky (excellent), Minus 148 (also excellent) thanks to this thread. I'm currently reading Annapurna, and it's.... okay, the 1950's + european colonialism are laid on a bit thick (and they've not started an ascent yet, halfway through the book). I expect it will pick up a bit in a few pages.
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Jul 18, 2016 17:39
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Jez Plama posted:Thanks for the suggestion, just finished watching it, what a good film that was. I thought modern mountaineering was insane enough even with all the high-tech kit they have but these guys are doing it in wooly hats and mittens. Yeah those old school guys are a different breed. North face of the Eiger took 3 days for the team on the first ascent of the Heckmair route. Ueli Steck did it a few years ago in winter in under 3 hours. (I know it's not a totally fair comparison, because the first guys through and many people through since have placed a bunch of fixed protection on the route with hammers and pitons and whatever) Check out his gear for the trip: 1 icescrew, 2 locking carabiners, 2 carabiners, 1 quickdraw and 1 7mm, 30m rope All that stuff is less than $200 at REI http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/ueli-steck-speed-record-on-eiger-heckmair-route.html
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Jul 18, 2016 18:33
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So for less than $200 I can be a sprint climber too? Cool!
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Jul 18, 2016 18:43
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Outrail posted:So for less than $200 I can be a sprint climber too? Cool! Yeah pretty much anyone can. It's not just spending the $200, it's that the guy at the REI climbing counter will call you "bud" multiple times through the transaction and not everyone can handle that y'know?
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Jul 18, 2016 19:03
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Outrail posted:So for less than $200 I can be a sprint climber too? Cool! Follow your dreams! You can do anything*. * once
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Jul 18, 2016 23:22
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http://www.theonion.com/article/sherpa-who-led-neil-armstrong-to-moon-dead-at-71-2715 I love the onion.
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Jul 20, 2016 21:42
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That's loving beautiful, it just goes on and on.
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Jul 21, 2016 08:11
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Even Kilimanjaro hungers
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Jul 21, 2016 14:30
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I thought the only way to die there was to suffocate beneath a mountain of trash and feces.
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Jul 21, 2016 16:39
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High Lord Elbow posted:I thought the only way to die there was to suffocate beneath a mountain of trash and feces. It's in the middle of Africa. The whole continent hungers.
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Jul 21, 2016 20:51
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