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

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Parts Kit: Jun 9, 2006; durr
i have a hole in my head
durr

Moridin920 posted:

haha "Poon Hill"

At least 2/3rds of the hikers never spot the famous Clit Rock.

# ? Aug 14, 2016 01:35

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# ? Apr 18, 2024 07:25

Alan_Shore: Dec 2, 2004

Don't forget the "Israeli deal". This is when you stay at a tea house, ask them if you eat dinner and breakfast there, you get the room for free. They always say yes. You'll save quite a bit.

The walk is really not as good after you get over the pass. We took a bus. Just take your time and have fun! Also wear sure glasses over the pass to avoid snow blindness. That SUCKED

# ? Aug 14, 2016 01:51

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

Parts Kit posted:

At least 2/3rds of the hikers never spot the famous Clit Rock.

Ever since Graffenberg found that spot, that's all anyone cares about.

# ? Aug 14, 2016 03:22

Rondette: Nov 4, 2009; Your friendly neighbourhood Postie.; Grimey Drawer

Moridin920 posted:

haha "Poon Hill"

This is an actual restaurant in my home town.

I have eaten there on many occasions, it is excellent.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 14:38

Time Cowboy: Nov 4, 2007; But Tarzan... The strangest thing has happened! I'm as bare... as the day I was born!

Don't go admitting you ate junior poon on this here website, friend.

# ? Aug 22, 2016 19:32

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

Aphex- posted:

I don't worry about taking photos non stop. It's not hard to take a photo and also appreciate where you are, they're not mutually exclusive.

it's hard when the family has to pile out of the car and pose painstakingly in front of X all the time though

I always just took photos of cool things and my dad would get mad that none of us were in any of them lol

now I get to see my pimply rear end 15 year old self in front of neuschwanstein castle

Moridin920 fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Aug 22, 2016

# ? Aug 22, 2016 22:29

High Lord Elbow: Jun 21, 2013; "You can sit next to Elvira."

Moridin920 posted:

now I get to see my pimply rear end 15 year old self in front of neuschwanstein castle

Your pimply rear end 15 year old self is what your parents want to remember, not noogenwang castle.

# ? Aug 22, 2016 23:13

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

High Lord Elbow posted:

Your pimply rear end 15 year old self is what your parents want to remember, not noogenwang castle.

yeah but the picture was IN MY ROOM

# ? Aug 22, 2016 23:13

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Rondette posted:

This is an actual restaurant in my home town.

I have eaten there on many occasions, it is excellent.

Bet you had the veal

# ? Aug 22, 2016 23:29

Tuxedo Gin: May 21, 2003; Classy.

Moridin920 posted:

yeah but the picture was IN MY ROOM

and they hoped to have a nice focal point and conversation piece to share with visitors after you've died young

# ? Aug 23, 2016 01:28

elwood: Mar 28, 2001; by Smythe

anyone tried this?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/384750/

# ? Aug 23, 2016 19:11

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Looks light people on steam think it's garbo.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 19:19

Pingiivi: Mar 26, 2010; Straight into the iris!

elwood posted:

anyone tried this?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/384750/

It's neat. Don't pay full price for it.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 20:37

Fallows: Jan 20, 2005; If he waits long enough he can use his accrued interest from his savings to bring his negative checking balance back into the black.

quote:

Climbing Everest in Virtual Reality Was More Powerful Than Any Real Life Adventure - VICE

# ? Aug 23, 2016 20:44

Bobby Digital: Sep 4, 2009

elwood posted:

anyone tried this?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/384750/

I hope this features the Everest Eliminator.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 21:19

Cactus Ghost: Dec 20, 2003; you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack

Fallows posted:

it's true. i abandoned my children to the elements. this game is my family now

# ? Aug 25, 2016 03:20

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

ive locked myself in a walk in freezer and im not coming out until i summit

# ? Aug 25, 2016 04:40

dookifex_maximus: Aug 10, 2016; by zen death robot

Fallows posted:

Climbing Everest in Virtual Reality Was More Powerful Than Any Real Life Adventure - VICE

nuke earth tia

# ? Aug 25, 2016 04:45

LastCaress: May 8, 2004; bonobo

Sorry, didn't die in the mountains. Took some nice pictures, there's a reason to go to these places, they're beautiful.

# ? Sep 1, 2016 11:01

simplefish: Mar 28, 2011; So long, and thanks for all the ~~fish~~ gallbladdΣrs!

LastCaress posted:

Sorry, didn't die in the mountains. Took some nice pictures, there's a reason to go to these places, they're beautiful.

As long as you didn't leave a trail of poop, oxygen bottles, and energy bar wrappers you're okay with me

# ? Sep 1, 2016 11:53

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

LastCaress posted:

Sorry, didn't die in the mountains. Took some nice pictures, there's a reason to go to these places, they're beautiful.

If you ain't dying on the mountain, you ain't trying on the mountain. :colbert:

# ? Sep 1, 2016 12:03

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

LastCaress posted:

Sorry, didn't die in the mountains. Took some nice pictures, there's a reason to go to these places, they're beautiful.

Gorgeous picture. Is that red bit in the middle the blood of the unworthy?

# ? Sep 1, 2016 18:19

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

prolly just light hitting the lens in the right way

that's a sick rear end photo

# ? Sep 1, 2016 18:21

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

LastCaress posted:

Sorry, didn't die in the mountains. Took some nice pictures, there's a reason to go to these places, they're beautiful.

That's an awesome picture!

Shame about the whole not dying in the mountains thing...

# ? Sep 1, 2016 18:29

elwood: Mar 28, 2001; by Smythe

Put my gear together for the base camp trip. I'm at 17kg (duffel and daypack combined) and that does not even include life saving cheetos rations! Gotta lose 2kg for the flight to Lukla.

# ? Sep 2, 2016 07:59

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

It's not everest but...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/02/utah-climbers-kyle-dempster-scott-adamsongo-missing-pakistan

quote:

Pakistan plans helicopter search for US climbers missing on Ogre II

Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson have been missing for a week after their latest attempt to climb the notoriously difficult 23,000ft peak

The Pakistani military has set up a helicopter search for a pair of American climbers missing for more than a week after an attempt to climb the notorious Ogre II mountain.

Days of snowy and butty conditions had left rescuers unable to reach the remote peak to search for renowned alpinists Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, said Jonathan Thesenga, of Black Diamond Equipment.

But a break in the weather meant he Pakistan military helicopters were due to begin the search on Saturday morning local time. An organization called Global Rescue also has helicopters and a medivac aircraft on standby.

Dempster and Adamson, who are from Utah, were due back at base camp on 26 August after leaving five days earlier to begin their ascent up the north face of the 22,864ft (6,969m) Ogre II in the Panmah Muztagh subrange of the Karakoram mountains.

Bad weather had hindered rescue efforts since Sunday , which began on Sunday, Thesenga said. Four guides had been dispatched to search the mountain on foot.

Dempster, 33, and Adamson, 34, are two of the most accomplished alpinists of their generation, Thesenga said. The pair made the same attempt last year, when Dempster broke his leg after a 100ft fall and the two then fell 400ft while trying to get down the mountain.

Six other climbers, including two from the US, were at base camp on the mountain and ready to ascend if they were needed to help, he said.

�They have built their careers on cutting-edge alpine ascents from Pakistan to Alaska,� Thesenga said. �We remain optimistic that they are going to get out of the mountains and have this amazing story of survival to share.�

The Ogre massif, also known as Baintha Brakk, is regarded as one of the most difficult climbs in the world thanks to its steep, rocky faces. Doug Scott, the legendary British climber, broke both legs on the first ever ascent of the Ogre in 1977 and it was not climbed again until 2001.

# ? Sep 3, 2016 15:34

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

The Goatfather posted:

It's not everest but...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/02/utah-climbers-kyle-dempster-scott-adamsongo-missing-pakistan

Google that loving mountain what the fuuuuck. Its insane looking.

# ? Sep 3, 2016 15:58

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Ogre is a cool name for a mountain

# ? Sep 3, 2016 16:31

Syncopated: Oct 21, 2010

Jose posted:

Ogre is a cool name for a mountain

The Goatfather posted:

Days of snowy and butty conditions had left rescuers unable to reach the remote peak to search for renowned alpinists Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, said Jonathan Thesenga, of Black Diamond Equipment.

I hate when my mountains are particularly butty

# ? Sep 3, 2016 16:49

zedprime: Jun 9, 2007; yospos

I hate when the Ogre gets all butty.

efb; I should have known googling Shrek's butt would leave me with no decent example and only mild existential dread of fan art.

# ? Sep 3, 2016 16:49

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

cloud2butt strikes again

# ? Sep 3, 2016 17:10

Martian Manfucker: Dec 27, 2012; misandry is real

Wasabi the J posted:

Google that loving mountain what the fuuuuck. Its insane looking.

Went to google it and this was the first result:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pakistan-helicopters-search-missing-us-climbers-41845068

They called off the search. rip fellas

# ? Sep 4, 2016 05:25

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

that was their route

for perspective we're talking about ogre 2

# ? Sep 5, 2016 14:40

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

Syncopated posted:

See also: Eiger

I can�t decide if �Trango Towers� sounds badass, or like a some lame public housing development.

They look incredibly badass, though:

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:45

Rondette: Nov 4, 2009; Your friendly neighbourhood Postie.; Grimey Drawer

Hey gang, I can't remember if this has been posted before, but there is a documentary featuring our favourite Canadian lady on Youtube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEcHBFs-qME

VV it was originally aired in 2012 so probably a reupload, but I don't remember much of it. There is loads of footage of her own, plus talking head interviews with her which is a little spooky.VV

Rondette fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Sep 20, 2016

# ? Sep 20, 2016 12:09