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connorrr posted:Sorry lemme be camera nerdy about this. Thanks for the info, I'm not really an expert or anything, just talking based on my own flawed understanding. 
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DumbparameciuM posted:Before Trumpchat overtakes this thread as well: On the one hand he climbed it already so he knows what he's getting into. On the other hand, he seems to have a deathwish and with a 5 month old child, he is a selfish rear end in a top hat. elwood fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Nov 22, 2016 |
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elwood posted:On the one hand he climbed it already so he knows what he's getting into. On the other hand, he seems to have a deathwish and with a 5 month old child, he is a selfish rear end in a top hat. i get that he wants to complete the project the avalanche cut short from the sound of it he views it as his career's magnum opus. hopefully he succeeds and retires. if he doesn't... well, it's not like the kid will remember it
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OMGVBFLOL posted:i get that he wants to complete the project the avalanche cut short Yeah. I sort of see where he's coming from, sounds like he's getting a reality check every couple of months what with all his mates dying out wing-suiting. I reckon if he does do it he'll probably be jumping super conservatively, just enough to tick the box without getting himself killed, but I dunno, depends on the mindset. Can't say he doesn't have his eyes open though.
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DumbparameciuM posted:Before Trumpchat overtakes this thread as well: "I lost seven friends in the last two months".
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elwood posted:On the one hand he climbed it already so he knows what he's getting into. On the other hand, he seems to have a deathwish and with a 5 month old child, he is a selfish rear end in a top hat. He's a "professional wingsuit pilot," so he'll be dead pretty soon anyway. I guess he may as well die on Everest.
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Aphex- posted:This isn't Everest related but it's about the Himalayas, so for anyone interested in other long distance Himalayan hikes here's a little summary of the Annapurna Circuit which I just came back from hiking. this is cool you are cool, thanks for you pics
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Maluco Marinero posted:Yeah. I sort of see where he's coming from, sounds like he's getting a reality check every couple of months what with all his mates dying out wing-suiting. It's a total mixed bag. I can see why he's so obsessed and passionate, but at the same time, with a kid, it's like maybe you should take a step back from recklessness because there's another life dependent on you. I was pretty reckless for a while and then I nearly died, and after that moment I totally scaled back and couldn't push myself like I used to ever again. And I don't even have a kid. I suppose maybe since he hasn't personally had a near miss he still feels fairly invincible even though he knows of so many deaths, he isn't that worried, but his situation is far more serious than mine was. Most scrambling accidents result in injuries, whereas most base jumping accidents result in death.
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VOTE YES ON 69 posted:this is cool you are cool, thanks for you pics Thanks! Glad you like them. Nepal is cool.
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Picnic Princess posted:It's a total mixed bag. I can see why he's so obsessed and passionate, but at the same time, with a kid, it's like maybe you should take a step back from recklessness because there's another life dependent on you. I was pretty reckless for a while and then I nearly died, and after that moment I totally scaled back and couldn't push myself like I used to ever again. And I don't even have a kid. I suppose maybe since he hasn't personally had a near miss he still feels fairly invincible even though he knows of so many deaths, he isn't that worried, but his situation is far more serious than mine was. Most scrambling accidents result in injuries, whereas most base jumping accidents result in death. Based on that video he seems to realize he has his son and needs to stop doing so much stupid stuff. Seems like this Everest thing is something he feels like he really needs to do no matter what. After that he might be able to say he's done. Though you can't expect a long life if your immediate reaction to being able to glide on your own is "yeah but we should do this five feet away from a jagged cliff."
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Cojawfee posted:Based on that video he seems to realize he has his son and needs to stop doing so much stupid stuff. Seems like this Everest thing is something he feels like he really needs to do no matter what. After that he might be able to say he's done. Problem is, addicts are always gonna take that last hit before they quit.
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My favourite part are the two muppets standing on the guide rope in their crampons. "This rope will save your *snap* liffffff................"
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I looked through my pictures and made an album if anyones still interested: https://imgur.com/gallery/FE4QN
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Is one of you working for ClickHole? http://www.clickhole.com/article/car-crash-survivor-called-completing-physical-ther-5163
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Thank you, Elwood and Aphex, for those pictures. They made a couch-sitter like me understand why you'd hike in the Himalayas.
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Paramemetic posted:Is one of you working for ClickHole? This reminds me. At my former gym they had a stair master Everest thing, where if you "climbed" Everest on a stir master you got your picture on the wall. 
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ZombieLenin posted:This reminds me. At my former gym they had a stair master Everest thing, where if you "climbed" Everest on a stir master you got your picture on the wall. You have to go back to that gym and "climb" Everest in a yellow parka.
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Arivia posted:You have to go back to that gym and "climb" Everest in a yellow parka. Green boots also acceptable
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ZombieLenin posted:This reminds me. At my former gym they had a stair master Everest thing, where if you "climbed" Everest on a stir master you got your picture on the wall. Post picture of yourself draped in a canadian flag lying on the stairmaster pls
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ZombieLenin posted:This reminds me. At my former gym they had a stair master Everest thing, where if you "climbed" Everest on a stir master you got your picture on the wall. i'm sorry you weren't fit enough to everest the stairmaster, goon sire
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Some friends of mine used to work at a ski resort, and there was this local dude who did serious backcountry skiiing and did about 20,000 vertical feet ascending on skins every day.
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ZombieLenin posted:This reminds me. At my former gym they had a stair master Everest thing, where if you "climbed" Everest on a stir master you got your picture on the wall. Typical arrogant gym management. How dare they mock The Great Mountain. Everest is not to be taken lightly.
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canyoneer posted:Some friends of mine used to work at a ski resort, and there was this local dude who did serious backcountry skiiing and did about 20,000 vertical feet ascending on skins every day. I'm skeptical. 6 km altitude gain? I'm not sure there's enough time in a day to do that. I mean ascending by foot up a dry mountain that much would be pretty hard.
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If you can't trust an internet stranger retelling a third hand anecdote he heard 10 years ago, then I don't know who you can trust.
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Last Chance posted:Typical arrogant gym management. How dare they mock The Great Mountain. Everest is not to be taken lightly. It's not even that. I'm imaging the people whose picture was on the wall going on with their lives and talking about the time they "basically climbed Everest." You know that has to happen. Kind of in line with the click-hole article I was quoting, which is why I was reminded of it and told the story.
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Man I thought this thread had disappeared! Awesome pictures, Elwood! Mountaineering scares the heck out of me and I don't exactly know why. I grew up in the Rockies, but every time I see a really big mountain I panic a little bit. I'm glad other people are brave enough to go up there and die for my amusement.
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ZombieLenin posted:It's not even that. I'm imaging the people whose picture was on the wall going on with their lives and talking about the time they "basically climbed Everest." You know that has to happen. so you're mad at your imagination?
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Beet Wagon posted:Man I thought this thread had disappeared! Awesome pictures, Elwood! Aren't most of the taller mountains in the Rockies basically hikes? I don't think there's much mountaineering going on there unless you go out of your way.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Aren't most of the taller mountains in the Rockies basically hikes? I don't think there's much mountaineering going on there unless you go out of your way. Depends on which Rockies. The USA, yes, Canada, absolutely not.
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Picnic Princess posted:Depends on which Rockies. The USA, yes, Canada, absolutely not. Can confirm, looking at Canadian Rockies right now. Hikes are fine until you break the treeline. Then it's still fine or it feels like everything wants you to gently caress off and/or die depending on what the mountain ate for breakfast. And sometimes it's really loving cold.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Aren't most of the taller mountains in the Rockies basically hikes? I don't think there's much mountaineering going on there unless you go out of your way. Yeah the tallest mountain in my state was down south and it actually looks like a mountain, but even then it's only ~12,000 feet tall and from what I understand you can mostly just hike up it.  The rest of the mountains near us were mountainy but you could totally walk straight up them if you cared enough to do so. Same with the Cascades - a couple real mountains but mostly just parts where the road goes up for a while and then back down. I was up in Alaska last summer though and some of the mountains there were just mind-blowing. Of course I stood there with my mouth agape like an idiot tourist and everyone else was like "Yeah, those don't even have a name, they're just... y'know... mountains." I'm glad I took up much safer hobbies like internet posting and freediving 
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Beet Wagon posted:I was up in Alaska last summer though and some of the mountains there were just mind-blowing. Of course I stood there with my mouth agape like an idiot tourist and everyone else was like "Yeah, those don't even have a name, they're just... y'know... mountains." Glad to hear that I'm not alone in having had that reaction.
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OMGVBFLOL posted:so you're mad at your imagination? That's pretty deep and complex. Let me just retort by saying we are always angry about things we imagine. And by that, I mean, every time you get angry about something, even if it's somebody just curb stomped your mom, you are getting angry based on your idiosyncratic (or socially conditioned, pick one, either works) interpretation of events. This is an imaginative process. So yes, I am angry about my imagination(s). So are you. Right now.
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ZombieLenin posted:That's pretty deep and complex. Let me just retort by saying we are always angry about things we imagine. And by that, I mean, every time you get angry about something, even if it's somebody just curb stomped your mom, you are getting angry based on your idiosyncratic (or socially conditioned, pick one, either works) interpretation of events. This is an imaginative process. right, but in your case you thought up an fictional person & fictional actions for them, then posted about how mad you were about this fiction you'd imagined
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ZombieLenin posted:That's pretty deep and complex. Let me just retort by saying we are always angry about things we imagine. And by that, I mean, every time you get angry about something, even if it's somebody just curb stomped your mom, you are getting angry based on your idiosyncratic (or socially conditioned, pick one, either works) interpretation of events. This is an imaginative process. Jesus penis someone is excited about his freshman philosophy class. I imagine.
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carl sagan climbing everest with a little help from his sherpa of the imagination
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OMGVBFLOL posted:right, but in your case you thought up an fictional person & fictional actions for them, then posted about how mad you were about this fiction you'd imagined No, not really. No more than you're fictionalizing me right now. They had a giant picture of themselves on the gym wall that said "I climbed Mt. Everest." Given that, I don't even think my fictionalization of them violates what most people would consider a fair inference. I guess though you could try to continue trying to delegitimize my reaction by bringing up the problem of induction; however, one wonders what existential threat does my mockery pose to you? Do you have a giant picture of yourself on the wall of your gym along with the words "I climbed Mt. Everest?" or something? Am I accidentally making fun of you, or are you just one of those people who likes to argue on the internet for the exercise? No shame either way.
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ZombieLenin posted:No, not really. No more than you're fictionalizing me right now. They had a giant picture of themselves on the gym wall that said "I climbed Mt. Everest." wait, it literally said "i climbed mt everest" lmao yeah no im with you that's dumb
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