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Picnic Princess posted:GBS ruins everything. In this case it wasn't GBS posters that ruined it though.
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They were posting in GBS, that's makes them GBS posters.
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This thread needs more pictures of Everest doggies.
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EverestNoFilter guys have been running into more trouble. One of their sherpas was feeling sick and then Cory was having health problems too and skipped an acclimatization day hike. The mountain is also being absolutely blasted with high winds so I doubt anyone has been attempting the summit the last few days even though it's sunny and clear for the most part.
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Picnic Princess posted:EverestNoFilter guys have been running into more trouble. One of their sherpas was feeling sick and then Cory was having health problems too and skipped an acclimatization day hike. The mountain is also being absolutely blasted with high winds so I doubt anyone has been attempting the summit the last few days even though it's sunny and clear for the most part. It's not even May, it's way early.
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Why did they get up from the prayer ceremony to get a better perspective for Snapchat just ugh. I mean, there's the whole issue of falsifying traditional customs for the sake of performance to make tourist experiences more "authentic" which is a huge problem in non-Western countries, but whether that was the case or it was legitimate, you should still participate as expected.
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I like the EverestNoFilter guys better this year. I guess I figured them as just stupid hipsters the first time but after followed them this journey from the start, they seem pretty nice.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/27/asia/taiwanese-couple-rescued-nepal/index.html Not quite Everest, but a hiking couple was lost for seven weeks in the Himalayas and found today. One of them survived, the other died 3 days prior.
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Unconfirmed, but looks like Steck died  http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2017/04/30/everest-2017-ueli-steck-dies-on-nuptse/
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A bunch of other news sites are running with it, I think it's official. That's really sad.
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loving hell! Everest, that's enough this year, you took out the big dog. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/swiss-machine-ueli-steck-killed-in-mt-everest-accident/ quote:A group of six rescuers discovered a body of the multiple-record holder mountaineer near Nuptse Face of the Mt Everest where he could have slipped and fell on the ice-covered slope. “The team has collected the scattered parts of the climber’s body.”
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I thought he was solo climbing but the article implies he had a sherpa? Also I've read it before but forgotten, what was the deal with fixing ropes?
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Trying to repeat the Hornbein route followed by all the rest was almost suicidal, but he never got that far. This accident happened during an acclimatization climb. simplefish posted:I thought he was solo climbing but the article implies he had a sherpa? He had a Sherpa friend who was to be his climbing partner in this attempt, iirc. You don't try the Hornbein route solo. Fixing ropes makes it easier to climb up and down between camps several times, which they have to do to establish camps, stockpile supplies at them, spend time acclimating at altitude, go back down to recover, climb back up, etc. If the real climbers are prepping for pulling a bunch of rich assholes up the mountain later on, the ropes make that process a lot easier too of course.
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Sorry I meant when they had the fight about ropes with sherpas. It was referenced in that Himalayan times article. I can look it up again myself later, just I'm at work right now
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Well gently caress. There's really no other way for him to go out but man. That really sucks.
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Holy poo poo, that's really awful news, drat. RIP one of the true greats. Here he is climbing the north face of the Eiger in 2 hours 22 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfpYNr7es0Y
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Well, that sucks :-(
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simplefish posted:Sorry I meant when they had the fight about ropes with sherpas. It was referenced in that Himalayan times article. I can look it up again myself later, just I'm at work right now They were climbing above Sherpas who were setting up ropes for the 'tourist climbers' and I think knocked some ice down over some of them and it all kicked off. Edit- have an article https://www.outsideonline.com/1929351/everest-brawl-sherpas-tale Rondette fucked around with this message at 12:30 on Apr 30, 2017 |
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drat, RIP Steck. I was scoffing at posts like the following* Rondette posted:Also, yeah..... worried for Ueli, suicide by mountain???? And he got taken out on an acclimatisation run. WTF man. *Sorry Rondette you're cool but I was like "No way, Steck has got this". Solemn reminder that nobody is bigger than the mountain 
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I'm taking no pleasure in being right about this one.
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Damnit. This reminds me of when Tim Samaras was killed by the El Reno tornado a few years ago. It sucks when people that are awesome in their field are killed doing what they love
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Rats.
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I was just describing Steck's attempt this year to a friend of mine. Then I see new posts in this thread and learn there won't be an attempt. Goddamn
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Cojawfee posted:Did he already do the Everest part? No, he was acclimatizing before the attempt.
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Dang RIP Ueli. One of not many who belonged there.
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I had a feeling looking at the route he wanted to take it wouldn't go well, but I was just thinking he would call off the attempt, not die on an acclimatization run. That's a real shame.
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Reminds me of the crocodile hunter gettng killed by a stingray. I always figured he was doomed but would have assumed a croc would get him.
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Rest in peace Ueli. At least you died doing what you loved.  Arnette's article says he had a wife. I can't imagine what she must be going through; just being the partner of an alpinist like that is stressful, let alone getting the call.
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My brother in law posted on Facebook about it, Steck has always been a major hero and idol for him so he's not taking this well
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I feel like I just watched someone win the Daytona 500 and then get run over in the parking lot.
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quote:Popularly known was Swiss Machine, the 41-year-old Swiss alpinist was climbing Mt Nuptse solo when he slipped and fell some 1,000 metres down the mountain, severing his body into bits and pieceson the treacherous terrain, according to other mountaineers. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/body-parts-swiss-machine-airlifted-mt-everest/ He goddamn exploded on the mountains.
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Here's a link to the video of Ueli on the Eiger in 2008, a great alpinism video and what got him on a lot of people's radars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0X9rdJ7hc That bit at 2:15 where he's nearly running up the snowfield is very inspirational to me.
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Helicity posted:Damnit. This reminds me of when Tim Samaras was killed by the El Reno tornado a few years ago. It sucks when people that are awesome in their field are killed doing what they love And everyone knew how much he loved falling to his death and exploding into pieces.
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Saint Jerome posted:And everyone knew how much he loved falling to his death and exploding into pieces. Well, how else could he have possibly gone I mean
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"I know that one day the mountain will claim me. When it does, I hope I explode into a million pieces." - Ueli Steck.
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