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History in the making boys: https://twitter.com/SirJadeja/status/866010016737673216 https://twitter.com/MajorPoonia/status/864668360033751041 https://twitter.com/rssurjewala/status/866254176942080000 https://twitter.com/dmotiramani/status/865082014227206144
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Who has climbed K2 the most times? I can see Apa Sherpa is the King of Everest, but there are almost no details on total K2 ascents by one climber.
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May 22, 2017 01:27
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May 22, 2017 02:53
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Jesus. How many is it now?
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May 22, 2017 03:05
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Five so far, including one missing and presumed dead.
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May 22, 2017 03:43
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down n out posted:Who has climbed K2 the most times? I can see Apa Sherpa is the King of Everest, but there are almost no details on total K2 ascents by one climber. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2 http://www.everestnews.com/sumk2.htm quote:The first climber to summit K2 twice was a Czech climber Josef Rakoncaj. Joska was a member of the 1983 Italian expedition led by Francesco Santon, which made the second successful ascent of the North Ridge (7/31/83). Three years later, on 7/5/86, he summitted on the Abruzzi Spur (double with Broad Peak West Face solo) as a member of Agostino da Polenza's international expedition.
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I know this thread has multiple people who have done the trek to Everest Base Camp and/or the Annapurna Circuit. I'm planning to go to Nepal next year and am wondering how the two treks compare. How do they rate in terms of a sense of adventure, backpacking independence, cheapness, and experiencing an environment unlike any other?
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May 22, 2017 03:58
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Syncopated posted:RIP the Hillary Step. Let it from here on out be known as the Norgay Ramp. 
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May 22, 2017 04:02
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Now that the rocks of the Hillary Step have fallen away, we have a more solid foundation for the last chairlift pillar that will eventually be installed.
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May 22, 2017 04:47
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I hope that sherpa makes it
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May 22, 2017 06:06
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FunMerrania posted:Jesus. How many is it now? Josef K. Sourdust posted:Deathpool: I'm in for 12. Guys, if I win the deathpool I want it quoted and retweeted more than news of the 1st Indian woman to summit Everest from both sides. Anything less will crush my dreams. I believe in the power of your retweets, goons!
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May 22, 2017 09:01
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No it's 5 with 1 missing, so 5 excluding the missing one. The missing one would make it six.
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A Horse Named Mandy posted:I know this thread has multiple people who have done the trek to Everest Base Camp and/or the Annapurna Circuit. I'm planning to go to Nepal next year and am wondering how the two treks compare. How do they rate in terms of a sense of adventure, backpacking independence, cheapness, and experiencing an environment unlike any other? I did the Annapurna Circuit last October so I'm probably biased. I haven't done EBC but I really want to, and I think whichever one you choose you'll have an incredible time. You'll definitely get a good sense of adventure from either of them, but in terms of backpacking independence I'd say the Annapurna Circuit is a lot more independent. I'm pretty sure you have to do EBC with a group and guides because of the permits and things (someone correct me if I'm wrong about this), but the AC you can do independently as I did. Either one you'll experience environments unlike other places. You're really spoilt for choice just being in the Himalayas. The AC has a little more variety in terms of environment as you start in subtropical jungle, then temperate forest, alpine zones, high tundra, and high desert sections. It is genuinely incredible, every single day is different. From what I've seen and heard, EBC still has variety, but you start off a lot higher and skip some of the lower altitude regions. You also come back the way you came on the EBC, unlike the AC where it's in a loop so you don't see the same thing twice. You go through loads of cool villages and settlements on the AC too, while there are some of them on EBC, they're really only there due to trekkers and climbers so the culture isn't really the same. On the other hand with the EBC you get to see loving Everest and Lhotse and all that jazz up close. You're still surrounded by bigass mountains and some 8,000 peaks on the AC but it's not as pronounced. Some of the photos Elwood took of the EBC make it look amazing. On the AC you do get to see Annapurna 1 and 2, Manaslu and Dhaulagiri though, and they're all cool as gently caress. Depending on how long you want to stay on the AC it can also be longer or shorter than EBC so it's a little more flexible. The AC would be cheaper than EBC too. I got by very well indeed on ~$20 a day. That was including a place to stay, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and a beer or two most nights. Honestly you can't go wrong with either of them. I will definitely be going back in the next few years to do EBC and I also want to do the Manaslu trek as well.
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May 22, 2017 09:31
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I truly want to see Nanga Parbat from the Faerie Meadows before I die.
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Wasabi the J posted:I truly want to see Nanga Parbat from the Faerie Meadows before I die. Well, if the Taliban have their way those two events could coincide.
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simplefish posted:No it's 5 with 1 missing, so 5 excluding the missing one. The missing one would make it six. I hope they turn up OK so I win the death pool 
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simplefish posted:No it's 5 with 1 missing, so 5 excluding the missing one. The missing one would make it six. Huh. I counted the named people in the linked article and only came up with 4.
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Josef K. Sourdust posted:Well, if the Taliban have their way those two events could coincide. I know :c
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Huh. I counted the named people in the linked article and only came up with 4. one climber did not collect enough retweets to earn name recognition.
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May 22, 2017 23:57
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c'mon, 7 deaths... I hope the 7th is a canadian
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May 23, 2017 14:54
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Nepalese climbers say Hillary Step still there, just snow-covered
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Hi, I'm late to the thread this year. When is the 2-3 week window in which all the climbs happen? is it right now? I remember last year it was in may...
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May 23, 2017 21:48
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It is right now. 200+ ascents out of 375 have been recorded. Grab some popcorn as the remaining stragglers start to scramble!
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redreader posted:Hi, I'm late to the thread this year. When is the 2-3 week window in which all the climbs happen? is it right now? I remember last year it was in may... Right now. Historically more summits happen on May 18 than on any other date.
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Holy poo poo! New ascent speed record by Spanish ultra-marathoner Kilian Jornet. 26 hours from base camp to summit with no oxygen and no fixed ropes. Again, holy loving poo poo. http://deadspin.com/new-unassisted-mt-everest-speed-record-set-by-spanish-1795487545
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:Holy poo poo! New ascent speed record by Spanish ultra-marathoner Kilian Jornet. 26 hours from base camp to summit with no oxygen and no fixed ropes. Again, holy loving poo poo. This guy and Ueli's ghost should forever protect Everest and just run and up and down it stripping people's O2 and throwing it off the edge.
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VOTE YES ON 69 posted:This guy and Ueli's ghost should forever protect Everest and just run and up and down it stripping people's O2 and throwing it off the edge. Some rich dude's journal found on the side of Mt. Everest posted:Suddenly at 8590m, a ghastly apparition materialized and ripped my oxygen tanks away, hurling them over the side end over end until they landed awkwardly on the valve, presumably breaking it and sending the tank rocketing away into china. It wailed at the sherpas accompanying me and tried to engage them in a fistfight. The banshee knocked the last porter off the rope and he went sliding down the mountain, bashing roughly into every rock and creating a small avalanche on the way over the edge and down the side of the col. I shall never forgive the loss of the celebratory bottle of whiskey that he was carrying, as I intended to take a drink of it upon summiting, saving the remainder to place in the yacht club trophy case upon my return. The ghoul taunted me by swiftly floating up to the hillary step, teabagging corpses on its ascent. My party gone, I am not long for this world. Heed my warning, whoever finds this journal. The Stecktre comes for you!
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The most proper of ueli-gies for the man, the myth.
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Anya posted:The most proper of ueli-gies for the man, the myth. The mountain.
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Haven't seen this anywhere else so don't know if it's true but: 4 climbers found dead in a tent at Camp IV https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/breaking-four-climbers-found-dead-camp-iv-mt-everest/
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Well it was published tomorrow, so it must be the latest. It says a total of 9 so far.
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May 24, 2017 03:48
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EverestNoFilter is going for their summit push today. They just woke up about 2 hrs ago.
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May 24, 2017 04:25
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Turning out to be a real hell of a season
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Yeah, 9 dudes is a lot historically right? Feels not that big of a deal compared to eartquakes and avalanches and stuff, but poo poo.
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That is a pretty high number so far with no mass tragedy. I wonder what the numbers are actually like for climbers versus other years. Are there a lot more people there right now due to the last couple of years of having the mountain pretty much shut down?
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Yuns posted:Haven't seen this anywhere else so don't know if it's true but: 4 climbers found dead in a tent at Camp IV You know you're having a bad day when you go up to recover a corpse and you stumble across four extras. That's really not all that common outside of disaster or war zones.
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Four bodies have been found inside a tent at the highest camp on Mount Everest, rescuers have confirmed. Officials said the four bodies were found by a team of rescuers who were there to recover the body of Slovak mountaineer Vladimir Strba who died over the weekend. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/worl...h.nZOZ9wDR.dpuf
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BBC coverage of the same story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40025553
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