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Jose posted:what are some good and easy mountains to climb in europe? ideally not very busy Anywhere in Switzerland except Gotthard. lol "gotthard".
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Jose posted:what are some good and easy mountains to climb in europe? ideally not very busy Sounds like Norway to me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Norway_by_prominence
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Jun 12, 2016 16:44
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Jose posted:what are some good and easy mountains to climb in europe? ideally not very busy If you mean easy as in "guy with no training can do them", any of the UK mountains would fit the bill. The summits will be busy but if you choose one of the challenging ascents with an arete and some scrambling instead of the tourist hikes, it'd be a fun babby's first mountain experience.
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Jun 12, 2016 16:52
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Tuxedo Gin posted:UK mountains They only got one though? And I mean barely one.
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Jun 12, 2016 16:59
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ReagaNOMNOMicks posted:They only got one though? And I mean barely one. By what definition? By any standard official definition, they have a number of mountains. Nothing like Everest, but dude asked for "easy".
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Jun 12, 2016 17:04
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Austria has a shitload of hiking mountains.
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Jun 12, 2016 17:08
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Tuxedo Gin posted:By what definition? By any standard official definition, they have a number of mountains. The "enhibriated dads at a bar" kind of definition.
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Jun 12, 2016 17:12
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Minrad posted:Ignoring the environment and weather, the most difficult part is the Hillary Step Stop giving away my training regime secrets for everest.
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Jun 12, 2016 17:31
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Ben Nevis in any time other than the summer is surprisingly difficult because the weather ranges from irritating to life threatening. I found it more difficult to do in October than Kilimanjaro, which is basically a walk with a stop for breath. But then again I was only about 15 when I did it. In the winter it's a full on dangerous trip.
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Jun 12, 2016 17:58
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Yeah people go into UK mountains without thought a lot and die. I mean no they're not high but with real lovely weather that can come up with no warning, there are plenty of unprepared idiots who die. You're probably ok in the summer of course
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Jun 12, 2016 18:23
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People have to get airlifted off of the Crib Goch approach to Snowdon (Wales' tiny 1085m mountain) all the time. The aretes are no joke, even in the summer. Scrambling along a ridge with 500ft+ drops on both sides is a challenge for even experienced hikers. That's why I recommended UK mountains as good "easy" ones. Babby's first mountaineering experience.
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Jun 12, 2016 18:48
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People don't realize that even a few thousand feet up, the weather can be drastically different from what it is on the ground.
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Jun 12, 2016 18:53
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Britain has the Three Peaks Challenge, climbing the highest mountains of Scotland, England and Wales in 24 hours, including driving. https://www.threepeakschallenge.uk/
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Jun 12, 2016 19:12
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Even in summer walking the Cairngorms or Snowdonia can catch you out and gently caress you up.
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Jun 12, 2016 21:11
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Any tech billionaires proposed sending a robot to the top of Everest yet?
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Jun 12, 2016 22:45
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Cojawfee posted:People don't realize that even a few thousand feet up, the weather can be drastically different from what it is on the ground. i'd never been high at all until i visited the states and then drove up pikes peak. i was really not prepared for how quickly i would become dizzy
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Jun 12, 2016 22:58
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AceRimmer posted:Any tech billionaires proposed sending a robot to the top of Everest yet? I actually have wondered if it would be at all feasible to develop a helicopter (or some form of VTOL aircraft) which can reliably operate that high up. It would be nice to have some solution for rescuing climbers from the Death Zone, or at least getting rid of some of the corpses.
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Jun 12, 2016 23:02
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just call JPL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4boyXQuUIw&t=172s
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Cockmaster posted:I actually have wondered if it would be at all feasible to develop a helicopter (or some form of VTOL aircraft) which can reliably operate that high up. It would be nice to have some solution for rescuing climbers from the Death Zone, or at least getting rid of some of the corpses. If we have a way to rescue people we'll just get more morons on the mountain.
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Cockmaster posted:I actually have wondered if it would be at all feasible to develop a helicopter (or some form of VTOL aircraft) which can reliably operate that high up. It would be nice to have some solution for rescuing climbers from the Death Zone, or at least getting rid of some of the corpses.
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Tuxedo Gin posted:People have to get airlifted off of the Crib Goch approach to Snowdon (Wales' tiny 1085m mountain) all the time. The aretes are no joke, even in the summer. Scrambling along a ridge with 500ft+ drops on both sides is a challenge for even experienced hikers. That's why I recommended UK mountains as good "easy" ones. Babby's first mountaineering experience. Yeah this. Crib Goch ridge is pretty cool. All ridge climbs are great. Here's Crib Goch:  This one is Striding Edge, on Helvellyn in the Lake District.  And the mother of them all, the Aonach Eagach ridge in Glen coe in Scotland.  Yes, that's a sheer drop on each side. The UK has some awesome walks, even if they're not at a huge altitude.
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Skeesix posted:Sounds like Norway to me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Norway_by_prominence Norway is pretty much the most expensive country in the world (unless you already live there). Beautiful but impractical. Alps in Austria and Switzerland would be more affordable.
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Jun 13, 2016 19:29
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Josef K. Sourdust posted:Alps in Austria and Switzerland would be more affordable.
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I think the death toll of six (or is it seven) is premature, there's still a tiny autumn climbing window that sometimes claims some more lives.
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the autumn window doesn't really have the entertainment value because it is pretty much only experienced mountaineers. it's not a parade of clowns like the may window if crazy poo poo goes down it becomes newsworthy
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Jun 14, 2016 03:23
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"How much would it cost to build a machine that sarcastically claps for people who make the summit under any conditions? One that can withstand the elements."Microwaves Mom posted:
Power it with one of those RTGs, like the soviets used for lighthouses, that would keep it from freezing over too. Could be engineered to last a long time. Armour it up with tons of steel and bolt it into the rock so no salty climbers can wreck it Build in an infra-red sensor, so it could play a selection of sarcastic sounds whenever it detects a person next to it on the summit.
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Jun 14, 2016 05:29
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Sounds doable... except the whole "get it up there" part.
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High Lord Elbow posted:Sounds doable... except the whole "get it up there" part. I'd bet we could work out an arrangement with a guide. Easiest client he's ever had.
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nomad2020 posted:I'd bet we could work out an arrangement with a guide. Easiest client he's ever had. If you bring it up yourself and you can get the "First person to summit Everest while carrying a device to sarcastically mock others who summit Everest" award. Plus you can test it with your achievement.
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Jun 14, 2016 18:10
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Include an 'oxygen refill station' that pumps out Nitrous Oxide.
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stillvisions posted:If you bring it up yourself and you can get the "First person to summit Everest while carrying a device to sarcastically mock others who summit Everest" award. Plus you can test it with your achievement. "Wow, you must have lots of friends." "Congratulations, hope you don't die on the way back down. It happens more often than you think."
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Cojawfee posted:"Wow, you must have lots of friends."
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Jun 14, 2016 19:19
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AceRimmer posted:"Oh you're a vegan? I knew a vegan once..." almost met*
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"Oh, great, you made it this far. Now, how about being the first vegan to summit Everest and never mention being a vegan afterwards? Now there would be something to actually feel proud of... I know, impossible. Don't slip on the way down."
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Yes nobody is going to have any sort of problem with putting a nuclear device on the top of mount everest, I'm sure
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Leperflesh posted:Yes nobody is going to have any sort of problem with putting a nuclear device on the top of mount everest, I'm sure
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Why climb a mountain like a chump when the dwarves have constructed cog railways up the side of many mountains. For some reason they call sideways trains "Funiculars". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_funicular_railways
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Leperflesh posted:Yes nobody is going to have any sort of problem with putting a nuclear device on the top of mount everest, I'm sure May I postulate for a moment, just say we placed a nuclear bomb right on the summit, ran back down the hill and pushed the button. How much shorter would Everest be when the dust settled? Maybe the Hiroshima bomb would only take a couple of metres off, but a brand new 2016 build would probably bust that fucker down to Ben Nevis/Kosciusko levels. The radiation wouldn't be a problem, no-one lives there, and it would probably make the summers quite pleasant in a couple of years. Is China, India, or the USA best qualified to take on this job?
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