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Anoia posted:We're all going to hell but it's not like that's news. Looks to be this year: Picnic Princess posted:http://adventureblog.nationalgeogra...nt&sf21802294=1
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Just split the Deathfest count into Sherpas and Shitlords and then do a total
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chopbustabrown posted:Must have a big Ethernet cable Backpacks of USB sticks
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Germstore posted:That picture makes it look like a tour group on a day trip. Everest - expectation:  Reality:  I'm sure most of you have seen those by now, but they're relevant at season start. From this album: http://m.imgur.com/gallery/Ermpp
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WAR DOGS OF SOCHI posted:I vote that we don't count Sherpas. Things are awful enough for them as it is. Wtf, this is exactly why we should count sherpas, because the assholes don't count them as worthy and they deserve to be recognised for the dangerous work they do
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May 21, 2016 18:36
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monster on a stick posted:"Late '30s is middle aged" Die in your 80s, call mid life late 30s to mid 40s? Sounds about right to me. Sorry you're old. Have you considered climbing Everest in a misguided statement of your youthful delusions?
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Annual Everest Thread 2017: a 'Once-in-a-lifetime' experience for all the wrong reasons!
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To be fair if you are heading down to the wrong 7-11 or to any Walmart at midnight, you will find a lot of people who could be mistaken for corpses in fancy dress...
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elwood posted:You mean we are all just heros in waiting? Everest thread gangtag pls, 'Heroes In Waiting'
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..."and as we commit her body to the ground, now finally recovered, we say a prayer for her soul and for her devoted... well, for her soul and her husband."
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May 30, 2016 15:11
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axeil posted:imo, saving someone's life while climbing/hiking/etc is way more impressive an endeavor than getting to the summit and something that is way more impressive to brag about at cocktail parties. I thought this too - "I was on everest" vs "I was a bonafide hero on everest"
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I'll take your tent-no-sleeping-bag and raise you sleeping-bag-no-tent quote:So, when the Italians approached the Mir of Hunza, Jamal Khan, asking for men to help with the K2 ascent, Mehdi was among those picked from the hundreds of aspirants who packed the royal court. basically if you see an Italian on K2, kill them quickly before they try to kill you.
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DrPlump posted:In 10 years China will give helicopter rides to the summit from their side. 3 times a day a helicopter will come rumbling down causing avalanches below it. The doors will open and dozens of rich Chinese tourist will step out wearing North Face jackets. They will tweet some selfies and each claim to be some kind of "first" on the summit. Then they will pile back into the helicopter to leave causing another avalanche. actually and sadly yes
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gohuskies posted:First death of the Karakoram summer season in Pakistan - https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1034599923289067&id=100002172082389&pnref=story Italians you say? The other 3 killed him.
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I for one am pumped about getting out own goon everista
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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
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Basecamp hike only, iirc
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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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Do we score one for the mountain? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39175660
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Picnic Princess posted:For people interested in the safety aspect of winter conditions in mountains, we have a really great website forecasting avalanche conditions in the mountains of Western Canada. And things are pretty insane right now in the Rockies. "Confidence: High" - rather ironic since that's going to be how people who'd actually choose to go out in it must feel
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Rondette posted:Oh my, they animated it!! Also a poo poo in the snow. I was waiting for some cheeky green boot somewhere but alas
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Picnic Princess posted:I can just change the title. But I'm keeping "Get rich and die hiking" because it's brilliant and makes me laugh every day. Yeah just change every 6 to a 7 and we're good to go
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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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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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Yeah I can see how it'd be useful to them to sell their services but even if not, it's a silly case of 'one rule for Us, a different rule for Them' Good luck to em, I say
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I met a pair of Nepalese dudes in Japan, they had nothing but respect for sherpas and were pretty awesome, highly knowledgeable dudes all round (we had several discussions while drunk across a couple of nights about linguistics, my area of expertise, and they had a sound understanding despite it being totally unrelated to their careers) If you find a Nepalese person, buy them a beer, you won't regret it
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May 5, 2017 16:19
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He basically asked the mountain to take him, and as always, it obliged. It counts. Is someone running a season tally? What is it now, 3?
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Xibanya posted:I think he's the first, didn't Steck die "off site" so to speak? Well if we aren't counting Steck then it's still 2, there was that Brit, let me find the link
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simplefish posted:Do we score one for the mountain? 6th March - that's the current season, right? (Also Aussie not Brit)
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May 7, 2017 06:39
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I hope that sherpa makes it
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May 22, 2017 06:06
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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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jobson groeth posted:Thanks for the pics. Riding out an avalanche has been struck off the bucket list. That's quitter talk. Just make it the last item.
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shame on an IGA posted:Everest permits only sold as a two-mountain package deal, not valid until stamped at K2 summit This was pretty much going to be my suggestion. Each year a big box of Everest passes is put at the top of K2. Each pass is a stamped 10kg iron tablet, to stop people trying to take more than one (but you just know someone's gonna try) There are a limited number. Go. Bonus: when the first rear end in a top hat up inevitably decides to dump the rest of the box off the summit just so they can be the "only climber to summit Everest in 2020" or whatever year
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Having "loads of actual humans puttung their lives at risk" and "low cost" bumped up together in the same sentence like that makes me loving disgusted
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Kilimanjaro isn't an 8km peak though?
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Haifisch posted:Here's the thread for anyone who wants a refresher. In that thread, someone links to this page: https://www.elitedaily.com/life/culture/6-reasons-not-quitting-job-travel-waste-life/922153 quote:So, get out there! If you've always wanted to hike K-2 -- go for it. For your reference, the author is an early-20s guy who is now an Expert On Life because he moved to the wilderness that is Sydney or something and sang kareoke with "trannies" or whatever. So yeah, I think he knows what he's talking about when he says you should just go out there and "hike" K2
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Everyone's obsessed with the Everest, but tbh I'd be happy with something just a little Everer than my everyday hike
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OMGVBFLOL posted:the real question is: can we tittyfuck the mountains no the realer question is: why havent you tried??
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https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/sunday/clips/top-of-the-world This guy's mother rules. She's angry at her son for putting his life in danger, but angrier he put sherpas' lives in danger taking them up with him
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Or people with a VPN, which is most people these days or so it seems
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