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The Something Awful Forums > Archives > General Bullshit > Annual Everest Thread: Well they always told me getting high was dangerous.
 
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Bugsmasher
May 3, 2004

 http://gripped.com/profiles/canadian-anna-smith-passes-expedition-india/

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Derek Cheng, Anna’s close friend who is familiar with the ongoing situation relayed the following information. Anna and Alison had set up base camp and moved to advanced base camp above 5,000 metres, where Anna reported having headaches and feeling the effects of altitude. They returned to base camp for a couple of days and, when feeling fine again, moved once again to advanced base camp.

“There, Alison had a headache, but Anna was feeling fit and strong,” said Cheng. “Anna made dinner for them both. They only had a small tent, so Anna slept in the tent while Alison made a bivouac outside. In the morning, Anna did not wake up. Cause of death is not yet known. An autopsy will take place in India.”
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Bugsmasher
May 3, 2004

 Base camp death for the man attempting to break the record for oldest person to summit:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39829636?ocid=socialflow_twitter

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An 85-year-old Nepali man who was attempting to become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest has died at base camp, reports say.
Min Bahadur Sherchan, a former British Gurkha soldier, was trying to reclaim the record from Japan's Yuichiro Miura, who climbed Everest aged 80 in 2013.

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Mr Sherchan died at base camp on Saturday afternoon, officials at Nepal's tourism office said. Doctors suspect he suffered a heart attack, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported.
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Bugsmasher
May 3, 2004

 Man tries to climb snowy Arizona mountain for free pizza — but suffers hypothermia, has to be rescued

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/world/tries+climb+snowy+arizona+mountain+free+pizza+suffers+hypothermia/13364963/story.html

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A man had to be treated for hypothermia this week and rescued from a snowy northern Arizona mountain that he hiked up wearing only shorts and other light clothing in a quest for free pizza, authorities said.

He was trying to qualify for a pizza promised by a local business to anyone who could make it to a radio tower on Mount Elden overlooking Flagstaff. The elevation of the mountain is more than 2743 metres.
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Bugsmasher
May 3, 2004

 Three dead on Howse Peak in Banff National park, attempting the east face apparently.

https://twitter.com/EmmaMci/status/1118930268738420736

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/climbers-presumed-dead-avalanche-howse-peak-1.5103919?cmp=rss

Bugsmasher fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Apr 18, 2019

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Bugsmasher
May 3, 2004

 Another avalanche death in the Canadian rockies, this one in Yoho National Park:

https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2019/04/24/oil-and-gas-company-confirms-death-of-one-of-its-employees-in-yoho-avalanche.html

Forecast this weekend has an upslope effect potentially bringing 40cm of snow to parts of Banff national park, will be interesting to see what this does to the already dangerous conditions.

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