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That last stretch to the summit used to have a large rock face called the Hillary step that posed at least some challenge before you were able to take selfies. After the 2016 Nepal earthquake it was almost completely wiped out and now it looks like the most dangerous Chipotle line. Before(snow-capped boulder people are climbing on): 
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I've really been meaning to buy a van, hopefully a Toyota HiAce in matte black. This is prime airbrush material for the sides thanks.
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May 24, 2019 12:05
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It's sad when any of the Sherpas die The foreign idiots trashing the mountain up, not so much
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May 24, 2019 14:21
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That's begging for a good drone strike.
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May 24, 2019 14:34
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For a really long time, I 100% would have gone up Everest if somehow I got gently caress you money. However I don't particularly feel like being part of this human spectacle at this point in time. Also were I to attempt the climb, and were I to die with my pants at my ankles, 99% of the way to the summit, I would hope that people would rip on me mercilessly.
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May 24, 2019 14:36
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This should be illegal. Unless they are all naked and penetrating each other, forming an anal man-train from the base to the summit. ----------------
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May 24, 2019 14:39
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Zartosht posted:Rich people aren't human, hth. Cool fig leaf but I can still see your death boner through it
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May 24, 2019 14:51
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give it a lick, it's rude not to
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May 24, 2019 14:54
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bollig posted:For a really long time, I 100% would have gone up Everest if somehow I got gently caress you money. However I don't particularly feel like being part of this human spectacle at this point in time. Also were I to attempt the climb, and were I to die with my pants at my ankles, 99% of the way to the summit, I would hope that people would rip on me mercilessly. The funny thing is there are other challenging mountains in the same area that aren't bedazzled with rich assholes and you can climb them for a fraction of the cost. Or, just do alpine climbing and duck into a chalet and eat cheese and wine and sleep by a fireplace.
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May 24, 2019 14:55
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lol Fabricated posted:It's sad when any of the Sherpas die nobody should feel bad for the sherpas because they're the ones getting paid by the rich tourists (to poo poo all over their holy mountain). sherpas are the late capitalist sellouts in this story poverty goat fucked around with this message at 15:04 on May 24, 2019 |
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May 24, 2019 14:58
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poverty goat posted:lol i'm ignorant of the culture: is mountaineering traditionally their thing?
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May 24, 2019 15:04
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Autistic Edgy Guy posted:i'm ignorant of the culture: is mountaineering traditionally their thing? I read something last year that basically said that they didn't really do the mountain climbing thing until white people came in the 20th century and hired them for it. they were good at it because they are used to living at high elevations and had climbing skills in general, but climbing the highest peaks wasn't something they did. edit: here's a blurb about it https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sherpa-people quote:Until the 20th century and despite their apparent propensity for mountain climbing, Sherpas had not attempted to scale the region’s mountains, which they viewed as the homes of the gods.
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May 24, 2019 15:10
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im glad when any rich people voluntarily shuffle their mortal coil doing something stupid and indulgent. but when it's a bay area gentrifier, it's even better
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May 24, 2019 15:20
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More people dead apparently. Aren't the people going up paying tour groups or whatever to carry their gear and tell them when it's okay? You'd hope the people you're paying would notice that there's TONS of people going up and it's obviously gonna be a disaster.
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May 24, 2019 15:23
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Hell yeah Everest thread. Rich idiots falling over themselves to die on a meaningless nature hike and Goons whining about how we shouldn't laugh at rich idiots falling over themselves to die on a meaningless nature hike.
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May 24, 2019 15:24
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hemale in pain posted:More people dead apparently. Aren't the people going up paying tour groups or whatever to carry their gear and tell them when it's okay? You'd home you're paying would notice that there's TONS of people going up and it's obviously gonna be a disaster. 
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May 24, 2019 15:26
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The irony is that life as a rich person in 2019 leaves you ill prepared for any true survival situation. These people need a nanny or something to swoop in and point them back down the mountain when it gets perilous because theyve never been in danger before
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May 24, 2019 15:26
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OMGVBFLOL posted:im glad when any rich people voluntarily shuffle their mortal coil doing something stupid and indulgent. but when it's a bay area gentrifier, it's even better  Outrail posted:Hell yeah Everest thread. the whining is really the best part poverty goat posted:The irony is that life as a rich person in 2019 leaves you ill prepared for any true survival situation. These people need a nanny or something to swoop in and point them back down the mountain when it gets perilous because theyve never been in danger before oh they have them, they just refuse to listen because obviously being very rich they're so much smarter than everyone else especially the people they pay to provide them a service the fact they're literally being killed by their own loving smug superiority is what makes it funny hailthefish fucked around with this message at 15:29 on May 24, 2019 |
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May 24, 2019 15:26
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gey muckle mowser posted:I read something last year that basically said that they didn't really do the mountain climbing thing until white people came in the 20th century and hired them for it. they were good at it because they are used to living at high elevations and had climbing skills in general, but climbing the highest peaks wasn't something they did. ohhhh yeah I'd heard about the home of the gods part white people don't give a gently caress about the home of the gods
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May 24, 2019 15:31
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hailthefish posted:the fact they're literally being killed by their own loving smug superiority is what makes it funny it rules lol
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May 24, 2019 15:35
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I bet it would be fun to sled down from the summit
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May 24, 2019 15:36
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Imagine being mad at a thread imagine being that pathetic
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May 24, 2019 15:41
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Relayer posted:I bet it would be fun to sled down from the summit Some kind of colossal zipline spanning the entire mountain range that ends at sea level would probably sell to investors better.
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May 24, 2019 15:41
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Wasn't some guy was planning to snowboard back down a few years back?
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May 24, 2019 15:44
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Pyrotoad posted:Wasn't some guy was planning to snowboard back down a few years back? he dead
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May 24, 2019 15:44
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Pyrotoad posted:Wasn't some guy was planning to snowboard back down a few years back?
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May 24, 2019 15:46
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hemale in pain posted:he dead It's all fun and games until someone gets chased down by the yeti and eaten 
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May 24, 2019 15:48
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Leaving the traffic and prole grime of New York and LA to die in traffic of your fellow middle aged Alphas on a mountain That's what we call Making It
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May 24, 2019 15:57
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Cubone posted:this just looks like a congaline up a really long staircase It's a corpse production line. People are literally dying while waiting in the queue. And demand will only increase.
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May 24, 2019 15:58
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Pyrotoad posted:Wasn't some guy was planning to snowboard back down a few years back? some dude paraglided off of it in the 80's and survived. That Canadian woman who died on there remains the best story I've heard. She "trained" for it by walking the streets around her house, in a part of Toronto that's flatter than piss on a plate.
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May 24, 2019 16:00
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Arrhythmia posted:The epic thread of goons surrounding dead bodies and chortling like ghoulish vultures is back FTMFW The death of the mega-rich is objectively cool and good
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May 24, 2019 16:03
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olylifter posted:some dude paraglided off of it in the 80's and survived. That owns, actually.
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May 24, 2019 16:11
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Who What Now posted:The death of the mega-rich is objectively cool and good if only there was a way to do it right here at home without having to send people to tibet  we could off half of manhattan for the cost of one trip up the mountain
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May 24, 2019 16:12
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Outrail posted:Hell yeah Everest thread.
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May 24, 2019 16:14
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 empty oxygen canisters, ripped tents, frozen rich people, garbage of all kinds
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May 24, 2019 16:20
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Relayer posted:I bet it would be fun to sled down from the summit A dude tried that with a snowboard and was never seen again. 
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May 24, 2019 16:22
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Who What Now posted:The death of the mega-rich is objectively cool and good Yeah but it's not worth the death of the natives who guide them and have to carry all their poo poo and maybe sometimes fall into ice hell. The rich will die one way or another, don't worry.
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May 24, 2019 16:23
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Relayer posted:I bet it would be fun to sled down from the summit A Japanese guy skied down in the 70s - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmOs-lSyejQ
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May 24, 2019 16:24
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I was looking for this thread after the latest My Favorite Murder episode. That queue photo is embarrassing.
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Shut up Meg posted:I did read one (and only one) story of a guy who gave up the chance to complete the very last bit of the climb to rescue someone dying instead. That seems like a far more interesting cocktail party brag than “I was the 162839th person to climb Everest!”
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