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Mt. Everest has around 200 dead bodies on the mountain. It is nearly impossible for recovery of a body off the mountain. Most of the bodies are in the same exact position they were when they died. Perfectly preserved in time because of the cold. Along the route up to the summit climbers will pass all these bodies. There are bodies over 50 years old that look like they were placed there yesterday.
The "death zone" is 26,000 feet. Air is so thin that there is no margin for error. Immediate frostbite will happen. Lack of oxygen leaves climber bewildered and weak. Cost for one to go on a trip is $25,000.
Several bodies are given names. This one is "green boots". Many of the bodies are now landmarks along the way up. "green Boots" has been there since 1996.
(http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2006/07/14/2003127792.jpg)
“PLEASE don’t leave me,” the dying woman cried.
There was an American flag placed on this woman years later and a note from her family. Two people found the woman alone and barely alive but could do nothing to help her. They thought about that moment everyday and saved up all their money for 8 years to make a return trip and give her a proper "burial".
(http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00338/ed_imgSNF1824A_338324a.jpg)
(http://www.mountain.ru/img.php?src=/article/article_img/1216/f_2.jpg&gif=0&width=250&height=0)
Here's one of George Mallory where he has lain since falling to his death in 1924
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/mallory.jpg)
Bodies lay exactly where the climber last took a "rest". Most of the time they take a rest and dont wake up.
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/1279795.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/Greg_Child461.jpg)
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Haha
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Why in the hell would anyone even go there their no hot ladies.
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I like doing foolish things myself, but going to a place that has very thin air and is freezing, isn't top on my list. Even if you make it to the top, nobody will care and more so...I can't see it being a rush at all. Hiking can be enjoyable though, taking in nature and getting blisters and all.
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Why in the hell would anyone even go there their no hot ladies.
I'd like to know, how many of the 2000 aren't white? minorities don't mess with shit like this.
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I am not a climber but I've done a lot of hiking and a bit of scrambling and have to admit, I don't see a lot of Hebrews doing it. Plenty of Japs and Chinese though.
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I'd like to know, how many of the 2000 aren't white? minorities don't mess with shit like this.
The speed that US blacks walk it would take 2.5 yrs to climb it. Not to mention frostbite on the buttocks with pants hanging down.
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I'd like to know, how many of the 2000 aren't white? minorities don't mess with shit like this.
Thats right the minorities are smart. I aint seen Parker trying to get a car up that mountain.
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Great post... amazing stuff!
This is what happens when people totally underestimate the power of nature... they pay the ultimate price.
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The speed that US blacks walk it would take 2.5 yrs to climb it. Not to mention frostbite on the buttocks with pants hanging down.
;D
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so, these dead souls had no families, friends who wanted a Proper burial for them?.....what a shame....if I'm one of the authorities in this country, I wouldn't want my moutain to be littered with fucking dead bodies
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awesome post. thanks for sharing.
I am surprised the bodies can't be retrieved. Surely technology exists that allows a team to go up, stay warm, carry additional oxygen and drag them back.
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I read a Sunday paper article fairly recently that they were going to send a large party of climbers up there to start bringing the bodies down. Guess nothing happened.
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May as well jack off in your dying moments
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/everest4wr.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/everestone8dj.jpg)
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May as well jack off in your dying moments
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/everest4wr.jpg)
Jokes aside, that is a very weird position to die in... contemplating his mortality, no doubt.
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Have a friend who's a big fan of that climbing shit. Don't get it; a lot of the bests finally meet their match at one point doing this. At that altitude, all senses are altered and if you can't hold your own, you become a liability for everyone. Sherpas will try to save you until a certain point and then, it's every man for himself.
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They often take people struggling or unsure back down and most people will try to help out but once you go into the death zone, you're on your own because people simply can't waste the time, oxygen and effort on you.
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so, these dead souls had no families, friends who wanted a Proper burial for them?.....what a shame....if I'm one of the authorities in this country, I wouldn't want my moutain to be littered with fucking dead bodies
I think the point is they die in places they can't be reached without great risk
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I think the point is they die in places they can't be reached without great risk
I'm sure most of these bodies can be reached, but the cost of retrieval I heard will be high....I'm sure there are seasons of the year when Everest is less treacherous
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They do take some bodies down. Not everyone that dies up there stays up there. A lot do though. Most, actually.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/29/article-2151418-13534A4C000005DC-185_634x441.jpg)
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Great post... amazing stuff!
This is what happens when people totally underestimate the power of nature... they pay the ultimate price.
And then...... they say steeoidsa kill......lol
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They do take some bodies down. Not everyone that dies up there stays up there. A lot do though. Most, actually.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/29/article-2151418-13534A4C000005DC-185_634x441.jpg)
I'm all for expedition and exploration, but putting my life in danger for no fucking cause is beyond Idiocity
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love to meet one of these dead persons
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love to meet one of these dead persons
Will you bring your son with you?
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way too cold and dangerous bro
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way too cold and dangerous bro
Even if Jay Cutler awaits you in a sparkling thong at the top of the great mountain?
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dumb amateurs, i been at higher height than them and still alive.
by plane ;D
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8633058.stm
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dumb amateurs, i been at higher height than them and still alive.
by plane drugs ;D
Fixed.
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jay cutler cant climb a mountain
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Seen a documentary a little while back... What a bunch of selfish fucks. I remember one dude in particular telling the sherpas that if they lose their balance and fall on this steep hill to just unhook from the rope.
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love to meet one of these dead persons
Yes they will have a booth at the Next Mr O Expo.
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Yes they will have a booth at the Next Mr O Expo.
thanks hunk
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jay cutler cant climb a mountain
Big Ron is a mountain of a man. He would partake in whiskey shots, then climb the mountain 8 straight times.
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Big Ron is a mountain of a man. He would partake in whiskey shots, then climb the mountain 8 straight times.
Ironmiester please shop this one.
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Fucking awesome, this only makes me want to climb it more. The death zone...imagine how manly and hardcore it must feel as you make it to the top inching past all these dead betas that lacked the will power along the way, I mean your fucking testosterone would increase tenfold and once you get to the pinnacle and rip off your shirt and hit a most muscular with a primitive roar and come back down, you would have a beard to put the great civil war generals to shame and women would be lined up in tbe snow with their legs open waiting for you to fill them with your seed one by one
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I'd take a selfie with the corpses
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Someone posted an article on the cost of doing it. Will cost you about $100K to be able to climb.
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Fucking awesome, this only makes me want to climb it more. The death zone...imagine how manly and hardcore it must feel as you make it to the top inching past all these dead betas that lacked the will power along the way, I mean your fucking testosterone would increase tenfold and once you get to the pinnacle and rip off your shirt and hit a most muscular with a primitive roar and come back down, you would have a beard to put the great civil war generals to shame and women would be lined up in tbe snow with their legs open waiting for you to fill them with your seed one by one
I watched a show about this on Natgeo, it made me inspired to see wha the human spirit is capable of, and made me want to do it. I really think I may do this.
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Someone posted an article on the cost of doing it. Will cost you about $100K to be able to climb.
yeah, real hardcore having sherpas carry all your gear up the mountain.
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yeah, real hardcore having sherpas carry all your gear up the mountain.
haha ;D
sometimes, got to applaud even the enemies, this was hillarious.
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(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/Greg_Child461.jpg)
:o Damn
Is that last one real?
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:o Damn
Is that last one real?
It's just a Krokodil user taking a rest..
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It's just a Krokodil user taking a rest..
Haha...you're my favorite poster right now. ;D
This was actually very interesting to read. Thank you OP.
I wonder what the percentage is, of people who have died doing the climb. They know the risks.
I can't imagine passing by someone who was dying. Especially if they said "Please don't leave me". I know it's nearly impossible to rescue them, but I'd want to try. :-\
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I watched a show about this on Natgeo, it made me inspired to see wha the human spirit is capable of, and made me want to do it. I really think I may do this.
I assumed all getbiggers have already climbed Everest at least once? :D
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I'd take a selfie with the corpses
LOL....I'm sure they're already smiling
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I assumed all getbiggers have already climbed Everest at least once? :D
x2 I did it while ravaging Bluto's whore-of-a-mother all the way up and down.
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The speed that US blacks walk it would take 2.5 yrs to climb it. Not to mention frostbite on the buttocks with pants hanging down.
Black hate the cold man. They wouldn't even do this for free shit.
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It's just a Krokodil user taking a rest..
LMAO.
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Mt. Everest has around 200 dead bodies on the mountain. It is nearly impossible for recovery of a body off the mountain. Most of the bodies are in the same exact position they were when they died. Perfectly preserved in time because of the cold. Along the route up to the summit climbers will pass all these bodies. There are bodies over 50 years old that look like they were placed there yesterday.
The "death zone" is 26,000 feet. Air is so thin that there is no margin for error. Immediate frostbite will happen. Lack of oxygen leaves climber bewildered and weak. Cost for one to go on a trip is $25,000.
Several bodies are given names. This one is "green boots". Many of the bodies are now landmarks along the way up. "green Boots" has been there since 1996.
(http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2006/07/14/2003127792.jpg)
“PLEASE don’t leave me,” the dying woman cried.
There was an American flag placed on this woman years later and a note from her family. Two people found the woman alone and barely alive but could do nothing to help her. They thought about that moment everyday and saved up all their money for 8 years to make a return trip and give her a proper "burial".
(http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00338/ed_imgSNF1824A_338324a.jpg)
(http://www.mountain.ru/img.php?src=/article/article_img/1216/f_2.jpg&gif=0&width=250&height=0)
Here's one of George Mallory where he has lain since falling to his death in 1924
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/mallory.jpg)
Bodies lay exactly where the climber last took a "rest". Most of the time they take a rest and dont wake up.
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/1279795.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/Greg_Child461.jpg)
Awesome thread, thanks.....1 in 4 do not survive!
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Haha...you're my favorite poster right now. ;D
This was actually very interesting to read. Thank you OP.
I wonder what the percentage is, of people who have died doing the climb. They know the risks.
I can't imagine passing by someone who was dying. Especially if they said "Please don't leave me". I know it's nearly impossible to rescue them, but I'd want to try. :-\
Better wait till it dies, then eat her while still warm for better protein uptake and absortion.
One should never forget the anabolic window, even at 26000 feet.
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The toughest part about climbing the mountain would be hauling a backpack full of glutamine, aminos, NOS packs, and other essentials.
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1 in 4 don't survive?? :-\
Why do they make this climb legal? :(
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Me and Falcon will climb it next week.
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The toughest part about climbing the mountain would be hauling a backpack full of glutamine, aminos, NOS packs, and other essentials.
Haha yes
Although the temperature would be ideal for storing an all-you-can-eat HGH and Nubain buffet "on the go".
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1 in 4 don't survive?? :-\
Why do they make this climb legal? :(
Because in tibet or nepal it's ok to die.
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Crazy.. Stop to catch your breath in a makeshift cave.. then you freeze to death in a matter of minutes.... Sounds fun! ;D
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1 in 4 don't survive?? :-\
Why do they make this climb legal? :(
From Wiki:
By the end of the 2010 climbing season, there had been 5,104 ascents to the summit by about 3,142 individuals, with 77% of these ascents being accomplished since 2000.[79] The summit was achieved in 7 of the 22 years from 1953 to 1974, and has not been missed since 1975.[79] In 2007, the record number of 633 ascents was recorded, by 350 climbers and 253 sherpas.[79]
A remarkable illustration of the explosion of popularity of Everest is provided by the numbers of daily ascents. Analysis of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster shows that part of the blame was on the bottleneck caused by the large number of climbers (33 to 36) attempting to summit on the same day; this was considered unusually high at the time. By comparison, on 23 May 2010, the summit of Mount Everest was reached by 169 climbers – more summits in a single day than in the cumulative 31 years from the first successful summit in 1953 through 1983.[79]
There have been 219 fatalities recorded on Mount Everest from the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition through the end of 2010, a rate of 4.3 fatalities for every 100 summits (this is a general rate, and includes fatalities amongst support climbers, those who turned back before the peak, those who died en route to the peak and those who died while descending from the peak). Of the 219 fatalities, 58 (26.5%) were climbers who had summited but did not complete their descent.[79] Though the rate of fatalities has decreased since the year 2000 (1.4 fatalities for every 100 summits, with 3938 summits since 2000), the significant increase in the total number of climbers still means 54 fatalities since 2000: 33 on the northeast ridge, 17 on the southeast ridge, 2 on southwest face, and 2 on north face.[79]
Nearly all attempts at the summit are done using one of the two main routes. The traffic seen by each route varies from year to year. In 2005–07, more than half of all climbers elected to use the more challenging, but cheaper northeast route. In 2008, the northeast route was closed by the Chinese government for the entire climbing season, and the only people able to reach the summit from the north that year were athletes responsible for carrying the Olympic torch for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[103] The route was closed to foreigners once again in 2009 in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's exile.[104] These closures led to declining interest in the north route, and, in 2010, two-thirds of the climbers reached the summit from the south.
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Sometimes it gets crowded up there as people try to make the summit during windows of opportunity.
Some don't make it.
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Interesting thread.
So between 1-2 % don't make it. :-\
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I figure I'll take a can of cream style corn and a match and be ok.
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Interesting thread.
So between 1-2 % don't make it. :-\
And 27% have died during the descent. That really sucks!
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1 in 4 don't survive?? :-\
Why do they make this climb legal? :(
Lol you can't ban nature.
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Interesting thread.
So between 1-2 % don't make it. :-\
Very interesting thread.
http://www.climbing.com/climber/climbing-everest-who-makes-it-to-the-top/
CLIMBING EVEREST: WHO MAKES IT TO THE TOP?
By John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro courtesy of Bookofodds.com
Mount Everest from Kalapatthar. Photo by Pavel Novak courtesy of wikipedia.org
The odds a person climbing Mount Everest will die in the attempt are 1 in 61.46. On its deadliest day, May 10, 1996, the mountain claimed eight people during a single 24-hour period.
That day Jon Krakauer, a journalist on assignment for Outside Magazine, was part of an expedition led by celebrated climber, Rob Hall. Krakauer was there to investigate the commercialization of scaling Everest, and the expedition included several clients with limited climbing experience who had paid Adventure Consultants $65,000 apiece to help them reach the summit of the world’s tallest peak. Another commercial outfit, Mountain Madness, was attempting to get its paid clients to the summit on the same day, leading to dangerous delays and bottlenecks at crucial points during the ascent.
Both Hall and the leader of Mountain Madness, Scott Fischer, lost their lives. Of those in the Adventure Consultants’ group, only two of the six who reached the summit survived. Krakauer later wrote the bestseller, Into Thin Air, detailing the harrowing experience.
The common belief is that the climbers who die scaling Mount Everest lack the experience needed to navigate the mountain’s treacherous topography, and inexperience certainly was a factor in the 1996 tragedy. However, a 2007 study found that age is a critical component in survival. As the number of older people climbing Mount Everest grows, it has become apparent that the value of physical skills outweighs that of the experience that comes with age. As a result, older climbers are significantly more likely to die attempting to scale Mount Everest than are their younger counterparts. According to the study led by researchers at the University of Washington, “Some 85 climbers over the age of 60 have attempted the ascent. Four died trying and only 12 reached the summit. This death rate of 4.7% was markedly higher than that of younger climbers.” Extrapolating the numbers used in the study, an analysis done by the BBC estimates older climbers have a 25% risk of dying, while young climbers have only a 2.2% risk of death.
And the most dangerous aspect of climbing Mount Everest is not trying to reach the summit — it is trying to get back down. A study conducted in 2008 by an international research team led by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators and published in Science Daily reveals that most deaths on Mount Everest occur above 8,000 meters, during descents into an area known ominously as the “death zone.”
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Haha...you're my favorite poster right now. ;D
This was actually very interesting to read. Thank you OP.
I wonder what the percentage is, of people who have died doing the climb. They know the risks.
I can't imagine passing by someone who was dying. Especially if they said "Please don't leave me". I know it's nearly impossible to rescue them, but I'd want to try. :-\
Please don't leave me, Bikinislut!
Damn, how are you just gonna roll your eyes like that and keep going. Bitch.
:D
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Awesome thread, thanks.....1 in 4 do not survive!
Really?
That can't be right - are you sure it's not something like 4% die?
25% seems WAY too high?
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Really?
That can't be right - are you sure it's not something like 4% die?
25% seems WAY too high?
That number does seem a tad askew. So if our climbing group has 8 people, that means 2 of us are dying. Uhh, i think I will stay at the hotel, let me know how the snow at the top looks, take a few selfies please.
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In before someone chops DA's photo at the top of Everest...
Too soon? :-\
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Big Ron is a mountain of a man. He would partake in whiskey shots, then climb the mountain 8 straight times.
Ron gets out of breath going up the stairs.
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Their lack of willpower to finish the climb sickens me.
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May as well jack off in your dying moments
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/everest4wr.jpg)
You shouldn't make fun of him like that.
Obviously he was all out of provision and tried to catch his own load.
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Really?
That can't be right - are you sure it's not something like 4% die?
25% seems WAY too high?
25 is way too high, I think they mixed that up with k2, which I believe is around that, along with another mountain in South America.
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I'd like to know, how many of the 2000 aren't white? minorities don't mess with shit like this.
Indians and Japanese are really into it.
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Mt. Everest has around 200 dead bodies on the mountain. It is nearly impossible for recovery of a body off the mountain. Most of the bodies are in the same exact position they were when they died. Perfectly preserved in time because of the cold. Along the route up to the summit climbers will pass all these bodies. There are bodies over 50 years old that look like they were placed there yesterday.
The "death zone" is 26,000 feet. Air is so thin that there is no margin for error. Immediate frostbite will happen. Lack of oxygen leaves climber bewildered and weak. Cost for one to go on a trip is $25,000.
Several bodies are given names. This one is "green boots". Many of the bodies are now landmarks along the way up. "green Boots" has been there since 1996.
(http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2006/07/14/2003127792.jpg)
“PLEASE don’t leave me,” the dying woman cried.
There was an American flag placed on this woman years later and a note from her family. Two people found the woman alone and barely alive but could do nothing to help her. They thought about that moment everyday and saved up all their money for 8 years to make a return trip and give her a proper "burial".
(http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00338/ed_imgSNF1824A_338324a.jpg)
(http://www.mountain.ru/img.php?src=/article/article_img/1216/f_2.jpg&gif=0&width=250&height=0)
Here's one of George Mallory where he has lain since falling to his death in 1924
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/mallory.jpg)
Bodies lay exactly where the climber last took a "rest". Most of the time they take a rest and dont wake up.
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/1279795.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/Greg_Child461.jpg)
Is there a a link to the story, I want to read more about this.
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25k to climb a shitty cold mountain and die up there or at best come back missing fingers toes and cock due to frostbite.
Can hardly wait ::)
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Yeah, 4 out of 100 currently die trying to reach summit of Everest, compared to the 2 most deadly, K2, which 29 out of 100 die and Annapurna, where 34 out of every 100 die.
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In the early years of climbing that mountain they didn't have the technology of today. They basically grabbed a coat climbed the mountain that was so heroic. Now with established routes, technology, and full weather they have rich out of shape soccer moms doing it. It still has it's dangers but damn those early guys were heroes of the highest order.
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Reinhold messner is the greatest alpha of all time he climbed all the world top peaks, solo, with no oxygen
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looks nice
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Haha yes
Although the temperature would be ideal for storing an all-you-can-eat HGH and Nubain buffet "on the go".
Yes. And the lack of heat would ensure precious proteins aren't denatured, thus maximizing post-workout absorption during the critical window of opportunity.
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Reinhold messner is the greatest alpha of all time he climbed all the world top peaks, solo, with no oxygen
Just read his wiki, damn what a fucking machine.
I'm not getting how he makes money though. I guess you have to get full sponsorship early on in life to travel around the world like he did?
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A very interesting thread. Thanks for the post.
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Reinhold messner is the greatest alpha of all time he climbed all the world top peaks, solo, with no oxygen
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Don Bowie claims that he can climb the world's highest mountains using NO supplemental oxygen.
Dude is a beast. Freak of nature.
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(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4043/1652/1600/ft_hdr.1.jpg)
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Is there a a link to the story, I want to read more about this.
This book covers lots of that: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/nov/13/guardianfirstbookaward2003.gurardianfirstbookaward (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/nov/13/guardianfirstbookaward2003.gurardianfirstbookaward)
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Why in the hell would anyone even go there their no hot ladies.
;D What this guy said
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In the early years of climbing that mountain they didn't have the technology of today. They basically grabbed a coat climbed the mountain that was so heroic. Now with established routes, technology, and full weather they have rich out of shape soccer moms doing it. It still has it's dangers but damn those early guys were heroes of the highest order.
heroes?
Why "heroes" ?
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http://www.rmiguides.com/himalaya/everest/?gclid=CLuEuNL2ursCFe01QgodrAUAEg
$65,000 cost, 74 day trip. Toilet paper is NOT included....
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1 in 4 don't survive?? :-\
Why do they make this climb legal? :(
no that is incorrect, I do not know how they came up with one in 4 but over a few 100 people per year attempt the climb and the number of known deaths are just over 200.
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The 1 in 4 stat is specific to the over 60s: 1 in 4 climbers over 60 will die on the descent after summiting.
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You pay up front said the Sherpa.
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Mt. Everest has around 200 dead bodies on the mountain. It is nearly impossible for recovery of a body off the mountain. Most of the bodies are in the same exact position they were when they died. Perfectly preserved in time because of the cold. Along the route up to the summit climbers will pass all these bodies. There are bodies over 50 years old that look like they were placed there yesterday.
The "death zone" is 26,000 feet. Air is so thin that there is no margin for error. Immediate frostbite will happen. Lack of oxygen leaves climber bewildered and weak. Cost for one to go on a trip is $25,000.
Several bodies are given names. This one is "green boots". Many of the bodies are now landmarks along the way up. "green Boots" has been there since 1996.
(http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2006/07/14/2003127792.jpg)
“PLEASE don’t leave me,” the dying woman cried.
There was an American flag placed on this woman years later and a note from her family. Two people found the woman alone and barely alive but could do nothing to help her. They thought about that moment everyday and saved up all their money for 8 years to make a return trip and give her a proper "burial".
(http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00338/ed_imgSNF1824A_338324a.jpg)
(http://www.mountain.ru/img.php?src=/article/article_img/1216/f_2.jpg&gif=0&width=250&height=0)
Here's one of George Mallory where he has lain since falling to his death in 1924
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/mallory.jpg)
Bodies lay exactly where the climber last took a "rest". Most of the time they take a rest and dont wake up.
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/1279795.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/Greg_Child461.jpg)
Modern art.
Why rich people who can sit in fine jacuzzi hotel in vegas risk death skiiing etc is beyond me.
This has put me in a deep philosophical mood, almost a falcon funk.
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We should call it Mt. Palumbo and put all the dead bodybuilders at the top...
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Modern art.
Why rich people who can sit in fine jacuzzi hotel in vegas risk death skiiing etc is beyond me.
This has put me in a deep philosophical mood, almost a falcon funk.
It is the reckoning, wild at heart, being plain and timid like the masses sucks and is boring.
@35 seconds.
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Now k2 is some hardcore, getbigger shit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2
For every four people who have reached the summit, one has died trying
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The deadliest of all is Annapurna - 38% fatality rate!
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I'd take a selfie with the corpses
OMG dude, that's fucking hilarious. ;D
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too much freetime
should try mass shooting instead
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;D
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There was a big scandal a few years back because a TV channel from New Zealand actually recorded a man dying and left him to die, even though the man was begging for help.
These fuckers get home to NZ and actually show the "harshness" of Everest to everyone's amazement and disgust.
That's the reason why the Discovery Channel stopped running that "Climbing Everest" show, because it was a really fucked up place to be in.
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Squadfather will be back on Getbig once he's completed conquering Everest.
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;D
Epic
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David Sharp
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;Dop
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The speed that US blacks walk it would take 2.5 yrs to climb it. Not to mention frostbite on the buttocks with pants hanging down.
Nice bottle of Johnie Walker for you ;)
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Any GB who conquered Mt.Olympus ?, BB mountain :D who care about other hills :),
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Any GB who conquered Mt.Olympus ?, BB mountain :D who care about other hills :),
Amen.
I want to do a "Everybody wants to live forever" pose on that mountain ;D
And a "javelin thrower pose".
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I cant wait to get up there and freeze to death.
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Interesting.
I hope i wouldnt be one of them because of air plane crush on the top of mountain..
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There was a big scandal a few years back because a TV channel from New Zealand actually recorded a man dying and left him to die, even though the man was begging for help.
These fuckers get home to NZ and actually show the "harshness" of Everest to everyone's amazement and disgust.
That's the reason why the Discovery Channel stopped running that "Climbing Everest" show, because it was a really fucked up place to be in.
Honestly, who cares? These idiots want to do it precisely because its dangerous. If they die, they die. Same with dumbass hikers, ski boarders etc... who venture into dangerous areas. We should not waste time, money and manpower "rescuing" them. They would stop doing that dumb shit without a safety net.
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NOT sure if this has been mentioned yet, but for a detailed list of people who died climbing Mount Everest … including name / date / age / cause of death and location, GO HERE >>>>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest
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I do a lot of reading and have read a few great books regarding Everest climbs and recall an incident in which two climbers fell over the side of a cliff while tied together.
The climber on the higher end of the rope realizing that the situation was hopeless ended up cutting the rope in order to save his own life.
Not positive but I sort of recall that the climber who was 'released' fell into some sort of crevase and had no way to go but DOWN further into the ice flow and eventually found a way out and returned to base camp in pretty bad condition, but still alive.
There seemed to be some question about murder charges, etc.
Anyone recall this incident or the name of the book which was eventually made into a very interesting movie???
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I do a lot of reading and have read a few great books regarding Everest climbs and recall an incident in which two climbers fell over the side of a cliff while tied together.
The climber on the higher end of the rope realizing that the situation was hopeless ended up cutting the rope in order to save his own life.
Not positive but I sort of recall that the climber who was 'released' fell into some sort of crevase and had no way to go but DOWN further into the ice flow and eventually found a way out and returned to base camp in pretty bad condition, but still alive.
There seemed to be some question about murder charges, etc.
Anyone recall this incident or the name of the book which was eventually made into a very interesting movie???
Touching the void. Fantastic film. Not Everest though.
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Any GB who conquered Mt.Olympus ?, BB mountain :D who care about other hills :),
I believe The Falcon did this and Everest already. He drank a bunch of beers, worked out near a pond, did 8 hrs manual labor, ate bags of white potatoes, and then took a giant pyramid shit which lifted him to the peaks of both mountains. Don't ever doubt the powers of John Falcon.
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Thanks, TRUEGRIT. I'm gonna look for the video/book once again. I recommend it to one and all.
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Here are some remarks about the "TOUCHING THE VOID' video. You can find the complete film someplace on the net and watch it for free or you can rent or purchase it someplace.
I recommend you all watch it and I think TRUEGRIT would agree.
One man's opinion ....
Harrowing Just to Watch!!! By James Carragher on May 26, 2004 , Format: DVD
My son and I came out of the theater exhausted just by watching this quasi-documentary reenactment of the 1985 ascent up an unclimbed route on the Siula Grande glacier in Peru.
The film's impact is heightened by the excellent cutting between the actor/climbers and Simon Yates and Joe Simpson, who recall their actions, reactions, and feelings nearly 20 years later.
Disaster strikes on the descent, where -- as one of them notes -- "80 percent of accidents happen."
After Simpson breaks his leg in a fall, Yates -- against impossible odds -- continues to try and get him down.
Finally, Simpson falls again, off the edge of the mountain.
After hours of hanging on to what feels like dead weight, Yates cuts the rope to prevent himself from being gradually pulled into the void.
Simpson's survival and return to base camp is nothing short of miraculous, suggesting that man is never more tenacious about life than when he is closest to losing it.
Though far different in its circumstances, his story rivals that of Shackleton and the Endurance in Antartica three quarters of a century before.
An underlying issue, addressed briefly in the film, is whether Yates should have cut the rope.
Apparently some other climbers criticized him for doing so, but Simpson always defended his action.
I have no idea how well the technical aspects of Touching the Void are done, but to this mostly earthboard amateur, they looked brilliantly and truly shot.
Danger and beauty are scarcely separable in Touching the Void.
When you are not immersed in the terror of Yates' and, especially, Simpson's plight, the frigid beauty of the glacier, the colors within its crevasses are glorious.
A story of recklessness and great determination, superbly told, filled with many "how did they ever shoot that?" moments, Touching the Void must be seen.
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Here are some remarks about the "TOUCHING THE VOID' video. You can find the complete film someplace on the net and watch it for free or you can rent or purchase it someplace.
I recommend you all watch it and I think TRUEGRIT would agree.
One man's opinion ....
Harrowing Just to Watch!!! By James Carragher on May 26, 2004 , Format: DVD
My son and I came out of the theater exhausted just by watching this quasi-documentary reenactment of the 1985 ascent up an unclimbed route on the Siula Grande glacier in Peru.
The film's impact is heightened by the excellent cutting between the actor/climbers and Simon Yates and Joe Simpson, who recall their actions, reactions, and feelings nearly 20 years later.
Disaster strikes on the descent, where -- as one of them notes -- "80 percent of accidents happen."
After Simpson breaks his leg in a fall, Yates -- against impossible odds -- continues to try and get him down.
Finally, Simpson falls again, off the edge of the mountain.
After hours of hanging on to what feels like dead weight, Yates cuts the rope to prevent himself from being gradually pulled into the void.
Simpson's survival and return to base camp is nothing short of miraculous, suggesting that man is never more tenacious about life than when he is closest to losing it.
Though far different in its circumstances, his story rivals that of Shackleton and the Endurance in Antartica three quarters of a century before.
An underlying issue, addressed briefly in the film, is whether Yates should have cut the rope.
Apparently some other climbers criticized him for doing so, but Simpson always defended his action.
I have no idea how well the technical aspects of Touching the Void are done, but to this mostly earthboard amateur, they looked brilliantly and truly shot.
Danger and beauty are scarcely separable in Touching the Void.
When you are not immersed in the terror of Yates' and, especially, Simpson's plight, the frigid beauty of the glacier, the colors within its crevasses are glorious.
A story of recklessness and great determination, superbly told, filled with many "how did they ever shoot that?" moments, Touching the Void must be seen.
wow. This caught my attention
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You''ll enjoy it OTH.
TRUEGRIT, What was the name of the Mt Everest book where some of the climbers got lost in a 'whiteout' on their way back down and one fell off a cliff and the other was found 'dead' in the snow and left there.
But he hadn't died yet and somehow managed to get up and walk back to the base-camp to everyone's amazement.
I sort of recall that he lost most of his fingers.
Any help on that one?
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It's (Touching The Void) on LiveLeak:
Part 1
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=09a_1218852769
Part 2
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a34_1218854325
Part 3
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=53e_1218855647
Part 4
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f43_1218856669
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You''ll enjoy it OTH.
TRUEGRIT, What was the name of the Mt Everest book where some of the climbers got lost in a 'whiteout' on their way back down and one fell off a cliff and the other was found 'dead' in the snow and left there.
But he hadn't died yet and somehow managed to get up and walk back to the base-camp to everyone's amazement.
I sort of recall that he lost most of his fingers.
Any help on that one?
That's "Into thin air"..
The guy that survived was Beck Weathers. He lost his nose and I think both hands but really should have died given the exposure.
(http://www.maninstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/beck-weathers.jpg)
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Here are some remarks about the "TOUCHING THE VOID' video. You can find the complete film someplace on the net and watch it for free or you can rent or purchase it someplace.
I recommend you all watch it and I think TRUEGRIT would agree.
One man's opinion ....
Harrowing Just to Watch!!! By James Carragher on May 26, 2004 , Format: DVD
My son and I came out of the theater exhausted just by watching this quasi-documentary reenactment of the 1985 ascent up an unclimbed route on the Siula Grande glacier in Peru.
The film's impact is heightened by the excellent cutting between the actor/climbers and Simon Yates and Joe Simpson, who recall their actions, reactions, and feelings nearly 20 years later.
Disaster strikes on the descent, where -- as one of them notes -- "80 percent of accidents happen."
After Simpson breaks his leg in a fall, Yates -- against impossible odds -- continues to try and get him down.
Finally, Simpson falls again, off the edge of the mountain.
After hours of hanging on to what feels like dead weight, Yates cuts the rope to prevent himself from being gradually pulled into the void.
Simpson's survival and return to base camp is nothing short of miraculous, suggesting that man is never more tenacious about life than when he is closest to losing it.
Though far different in its circumstances, his story rivals that of Shackleton and the Endurance in Antartica three quarters of a century before.
An underlying issue, addressed briefly in the film, is whether Yates should have cut the rope.
Apparently some other climbers criticized him for doing so, but Simpson always defended his action.
I have no idea how well the technical aspects of Touching the Void are done, but to this mostly earthboard amateur, they looked brilliantly and truly shot.
Danger and beauty are scarcely separable in Touching the Void.
When you are not immersed in the terror of Yates' and, especially, Simpson's plight, the frigid beauty of the glacier, the colors within its crevasses are glorious.
A story of recklessness and great determination, superbly told, filled with many "how did they ever shoot that?" moments, Touching the Void must be seen.
Fuck them. How many of them have ever been in a situation where they are being slowly dragged to their death by their dumbass friend who breaks his leg and then on to make things worse, goes and falls off the edge of the fucking mountain and is pulling his buddy over with him? Always assholes who are high and mighty until they are in the situation. 99% of the assholes criticizing him would never even have bothered trying to help the guy at all let alone keep trying after the retard falls off the edge and is dragging them over. Fuck that comment makes me mad!!
Does sound cool.
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NOT sure if this has been mentioned yet, but for a detailed list of people who died climbing Mount Everest … including name / date / age / cause of death and location, GO HERE >>>>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest
Tupac June 7, 1922 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition India Avalanche Below North Col
So THATS where 2Pac is! ;D
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TRUEGRIT, Thanks agaon for that info. I'll be watching it once again.
H ere are the top 5 films about Mt. Everest:
EVEREST … 1998 … Documentary about mountain climbing.
STORM OVER EVEREST … 2008 … Documentary.
THE WILDEST DREAM : CONQUEST OF EVEREST … 2009 … Documentary
INTO THIN AIR: DEATH ON EVEREST … 1997 … Documentary
TOUCH THE TOP OF THE WORLD … 2006
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You''ll enjoy it OTH.
TRUEGRIT, What was the name of the Mt Everest book where some of the climbers got lost in a 'whiteout' on their way back down and one fell off a cliff and the other was found 'dead' in the snow and left there.
But he hadn't died yet and somehow managed to get up and walk back to the base-camp to everyone's amazement.
I sort of recall that he lost most of his fingers.
Any help on that one?
thanks bro. Will watch the film and read true grit. Fuck. These are real men. Insane. The horrors in that environment. Wow
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TG, One of my best friends throughout my school years and his wife did some amazing work for a foreign corporation and were given the opportunity to go anyplace in the world as a way of saying "Thanks!",
They chose to go to Khatmandu and take that long hike up to the Everest Base Camp just below that 'ice flow' but with no intent of going any further.
When they returned to the states he contacted me and encouraged me to go with them on their next trip to Everest and possibly even consider going to the top.
To make a long story short, I declined ... but they did go back for a second time and loved evey minute of it even though they never go to the top.
They say that flying into Khatmandu is quite an experience in itself.
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TG, One of my best friends throughout my school years and his wife did some amazing work for a foreign corporation and were given the opportunity to go anyplace in the world as a way of saying "Thanks!",
They chose to go to Khatmandu and take that long hike up to the Everest Base Camp just below that 'ice flow' but with no intent of going any further.
When they returned to the states he contacted me and encouraged me to go with them on their next trip to Everest and possibly even consider going to the top.
To make a long story short, I declined ... but they did go back for a second time and loved evey minute of it even though they never go to the top.
They say that flying into Khatmandu is quite an experience in itself.
Yep, I've heard that the trek up to Everest base camp is quite an experience and adventure in itself.
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An Official Get Big expedition should take on Mt.Olympus, but who would be the best leader: Wiggs,Johny Falcon or Anabolichalo ?.
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;D
lolz
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Almost to the top....
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But first you have to traverse a long climb on the Kumbu Glacier....
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The 1 in 4 stat is specific to the over 60s: 1 in 4 climbers over 60 will die on the descent after summiting.
Why the descent???
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“ It is right, it should be so; Man was made, for joy and woe; And when this we rightly know, Through the world we safely go. ”
— William Blake
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That's "Into thin air"..
The guy that survived was Beck Weathers. He lost his nose and I think both hands but really should have died given the exposure.
(http://www.maninstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/beck-weathers.jpg)
That's convenient. No he has nothing to sneeze with, and no hands to wipe it. Idiots like him must be dumber than anal abscess in the ass of the gay whore. Just kick him in the grave and pile sand on his face.
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May as well jack off in your dying moments
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/everest4wr.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/everestone8dj.jpg)
he must have been looking at a wyhi thread on get big
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he must have been looking at a wyhi thread on get big
He collapsed when he realised he'd posted yes to a tranny
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Why the descent???
I think it's roughly 80 percent of all serious accidents that happen on the descents. Lots of factors both mental and physical. People relax more if they've summited and pay less attention. Eagerness to get back down. Physically, it is different type of mountaineering as well because the terrain is now all downhill. Also, some people are fried as they expended all their energy just getting to the top.
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I think it's roughly 80 percent or all serious accidents that happen on the descents. Lots of factors both mental and physical. People relax more if they've summited and pay less attention. Eagerness to get back down. Physically, it is different type of mountaineering as well because the terrain is now all downhill. Also, some people are fried as they expended all their energy just getting to the top.
Yup basically this. Plus you can't always see where your feet go..... think of climbing up a ladder vs going down the ladder
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I think it's roughly 80 percent of all serious accidents that happen on the descents. Lots of factors both mental and physical. People relax more if they've summited and pay less attention. Eagerness to get back down. Physically, it is different type of mountaineering as well because the terrain is now all downhill. Also, some people are fried as they expended all their energy just getting to the top.
Perhaps they were anxiously awaiting another brilliant thread reply by shizzo and just had to run as fast as possible down the side of that mountain to check their "new replies to posts"? Or they needed to know the order that I chose for the latest "WYHI and how hard" thread?
Seriously, i would think it is the "relaxing" you do after reaching the summit. You think the hard part is done and then you break your leg like a fool and die sitting there on the descent.
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Before this topic passes on, I'd like to recommend another 'read' based on one man's 7 day trek to the top and back again with some interesting comments about the climber who lost his nose (as shown in one of the above photos.)
It starts off with lots of great photographs and half way down the story about the 7 day climb starts. A very great and informative story.
NOTE: Some of the above photos show lopng lines of people heading to the summit. At present this is a major problem because those long lines often cause delays during the way to the top (Hillary Step being one fo the chief major probllems as only one individual can proceed at a time and you often have climbers going up waiting for climbers coming down).
There has been some interesting discussions regarding the setting of "limits" to avoid crowded conditions but everyone at the Base Camp wants to head to the top when the weather conditions are ideal .... which is not a daily ocurrance. So when the weather appears favorable, everyone packs up and heads to the top.
There ain't no stop signs nor traffic cops!
Most GetBiggers will find the following 10 minute read very interesting.
THE SUMMIT PUSH– the full account of 7 long days to the top and back
http://www.vmeverest09.com/
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Very interesting thread.
http://www.climbing.com/climber/climbing-everest-who-makes-it-to-the-top/
CLIMBING EVEREST: WHO MAKES IT TO THE TOP?
By John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro courtesy of Bookofodds.com
Mount Everest from Kalapatthar. Photo by Pavel Novak courtesy of wikipedia.org
The odds a person climbing Mount Everest will die in the attempt are 1 in 61.46. On its deadliest day, May 10, 1996, the mountain claimed eight people during a single 24-hour period.
That day Jon Krakauer, a journalist on assignment for Outside Magazine, was part of an expedition led by celebrated climber, Rob Hall. Krakauer was there to investigate the commercialization of scaling Everest, and the expedition included several clients with limited climbing experience who had paid Adventure Consultants $65,000 apiece to help them reach the summit of the world’s tallest peak. Another commercial outfit, Mountain Madness, was attempting to get its paid clients to the summit on the same day, leading to dangerous delays and bottlenecks at crucial points during the ascent.
Both Hall and the leader of Mountain Madness, Scott Fischer, lost their lives. Of those in the Adventure Consultants’ group, only two of the six who reached the summit survived. Krakauer later wrote the bestseller, Into Thin Air, detailing the harrowing experience.
The common belief is that the climbers who die scaling Mount Everest lack the experience needed to navigate the mountain’s treacherous topography, and inexperience certainly was a factor in the 1996 tragedy. However, a 2007 study found that age is a critical component in survival. As the number of older people climbing Mount Everest grows, it has become apparent that the value of physical skills outweighs that of the experience that comes with age. As a result, older climbers are significantly more likely to die attempting to scale Mount Everest than are their younger counterparts. According to the study led by researchers at the University of Washington, “Some 85 climbers over the age of 60 have attempted the ascent. Four died trying and only 12 reached the summit. This death rate of 4.7% was markedly higher than that of younger climbers.” Extrapolating the numbers used in the study, an analysis done by the BBC estimates older climbers have a 25% risk of dying, while young climbers have only a 2.2% risk of death.
And the most dangerous aspect of climbing Mount Everest is not trying to reach the summit — it is trying to get back down. A study conducted in 2008 by an international research team led by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators and published in Science Daily reveals that most deaths on Mount Everest occur above 8,000 meters, during descents into an area known ominously as the “death zone.” Can't they just slide back down...
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He collapsed when he realised he'd posted yes to a tranny
LOL oh that's good shit right there.
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LOL oh that's good shit right there.
x2 :)
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Before this topic passes on, I'd like to recommend another 'read' based on one man's 7 day trek to the top and back again with some interesting comments about the climber who lost his nose (as shown in one of the above photos.)
It starts off with lots of great photographs and half way down the story about the 7 day climb starts. A very great and informative story.
NOTE: Some of the above photos show lopng lines of people heading to the summit. At present this is a major problem because those long lines often cause delays during the way to the top (Hillary Step being one fo the chief major probllems as only one individual can proceed at a time and you often have climbers going up waiting for climbers coming down).
There has been some interesting discussions regarding the setting of "limits" to avoid crowded conditions but everyone at the Base Camp wants to head to the top when the weather conditions are ideal .... which is not a daily ocurrance. So when the weather appears favorable, everyone packs up and heads to the top.
There ain't no stop signs nor traffic cops!
Most GetBiggers will find the following 10 minute read very interesting.
THE SUMMIT PUSH– the full account of 7 long days to the top and back
file:///Users/williamnelson/Desktop/top%20Massimo%20Everest%20Expedition%202009.webarchive
wrong hyperlink bruv.
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How about landing there with helicopters assistance, lowered by rope ;D
Would be like winning natural on juice !.
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How about landing there with helicopters assistance, lowered by rope ;D
Would be like winning natural on juice !.
Some guy actually did it. And he saved the live of two Japanese climbers while he was there...
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0509/whats_new/helicopter_everest.html
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This dude climbed to the top even though the guide told everyone else to leave him behind. Everyone thought he was dead. Instead, he showed up the next morning asking where the local Starbucks was:
Tim Medvetz:
(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/0wWMaoQFw4o/hqdefault.jpg)
Dude had more screws in his legs than a Home Depot. He is also a smoker.
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FREAK! THANKS! I fooked up with that wrong address.
Here's the correct URL address for that interesting story of one man's 7 day climb to the top of Everest. http://www.vmeverest09.com/
It starts off with a bunch of good shots taken on the mountain and the very short story starts about half way down the page.
http://www.vmeverest09.com/
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think a helicopter is capable of flying to the top of Everest.
I seem to recall reading about the heroic helicopter pilot who picked up one or two emergency cases in the Camp 1 area at great personal risk to himself and his aircraft.
In fact I think that event was part of one of the Everest videos I watched a few years back.
Maybe TRUE GRIT can clarify this.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think a helicopter is capable of flying to the top of Everest.
I seem to recall reading about the heroic helicopter pilot who picked up one or two emergency cases in the Camp 1 area at great personal risk to himself and his aircraft.
In fact I think that event was part of one of the Everest videos I watched a few years back.
Maybe TRUE GRIT can clarify this.
A few years ago a highly modified French Gazelle helicopter flew to the summit, briefly/lighty touched his skids on the snow and then came down, VERY fast. He could not hoover or maintain position for more than a few seconds.
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They should open a gym, halfway up the mountain. imagine telling the other people at your gym how you benched 450 at 15,000 feet, scaled another 15,000 feet for cardio, did a selfie and a shot of jaeger at the peak, then rode a sled back down to the gym, where you enjoyed fellatio from the hot girl working the dek before snowboarding to the base of the mountain.
Typicaly Tuesday for a getbigger.
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This crazy SOB skied from the summit to base camp in 5 hours
http://abcnews.go.com/International/t/story?id=82442
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I'd like to know, how many of the 2000 aren't white? minorities don't mess with shit like this.
Same reason minorities rarely achieve anything monumental? Same reason they live in bark huts in jungles or deserts (except when the white man teaches them or helps them)?
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Sorry but I find anything to do with climbing Everest fascinating and recently found some youtube clips that may be of interest to some of GetBiggers who feel as I do about this big, tall mountain that some people dare to climb.
You may enjoy the following and it will show you how really tough it is to get to the top.
And thanks, TOMMY, I found that helicopter trip to the top and am including it also. I never really was aware of that happening until your recent post.
The best Mount Everest Ice Fall video footage you will see. Shot with a GoPro helmet-mounted camera in the perpective of the climber. Powerful video images of the extraordinary Khumbu Glacier as it breaks up descending from the Western Cwm to Base camp. Voted top 10 at Killarney 2011 Adventure Film Festival. For more photos & videos of Everest and other high-altitude mountains that I have climbed visit: www.DareToReach.ca.
Has anyone seen the skiers video footage that he personally shot while skiing from the top? I have not been able to find that footage except for the skiing footage as shown in one of the above YouTube clips.
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Sorry but I find anything to do with climbing Everest fascinating and recently found some youtube clips that may be of interest to some of GetBiggers who feel as I do about this big, tall mountain that some people dare to climb.
You may enjoy the following and it will show you how really tough it is to get to the top.
And thanks, TOMMY, I found that helicopter trip to the top and am including it also. I never really was aware of that happening until your recent post.
The best Mount Everest Ice Fall video footage you will see. Shot with a GoPro helmet-mounted camera in the perpective of the climber. Powerful video images of the extraordinary Khumbu Glacier as it breaks up descending from the Western Cwm to Base camp. Voted top 10 at Killarney 2011 Adventure Film Festival. For more photos & videos of Everest and other high-altitude mountains that I have climbed visit: www.DareToReach.ca.
Has anyone seen the skiers video footage that he personally shot while skiing from the top? I have not been able to find that footage except for the skiing footage as shown in one of the above YouTube clips.
excellent links, thanks.
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Same reason minorities rarely achieve anything monumental? Same reason they live in bark huts in jungles or deserts (except when the white man teaches them or helps them)?
lol this is so true...so true.
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Yes I cant wait to go up there and freeze to death.
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i'd like to climb in the summer months when it's 82 degrees and beautiful out.
i dunno why anybody ever thought of this.
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Shit I'm a very experienced hiker and wouldn't dare try that shit.
I hiked this mountain 'only' 4,500 feet last week. Couple of dudes I was with said f this and turned back. Can't imagine 30,000
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240,the following is a 'cut and paste' because I know nothing about weather conditions un less I can read the 'thermometer' in my back yard. I think it will clarify your recommendation to only climb during the summer months......
For a few weeks each spring (mid April through end May), the weather on Mount Everest improves just enough for adventurers to take the climb of a lifetime up the world's tallest mountain.
So from mid April until late May, hundreds of climbers take advantage of this meteorological window that only about 3,000 others have taken before them.
Scaling the world's tallest mountain is certainly not for the faint of heart.
Despite the nearly calm weather conditions usually offered up during this timeframe, climbers always have to deal with extreme cold, avalanches, unstable ground and health difficulties as a result of increasing altitude and decreasing pressure.
But for thrill seekers, it's now or wait until next year.
The summit of Everest at 29,029 feet (8,848 m) above sea level is high enough to penetrate the jet stream, a fast-moving "river of air" that can generate wind speeds of greater than 100 mph.
For a few weeks in May, the jet stream lifts north of the Himalayas, greatly reducing average wind speeds and the chance for precipitation at the top of the mountain.
This makes a trip to the summit more plausible than at any other time of the year, with climbers typically taking off during mid and late April to arrive at the summit just in time for the calmer conditions.
Climbers call the period of calm "The Weather Window."
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A few years ago a highly modified French Gazelle helicopter flew to the summit, briefly/lighty touched his skids on the snow and then came down, VERY fast. He could not hoover or maintain position for more than a few seconds.
Wow..that would be some crazy shit to see.
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Continued from above ....
The lift of the jet stream, enough to achieve the lighter wind, coincides with the beginning of monsoon season off the coasts of India and Sri Lanka, as winds begin to blow north from the Bay of Bengal.
By early June, the monsoon begins to blast the Himalayas with heavy snow. Because of this, the climbing season officially ends June 1 according to government-issued climbing permits.
A few daredevils often attempt to climb the mountain following the end of each monsoon season in September and October when the jet stream is once again temporarily displaced to the north.
However, autumn ascents are extremely difficult and even more dangerous since the climbing surface is often more unstable thanks to the copious amounts of fresh snow from the recent monsoon.
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Hope the guys in the helicopter were prepared to hike down, lol.
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Nice links, Stunt.
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Sorry....I thought this thread was about taking DA to the summit of Everest.
Carry on.
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JACK T.. Look for "Helicopter lands on Mt Everest Summit' on YOUTUBE or simply click on one of the links mentioned earlier. I'm too lazy to check it out for you right now after a long day climbing little rocks in Red Rock Canyon.
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JACK T.. Look for "Helicopter lands on Mt Everest Summit' on YOUTUBE or simply click on one of the links mentioned earlier. I'm too lazy to check it out for you right now after a long day climbing little rocks in Red Rock Canyon.
Excellent links, bro. Thank you.
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WELCOME!
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Same reason minorities rarely achieve anything monumental? Same reason they live in bark huts in jungles or deserts (except when the white man teaches them or helps them)?
Do you mean minorities like the Sherpas who carry all the gear up the mountain?
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helo can get up to 29,000ft? holy shit
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think a helicopter is capable of flying to the top of Everest.
I seem to recall reading about the heroic helicopter pilot who picked up one or two emergency cases in the Camp 1 area at great personal risk to himself and his aircraft.
In fact I think that event was part of one of the Everest videos I watched a few years back.
Maybe TRUE GRIT can clarify this.
I have no idea. Surely not possible to actually land and stop on there. Maybe to hover at the top?
EDIT: Seen the vid. Tommy was right.
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helo can get up to 29,000ft? holy shit
I believe the world record is 40,000 feet.
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Damn, man. Was looking at various altitude records for all crafts, and saw this:
1961—4 May—34.668 km (113,740 ft); Commander Malcolm D. Ross and Lieutenant Commander Victor A. Prather, Jr. (US Navy) in Strato-Lab V, using an unpressurized gondola. After descending, the gondola containing the two balloonists landed in the Gulf of Mexico. Prather slipped off the rescue helicopter's hook into the ocean and drowned.
So after all that, the guy falls off the copter line and drowns. Damn, what a story.
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helo can get up to 29,000ft? holy shit
my second cousin was awarded number one helicopter rescue pilot in the world. he has done some crazy rescues where he lost lift and scared himself pretty good,
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Holy shit!
Happy Holidays Hazbin!
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Holy shit!
Happy Holidays Hazbin!
I'll be coming in off the bench as 6th man to give you a rest man to close out the first half.
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Beautiful original post.
I showed the photos to some of my family and they freaked.Its the first time ive seen such pictures.
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Beautiful original post.
I showed the photos to some of my family and they freaked.Its the first time ive seen such pictures.
agree. one of the best non BB threads on GB this year.
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I'd like to know, how many of the 2000 aren't white? minorities don't mess with shit like this.
200 bodies, not 2000.
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May as well jack off in your dying moments
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/everest4wr.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/djp7593/everestone8dj.jpg)
That dude has thick legs for a skeleton (no homo)
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His shirt tag sticking out made me laugh...lol
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8633058.stm
What if the rescue team die themselves? Are they going to send up more rescuers to bring down the bodies of the other rescue team? :P
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Fucking awesome, this only makes me want to climb it more. The death zone...imagine how manly and hardcore it must feel as you make it to the top inching past all these dead betas that lacked the will power along the way, I mean your fucking testosterone would increase tenfold and once you get to the pinnacle and rip off your shirt and hit a most muscular with a primitive roar and come back down, you would have a beard to put the great civil war generals to shame and women would be lined up in tbe snow with their legs open waiting for you to fill them with your seed one by one
Wouldn't it be fucking awesome if you made it to the top, made a most muscular pose, lost your balance in the process and fell off the mountain before climbing back down?
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Really?
That can't be right - are you sure it's not something like 4% die?
25% seems WAY too high?
4.3% of the climbers die. There are many article on this.
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25 is way too high, I think they mixed that up with k2, which I believe is around that, along with another mountain in South America.
It's 4%
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Is there a a link to the story, I want to read more about this.
Youtube is your friend.
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Fucking merry christmas, what an awesome thread, and even more awesome jokes. Happy holidays you crazy fuckers
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you can do the trek into evererst base camp. typically takes about 14-20 days if you do the circuit thru the goyka valley or 10 if you go right in and back.
this is my next big trek in 2015 as i am doing salkantay to macchu picchu with my brother in aug 2014.
nothing is more majestic or breath taking or humbling than the mountains. the immensity and power of them is unexplainable for me.
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There was a big scandal a few years back because a TV channel from New Zealand actually recorded a man dying and left him to die, even though the man was begging for help.
These fuckers get home to NZ and actually show the "harshness" of Everest to everyone's amazement and disgust.
That's the reason why the Discovery Channel stopped running that "Climbing Everest" show, because it was a really fucked up place to be in.
you risk your own life when you stop to help someone on everest. chances are if they are bad enough to need help at any point they are too far gone to get back down with safely. why risk your life to save a life that cannot be saved. its the harsh reality of everest.
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Cusco :)
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Cusco :)
yessir.
spent 3 days in cusco 2 years ago before i did the inca trail to MP. very cool little city. the area in general is very historically rich w incan influence. the inca were very skilled builders. the temples at sacred valley point to this. even existing structures in cusco are well in tact and lived in to this day having been built over 200 years ago. the spanish came and tried to duplicate the incan style of building and failed misreably. the inca were very skilled people and very hard workers. im looking forward to going back. its my brothers 60th bday and its his bucket list trip to do with his little bro.
and a little known fact the cusco football squad in its day was actually better than the peruvian squad they fielded for international competition. i love picking up knowledge and the history of places i have been. i could go on forever bro.
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yeah had fun there I have been to 30 countries
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congrats to your big brother to no one
happy holidays
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Cool vid:
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And another:
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And this one
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Gratuitous close-up..
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Green boots
Another vid exploring the fascination with the Everest dead..
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And another:
Great documentary. Wonder if he summited..
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Anyone else want to pitch in to send shitsoul to Everest?
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Anyone else want to pitch in to send shitsoul to Everest?
The injured would soon make it to the bottom if he appeared, even the dead would take off.
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I had dinner recently with a guy that climbed Mt. Everest. He's an old family friend, and the stories he shared from the experience were pretty incredible! He said he specifically remembers passing two bodies up there, and just how eerie it was just how long they've been there!
Incredible feat!
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interesting read http://listverse.com/2013/06/13/10-harrowing-stories-of-life-and-death-on-mount-everest/
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Anyone else want to pitch in to send shitsoul to Everest?
If he can do go ruck then he's a pussy not to try Everest ;D
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;D
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Whats the point? Great you climbed a giant pile of dirt and rock. ::)
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Anyone else want to pitch in to send shitsoul to Everest?
If he can do go ruck then he's a pussy not to try Everest ;D
Whats the point? Great you climbed a giant pile of dirt and rock. ::)
Try to pay attention ::) >:(
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Try to pay attention ::) >:(
Dont care.
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Dont care.
Maybe you should join him on the climb then!
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Is Ron financing this?
No we got some hot sluts funding the climb.
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perhaps with global warming, mount everest will soon become a tropical climbing paradise?
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Anyone else want to pitch in to send shitsoul to Everest?
I already sit atop Mt. Getbig. Everything else is an ant hill in comparison.