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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Howard on May 24, 2019, 08:53:12 AM
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https://www.yahoo.com/gma/utah-man-donald-lynn-cash-reached-seven-summits-172600555--abc-news-topstories.html
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https://www.yahoo.com/gma/utah-man-donald-lynn-cash-reached-seven-summits-172600555--abc-news-topstories.html
Some will say he died a heroic death doing what he loved .
Ok?
Maybe, just maybe, he didn't need to be up on Mt Everest at age 55 ?
Risk your life in combat or charging into a fire, etc to save others is one thing.
But nobody really benefits from some dude climbing Everest, except his ego...and it killed him.
Always playing it safe and never going for it, is no way to live.
BUT, when is enough...enough?
His choice. So what.
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That section of the climb has been a logjam since guiding companies started booking folks with barely a pulse 25-30 years ago . If you have 65k + you too can give it a try.
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Pay 65k hahaha you couldn’t pay me 265k to climb that.Fuck snow.
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the only death that isnt tragic is when you die taking a selfie
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avg life span is 78 years. 1st world people put too much value on life. If he died doing something he wanted to accomplish, so what? He was going to die anyway. I have no sympathy for people who put themselves in danger for fun, but I also understand no one gets out of this world alive so do what you want, experience life, and if it's cut short 25 years because you wanted to summit Mt. Everest, in 100 years no one will care.
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avg life span is 78 years. 1st world people put too much value on life. If he died doing something he wanted to accomplish, so what? He was going to die anyway. I have no sympathy for people who put themselves in danger for fun, but I also understand no one gets out of this world alive so do what you want, experience life, and if it's cut short 25 years because you wanted to summit Mt. Everest, in 100 years no one will care.
but why not wait until youre 77 to climb mount everest?
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With modern technology and the easiest climbing route is established it's not the big feat anymore. Most your gear is carried for you by expert climbers who have pre drilled anchors everywhere. They might as well put an escalator on the mountain.
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Correct, if he loved dying he just did what he loved.
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Pay 65k hahaha you couldn’t pay me 265k to climb that.Fuck snow.
To put that in perspective, that price was 10-15 years ago. More now no doubt
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https://www.yahoo.com/gma/utah-man-donald-lynn-cash-reached-seven-summits-172600555--abc-news-topstories.html
Some will say he died a heroic death doing what he loved .
Ok?
Maybe, just maybe, he didn't need to be up on Mt Everest at age 55 ?
Risk your life in combat or charging into a fire, etc to save others is one thing.
But nobody really benefits from some dude climbing Everest, except his ego...and it killed him.
Always playing it safe and never going for it, is no way to live.
BUT, when is enough...enough?
He died reaching the peak of Everest. He accomplished his goals in life. A lot better than dying with unfulfilled dreams.
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if your goal is to climb mount everest your first goal should be to climb the stairs to the psychiatrist.
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He died reaching the peak of Everest. He accomplished his goals in life. A lot better than dying with unfulfilled dreams.
I’d sooner be lying on the cooch alive than be dead at the top of some stupid stinking mountain that almost half the worlds population have climbed by now in the pursuit of some shitty dream.
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He died reaching the peak of Everest. He accomplished his goals in life. A lot better than dying with unfulfilled dreams.
Yes, but many people accomplish their goals without dying. In fact, more people accomplish their goals without dying compared to those who die while accomplishing their goals.
As such, the notion of “he died accomplishing his goals” is a silly argument. I think there is zero sense of engaging in a potentially deadly endeavor just to accomplish ones goals.
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38 k feet regularly in a jet. 29k isn’t anything and I have an aged flt attendant bring me snacks and drinks
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Yes, but many people accomplish their goals without dying. In fact, more people accomplish their goals without dying compared to those who die while accomplishing their goals.
As such, the notion of “he died accomplishing his goals” is a silly argument. I think there is zero sense of engaging in a potentially deadly endeavor just to accomplish ones goals.
I think it was a stupid goal but it was important to him...I mean there are people taking boatloads of gear to win their local bodybuilding shows. Cant really judge
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I think it was a stupid goal but it was important to him...I mean there are people taking boatloads of gear to win their local bodybuilding shows. Cant really judge
Totally agree. We understand our own weird obsessions or goals and then decide the other guy’s goals are stupid. Life needs some goals for many people. Others just kick back and relax or just plod along. There really isn’t too much understanding or judging over it.
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I think it was a stupid goal but it was important to him...I mean there are people taking boatloads of gear to win their local bodybuilding shows. Cant really judge
Hmm, I think one can judge the potential deadliness of a behavior. I mean, clearly, engaging in danger endeavors (rock climbing, mountain climbing, race car driving) is going to garner more criticism than other endeavors. I am not judging him as a person in the sense of saying he's stupid or dumb. However, I think his behavior is well within the scope of being judged as dangerous.
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Well you should read his LinkedIn account...very sad
https://www.linkedin.com/in/doncash/#experience-section
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Well you should read his LinkedIn account...very sad
https://www.linkedin.com/in/doncash/#experience-section
Vince, are you saying that climbing these mountains is not a dangerous activity?
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In Book XI of Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus descends to Hades and, among others, encounters the great Achilles, who lived his life for glory. No one has ever been greater. But how is Achilles in hell? He is depressed beyond measure. Odysseus takes offense, has Achilles forgotten himself, does he not recall his unmatched greatness?
"Achilles, no man before was more blessed nor shall ever be after …. You were the best among the living and are the greatest among the dead. Do not grieve that thou art dead, Achilles …. (And thus did the great Achilles answer) Do not try to speak soothingly to me of death, glorious Odysseus. I would rather be a slave to a landless master on earth than the 'greatest' hero among the dead" (Homer, Odyssey, Bk. XI, 477-88).
Nothing "tragic" about the death.
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A lot better than dying with unfulfilled dreams.
Like having kids
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Why is it that only white people are in to doing this shit? Has there ever been a black guy die climbing Everest?
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Why is it that only white people are in to doing this shit? Has there ever been a black guy die climbing Everest?
black people can only jump, not climb
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Hmm, I think one can judge the potential deadliness of a behavior. I mean, clearly, engaging in danger endeavors (rock climbing, mountain climbing, race car driving) is going to garner more criticism than other endeavors. I am not judging him as a person in the sense of saying he's stupid or dumb. However, I think his behavior is well within the scope of being judged as dangerous.
i am
climbing mount everest is a clear sign of mental illness.
but apparantely people are no longer mentally ill, theyre just "fullfilling their dreams" "cant really judge them" etc etc
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maybe suicide by cop is just a dream too
"well he always wanted to go out with a bang"
"cant really judge him!"
"at least he died happy!"
"at least he fulfilled his dream, not just sitting home watch television!"
"he was quite the go getter!"
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Oh, well — he wasn't going
to write Beethoven's Ninth Symphony anyway.
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Oh, well — he wasn't going
to write Beethoven's Ninth Symphony anyway.
This. I love how people that die stupidly are lionized when they are gone. I'll be a thousand bucks he wasn't feeling gratified while he was dying. It was probably more like "what the fuck did I just do. God, I'm such a fucking idiot".
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Why is it that only white people are in to doing this shit? Has there ever been a black guy die climbing Everest?
Theres only one black person who has.. in 2006...she almost died too. She was biracial so technically it does not really count. We'll climb a tree but not mountains
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This. I love how people that die stupidly are lionized when they are gone. I'll be a thousand bucks he wasn't feeling gratified while he was dying. It was probably more like "what the fuck did I just do. God, I'm such a fucking idiot".
I bet his last thought was Jay Cutler should have won the 2001 Olympia instead of Ronnie. I wish Elon Musk would try to summit Everest.
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Why is it that only white people are in to doing this shit? Has there ever been a black guy die climbing Everest?
Plenty of different races have died on that and other mountains. I will give you that Caucasian’s make up the bulk of the dead though. Maybe most black folk look at that endeavor and think.....”homey don’t play that”
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I bet his last thought was Jay Cutler should have won the 2001 Olympia instead of Ronnie. I wish Elon Musk would try to summit Everest.
:)
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This. I love how people that die stupidly are lionized when they are gone. I'll be a thousand bucks he wasn't feeling gratified while he was dying. It was probably more like "what the fuck did I just do. God, I'm such a fucking idiot".
islam is the best example how to die stupidly & get lionized by idiots ::)
(no need to mention about reward of 72 virgins for stupid dead ;))
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islam is the best example how to die stupidly & get lionized by idiots ::)
(no need to mention about reward of 72 virgins for stupid dead ;))
:)
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I wish Elon Musk would join Islam.
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I wish Elon Musk would join Islam.
Why?
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Why?
I think he would be good at it.
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I read a lot regarding EVEREST and have seen lots of photos, and this is the best shot I've ever seen of the Hillery Stepps .... the last few difficult steps to the top.
They claim that it's difficult due to the long wait (in this case about 3 hour) caused by too many climbers allowed to get to the top .... which is a big comtroversy right now.
Interesting that Donald Lynn Cash is still up there!
Any word on any attempt to bring him down?
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I believe that there are over 200 dead bodies still on Everest with little attempt to bring them down due to the hazards of doing so.
Here is an interesting photo of a climber who just gave up and sat back against a snow-pack which melted away which made him appear to be attemting to sit back up.
He's still there so you'll pass him by and pay your respects on your forthcoming climb.
At pesent there are efforts underway to remove the tons of trash left up there, but the removal of the dead bodies is somewhat complicated due to the danger involved and various religious beliefs.
It gets complicated.
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I believe that there are over 200 dead bodies still on Everest with little attempt to bring them down due to the hazards of doing so.
Here s an interesting photo of a climber who just gave up and sat back against a snow-pack which melted away which made him appear o br attemting to sit up.
He's still there so you'll pass him by and pay you respects on your forthcoming climb.
Can’t the just shove them off the end? They are bound to roll/land at least somewhere near the bottom and make retrieving them easier
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Why is it that only white people are in to doing this shit? Has there ever been a black guy die climbing Everest?
Black folk have big penises and don't need to prove their masculinity by climbing giant phallic symbols.
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mental illness on a scale never heard of before.
waiting for hours to climb an 'unclimbable' mountain, littering mother nature, only to end up dying while trying.
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So you won't be going, RATHER!?
Are there any GetBiggers here who would make the attempt if someone offered to pay your complete expenses?
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i wonder how many who are going are HOPING that they dont make it back alive.
maybe mount everest these days is nothing but an expensive road to suicide !
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So you won't be going, RATHER!?
Are there any GetBiggers here who would make the attempt if someone offered to pay your complete expenses?
Bedouins like him prefer deserts of Sinai :)
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So you won't be going, RATHER!?
Are there any GetBiggers here who would make the attempt if someone offered to pay your complete expenses?
I may end up doing it in a few years once I hit my midlife crisis. Been wondering about it for years since I watched a series on discovery about it. I hope there’s good service up there so I can post updates to Getbig.
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people who take bodybuilding seriously have a hard time climbing a set of stairs after leg day
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I bet its a lot easier than you think to "climb" Everest. Nobody is climbing anything. They are just walking in the snow. The idiots that die just don't have enough warm clothes because of poor planning. Why not just walk up the mountain in a pressurized NASA suit that is climate controlled? These morons just want to make it difficult on purpose.
I wish President Trump would order an airstrike on Mt. Everest tomorrow.
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I bet its a lot easier than you think to "climb" Everest. Nobody is climbing anything. They are just walking in the snow. The idiots that die just don't have enough warm clothes because of poor planning. Why not just walk up the mountain in a pressurized NASA suit that is climate controlled? These morons just want to make it difficult on purpose.
I wish President Trump would order an airstrike on Mt. Everest tomorrow.
LMFAO. Having a bad day?
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LMFAO. Having a bad day?
Mt. Everest is a joke. Digging a hole with a hand shovel 29,029 ft below sea level is a real accomplishment.
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What an fucking idiot!
You know how many die climbing (or better walking) this stupid mountain a year? From 2013 /17 46 idiots
died.
Well I have dreams to and one of them is to stay away from climbing fucking Mount Everest.
Only a shitty post is given..
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The funny thing is, someone could just buy a Restaurant freezer, pump enough CO2 in there to replicate Mt. Everest, then put a treadmill in there and it would be the EXACT same difference, only it could be monitored for safety.
You could be rich if you made that. Thank me later for the free idea.
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Me personally, I'm kinda glad this guy died. I also get happy when people taking selfies in risky places die. ( basically all self induced , needless deaths)
On a slightly different note, I live in a pretty popular winter tourist destination, and there is a certain "mountain" that people like to "hike" ...
I'd say on average of once per week I can see a helicopter circling somewhere near the top, pulling someone off because they either slipped injured themselves, or the far more entertaining one , they did not bring enough water ???
This always strikes me as being odd, since I live in the desert, one of the hottest, driest places in the country.
I marvel at the stupidity.
As far as this fella dying doing what he loved to do, the same could be said for a heroin addict.
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Sorry TA , it doesn't work like that.
As you go up in altitude overall air density decreases.
This means the amount of O2 and CO2 decrease as well.
The reason the high altitude is deadly is simply due a LACK of available O2 gas to breath.
https://www.higherpeak.com/altitudechart.html
FYI, you can thank me now or later :D
Increasing CO2 will have the same effect on the circulatory system as altitude. Its an easy way to conduct high altitude test when on the ground.
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whatabout dying of climbing the corporate ladder ???
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whatabout dying of climbing the corporate ladder ???
I just checked Amazon.com and could not find a Corporate Ladder for sale. Can you send me a link? I need something that extends past what my neighbor has.