Yikes.
That line looks brutal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/world/asia/mount-everest-deaths.html
That line looks brutal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/world/asia/mount-everest-deaths.html
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FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
Yeah but an offdee 10 woman isn't going to sleep with you because you summitted Dhaulagiri V. She might if you bagged Everest.
Super King
Footballguy
I feel bad for all the friends of the people in that line. All they ever are going to hear about, for the rest of their friendship, is how Mr. Yutz scaled Everest. With the selfie to prove it....
BoltBacker
Footballguy
The price of a black permanent maker for your nose, fingers, toes and paying some highschool kid $20 to photoshop your selfie at the top seems like it would save a lot of time and trouble. In the world we live in today if it's posted on instagram..... it happened.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
an ex of mine scaled it twice ... always found that fact fascinating because she was a smack addict - prior to each attempt she would exile herself to Port Townsend to get clean - then make the trek to Nepal. this was circa '99/'01, never recall her #####ing about the crowds 
she wound up marrying a sherpa - i met the dude at the tattoo parlour where she was working - guy looked so fish outta water, it was unnerving ... was scared ####less of everything around him - haven't seen or talked to her in quite some time, but i'd bet green US currency that sherpy spit the bit.
she wound up marrying a sherpa - i met the dude at the tattoo parlour where she was working - guy looked so fish outta water, it was unnerving ... was scared ####less of everything around him - haven't seen or talked to her in quite some time, but i'd bet green US currency that sherpy spit the bit.
rockaction
Footballguy
This is beautiful. Sounds like he needed a guide.otb_lifer said:
Trump Tight
Footballguy
In '99 there were 63 recorded unique summits. In '00 that number grew to 107. In '01, 120 first-timers.otb_lifer said:an ex of mine scaled it twice ... always found that fact fascinating because she was a smack addict - prior to each attempt she would exile herself to Port Townsend to get clean - then make the trek to Nepal. this was circa '99/'01, never recall her #####ing about the crowds
she wound up marrying a sherpa - i met the dude at the tattoo parlour where she was working - guy looked so fish outta water, it was unnerving ... was scared ####less of everything around him - haven't seen or talked to her in quite some time, but i'd bet green US currency that sherpy spit the bit.
More folks are summiting per day now than in entire seasons 20 years ago.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
they lived in Williamsburg, right on the cusp of the great swarming - she was a pioneering sort (obviously) - they were locked down most of the time in a third floor, cold water walkup on Roebling, a very nasty part of "the 'Bill" to plant a flag - but, hey, after all their Nepal experiences, i guess it was a "what, me worry?" Newman-esque pose - but i'll be a mofo if dude wasn't quaking at every blaring horn, loud voice, crashing noise, etc - wrapped so ####### tight - dunno how the #### he navigated his old gig
when i went to shake his hand he cowered backwards. poor sum#####. yep, this explains an awful lot to the point i spoke of about the crowds some 20 yrs ago - 'dafook are all these newbies coming from? that's a staggering increase, to say the very least
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Or a Fastpass to cut in front of everyone there.Slapdash said:
NutterButter
Footballguy
Nice place to wait in line while you're literally dying.
Think a hiking trip to base camp and back would be cool
Think a hiking trip to base camp and back would be cool
you should turn that into a country song.otb_lifer said:an ex of mine scaled it twice ... always found that fact fascinating because she was a smack addict - prior to each attempt she would exile herself to Port Townsend to get clean - then make the trek to Nepal. this was circa '99/'01, never recall her #####ing about the crowds
she wound up marrying a sherpa - i met the dude at the tattoo parlour where she was working - guy looked so fish outta water, it was unnerving ... was scared ####less of everything around him - haven't seen or talked to her in quite some time, but i'd bet green US currency that sherpy spit the bit.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Listened to a Rogan podcast recently and he had a guy on there who rescues these idiots who go up with no training or preparation. It’s become a status symbol to say you've done it. This guy is out there risking his life for people who have no clue what they are doing and think because they have money they can make the trek and then when it gets hard they can ask the helicopter to come pick them up. I wish they’d let a few of these morons freeze to death to make sure the other morons stay away. And to be clear - I couldn’t do it and wouldn’t even try it even if I had the money.they lived in Williamsburg, right on the cusp of the great swarming - she was a pioneering sort (obviously) - they were locked down most of the time in a third floor, cold water walkup on Roebling, a very nasty part of "the 'Bill" to plant a flag - but, hey, after all their Nepal experiences, i guess it was a "what, me worry?" Newman-esque pose - but i'll be a mofo if dude wasn't quaking at every blaring horn, loud voice, crashing noise, etc - wrapped so ####### tight - dunno how the #### he navigated his old gig
yep, this explains an awful lot to the point i spoke of about the crowds some 20 yrs ago - 'dafook are all these newbies coming from? that's a staggering increase, to say the very least
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Apple Jack
Footballguy
Insein
Footballguy
Trump Tight
Footballguy
Why do you think it's called Green Boots Cave?
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Trump Tight
Footballguy
Everest is too high. You're not able to move people around at 29K feet.
Delsalle's Everest summit remains the only one and was done in a helicopter that wouldn't be able to carry another person.
23000 feet remains the highest medical rescue flight on Everest. There's a reason why people who die on Everest stay on Everest. No one can just chopper in and land.
Anyone that came down to the summit would pass out. People go between Base Camp and Camp II a couple times just to acclimate.
comfortably numb
Footballguy
Crap.
I was gonna this summer. Guess ill scuba dive down to the titanic instead.
I was gonna this summer. Guess ill scuba dive down to the titanic instead.
comfortably numb
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flapgreen
Footballguy
Trump Tight
Footballguy
Nah, the :whoosh: is for the guys acting like Everest is the next thing to a McDonald's Playground.
The crowds make the mountain more dangerous, not less. No one's getting carried to the summit. Once someone's within the last 3,000 feet, they are just trying to keep from dying.
Yes, there are fixed lines. Yes, there are guides and expeditions. Yes, people who look to go it alone with minimal oxygen and no porters have a lower summit and survival rate.
But to act like summiting Everest isn't an accomplishment is ridiculous.
John Bender
Footballguy
Looks like another American climber just died a few hours ago?
Trump Tight
Footballguy
You talking about Scott Doolan who is built like a truck and made it to base camp by wheelbarrowing his way there?
There have been a few amputees that have summited. Two blind people, both Seven Summiters. The first in 2001.
There's also thinly veiled bias in this post, inferring that if a disabled person can complete a task that task is somehow easier than if a disabled person cannot.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
She summited twice?otb_lifer said:an ex of mine scaled it twice ... always found that fact fascinating because she was a smack addict - prior to each attempt she would exile herself to Port Townsend to get clean - then make the trek to Nepal. this was circa '99/'01, never recall her #####ing about the crowds
she wound up marrying a sherpa - i met the dude at the tattoo parlour where she was working - guy looked so fish outta water, it was unnerving ... was scared ####less of everything around him - haven't seen or talked to her in quite some time, but i'd bet green US currency that sherpy spit the bit.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
scaled twice, not summited - believe she was most successful second time around. the third attempt was in the offing when last i spoke to her, but she went off the grid for a couple years and i never found out how it all went.
she was a very sporty/outdoorsy type, which belied her "alterna-rock goddess" poses - those kids from the PNW, ya know? what with their penchant for biking everywhere - the huge B'klyn influx around that time altered the City's traffic scape forever - us natives never rode bikes past the age of 12/13 - the only adults zippin' around on two wheels were messengers back in our day.
####### blows now.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Sadly, many national parks are also becoming overcrowded. It's a weird balance because you want everyone to be able to enjoy our parks and have access, but that also ends up creating a less enjoyable experience when the crowds make it difficult to see anything.
Though the biggest problem in parks isn't just the overcrowding, it's the lack of respect for the park and nature. Too many people treat it like a consumable product.
Though the biggest problem in parks isn't just the overcrowding, it's the lack of respect for the park and nature. Too many people treat it like a consumable product.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Wtf is with all of the misleading language regarding everest too? Scaled, climbed, ascended...
"Climbed mount everest" should only be used to describe people that made it to the top.
"Tried to climb" should be what is used for all the other people that didnt.
"Climbed mount everest" should only be used to describe people that made it to the top.
"Tried to climb" should be what is used for all the other people that didnt.
Is it named for the dead body with green boots that has been used for years as a navigational landmark? That dead hiker was discussed in the Krakauer book, Into Thin Air. I think they removed that body a few years ago
otb_lifer
Footballguy
semantics, in'nit?
i agree with "summited" as description for reaching the apex ... people can climb or scale and still come up very short - it's a big mountain, ya know?
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I’m basing this solely on the podcast but that was the essence of his comments. It’s probably hyperbole to say no training or prep but it’s not what you would expect and not enough for them to be able to handle it. It used to be that people would plan and train for years to do it - now people treat it like a beach trip. “Hey, let go climb Everest!”
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
If you see a washington post headline that says "xxxx climbed everest" you arent expecting to read an article about a guy that made it halfway there.semantics, in'nit?
i agree with "summited" as description for reaching the apex ... people can climb or scale and still come up very short - it's a big mountain, ya know?
otb_lifer
Footballguy
fixed
conversely, if i venture over, and make it a scant few hundred feet up, well ... i climbed it
i wouldn't have climbed it successfuly or summited, but i would've climbed it.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Punxsutawney Phil
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
John Bender
Footballguy
Yeah, I find documentaries and books on K2 more fascinating than Everest. It's not quite as high a peak but infinitely more dangerous.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
you're quantifying here
- if i go up 200 feet then i ####### climbed it. period.
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
Can't we just build a tram to take us to the top? It's almost 2020. Let's put a revolving restaurant on top of that thing already.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
they could serve ...
Shlerpies!
get it?
combining "slurpie" and "sherpa"
SHLERPIES!
ok, im'ma see my way out this thread ...
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