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
Yeah but an offdee 10 woman isn't going to sleep with you because you summitted Dhaulagiri V. She might if you bagged Everest.Wow. Think I’d avoid the crowds and try for some alone time with maybe the mountain equivalent of an Offdee 7.
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.Yeah but an offdee 10 woman isn't going to sleep with you because you summitted Dhaulagiri V. She might if you bagged Everest.
Could take that money and bag 10 hot models without a lot less risk.Yeah but an offdee 10 woman isn't going to sleep with you because you summitted Dhaulagiri V. She might if you bagged Everest.
This is beautiful. Sounds like he needed a guide.otb_lifer said: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.
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.
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#####.This is beautiful. Sounds like he needed a guide.
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 leastIn '99 there were 63 recorded unique summits. In '00 that number grew to 107. In '01, 120 first-timers.
More folks are summiting per day now than in entire seasons 20 years ago.
Or a Fastpass to cut in front of everyone there.Slapdash said:Those pictures look awful. Like waiting in line at Disney without oxygen...
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.
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 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
People attempt Everest with no training or preparation?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.
Gotta put something on your Facebook.People attempt Everest with no training or preparation?
Why do you think it's called Green Boots Cave?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.
Everest is too high. You're not able to move people around at 29K feet.There should be a helicopter service that just flies you to the top, winches you down on a rope just long enough for a selfie, then flies back down.
Do we still havethe whoosh emoji?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.
Nah, the :whoosh: is for the guys acting like Everest is the next thing to a McDonald's Playground.Do we still havethe whoosh emoji?
You talking about Scott Doolan who is built like a truck and made it to base camp by wheelbarrowing his way there?When you can do it in a wheelchair, maybe the challenge isn't as great as it once was
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.
62 year old lawyer from Boulder.Looks like another American climber just died a few hours ago?
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 summited twice?
You cant do it in a wheelchair. At least not without several people helping you.When you can do it in a wheelchair, maybe the challenge isn't as great as it once was
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 agoWhy do you think it's called Green Boots Cave?
semantics, in'nit?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.
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!”People attempt Everest with no training or preparation?
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?
fixedIf you see a washington post headline that says "xxxx successfully climbed everest" you arent expecting to read an article about a guy that made it halfway there.
You climbed on it. You dont say you read atlas shrugged because you read page 1.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.
Was the yeti working? Need to know before i determine how much credit you get.I've summited Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom many times—sometimes even without a FastPass.
We should sanction Nepal until they make Everest more handicapped accessible.You cant do it in a wheelchair. At least not without several people helping you.
FYPYou dont say you read Atlas Shrugged because you'll be laughed out of all rooms literary.
Better than others like K2Read that 5000 people have gone to the top and 300 have died trying. Those are...those are not great odds.
you're quantifying hereYou climbed on it. You dont say you read atlas shrugged because you read page 1.
they could serve ...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.