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Silock 02-11-2011 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Groves (Post 7424899)
I think it's naive to believe that men can never be swayed by ego or pride into making bad decisions. Decisions to pass by when they could aid or save. Those are the men that should be haunted, not well meaning folks who have done all they reasonably could.
That I can agree with, for the most part. But once you get above "the death zone," there is very, very little you can actually do.

In season 1 of Expedition Everest, one of the climbers insisted on continuing to climb up when it was obvious to everyone else that he couldn't. There was literally nothing they could do to stop him. All they could do was talk to him, because picking him up from his sitting position and helping him back down just wasn't an option, even for the master sherpas. Luckily for him, he still had enough energy and sense to turn around.

Rain Man 02-11-2011 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 7424979)
well, some joker will always keep a poll from being 100% just to be a goof, but did someone seriously make an argument that men should shave their legs? (aside from some weird competitive reason where it actually is required, maybe)

I don't remember who voted for it, but I think it was Buck, who said it was an accident, and the poll author. I could be wrong on that, though.

-King- 02-11-2011 05:02 PM
http://www.summitclimb.com/new/image...23manning6.jpg

http://www.tomclowes.com/images/blog_3.jpg

http://www.k2news.com/Tashitenzing/F1000075.JPG


You still think that you have to help someone Groves?

Rain Man 02-11-2011 05:10 PM
It's ridiculous that they have to do stuff like that. Someone should build a road up there.

Bugeater 02-11-2011 05:40 PM
Where the hell did they get the extension ladders? Is there a Home Depot on Mt Everest?

siberian khatru 02-11-2011 05:53 PM
Mmmyeah, I don't think that's for me.

Bugeater 02-11-2011 05:54 PM
Wait a minute, those aren't extension ladders at all, they are individual ladder sections roped together. **** that shit.

Rain Man 02-11-2011 05:55 PM
I wonder if they geocache up there. Maybe the ladders were in a geocache.

"Ooh, look. Some baseball cards and a ring and - hey, an extension ladder! We can use that!"

AustinChief 02-11-2011 05:58 PM
It seems to me... we have suits that allow us to walk safely and somewhat comfortably.. in SPACE.. yet we can't make a suit that would protect a climber.

The fact is, we probably can and these climbers are mostly morons.

On another note, the minute a Frenchman landed a helicopter on the summit... was the minute I stopped being impressed with the whole endeavor...

AustinChief 02-11-2011 06:02 PM
If I were a billionaire.. . I would pay for an expedition to go to the summit and secure a GIANT cable so that old people and bratty kids could ride a gondola up to the top and wave at the idiots climbing on the way...

DisneyEverest!

alnorth 02-11-2011 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 7425115)
It seems to me... we have suits that allow us to walk safely and somewhat comfortably.. in SPACE.. yet we can't make a suit that would protect a climber.

The fact is, we probably can and these climbers are mostly morons.
What kind of suit protects you from 3,000 foot falls, -50 or worse temps, provides supplemental oxygen, all while not inhibiting your ability to climb?

I want one of those, that sounds like a badass suit.

Rain Man 02-11-2011 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 7425122)
If I were a billionaire.. . I would pay for an expedition to go to the summit and secure a GIANT cable so that old people and bratty kids could ride a gondola up to the top and wave at the idiots climbing on the way...

DisneyEverest!

I bet you could charge like a hundred bucks or something and make money on it. Especially if you stopped for photos in the Death Zone.

jynni 02-11-2011 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 7425127)
What kind of suit protects you from 3,000 foot falls, -50 or worse temps, provides supplemental oxygen, all while not inhibiting your ability to climb?

I want one of those, that sounds like a badass suit.
Yeah - don't the suits they use for space walks and stuff weigh like 300 lbs?

AustinChief 02-11-2011 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 7425127)
What kind of suit protects you from 3,000 foot falls, -50 or worse temps, provides supplemental oxygen, all while not inhibiting your ability to climb?

I want one of those, that sounds like a badass suit.
ok, the FALL part is a given... but a suit that provides temperature control, oxygen and free movement.. can NOT be too hard to manufacture...

We made frigging SPACE SUITS over 50 years ago that allowed us to walk on the friggin moon... come on man...

the Talking Can 02-11-2011 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by bsp4444 (Post 7424888)
I've never viewed a blog, I guess. I can't seem to follow this one. I've signed up to google, but all I see is a bird sitting over a wall.

is this the best post in the history of the intertubes?


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