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Old 02-10-2011, 01:43 PM  
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Abandoned on Everest
http://godheadv.blogspot.com/2010/04...n-everest.html

Fascinating blog post on what goes on in Everest's "dead zone" along with some unbelievable pictures.

NSFW warning...not because they're all graphic, but there are pictures of dead, frozen bodies.

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This morning, however, Green Boots had company. Sitting no more than two feet to the left of the corpse was a man who at first glance appeared to be dead. His gloved hands were on his knees, his hood and hat cast his face in shadow. The only feature visible was the man's severely frostbitten nose, already a greenish black hue. On closer inspection, the vapor from the man's breath could be seen rising.

What happened next entered the folklore of the highest mountain on earth. Every man interviewed gives a different story. What is certain is that every single one of the 40-odd climbers attempting the summit that day left the man in the cave, whose name was David Sharp, to freeze, either by choice, by ignorance, or by misjudging him as a corpse they already expected to see in that infamous cave....
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Old 02-11-2011, 04:58 PM   #151
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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.
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Old 02-11-2011, 04:59 PM   #152
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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.
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Old 02-11-2011, 05:02 PM   #153
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Old 02-11-2011, 05:10 PM   #154
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It's ridiculous that they have to do stuff like that. Someone should build a road up there.
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Old 02-11-2011, 05:40 PM   #155
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Where the hell did they get the extension ladders? Is there a Home Depot on Mt Everest?
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Old 02-11-2011, 05:53 PM   #156
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Mmmyeah, I don't think that's for me.
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Wait a minute, those aren't extension ladders at all, they are individual ladder sections roped together. **** that shit.
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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!"
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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...
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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...

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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.
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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...

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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.
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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?
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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...
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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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