Life Abandoned on Everest - Page 5

**the Talking Can** · 02-10-2011, 01:43 PM

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.

You have to be crazy...

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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....

**Donger** · 02-10-2011, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

On a slightly different note, Mt. Everest is now a cliche, but imagine being at a party and telling people that you climbed a 50,000 foot mountain. ON MARS! That would buy serious credibility.

"I summited Olympus Mons, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.

and some really cool alien fossils."

-King- · 02-10-2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

I don't know. I've never been in that situation, but I'm pretty sure that I would have to try to get her down.

I've watched some documentaries on climbing everest, and that wouldn't be a good idea. Like Silock said, there are parts where you have to climb ladders and shit like that. Try doing that with someone near death attached to you. It would be impossible.

**notorious** · 02-10-2011, 04:47 PM

A person near death will likely take you with them in just about any situation.

Hydrae · 02-10-2011, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Over-Head

That and jumping out of a perfectly good working airplane hoping a piece of silk is gonna save my ass from going THUMP!!

Now that was fun!

Climbing a mountain where there is not enough oxygen to sustain life, not so much.

**Baby Lee** · 02-10-2011, 05:01 PM

Krakauer 'Into Thin Air' 1997 harrowing shit. So visceral that the actual images pale in comparison.

bowener · 02-10-2011, 05:06 PM

Something I have learned from reading this thread and some stuff from the link provided:

Bring a ****ing gun.

I'm not freezing to death, and if no one is going to help me, **** it, I'm out *bang*.

Also, I suppose, you could be merciful and shoot other people in the head that are near death and have no hope as well.

Over-Head · 02-10-2011, 05:54 PM

I'll take the helicopoter ride up for my $10,000

Pants · 02-10-2011, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bowener

Something I have learned from reading this thread and some stuff from the link provided:

Bring a ****ing gun.

I'm not freezing to death, and if no one is going to help me, **** it, I'm out *bang*.

Also, I suppose, you could be merciful and shoot other people in the head that are near death and have no hope as well.

Freezing to death is one of the better ways to go. Eff shooting myself in the face, I'd rather die in a delirious euphoria.

**Bwana** · 02-10-2011, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Over-Head

That and jumping out of a perfectly good working airplane hoping a piece of silk is gonna save my ass from going THUMP!!

Come on now! I'm going do some more jumps down in San Pedro next week. I'm trying to talk my wife into it as well, but she's having none of it.

Over-Head · 02-10-2011, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Bwana

Come on now! I'm going do some more jumps down in San Pedro next week. I'm trying to talk my wife into it as well, but she's having none of it.

Yeah but I stutter when i'm excited,,,my luck i'd nail the ground going ....f f f f fourrr

**Bwana** · 02-10-2011, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Over-Head

Yeah but I stutter when i'm excited,,,my luck i'd nail the ground going ....f f f f fourrr

Heh, it's not the long fall that will kill you. It's the sudden stop.

TIED5573 · 02-10-2011, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Silock

If you enjoyed this story, watch:

Touching the Void

and Everest: Beyond the Limit (Seasons 1 and 2)

Great mountaineering/Everest documentaries.

"Touching the Void" is one of my favorite movies. If you think you have had a bad day, just watch that movie and realize it could be worse. Rep.

Over-Head · 02-10-2011, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bwana

Heh, it's not the long fall that will kill you. It's the sudden stop.

Oh gee...I feel all better

Fritz88 · 02-10-2011, 07:10 PM

Now climbing it is much easier than before. With mini camps set at several heights. Oxygen tanks in abundance. The ones who did it in the past are the ones with real balls.

Miles · 02-10-2011, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Krakauer 'Into Thin Air' 1997 harrowing shit. So visceral that the actual images pale in comparison.

Highly recommend that one as well.

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