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05-27-2019, 02:57 PM #126
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05-27-2019, 03:34 PM #127
dunno if this was posted already but https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/27/asia/...ntl/index.html
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05-27-2019, 06:00 PM #128
"His family said he died doing what he loved." Of course.
Seems like a lot of the folks dying are way too old for Everest. Unfortunately, for those of us who refuse to accept the fact that we're way past our athletic prime, we often find out the hard way.
I wonder how much previous higher altitude climbing experience a lot of these folks have. Seems like a prerequisite for attempting Everest should be previously climbing about 20K. There's a strong genetic component to altitude tolerance. People without it tend to shut down their respirations when their CO2 gets too low and their blood pH gets too high, regardless of how hypoxic they are. People with tolerance are able to continue to hyperventilate with very high pH's and low CO2's so they can move more oxygen. These are two distinct populations of people--double bell curve. While acclimitization helps it can't completely overcome the handicap of the wrong kind of metabolism.
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05-27-2019, 06:10 PM #129
Have the remains been beheaded? Asking for a friend.
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05-27-2019, 06:17 PM #130
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05-27-2019, 06:54 PM #131
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05-27-2019, 07:37 PM #132
I realized I wouldn’t go if it was free at this point.
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05-27-2019, 07:38 PM #133
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05-27-2019, 10:17 PM #134
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05-27-2019, 10:49 PM #135Registered User
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You may recall the story of Lincoln Hall who was left for dead by his partners on Everest some years back. This dude and others gave up their summit bids to save him.
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05-27-2019, 11:35 PM #136Registered User
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I still think it's really cool to climb Everest. It's by far the coolest mountain in the world. Everyone knows Everest, no matter the country or the culture. I can climb mt joeschmoo for the first time ever and it could be the gnarliest and most beautiful peak a mountaineer has ever laid eyes on and you could care less. But Joe Schmoo climbs Everest and he's all of a sudden, Joe that climbed Everest. There's no topping it, literally.
People kill themselves all the time and society does so little to prevent that, who cares if people want to risk death climbing a mountain?
Seems like American media cares more about the few rich dumbasses that die yearly on Everest than the hundreds of Americans that take their lives daily.
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05-27-2019, 11:39 PM #137
I read something about the beauty of Alpinism and the code of helping others. I forget what it was, by Mallory or Muir ... the code of alpinism.
That being said .... Cashiers getting hit by huge lineups of Boxing Day Shoppers at the summit of Everest is something that should be avoided. Limit the number that can go up in any one 24 hour period by lottery. The issue seems more of management this year. It should never get to the situation it is.OH, MY GAWD! ―John Hillerman Big Billie Eilish fan.
But that's a quibble to what PG posted (at first, anyway, I haven't read his latest book) ―jono
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05-28-2019, 07:13 AM #138Banned
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Is anyone actually bothered by a handful of rich, entitled, assholes dying in the name of a selfish pursuit? This story is pretty much antithetical to a tragedy in my mind. The world will be a better place having a few less of these egomaniacs around. It's just a shame that these world class narcissists don't take their whole families up there. Good riddance.
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05-28-2019, 07:44 AM #139
Anybody else pay attention to the occupations of the people who've been dying? I seem to be noticing a lot of articles mentioning they're doctors and lawyers. Guess they should've stuck to their day jobs.
What REALLY disturbed me was a USA Today article I read recently with a Sherpa they interviewed talking about how he saw climbers who had apparently never put on crampons before, struggling to get them on before even setting out. Seriously. What idiot doesn't even know how to put on crampons and thinks to himself "Hmm. Maybe I should I go summit Mount Everest!" Brilliant idea there, geniuses.
Here's a hint to any would-be mountain climbers. How about tackling the basics first before setting out to climb the tallest mountain on the entire freaking planet, huh? I know, I know. Not enough Instagram street cred but at least you won't be endangering the life of some poor Sherpa who's gotta drag your sorry carcass up the mountain to help you get your selfie to show off to your nurses or paralegals back at the office.
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05-28-2019, 08:58 AM #140
You dont see any Dentists in the self check out line.
watch out for snakes
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05-28-2019, 09:11 AM #141
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05-28-2019, 09:31 AM #142
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05-28-2019, 10:54 AM #143
Posers, most of them.
When you don’t have to work, you have to justify yourself somehow.
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05-28-2019, 04:41 PM #144
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05-28-2019, 05:01 PM #145
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05-28-2019, 06:04 PM #146
can't agree with you here, dunfree --
the 'guided (climbing) industry' has changed the Himalaya - actually for a long time now ( Twenty years(?) ) ...
The Requirement Now is the ability to Pay ( : no technical ability required.
( I had a long post drafted on Sunday that got crashed in cyberspace - about stepping out of line at 27,000 feet and attempting to free-climb. I doubt more than Few in that line have the ability(,) and even fewer ( in the post Just above ) have the physical fitness. Sixty-three on Everest. HAPE and HACE and went back Up (?) no. )
I wish 'em luck.
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Get out there and do stuff!
Enjoy life to the fullest!!
See you on the slopes! "
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05-28-2019, 06:22 PM #147
GENEVA—Saying they had no real problem with wealthy thrill-seekers failing in their efforts to scale the tallest mountain on earth, the entire human population admitted Tuesday that they are, in fact, completely fine with rich people dying on Mount Everest. “These guys shelling out a hundred grand to climb a 29,000-foot peak with a team of Sherpas are obviously aware that many people have died in the attempt, so they kind of know what they’re getting into, right?” said Cleveland resident Richard Warvil, echoing the sentiments of the world’s 7.7 billion people, who acknowledged the deaths of affluent amateur climbers who voluntarily ascend to heights at which oxygen stops reaching the brain don’t really upset them all that much. “At a certain point, you’re kind of bringing it on yourself. Plus, if you have that much disposable income and, of all the things you could do with that money, you choose to spend it on this—well, we’re actually okay with you dying. It may sound harsh, but we’re gonna get along just fine without you.” At press time, sources confirmed no candlelight vigils were being held at the foot of Mount Everest.
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05-28-2019, 07:16 PM #148Registered User
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05-28-2019, 11:15 PM #149Banned
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I'm bothered when Sherpas die.
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05-28-2019, 11:36 PM #150
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