People dying on Mt. Everest, what else is new

[mcski]

If Amgen can sponsor the Tour de Calif, I think it is logical for some skin cancer related product to sponsor the PGA

[old goat]

being above 5000m doesn't qualify you as a mountaineer. or as much of anything. it's pretty easy to go trekking in parts of south america or nepal or tibet or india or pakistan and spend utterly non-technical time at 5000m.

-hack armchair who's been above 5000m in some of those places and knows it doesn't mean fuck all. Wow, I road a fucking bus over a pass in India, I'm a fucking experienced mountaineer My diarhea shit in a field is truly technical experience

trekking at 5kM may not make you a mountaineer, but if strenuous will give you a pretty good idea of how you'll handle altitude, which as I said has a large genetic component unrelated to conditioning. Of course the higher you go in preparation for Everest the better.

If Amgen can sponsor the Tour de Calif, I think it is logical for some skin cancer related product to sponsor the PGA

I think they get all the money they need from Viagra.

[highangle]

trekking at 5kM may not make you a mountaineer, but if strenuous will give you a pretty good idea of how you'll handle altitude, which as I said has a large genetic component unrelated to conditioning. Of course the higher you go in preparation for Everest the better.

Smoking black charras on a 5000m pass is fkn headrush. Bics turn into spitty flamethrowers that high, so you wanna carry a 4" magnifying glass for melty sol bowls.

[KQ]

being above 5000m doesn't qualify you as a mountaineer. or as much of anything. it's pretty easy to go trekking in parts of south america or nepal or tibet or india or pakistan and spend utterly non-technical time at 5000m.

-hack armchair who's been above 5000m in some of those places and knows it doesn't mean fuck all. Wow, I road a fucking bus over a pass in India, I'm a fucking experienced mountaineer My diarhea shit in a field is truly technical experience

Heck... I was at 3310 meters just flying into Cuzco.

[summit]

I've hiked a 5275m peak and spend a few nights over 4250m. The hiking (friendly class II/III with snow) was no biggy but I never slept well high even with the meds despite living over 2800m.

[KQ]

I cannot imagine the logistics of going to the bathroom on Everest esp in base camp 4. Maybe that's something an experience climber should be versed in as well as the technical stuff.

[old goat]

I cannot imagine the logistics of going to the bathroom on Everest esp in base camp 4. Maybe that's something an experience climber should be versed in as well as the technical stuff.

A friend of mine was on a guided climb on Denali--not nearly as high as Everest but even worse weather. He said early in the trip people would go off 100 yards and build a wall of snow to poop behind. By the end of the trip people were sticking their bare asses out of the tent door.

[seano732]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-...erest/11162770

[XXX-er]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-...erest/11162770

" Sherpas now make up close to one in two climbers, compared with roughly one in 10 during the 1970s and 1980s."

some interesting data in that artical ^^ so without the Sherpa's how many of these " climbers " would get anywhere close to the summit ?

OTOH compared to what the average person lives on in Nepal the sherpa's make a lot of fucking money to work for the western climbers

[ill-advised strategy]

Is cranberry dressing more like cranberry sauce or that cranberry relish shit?

I like when it comes out of the can in that can-shape and you can saw rounds off it like a lumberjack.
Mmmm cranberry log.

[old goat]

I like when it comes out of the can in that can-shape and you can saw rounds off it like a lumberjack.
Mmmm cranberry log.

My kids refuse to eat it in any other fashion--they need to see the marks from the can so they now it's authentic. (Note--my "kids" are 33 and 31.

[TWINS]

My kids refuse to eat it in any other fashion--they need to see the marks from the can so they now it's authentic. (Note--my "kids" are 33 and 31.

Yep.
Mom would just open the can and let it slide out into a bowl.
So good when when its on a spoon with stuffing.
Mom is gone and so is the Cranberry now.

[iceman]

Ocean Spray changed their cans a few years ago, now they have rounded bottoms that you can't use a can opener on. I'd always cut both ends and that log would slide right out. Not any more. They have fucked with my cranberry sauce mojo.

[Viva]

Ocean Spray changed their cans a few years ago, now they have rounded bottoms that you can't use a can opener on. I'd always cut both ends and that log would slide right out. Not any more. They have fucked with my cranberry sauce mojo.

Imagine firing this puppy up at the Thanksgiving table!

[Cono Este]

I feel like this thread is secretly offending our helicopter mags.


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[old goat]

Ocean Spray changed their cans a few years ago, now they have rounded bottoms that you can't use a can opener on. I'd always cut both ends and that log would slide right out. Not any more. They have fucked with my cranberry sauce mojo.

I have had success sliding a knife between the can and the jelly to break the suction.

[highangle]

Punch a hole in the suction end with a marlinespike or a rusty nail.

[KQ]

Ocean Spray changed their cans a few years ago, now they have rounded bottoms that you can't use a can opener on. I'd always cut both ends and that log would slide right out. Not any more. They have fucked with my cranberry sauce mojo.

Maybe you need this:

Equipment Review: Smooth-Edge Can Openers Are A Cut Above

[Dantheman]

Maybe you need this:

Equipment Review: Smooth-Edge Can Openers Are A Cut Above

I own the Oxo in that article and it is indeed quite awesome, but it's still useless on the rounded-bottom cans iceman is referring to.

[Benny Profane]

The next Everest.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...million-a-trip

[Viva]

My credit card limit doesn't go that high.

[KQ]

How to Fix Everest

Officially renaming the mountain to something less sexy, like Mount Fecal-Contaminated-Water, seems obvious.

[SB]

Massive ordinance penetration sounds Moar sexy.

[Benny Profane]

Widowmaker? Inferno? Diablo?

[old goat]

Better yet, encourage people to go to the poles. Lots of room to spread out and if you fall down you won't hurt yourself. (Hope I didn't post that already.)