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re: Deadly climbing season in the Himalayas
Posted on 5/24/19 at 1:17 pm to Obtuse1
Posted on 5/24/19 at 1:17 pm to Obtuse1
3 more deaths.
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LINK
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Nihal Bagwan, 27, died after collapsing from exhaustion on the balcony area of the mountain where he was waiting in a line to reach the summit, according to Krishma Poudel of Peak Promotion, a mountaineering agency in Nepal.
Anjali Kulkarni, 54, and Kalpana Das, 49, also died while descending the mountain Thursday, according to Mira Acharya, the director of Nepal’s Department of Tourism. The cause of their deaths is not yet known, she added.
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Posted on 5/24/19 at 1:22 pm to Jim Rockford
That’s one of most incredible pictures I’ve ever seen.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 1:32 pm to Jim Rockford
Mt Everest is weak shite compared to Challenger Deep. I cannot fathom that distance of ocean depth.
Posted on 5/25/19 at 10:28 am to RebelExpress38
Some more confirmed deaths.
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The following day, British climber Robin Haynes Fisher died of what appeared to be altitude sickness at 8,600 metres (28,215 feet), while descending from the summit.
Irish climber Kevin Hynes, 56, died Friday morning on the Tibetan side of Everest in his tent at 7,000 meters (22,966 feet), the UK Press Association reports. Hynes, a father of two, was climbing with a group from the UK-based company 360 Expeditions.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 10:39 am to tiggerthetooth
Dunno if this was posted earlier or not, but that shites cray...
From May 23rd.
From May 23rd.
This post was edited on 5/27/19 at 10:47 am
Posted on 5/27/19 at 10:44 am to Jim Rockford
It's a selfish thing to do. Unless you're dying from cancer or something.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 11:12 am to Cosmo
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This is something I have absolutely no desire to do.
Yep...what's the damn point?
Posted on 5/27/19 at 1:17 pm to Cosmo
I don’t need to pay $300k and get frostbite to feel good about myself.
This post was edited on 5/27/19 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 5/27/19 at 1:18 pm to Scruffy
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It really is hard to fathom how tall something is at 8000 meters.
It is even harder when I look down and fathom how short something is at three inches.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 1:27 pm to Jim Rockford
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Deadly climbing season in the Himalayas
8 deaths, 3 missing and presumed dead, and it's still early LINK
Dying on Everest = first world problem.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 3:03 pm to TopFlightSecurity
LINK
Now we have video of the conga line walking up the slope,stepping over a dead body.
So, we don't have to climb, just surf the net for the gag reflex we'd get.
Now we have video of the conga line walking up the slope,stepping over a dead body.
So, we don't have to climb, just surf the net for the gag reflex we'd get.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:31 pm to real turf fan
I think the line itself is even more damning than the other pictures. Nepal has got to be pissed about that looking like a line for some Dissssneeeee ride. Doesn’t look quite so elite does it?
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:31 pm to Koach K
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Doesn’t look quite so elite does it?
Bunch of rich assholes.
ETA: that ledge with 6+ people standing on it. No fricking way..just no.
This post was edited on 5/27/19 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:51 pm to ThatMakesSense
The path is one person wide (and any bodies that happen to have fallen by the wayside.)
It's only a one way trip for the mass that moves as one.
The video shows how slow they are moving. Shuffling is even slower than they are moving.
The group of twenty Chinese mentioned by one climber were moving only as fast as the slowest person.
What could possibly go right?
It's only a one way trip for the mass that moves as one.
The video shows how slow they are moving. Shuffling is even slower than they are moving.
The group of twenty Chinese mentioned by one climber were moving only as fast as the slowest person.
What could possibly go right?
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:55 pm to Koach K
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Nepal has got to be pissed about that looking like a line for some Dissssneeeee ride.
Nepal and Tibet control the climbing permits, they could triple the cost and cut the number to 1/3rd, they would still be fully booked. The issue is their economy would take a significant hit and the Sherpa community would lose the majority of their income.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:02 pm to Obtuse1
Annapurna may be statistically the most dangerous mountain, but K2 is the real mountaineer's mountain.
Climbers that have summited K2 (and gotten back down) without supplemental oxygen are the Gold Medalists of mountain climbing, imo.
Climbers that have summited K2 (and gotten back down) without supplemental oxygen are the Gold Medalists of mountain climbing, imo.
This post was edited on 5/27/19 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:06 pm to cypressbrake3
Had the mountaineering rush when I was 15-16 and did quite a few 14ers in Colorado.
Touching the Void is still the gnarliest story that I've read to this day. Some of the technical shite in the Andes is just absurd.
That book really embodies the strange ethics of the mountain.
Touching the Void is still the gnarliest story that I've read to this day. Some of the technical shite in the Andes is just absurd.
That book really embodies the strange ethics of the mountain.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:22 pm to Obtuse1
Since you mentioned green boots and he hasn’t been posted in the yearly Everest thread I thought I’d help.
And also not mentioned the new documentary Free Solo is now on Netflix.
And also not mentioned the new documentary Free Solo is now on Netflix.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:32 pm to Obtuse1
You get a picture from the top bro?
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:34 pm to cypressbrake3
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Annapurna may be statistically the most dangerous mountain, but K2 is the real mountaineer's mountain.
Having done Annapurna but never attempting K2 I agree.
K2 in pure peak bagging terms is the crown jewel of mountaineering, not counting the line or the ethics of the climb. Both have really crappy weather and a tight sometimes non-existent summit window but K2 is far more technical no matter what route you climb. Annapurna's biggest danger is ice falls and avalanches. You have to be a better climber to get up and down K2 safely, you have to be a luckier climber to do the same on Annapurna.
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