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re: Looks like not much has changed on Everest since Into Thin Air
Posted on 1/5/14 at 6:14 pm to LSUintheNW
Posted on 1/5/14 at 6:14 pm to LSUintheNW
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74k with a 20k deposit. 74 days needed.
That's a long line of CEO's...
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Posted on 1/5/14 at 6:36 pm to KingRanch
upvote
Posted on 1/5/14 at 6:39 pm to LSUintheNW
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Anything can be dumb if you don't agree with it or don't understand it. Standing on top of a mountain you put work into is fricking amazing.
Sure, but if you die doing it. It's not a tragedy. A kid getting cancer is a tragedy. Someone dying while pursuing a dangerous hobby is not.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 7:11 pm to SmackoverHawg
quote:So a duck hunter falling out of a boat and drowning is not tragic? He knew the risk.
Someone dying while pursuing a dangerous hobby is not.
Point is everyone has different views. I can understand the appeal of standing on the highest point on Earth. I wouldn't do it but can understand.
I wouldn't pay $2500 to shoot a trophy buck but understand why others do it.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 7:18 pm to Jim Rockford
That's an old pic. It's not even climbing season.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 8:48 pm to Jim Rockford
The ultimate self-absorption trip.
Hey family, I might die but look how awesome I am following people up a mountain.
It's not a tragedy when people due doing dangerous shite. It's consequences.
Hey family, I might die but look how awesome I am following people up a mountain.
It's not a tragedy when people due doing dangerous shite. It's consequences.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 10:03 pm to Tigah in the ATL
I'd rather not pay 74k for my frozen corpse to be the next trail marker a la green boots.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 10:14 pm to Jim Rockford
Looks like the stairs at half-dome on the weekends...
Posted on 1/5/14 at 10:19 pm to Nodust
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Point is everyone has different views. I can understand the appeal of standing on the highest point on Earth. I wouldn't do it but can understand.
Climbing Everest involves considerable risks. I personally don't see death on Everest as a tragedy. I guess it depends on how you define tragedy.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 10:42 pm to LSUintheNW
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I'd eventually want to be on a warm beach if I had that kind of $.
Warm beach, rum, impressionable women and $74K in cash...
Posted on 1/5/14 at 11:06 pm to Tigah in the ATL
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The ultimate self-absorption trip. Hey family, I might die but look how awesome I am following people up a mountain. It's not a tragedy when people due doing dangerous shite. It's consequences.
For once we agree. And unlike the duck hunting example it is not a tragedy when one dies on a dangerous mountain. That's part of the sport. Duck hunting is not inherently dangerous. Yes, shite can happen, but know duck hunter goes into the sport expecting a high mortality rate.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 11:08 pm to Nodust
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Someone dying while pursuing a dangerous hobby is not.So a duck hunter falling out of a boat and drowning is not tragic? He knew the risk.
and it was tragic. That rarely happens and if safety protocols were followed, perhaps he would've lived. But duck hunting is not inherently dangerous. Everest is a killer. That's the attraction.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 11:52 pm to SmackoverHawg
What about sky diving? Scuba diving? Where do you draw the line at what is inherently dangerous?
Posted on 1/6/14 at 12:05 am to Jim Rockford
Case by case basis. No definite line. 
Basic scuba to eighty foot-tragic if you die. Advance night time cave diving in shark infested waters-not tragic.
Sky diving-not tragic unless force in military. If for "fun" it's not tragic.
Basic scuba to eighty foot-tragic if you die. Advance night time cave diving in shark infested waters-not tragic. Sky diving-not tragic unless force in military. If for "fun" it's not tragic.
Posted on 1/6/14 at 12:13 am to Jim Rockford
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What about sky diving? Scuba diving? Where do you draw the line at what is inherently dangerous?
I'm thinking anything that has something called "the death zone" is inherently dangerous.
Posted on 1/6/14 at 2:23 am to RogerTheShrubber
Wim Hof climbed her in a pair of gym shorts. And nothing else. Like a boss.
Posted on 1/6/14 at 5:25 am to RogerTheShrubber
I completely agree.
But there is a line to be drawn. Everyone will have it in a different spot.
But there is a line to be drawn. Everyone will have it in a different spot.
Posted on 1/6/14 at 5:30 am to SmackoverHawg
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Basic scuba to eighty foot-tragic if you die.
I draw the line at the water surface.
Rather take my chance on a mountain. I hate SCBA's. Don't want to wear one underwater.
Posted on 1/6/14 at 3:05 pm to LSUintheNW
I can do a whole lot of other cool shite with 74K and 74 days off.
Posted on 1/6/14 at 3:09 pm to offshoretrash
who the hell would want to climb a doam mountain? I mean really! I hate taking the stairs in a hotel! Much less who would pay to do it
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