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American Dies on Mt Everest
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American Dies on Mt Everest
The thing that gets me ---

There's a motherfucking line - queued up to the summit.....


Hey Ed Hillary - what the hell do you think is so special of an experience - that you have to wait in line?

I won't wait in line to see a fricken movie. I sure as hell ain't waiting in line to see if something will kill me......

Dodgy
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RE: American Dies on Mt Everest
This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I find it rather selfish of the people who have young children at home. Shouldn’t being around for your kids be more important to you than scaling Everest? I understand why people do it, but how can that be worth the very real risk of devastating your immediate family? Do that shit when you’re single.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
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I didn't get married until I was in my mid-30s because the job was inherently dangerous. So, yeah, I agree with you.
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People dying on Everest isn't really news - there are far better ways to die.
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Seems that climbing Everest is a bit of a banality these days.
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Not to mention we’re turning it into a landfill. And, a sewer.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
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RE: American Dies on Mt Everest
"Memento caesar cum sis mortalis."
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RE: American Dies on Mt Everest
(May 28, 2019 at 6:40 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: "Memento caesar cum sis mortalis."

Yeah, but none of the Caesars were stupid enough to climb Mount You're Gonna Die Up Here.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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IIRC Everest isnt even a very hard one. Amongst the famous 8000ers (meters of course) there are a buncha much harder ones. Particularly K2 seems to be a real bitch, and its like only 200m less than Everest. Who cares if you are operating on 39% oxygen or 38%? Huh This is clearly a *wannabe climber* problem.
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RE: American Dies on Mt Everest
(May 28, 2019 at 6:51 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(May 28, 2019 at 6:40 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: "Memento caesar cum sis mortalis."

Yeah, but none of the Caesars were stupid enough to climb Mount You're Gonna Die Up Here.

Boru

Not sure about that. But they, mostly, didn't like snow very much.

Even if they did have runners bring snow down from the mountains. Cool job. Hehe
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