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Dead Bodies of Mt. Everest

yeah, i read that last one about the husband and wife, and i'm sitting there thinking "he had to know he was going to die. but could i honestly say i would do anything different?" i think knowing that i had left my spouse dying on the side of a mountain would be worse than just dying with them. i think i'd rather go after them, knowing it would kill me.

and that's another reason i couldn't do it, especially not with someone i love. i know there's huge inherent risk in doing it, as does anyone going up, and one of the rules of the mountain is that you don't do anything to get yourself killed or kill anyone else. knowing that, i still couldn't NOT try to save someone (even though that's what you're supposed to do).
 
yeah, i read that last one about the husband and wife, and i'm sitting there thinking "he had to know he was going to die. but could i honestly say i would do anything different?" i think knowing that i had left my spouse dying on the side of a mountain would be worse than just dying with them. i think i'd rather go after them, knowing it would kill me.

In the wikipedia article or maybe another article I read about them it said that it looked like he had reached her and tied her on and then either went for help or fell in the process. I'd like to think at least that they were able to say a few words before they died.
 
“Taking a trip for six months, if you get in the rhythm of it, it feels like you could just go on forever doing that. Climbing Everest is the ultimate and the opposite of that, because you get all these high-powered plastic surgeons and CEOs, and you know, they pay $80,000 and have sherpas put all the ladders in place, and 8,000 feet of fixed ropes. You get to a camp and you don’t even have to lay out your sleeping bag, and it’s already laid out with a little chocolate mint on the top. The whole purpose of climbing Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain; but if you compromise the process, [then] you’re an asshole when you start out and you’re an asshole when you get back.”

–Yvon Chouinard
 
“Taking a trip for six months, if you get in the rhythm of it, it feels like you could just go on forever doing that. Climbing Everest is the ultimate and the opposite of that, because you get all these high-powered plastic surgeons and CEOs, and you know, they pay $80,000 and have sherpas put all the ladders in place, and 8,000 feet of fixed ropes. You get to a camp and you don’t even have to lay out your sleeping bag, and it’s already laid out with a little chocolate mint on the top. The whole purpose of climbing Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain; but if you compromise the process, [then] you’re an asshole when you start out and you’re an asshole when you get back.”

–Yvon Chouinard

yvon chouinard is one of my favorite people. ever.
 
the other day I stumbled across this book called crime scene pictures for the homicide investigator. Them pics and stories were cray. it was an old book. basically lost about an hour of my day taking a detour thumbing through that thang.
 
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one of the dudes had a huge dong, like he should have been a porn star if he didn't murder suicide himself and wife back in the 50s. also, I had to conclude that a lot of chicks trimmed their beavs back then, which was very unexpected
 
Rubbins, what kind of b-hole tat would stand out best on a frozen Mt. Everest cadaver?
 
first thing comes to mind is a 3. Dale Earnhardt. universally recognizable. Greatest most awarded athlete on earth would surely inspire them the final climb.
 
Wait now I'm thinking maybe you just stick a condom half hanging out of the soon to be frozen b-hole. It would awaken the mind of the passers-by. Get them wondering what happened. Make them think, hey, this ain't so bad after all if those two stopped to do butt sex way up here, or wait, maybe there is a safe sex conscious rapist up here damn!
 
There are some crazy videos on youtube of guys with helmet cameras climbing Everest. I want no part of that.
 
UPDATE: I still have no interest in climbing this mountain.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/world/asia/mount-everest-deaths.html

People still dying like hotcakes on this mountain. Figured an appropriate time for a bump. This picture of the traffic jam to the top is amazing.

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A very literal tourist trap. Why do folks who are totally unprepared pay tons of money for like a coin flip of survival?
 
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