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11/3/09 10:16 PM	Ignore \| Quote \| Edit \| Warn Admin \| Vote Down \| Vote Up \| Delete Post
DeepFriedJinx Member Since: 4/30/09 Posts: 5469	Bluenamer please: http://www.lewistown.k12.mt.us/ljhs/bkoch/Mountain%20Climbing/Skull.jpg I had no idea they just leave the dead bodies up there when people die there. Here's a climber that perished and it's too dangerous to bring them down.

11/3/09 10:25 PM

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TwinkieTheKid 5 The total sum of your votes up and votes down

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On Everest Beyond the Limit tv show they talked about how a Korean expedition was organized for the sole purpose of recovering the body of a countryman. They got to the body and moved it about 400 yards before having to give up because it was to difficult to recover.

One climber said a rescue on Everest was the equivalent of trying to rescue someone stranded on the moon.

11/3/09 10:27 PM	Ignore \| Quote \| Edit \| Warn Admin \| Vote Down \| Vote Up \| Delete Post
Tyson86 72 Member Since: 6/8/03 Posts: 7595	That's pretty intense. You have ignored this user.

11/3/09 10:28 PM	Ignore \| Quote \| Edit \| Warn Admin \| Vote Down \| Vote Up \| Delete Post
TwinkieTheKid 5 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 2505	Oh yeah, a lot of climbing magazines won't publish photos of the dead because they say it's disrespectful to the climbers and their families. However, one magazine had a picture of a body that was still sitting up. The equipment looked pristine, the head was stripped to the bone by the elements. Kinda eerie. You have ignored this user.

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Ronnieb 289 Member Since: 2/15/05 Posts: 1607	You have ignored this user.

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ranier wolfcastle 245 Member Since: 11/28/03 Posts: 29326	put em in a sled and send em down You have ignored this user.

11/3/09 10:41 PM	Ignore \| Quote \| Edit \| Warn Admin \| Vote Down \| Vote Up \| Delete Post
sadic1 Member Since: 6/7/05 Posts: 7774	Bunch of dumbasses. Climbing Everest has become a rich guy's adventure tourist trap. They fucking wait in line like they're at the DMV to climb each stage and do it just so they can say they did it. You have ignored this user.

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HammerHands 3 Member Since: 10/21/06 Posts: 1980	this dude died in 1924, been up there ever since: You have ignored this user.

11/3/09 10:48 PM	Ignore \| Quote \| Edit \| Warn Admin \| Vote Down \| Vote Up \| Delete Post
DeepFriedJinx Member Since: 4/30/09 Posts: 5477	ranier wolfcastle - put em in a sled and send em down seems easy I know. I wonder why they can't do this. Just send them down on an inner tube you'd think. You have ignored this user.

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GaymidaGaydan Edited: 11/03/09 10:52 PM Member Since: 9/23/07 Posts: 20698	LOL at the guy three up jerking it with his last breath! HNGGGGGGGGGG FAP FAP FAP FAP You have ignored this user.

11/3/09 10:54 PM

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Fraser 235 The total sum of your votes up and votes down

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TwinkieTheKid - On Everest Beyond the Limit tv show they talked about how a Korean expedition was organized for the sole purpose of recovering the body of a countryman. They got to the body and moved it about 400 yards before having to give up because it was to difficult to recover.

One climber said a rescue on Everest was the equivalent of trying to rescue someone stranded on the moon.

That makes no sense to me. It seems like reaching it would be the hard part.

How can you get there, and then 400 yards later you are like "fuck, dude, let's leave this fucker"?

I can't imagine the environment that would create that situation. What, did they forget the stretcher? Shit, just throw his ass over the side, recover it at the bottom.

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Jeepster Member Since: 11/20/06 Posts: 4622	need to listen to Joe Rogan's bit on Everest and leaving people there...funny stuff You have ignored this user.

11/3/09 10:55 PM	Ignore \| Quote \| Edit \| Warn Admin \| Vote Down \| Vote Up \| Delete Post
Fraser 235 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 65566	sadic1 - Bunch of dumbasses. Climbing Everest has become a rich guy's adventure tourist trap. They fucking wait in line like they're at the DMV to climb each stage and do it just so they can say they did it. Seriously? How many make it significantly far? You have ignored this user.

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whitejoe 1 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 10734	sadic1 - Bunch of dumbasses. They do it just so they can say they did it. I use this logic to rationalize banging your wife. You have ignored this user.

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Fightin_Chance 5 Member Since: 6/21/08 Posts: 2176	read "Into Thin Air" by Krakauer great fucking book...the place is scary You have ignored this user.

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GucciGucciGucci 352 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 15956	The climbers are already at their limits when they get that high. They can barely move. Now imagine trying to hack a 160-200lb solid block of iced-up body out of the ground and trying to haul it down or push it down the mountain. That's pretty hard, yo ! You have ignored this user.

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balloon knotter Member Since: 2/27/07 Posts: 13744	a guy i worked with was friends with one of the guys from "into thin air". the guy supposedly called his wife in NJ on the satellite phone as he was dying on everest to say goodbye. she talked to him until he faded out. creepy. You have ignored this user.

11/3/09 11:14 PM

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GucciGucciGucci - The climbers are already at their limits when they get that high. They can barely move.

Now imagine trying to hack a 160-200lb solid block of iced-up body out of the ground and trying to haul it down or push it down the mountain.

That's pretty hard, yo !

Hey, look at that. Someone understands.

Trying to recover a single body will more than likely cause even more bodies, because of the extreme danger involved.

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LukeCranson Member Since: 7/18/09 Posts: 633	if you came back from climbing Everest women would be impressed You have ignored this user.

11/3/09 11:34 PM	Ignore \| Quote \| Edit \| Warn Admin \| Vote Down \| Vote Up \| Delete Post
Unicron Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 1576	That's so crazy. You have ignored this user.

11/3/09 11:40 PM

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balloon knotter - a guy i worked with was friends with one of the guys from "into thin air".

the guy supposedly called his wife in NJ on the satellite phone as he was dying on everest to say goodbye. she talked to him until he faded out.

creepy.

Rob Hall

Hall's death is perhaps the most disturbing, as he radios Base Camp with news about his progress, or lack thereof. They know exactly where he is, but they cannot get to him to help. They can only beg him to descend, but he is too tired and frostbitten to navigate the mountain. Hall's wife says: "Rob and I had talked about the impossibility of being rescued from the summit ridge. As he himself had put it, 'You might as well be on the moon.'" The frustration of being able to speak to Hall and knowing where he is makes his death all the more tragic. The thought of him on the summit ridge, knowing that he must descend but being unable to, being utterly alone and helpless is unbearable. After having looked after the safety of his clients, Hall ends up stranded, with no one looking after him.

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Lahi 2 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 6412	Fightin_Chance - read "Into Thin Air" by Krakauer great fucking book...the place is scary This^^^ Could not put that book down. You have ignored this user.

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Unicron Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 1578	I guess thats placing your life on the line. Seems harsh but still kinda sad. You have ignored this user.

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Fightin_Chance 5 Member Since: 6/21/08 Posts: 2181	lazermonkey - Think a helicopter can land on the Everest summit? it gets dicey even up around their base camp....the air gets thin and the winds play hell You have ignored this user.

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Fightin_Chance 5 Member Since: 6/21/08 Posts: 2182	here is a link to the sparknotes guide to the book by Krakauer http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/thinair/ You have ignored this user.

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