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05-26-2006, 01:57 AM
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a follow up to WTF kind of people does this. Mt. Everest
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First of all I know jack sh!t about this sport and the logistics of attempting to save someone but this seems really messed up. I don't want to pass judgement especially when I consider 60* cold and I can't fathom 100 below 0. But I would think it would be at least be humane to inject him with something if they knew he was a goner. I also think a group of people could mount some type of attempt, and hope someone on their way down at gave the poor guy a proper burial. That's got to be a crappy way to die and watch groups of people go by. RIP 
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05-26-2006, 02:00 AM
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Re: a follow up to WTF kind of people does this. Mt. Everest
only ego maniacs attempt this type of [censored].
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05-26-2006, 02:36 AM
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Re: a follow up to WTF kind of people does this. Mt. Everest
You should read 'Into Thin Air' by Jon Krakauer, which details a trip fraught with tragedy the year the IMAX film of an ascent was shot.
It will give you some insight into the mindset of the climbers who are able to step across corpses and ignore the dying.
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05-26-2006, 02:57 AM
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Re: a follow up to WTF kind of people does this. Mt. Everest
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You should read 'Into Thin Air' by Jon Krakauer, which details a trip fraught with tragedy the year the IMAX film was shot of an ascent. It will give you some insight into the mindset of the climbers who are able to step across corpses and ignore the dying. [/ QUOTE ] There were two documentaries on cable (either National Geographic, Public Television or the Science Channel) that discussed a similar issues. One covered a climbing party ran into trouble near the summit. Many climbers didn't help at all, but the National Geographic team gave up their attempt to reach the summit and put together a rescue mission. They risked their lives and I think they were able to save two of the climbers. In the other documentary, a group made it to the summit but one of the members couldn't keep up. On their way back down they passed this member and let him continue to the top even though he was in physical/mental trouble and there wasn't enough time left for him to safely reach the summit and return to camp. He died on his way back down. Seems like climbing Everest has changed from a sport into an activity for a bunch of rich people who have an "each-man-for-himself" mentality.
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05-26-2006, 03:00 AM
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Re: a follow up to WTF kind of people does this. Mt. Everest
I think there's a bit of Kitty Genovese in this.
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05-26-2006, 03:02 AM
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Re: a follow up to WTF kind of people does this. Mt. Everest
I don't understand it, how someone could be so driven to reach the top of a mountain as to disregard the life of another. You are providing no benefit to mankind by reaching the top of that mountain. You are engaging in a hobby. To put a hobby in front of another man's life is shameful.
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05-26-2006, 03:07 AM
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Re: a follow up to WTF kind of people does this. Mt. Everest
I think 25% of the people who attempt to climb Everest die. You can see the corpses while climbing up. I can't believe the indignity of leaving the bodies up there and not trying to at least bury them or bring them down.
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05-26-2006, 03:10 AM
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Re: a follow up to WTF kind of people does this. Mt. Everest
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only badasses attempt this type of [censored]. [/ QUOTE ]
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05-26-2006, 03:12 AM
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Re: a follow up to WTF kind of people does this. Mt. Everest
[ QUOTE ]
You should read 'Into Thin Air' by Jon Krakauer, which details a trip fraught with tragedy the year the IMAX film of an ascent was shot. It will give you some insight into the mindset of the climbers who are able to step across corpses and ignore the dying. [/ QUOTE ] [censored] phenomonal book
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