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Climb Everest?
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NOTE: You can read the article but the pictures shown are not for the feint of heart....
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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out 1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out) 1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481) "The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care." |
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After seeing those pictures I think I pass.
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Yup! That item got moved waaayyy down my "bucket" list, just in front of swimming with Great White sharks.
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There are few places on the planet where there is absolutely no possibility of any assistance for any reason whatsoever. Whatever befalls you on that trip will require YOU to solve it yourself or pay the ultimate price.
The question that begs is whether those folks fully knew the risks that they accepted and chose to make that trip despite the risks............or whether they were largely ignorant of the risks? If you make a climb and the statistics show that you've only got a 75% chance of coming back alive, who would proceed on such a basis? I'm not understanding that calculation. |
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Hubris
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You're a daisy if you do. __________________________________ 84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold 04 Honda Element AWD 1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler 1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4 1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting |
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There's some remote connections to the reasons you have for working on that Dodge van.
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That would be stupidity............
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Is it better to die while challenging yourself to the limit or to die from a tedious and boring life?
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Good point. There's a 100% of dying from a tedious and boring life.
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1977 300d 70k--sold 08 1985 300TD 185k+ 1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03 1985 409d 65k--sold 06 1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car 1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11 1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper 1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4 1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13 |
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I don’t have an answer to my question, but I spend a fair amount of time hiking in areas where my chance of rescue, were it needed, would be between slim and none. But I do sometimes carry a PLB in those instances as I’ve not become completely fatalistic about the prospects of recovery. Of course, as often as not i forget the PLB. Anywho I decided long ago that the enjoyment of the back country was enough for me to leave most security behind.
The folks who climb Everest and other peaks make the same kind of decisions. Of course, so do heroin addicts. Those who eat too much fried foods also make the same decision but are usually unaware that they can’t be rescued after a certain point. |
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Quote:
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^Whatever you say.
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If I'm going to undertake (hehe) an activity which has a significant probability of death, it better involve speed....
I would sooner do a Heli-ski/BASE jump on Chamonix than risk death plodding up a hill.... Interesting that they published that story on Christmas Day....
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Reminds me a bit of the crowd who's fondest ambition is to go to Mars where they will be trapped in a space about as big as an RV for the rest of their life.
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