on Mount Everest.

DISCUSS.

3/5/2009 3:35:59 AM

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" D IS CUSS "

3/5/2009 3:36:56 AM

3/5/2009 3:39:03 AM

I believe it.

3/5/2009 3:46:18 AM

3/6/2009 2:50:24 PM

crazy to think about
yet, not surprising

i bet they are all crazy rich white people.

i heard it costs something like 50k to climb that shit right?

3/6/2009 3:22:32 PM

3/6/2009 3:23:28 PM

^^ $50k-$65k

3/6/2009 3:32:13 PM

Damn what makes it cost so much monies?

3/6/2009 3:34:45 PM

NEEDS

MOAR

PICS

3/6/2009 3:35:04 PM

they ever rest on Everest

3/6/2009 3:35:54 PM

REASONING BEHIND THE NAME?????

3/6/2009 3:36:28 PM

George Everest, former Surveyor General of India

3/6/2009 3:42:20 PM

3/6/2009 3:44:54 PM

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0305/expert_everest.html

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"Damn what makes it cost so much monies?"

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3/6/2009 3:45:14 PM

An estimated 80% of all films made before 1930 have been lost forever.

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5/28/2009 2:50:14 AM

I have heard that so many people are dead on Everest because folks go up in teams, and each member has paid so much money that they aren't willing to waste their investment by helping the sick or injured back down where they can be helped.

Which is another entry in my book, "Rich people are assholes."

5/28/2009 2:54:57 AM

In regards to the flap a few years ago over the dying climber that everyone passed without helping, they claimed that at such an altitude theres little that you can do to help someone because you're so busy taking care of yourself. They went as far as to call him "effectively dead" when he hit the point of needing help getting down.

and WTF!?!?! Robert Blake was one of the Little Rascals?

For example, the last picture of the body with green boots was cleverly called "Green Boots" and used as a landmark for climbers after he died. He was part of a small Indian military expedition up while working the border.

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5/28/2009 2:58:36 AM

I wonder how many dead bodies are below a rescue helo's service ceiling? Below is a suspected candidate that may in operation in the area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_Super_Puma#Specifications_.28AS332_L2.29

Better yet, invest in air rescues with a turboprop and a skyhook system:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery_system

Rich people may be assholes, but I bet they don't want to die, and you can probably get a good sum of money from saving their ass.

5/28/2009 3:45:28 AM

I doubt that helicopter rescue if ever an option due to the setting.

5/28/2009 4:19:35 AM

Anyone want to explain why those dead climber pics are hosted on this site?

http://www.lewistown.k12.mt.us/ljhs/bkoch/

5/28/2009 4:55:39 AM

5/28/2009 6:24:25 AM

the $1000 in emergency cash is almost the cheapest item on the list

5/28/2009 8:38:35 AM

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"1 Liaison Officer $3,000 This mandatory agent ensures all expeditions are in full compliance with local regulations. One was even present on Reinhold Messner's 1980 "solo" climb."

ha, and i think of the ben folds five album.

5/28/2009 8:41:34 AM

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"I doubt that helicopter rescue if ever an option due to the setting."

Hovering with any significant payload, would be almost impossible at that altitude. A helicopters rotor system is much more efficient in forward flight than hovering flight, so just because it could reach altitude, wouldn't mean that it would be able to land. Density altitude would be the key factor here.

None of the US built helicopters could pull it off, there might be a Russian one that could, but the factors that you'd be dealing with would put more people at risk than it is worth.


Everybody remembers this:


and Hood is only 11,000'

5/28/2009 8:48:33 AM

If you're stupid enough to try to climb a really tall and dangerous mountain for no damn reason, you're the only that knowingly put your life at such a risk. At that point it's not up to one of the other dumb assholes trying to climb the mountain to save you.

5/28/2009 8:54:11 AM

i've always thought this was interesting. it doesn't surprise me that the bodies are there, but if i were climbing and just saw them out in the open, i'd probably be like

5/28/2009 8:57:13 AM

^^
I agree.
I also with GrumpyGOP that, in general, rich people are assholes -- but I think he misses the point of how impossible it usually is to actually help someone in that scenario.

5/28/2009 8:58:49 AM

"Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer is a good look into the complexities of rescues and the ambitions of people that climb these mountains.

I recommend it, moreso than his other popular book "Into the Wild".

5/28/2009 9:06:27 AM

i've been meaning to read that book (into thin air) for quite some time.

5/28/2009 9:07:17 AM

^^ Fantastic book.

5/28/2009 9:08:02 AM

i enjoy taking photos of dead things

5/28/2009 9:16:24 AM

*text*text*text* nuthin', just chillin'

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5/28/2009 9:18:19 AM

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SANTA....is that you??!?!?!?!?!

5/28/2009 9:28:37 AM

Into Thin Air was a fantastic book.

5/28/2009 10:41:42 AM

that looks like a lot of high dollar gear just asking to be taken

5/28/2009 10:55:03 AM

true, but who exactly can afford to go get it?

5/28/2009 11:06:10 AM

so who's up for climbing everest with me?

5/28/2009 11:08:42 AM

if you've got the money, i've got the time...

5/28/2009 11:09:44 AM

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"i enjoy taking photos of dead things"

How about plastic bags that are dancing with you that make your heart want to burst?

5/28/2009 1:26:56 PM

this thread makes me hungry.

5/28/2009 1:52:55 PM

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"I doubt that helicopter rescue if ever an option due to the setting."

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"Hovering with any significant payload, would be almost impossible at that altitude. A helicopters rotor system is much more efficient in forward flight than hovering flight, so just because it could reach altitude, wouldn't mean that it would be able to land. Density altitude would be the key factor here. None of the US built helicopters could pull it off, there might be a Russian one that could, but the factors that you'd be dealing with would put more people at risk than it is worth."

I imagine that just the wind alone across the mountain wouldn't permit getting close to the surface, it would have to be a winch, basket, and a long line to the tune of at least 200'. The helicopter used would definitely have to be purpose built

I think the skyhook system would really work well for this type of rescue though, and should be a lot safer for the rescuers than trying to helicopter them out (which is really the most important part when trying to save a rich asshole).

There was a good thread I found on a forum here: http://forums.jetcareers.com/general-topics/24650-highest-service-ceiling-helicopter.html

EDIT: If you know you're going to die, why not make all efforts to drag your O2 tank over to a wall, prop yourself up and straddle it. Certainly would be best to mock others in your death.

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5/28/2009 1:59:30 PM

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"How about plastic bags that are dancing with you that make your heart want to burst?"

nice quote from American Beauty

5/28/2009 2:27:44 PM

^^

From your link:

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"Most often, the times when people need to be rescued off Everest are when the weather is at it's worse. I wouldn't plan on getting rescued by a helicopter when climbing Everest. You have a much better chance being carried down/dragged by a trusty Sherpa."

My thoughts exactly.

5/28/2009 2:34:33 PM

i mean, that shit is steep right? just get on a fuckin trash can lid and let'er rip

5/28/2009 2:35:29 PM

.....in my closet

5/28/2009 2:36:01 PM

ahahahah

that put an awesome image in my noggin

5/28/2009 2:36:14 PM

i mean, you might as well get a thrill if you'se about to die anyway

5/28/2009 2:41:54 PM

hell yeah that sounds like fun. but im sure you would be doing about 600 mph at the end of the run

5/28/2009 2:42:30 PM

set em up

5/28/2009 2:44:47 PM