6.5% of people who attempt it die. stupid.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

It is for those adventure seeking yahoos who aren't properly trained and prepared.

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Spaniard Killian Jornet, perhaps the greatest ultra runner on the planet, just broke the unofficial record for quickest north face ascent and summit of Everest, and he did it without fixed ropes or oxygen. He accomplished it in 26 hours. he has spent the last couple of years attempting to break time records on many of the world's famed climbs - Kilimanjaro, Denali, Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. The guy is an incredible athlete both climbing mountains and winning the worlds most prestigious trail running events.

now THAT is impressive.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I didn't think you could just run up Everest without ropes and picks and spikes and such.

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the article i read yesterday said it typically takes most climbers weeks to get to the summit. he did it in a day. pretty impressive.

Everest is a pretty safe ascent compared to the mountains JoRR and I were talking about on the last page.

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I've heard the same about Kilimanjaro - it is a prestigious climb but not necessarily a super-difficult one. I've read that you can hike most of the way up that mountain. K2 has always been what i have heard referred to as the most challenging.

Gtfo this guy isn't human.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QGKsFyHNwbs

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You should try it on a bicycle.

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Found this blog article about climbing docs on Netflix. The documentary about the 2008 K2 tragedy is very good from what I've read in other places. Idk how old this article is, so maybe some of the docs have been removed by now.

http://blog.theclymb.com/passions/mountaineer/7-best-mountaineering-films-currently-streaming-netflix/

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4 of the 10 died this year from carbon monoxide poisoning from cooking in their tent because it was too cold out.

Should have changed the battery on the detector.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Spaulding would have as much trouble on Mt Everest as the VFW Hall.

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So that is why she is gone. Chus is off the hook!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

You can if you have da fire and pashun.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I keep it real, and off the hook.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

douglas adams used to chide climbers of mt. everest and called it a "smart jog".

really, it's just treacherous and dangerous toward the top. the climbing part is pretty easy if you have enough sherpa help. you start at like the halfway point with base camp.