Nope
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wrote on 20 Oct 2022, 03:07 last edited by jon-nyc
I have a good friend who has climbed 6 of the 7 summits, including Everest.
In fact, Friday he’s headed to Nepal to climb Kangchenjunga, the third tallest mountain on earth.
He was one of my buddies who did the cape ride with me in September.
Anyway, he told me an interesting fact about K2.
At the time that he summited Everest (3 decades ago), something like 1500 people had summited, and around 150 had died trying, for a 10-1 ratio.
K2 is in a different league. First of all, people climb K2 only after they’ve done Everest, maybe even twice. They are, on average, much better climbers who even attempt it, compared to those who attempt Everest.
Yet even today, fewer than 400 people have summited K2, and for every four people who did, one died trying. A 4-1 ratio.
Nope.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2022, 03:11 last edited by
One of the things my friend remembers about summiting Everest was the extreme cold.
Out of curiosity, I checked the weather on the summit of K2 right now, It’s 8am Thursday there. The current temp is -32. No need to ask if that’s C or F.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2022, 09:16 last edited by
I would never marry your friend. Too much risk of him never returning from one of his trips, leaving me alone to raise our
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wrote on 20 Oct 2022, 10:54 last edited by
I have enough problems walking up the stairs - my own personal K-2.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2022, 11:04 last edited by
Years ago, I read an interview with a mountain climber. He had recently quit the sport, even though he was still young enough and fit enough to tackle some difficult climbs.
His reason?
I woke up one morning and realized most of my climbing friends were dead.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2022, 12:25 last edited by
If there was something up there that I wanted....
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False advertising in every possible way.
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wrote on 21 Oct 2022, 00:11 last edited by
I like being outdoors, but do not have any desire to go mountain climbing. LOL
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One of the things my friend remembers about summiting Everest was the extreme cold.
Out of curiosity, I checked the weather on the summit of K2 right now, It’s 8am Thursday there. The current temp is -32. No need to ask if that’s C or F.
wrote on 21 Oct 2022, 00:16 last edited byOne of the things my friend remembers about summiting Everest
I love it when you verb nouns.
(See "I aged out of it" thread)
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wrote on 21 Oct 2022, 00:35 last edited by
@Aqua-s-Sister said in Nope:
If there was something up there that I wanted....
That would involve spelunking gear, not mountain climbing…
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wrote on 21 Oct 2022, 12:19 last edited by
Jon, if you haven't already, you might enjoy reading about Shane McConkey. He's billed as a professional skiier and BASE jumper, but that doesn't begin to do him justice. He did amazing feats, including skiing down a mountainside stark naked.
I learned about him in Steve Kotler's book, The Art of Impossible, though mentions of McConkey are spread throughout so you'd have to read the whole book; not a hardship. There are YouTubes on him, and even a movie -- go here for a trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2845780/.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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Jon, if you haven't already, you might enjoy reading about Shane McConkey. He's billed as a professional skiier and BASE jumper, but that doesn't begin to do him justice. He did amazing feats, including skiing down a mountainside stark naked.
I learned about him in Steve Kotler's book, The Art of Impossible, though mentions of McConkey are spread throughout so you'd have to read the whole book; not a hardship. There are YouTubes on him, and even a movie -- go here for a trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2845780/.
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wrote on 21 Oct 2022, 12:51 last edited by
He was so preoccupied with whether he could ski naked, he never stopped to think whether he should.
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Jon, if you haven't already, you might enjoy reading about Shane McConkey. He's billed as a professional skiier and BASE jumper, but that doesn't begin to do him justice. He did amazing feats, including skiing down a mountainside stark naked.
I learned about him in Steve Kotler's book, The Art of Impossible, though mentions of McConkey are spread throughout so you'd have to read the whole book; not a hardship. There are YouTubes on him, and even a movie -- go here for a trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2845780/.
wrote on 22 Oct 2022, 16:25 last edited byI learned about him in Steve Kotler's book, The Art of Impossible, though mentions of McConkey are spread throughout so you'd have to read the whole book; not a hardship.
Jon, very sorry -- I recommended the wrong book to you above. The one I had in mind is The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance. I regret this error; I hope you didn't spend a lot of time on the wrong book.
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I might try that if I was already up there for some other reason, but I wouldn’t go up there just to do that.
So maybe if your plane had crashed up there and you found that your headphones had landed on the other side of the chasm? That would be annoying. Then, you'd get there and you'd find they were somebody else's headphones after all.
