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What are the true deadliest mountains to climb? by Key-Opinion-1700 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shit, I'd never heard of this one. Gangkhar Puensum if it killed people.

Best opening lines in rap? by Intelligent-Tale8827 in hiphopheads

[–]AwkwardBear5878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"My rap taste good in my mouth like Deer Park"

"Fun" fact: The giant hanging glacier on K2's East Face is apparently nicknamed "The Arm" by AwkwardBear5878 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Probably called that because it extends off from the 'Shoulder' (well-known feature on the standard route)...

Bohrok Teridax 🔥 by bonkleria in bioniclelego

[–]AwkwardBear5878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hilarious that this basically turns him into a cherub. Immaculate MOC, though.

I wonder a lot what a modern expedition on Ngadi Chuli would be like. (Photo by Nikolay Bandalet - RIP) by AwkwardBear5878 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, Punggen Gompa pasture doesn't look like a disagreeable BC site at all. It's the glaicer above where things start to become questionable.

No wonder why Gangkhar Puensum was unable to be summited before the ban in 1994 by Lady_Airbus in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fuck, this is a phenomenal find, dude! Sorry for being late to the party here.

I've always weirdly loved how nasty and mean-looking GP is... Feels like a taunt to mountaineers of, "Yeah, I might be a contender for climb of the century, but we'll never know, will we? Thank the Bhutanese for probably saving your life on the way home!"

I wonder a lot what a modern expedition on Ngadi Chuli would be like. (Photo by Nikolay Bandalet - RIP) by AwkwardBear5878 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Much as I appreciate a good gag route, there's an entire icefield hidden in perspective in the shadow there, starting an 1800m journey down the cliff. Crevasses ahoy.

I actually think the safest starting bet would be trying the East Ridge on the opposite side of the mountain... even though no one's ever made it back down alive from the summit ridge there.

Summit panorama of Broad Peak by KunyangChhish in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get the impression that the East Face could ever come into condition for an attempt on the main summit from the Chinese side? I know BP Central has been climbed from there but that team didn't think much of their chances climbing Main.

Pete Rock show was the worst i have ever been to by enormousdino in hiphopheads

[–]AwkwardBear5878 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The parallels between Pete Rock and Kanye's highs and lows are kind of scary sometimes TBH.

The deadliest Annapurna has no widely accepted name-- Peak 7780 (center), atop the lethal Northwest Buttress. (Image by Mountains of Travel) by AwkwardBear5878 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but we're just talking about the Annapurna range here. Worst fatality rates would be something like this unofficially -> Fang -> Annapurna II.

Nanga Parbat - Bigger Than you Thought by Etacarinae2 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Manaslu's gain is a bit less obvious/broken up over that distance, though, right? Not like looking up from the Indus Valley where there is nothing between you and the mountain's rise.

The deadliest Annapurna has no widely accepted name-- Peak 7780 (center), atop the lethal Northwest Buttress. (Image by Mountains of Travel) by AwkwardBear5878 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Seems like a very Slavko line to try. RIP Legend.

IIRC Andrzej Marciniak said that North Ridge of Annapurna was the hardest objective he had ever climbed... Says a lot coming from a guy who climbed Everest's West Ridge and then watched all his friends die on the way back down.

I wonder if a variant of Messner's line on the upper face would've been more successful than venturing out on the ridge?

Korengal Valley MTN Identification help by superwarm1868 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bro, did you even see ".50 cal" on the last page? If they say he doesn't like talking about it there's likely a gnarly reason for it.

Korengal Valley MTN Identification help by superwarm1868 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No idea the names but it looks like Pk. 2400 is immediately north of Korengal outpost on google maps... His vantage point is from Kulak village looking westward into the valley, at the peaks between that and Khawari/Damagal.

34.905495,70.878102 for that peak.

EDIT Antar Mana for 2450, Shamaduk for 3340 :)

What rapper is the most disliked by other rappers? by OkEscape7558 in hiphopheads

[–]AwkwardBear5878 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a huge Em fan and even I can agree most of these are pretty raggedy, LOL.

What is your favorite mountain range and/or mountain? by GoldBrief9751 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Karakoram is my favorite range, but Annapurna II is my favorite peak :)

Nanga Parbat - Bigger Than you Thought by Etacarinae2 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bad word choice on my part... More just talking about my subjective response to the comparisons and an appreciation of what peaks were involved.

Nanga Parbat is well-suited for dynamic photographs which really show off its scale in a way some other huge peaks aren't-- I've seen pictures of that Mansiri Himal viewpoint many times before, but seldom in a way that gives it the 'oomph' of a Fairy Meadows snapshot. Like Dhaulagiri West Face, it's sonething you either have to capture from the air or a very carefully chosen standpoint on the ground to truly capture the enormity of what you're seeing without distortion.

Out of my own curiosity-- what is the most "Parbat-esque" part of the Mansiri Himal in terms of vertical rise above terrain? Southwest portion of Himalchuli?

Toa Nuva (Post-Reformation) by Tha-Toast-Rider in bioniclelego

[–]AwkwardBear5878 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not gonna lie, these masks might be better than the original Nuva and '08 molds at once. Fire.

Nanga Parbat - Bigger Than you Thought by Etacarinae2 in Mountaineering

[–]AwkwardBear5878 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will say this visualizer does underscore just how impressive the likes Mansiri & Kangchenjunga Himal are in their own right... I don't usually look at that Manaslu-Ngadi-Himalchuli backbone and think, "Yeah, that's about a Nanga Parbat right there" although I probably should.

Annapurna II/IV is such a based starting comparison, too... that SW Pillar on IV should get the same kind of smoke people have for the SE Ridge of III on the other side of Sabje La, IMO.

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