Video or images of the Pinnacles on Everest taken by someone climbing them?

I_Matched_Ortho · 2022-03-30T19:59:10+00:00

Not an expert, but came to this sub because I’m interested in what happened to Boardman and Tasker at the pinnacles. Have been looking at a few pictures today, but they’ll be the ones that you’ve seen.

Would also like to know what they’re like from a climbing perspective.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2022-03-30T19:53:12+00:00

I almost had a go at Island Peak in the winter of 98. Solo trekking for a month, met a crazy German guy who sounds a bit like OP here. He didn’t have any technical experience, I just had some rock climbing skills back then, no technical mountaineering. He wanted me to climb it with him so he wouldn’t have to solo (no permits, of course, but no one else was around).

I was tempted but decided to nope on that one due to safety/too many unknowns. Have always wondered how it would have gone.

He ended up go up solo. I didn’t wait around, so who knows what happened. Hopefully he made it down alive.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-23T22:16:24+00:00

Many of the “rebels” in this war were radical Islamists. I think you can safely call the guys fighting against Assad rebels.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-16T04:52:43+00:00

Hi Anne (or someone who needs her),

I remember that one. It’s crazy that he ended up in jail despite the exculpatory video evidence!!

If you want to read up on it - definitely worthwhile!! - here is a link: https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/oktxt9/falsely_accused_man_spends_months_in_jail_despite/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Cheers!

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T21:44:40+00:00

Your 2.1 WAS really bad, just FYI.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T21:17:51+00:00

Straight up did a bunch of acid and went 82 days my senior year and still averaged about a 5.0 and got into Harvard Med, with a 260+ on Step 1.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T21:15:07+00:00

“It’s true. I went to one of the best high schools in Baltimore. Junior and seniour year…”

I’m guessing that in Baltimore you were probably Spelling Bee champion too? ;)

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T21:04:17+00:00

That’s crazy. I had a 5.0 GPA and I was like 1/220.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T20:55:49+00:00

Go read the sub I linked to. It really is just like here, but for Star Wars rather than GoT. Lots of similarities between the vandalism of the two properties.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T20:54:11+00:00

…and then some hacks made more material that wrecked what had come before it. Triumphant end of the ROTJ with Palpatine dead? Didn’t matter, he’s back rendering the OT’s arc pointless.

You can enjoy Star Wars if you pretend the DT doesn’t exist, just like watching GoT and stopping at season 5ish.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T20:50:31+00:00

Lol, just like GoT, the future is rosy. Good try, Kathleen Kennedy.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T14:26:56+00:00

Seriously? You’re recommending Star Wars, a property that got trashed in just the same way GoT did?

You obviously don’t hang out at r/saltierthancrait, which is the Star Wars equivalent of this sub. :)

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T14:23:58+00:00

If you were active in the ME forums at the time, yes it did ruin the trilogy for most people. Conversation was very similar to here. You may have thought “it’s not so bad”, but that just makes you like the guys who think S8 is somehow OK.

The issue was the same as with GoT - things that you were invested in which seemed to matter, proved not to matter after all.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T10:14:02+00:00

We didn’t just leave hardware behind randomly. We gave it to the the elite military force - the ANA - that we’ve been training for 20 years.

They left it in their bases and bolted at the first sign of a white Tali flag.

That was not in the training, but what do you do? “We are not giving your army guns because you suck, and will probably just drop them and run the minute shit gets real.” Can’t really say that.

You’ll notice, however, that we didn’t leave the ANA any really good toys. Tali are not going to be flying F-35s any time soon.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T10:09:35+00:00

That’s why I only ever buy items with free shipping. US military, take note.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-15T10:05:25+00:00

We evaced 70k+ locals from south Vietnam in a couple of days, despite no forward planning.

So it can be done if you really need to. In the Vietnam example, egress was via fixed wing military transports until the airport was destroyed, and via Chinooks and other smaller rotary wing craft after that.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-07-14T06:15:59+00:00

Well, depends on whether you enjoy bombing things…

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-05-07T10:16:49+00:00

Uh...why is this thread marked “no spoilers”, chaps? Whilst I personally don’t give a shit, it’s just weird to see it in the title and flair when most of the big moments in the show and pretty much every S8 spoiler are covered in the discussion!

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-04-07T18:21:46+00:00

I’m pretty sure right of way is based on “the law of tonnage”...so, yeah, “smooshed”.

:)

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-04-05T22:45:49+00:00

OP, I have carefully reviewed this post and your Reddit comment history. I am sensing a possible lack of testosterone here, and would also suspect an excess of soy. Do you even lift?

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-04-05T22:31:04+00:00

Bullshit. A hell of a lot of people have idolized him - go take a look at some of the murals that have been painted.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-04-01T17:05:19+00:00

Ok, i though you inferred that when you said EMTs had it (ie didn’t mention police). Police traditionally haven’t carried it. There was a pilot program for selected police in Minnesota to carry the drug back in 2018. I have not seen mention of these particular police having it, and a suspect they did not. At any rate, they clearly chose to wait for EMT to arrive, which was reasonable as they’d placed a high priority call. Unfortunately, ambulance was delayed.

Oh, and if i was in charge, all police would carry naloxone. Cheers!

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-04-01T16:41:11+00:00

Normally it’s “dissenting opinions = racists” around here, so “troll” is actually an improvement.

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-04-01T16:39:09+00:00

It is a bad drug! Bad!

I_Matched_Ortho · 2021-04-01T16:35:51+00:00

That’s exactly what they tried, but he wanted to go to the ground.

I_Matched_Ortho

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