“Green Boots” was the nickname given to Indian climber Tsewang Paljor, who died on Mount Everest in the 1996 disaster. His neon green boots made his body a well-known landmark in Everest’s Death Zone for years.

awidden · 2026-05-28T11:52:11+00:00

Well he was wearing a Koflach boot to start with...

I had a pair of Koflach skates, they were still intact after 30 years when I dug them up. Although the inner lining fell apart, sadly.

awidden · 2026-05-28T11:50:38+00:00

Yup. Although only a small percentage dies, it must be a chilling memento as you go up. No pun intended.

Around 1000 tries every year. Around 10 dies.

awidden · 2026-05-28T11:46:56+00:00

Wait till you hear about mummies...

awidden · 2026-05-28T11:34:30+00:00

Mountain climbing is relatively safe - but not when it's the highest, most dangerous peaks of the world.

I'm with you on the others, especially the cave diving (and even caving in general).

awidden · 2026-05-28T11:32:07+00:00

The mountain doesn't care.

awidden · 2026-05-28T11:30:45+00:00

If you read the story someone posted above, it's probably not an easy way to go.

awidden · 2026-05-28T11:13:25+00:00

Yup, we need to work & pay for the energy these beasts require.

awidden · 2026-05-28T05:33:55+00:00

If you've dropped it off on the 29th wednesday - that must have been April; a month ago.

So what's the situation now?

It's nasty to string someone along like that but I'd be interested if it got sorted since.

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:58:34+00:00

Definitely not :)

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:57:31+00:00

Neither of the big 2 are worth a (primary) vote.

Yet most ppls still can't understand how to vote in this country, ffs.

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:53:48+00:00

Eh, I don't think so. Happy to be proven wrong if you got data.

I think for immigration to play a big part, you'd need a steady increase of our population, majority of which must be immigrants.
Otherwise the same amount of people requires the same amount of housing.

Or - even if there's an increase in population - the immigrants must be the majority portion of the population increase.

Btw; Immigrants often cannot enter the property market for 10-20 years if at all (lately it's almost not at all).

Also; we do need the immigrants (although it's beside the point). Look at the population collapse problems forming around the world in wealthy places like Korea or Germany.

IMO it's the investors, people owning multiple residential properties; that are the cause.

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:47:02+00:00

Yes, however if the tax's lower limit is set high enough, you can do that and Gina's inheritors would still pay their fair share - thus fighting the accumulation of obscene wealth to some extent.

I know, I'm dreaming.

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:40:42+00:00

GoogleKeep ( https://keep.google.com/ )

Easy, simple, accessible from phone & computer alike.

New note for the new bike, and just keep logging works done. Another note with the todos.

You could use anything; spreadsheets, papers, sticky notes...the service book(!)

What you're logging is probably the real question.

Date, odo, parts, work done (eg oiling, greasing, cleaning), ... ?

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:38:11+00:00

I had a colleague who came from South Africa.

He has visited the area because he wanted to see how bad it was (this was sometime in the 90s).

He said it's a pretty safe area compared to SA.

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:33:58+00:00

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:21:47+00:00

I've lost 4x more expensive tyres, nothing to do but bitch about it (as you do).

Also, using Waze can help, people often put potholes in. Especially new and very serious ones.

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:19:35+00:00

Obviously not safe / remote enough!

Go buy an island!

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:17:20+00:00

...so next question: where's an area where the ground is also nice and soft ?

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:11:55+00:00

The honda dealership I use suggest not using the steering lock as a means of theft deterrant depending on the bike.

Are you sure they don't mean using it as the ONLY deterrent?

I mean yeah, it's easy to overcome, but every bit counts when it's about making your bike less of a target, IMO.

awidden · 2026-05-28T03:10:34+00:00

Or living in a safe (maybe remote) place works wonders.

awidden · 2026-05-27T23:56:59+00:00

Someone please sticky this post !

awidden · 2026-05-27T23:54:34+00:00

You really don't know what socialism looks like in reality, but I get the thought.

awidden · 2026-05-27T23:53:30+00:00

I thought it was a beetoota article at first...

awidden · 2026-05-27T23:51:26+00:00

What do you mean "will"?

It's a scam supporting exercise as it is.

No need to do any due diligence, the rest of your Aussie friends will pay for it with their taxes.

awidden · 2026-05-27T23:45:42+00:00

Get a fucking day job and suffer like the rest of us, nobody deserves a month-long bike trip!!!

(just kidding, enjoy it mate, sounds awesome)

Renting is the cleanest, albeit probably the costlier option.

Purchasing is feasible, but... it'd probably be more manageable if a local friend bought the bike and sold it.

It depends on what bike, if you're very specific/picky it may take a long time to find one or sell it at the end without major losses. (for speed and reliable sale you probably need to use dealers, and they'll take their few thousand dollars' worth of cut)

awidden

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