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Decoy:
A pair of 70 year olds climbed Everests? Alright, Who's with mes?
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:11:07 pm)
Heruka:
EVEREST IS LIKE A WALK IN THE PARK ANYMORE. THEY HAVE oops. they have stations and resting spots on the way up. and an escalator for the trip down. it isn't like it used to be.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:13:50 pm)
Decoy:
I hear it strewn with japanese litter and O2 tanks.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:14:54 pm)
Heruka:
and cigarette butts.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:15:20 pm)
Chewing Wax:
It's the weather and the lack of oxygen that gets you. The climb itself is easy. I think the survival rate is still pretty grim though isn't it? And I heard the mountain is like a garbage dump.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:15:24 pm)
Chewing Wax:
Yeh. japanese litter.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:15:42 pm)
Heruka:
when they die I think thy die in big numbers. 10 at a time though. but hiking up the mountain is routine these days it seems. different groups even getting together and planning who's is going up first. it appears to be a get in line for your turn' sort of thing.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:24:20 pm)
bela:
Yeah I heard about all the litter. All those stupid assholes that take hiking groups up there.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:25:45 pm)
Chewing Wax:
I'd rather climb K-2.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:27:06 pm)
Heruka:
# Best year - Worse year
~ 1993 129 people reached the summit
and 8 died,
a ratio of 16:1
~ 1996 98 people reached the summit
and 15 died,
a ratio of 6:1
the 1996 thing, 12 people died at the same time.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:28:12 pm)
Heruka:
I'd rather go to the Peruvian or Chilean Andes. hell with the snow.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:28:49 pm)
Heruka:
Everest is technically not a hard climb, there is fixed rope and ladders on the difficult parts of the walk in and ladders on the Hillary step.
(A bit like the Alps then really, Over priced and Over crowded)
If I could do it, there must be many many more people out there that could also reach the top
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:30:23 pm)
Heruka:
that's a quote.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:30:34 pm)
bela:
I'm a big old crab I know.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:39:10 pm)
Queenie:
remember that movie "satisfaction", in which justine bateman sang badly while clunking on a cow bell, and julia roberts 'played' the bass? anyway ken used to be in this band that had a cow bell and they used to call it the "mallory", as in, "what this song needs is some mallory".
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:53:00 pm)
Queenie:
and my brother used to have this morbidly obese roommate, and he used to call him Alex Keep Eatin'. you really have to say it out loud for it to be funny.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:53:38 pm)
Decoy:
Yeah I get it, Alex P. Keaton.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 3:55:56 pm)
:
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:00:24 pm)
Decoy:
Never saw it..
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:01:02 pm)
Heruka:
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:02:37 pm)
bela:
That blonde girl is in that band Luna now.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:07:12 pm)
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(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:09:32 pm)
Heruka:
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:13:03 pm)
bela:
My friend got hired to play drums for them so shes pretty glad to have a paying tour gig.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:13:48 pm)
:
All the selfish morons,
where do they all come from?
all the drooling boneheads,
where do they all belong?
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:20:45 pm)
Heruka:
anon., it's called the Democratic party.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:24:49 pm)
Chewing Wax:
Hah hah hah. Christ that was funny.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:27:19 pm)
:
japanese litter
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:27:56 pm)
bela:
Whats funny?
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:28:39 pm)
:
Huh?
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:30:02 pm)
Chewing Wax:
Heruka's joke. I can't stop laughing. I'm going to split a gut.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:30:42 pm)
bela:
Can you still buy peanut butter filled m&ms or what?
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:31:48 pm)
Chewing Wax:
I don't know.
(Thu May 22, 2003 - 4:32:10 pm)