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Spent 100's of hours studying the 1996 Everest disaster. Taking q's

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Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
should I go to Appalachian Climbing School
is gay (retired)
  04/19/26
search ur heart
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
How did you get to 100s? I watched the movie, a doc and read...
POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME
  04/19/26
if you're looking for additional materials you can study the...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
You did not answer my question at all. I am not looking for...
POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME
  04/20/26
No you asked how to get to 100s of hours
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
I had two questions.
POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME
  04/20/26
Don't talk to me like im some floosy LLM.
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
lmao didnt even know krakauer is jewish every single time
nigstomper420@tufts.edu
  04/19/26
wtf holy shit. he's half!
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  04/19/26
Fun fact. "Mount Everest" is named after a man nam...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
I read both krakauer's book and the MAF rebuttal book by bou...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  04/19/26
Lopsang is the villain, but he was likely paid by Pittman. T...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
It really is crazy just how fucking dangerous high-altitude ...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  04/19/26
cr yet 1/2 of xo tough guys who played some college ball ...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  04/19/26
Tbf, a good portion of the danger is clearly not avertable t...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  04/19/26
yeah it's fucking nuts and another crazy part is the other m...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
Yeah. As a kid I did NOLS and AAI and wanted to be a bigtim...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  04/19/26
pretty baller man i'm just a dweeb
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
this is evan39-esque: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  04/19/26
You spent hundreds of hours to learn this?
POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME
  04/20/26
Why are you MAF at my encyclopedic knowledge of everest
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
I read into the climb many years. Realized at that point tha...
,.,,,.
  04/19/26
We can say [CONTENT AUTO REDACTED] here.
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  04/19/26
he's a failed outdoorsmin who became a writer, what's there ...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
He just happened to be on that expedition
POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME
  04/20/26
Should I watch Dallas Buyers Club?
futtbucker
  04/19/26
search ur big gay heart
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
it's amazing that krakauer happened to be there for this -- ...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  04/19/26
some theories say that his presence, and the presence of Pit...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
explain pls
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  04/19/26
The theory is the presence of the journalist from Outside ma...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
IIRC, almost every third-party account (not krakauer or bouk...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  04/19/26
then you have to explain why Lopsang didn't set the fixed ro...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
"Rowell criticized Krakauer's account, citing numerous ...
nigstomper420@tufts.edu
  04/19/26
Boukreev could and did literally climb mount everest without...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
wtf does him not using oxygen have to do with other people d...
nigstomper420@tufts.edu
  04/19/26
Even if capable of operating without bottled oxygen, you can...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  04/19/26
Some people say that without supplemental O's, Boukreev had ...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
but it says he deliberately went down ahead of the clients, ...
nigstomper420@tufts.edu
  04/19/26
yeah and the corroborating witness is dead. im not saying he...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
maybe if the clients didn't want to die they shouldn't have ...
nigstomper420@tufts.edu
  04/19/26
not that exactly no
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
My (very rusty) recollection after reading both books is tha...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  04/19/26
yeah i think he was probably selfish and scott had to work a...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
Nah he didn't go down for help, he went down before any of t...
.,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::,
  04/19/26
yeah and i mean that kinda makes sense, but also not really....
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
How hard is climbing Everest really? Wasn’t one of the...
Pope Leo XXX
  04/19/26
the mousy japanese lady had summited the tallest mountains o...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
she was 90lbs, prob irresponsible regardless of experience w...
Pope Leo XXX
  04/20/26
You can say that about all the clients. Doug sucked. Beck wa...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
at least they were men and could, with more training, have g...
Pope Leo XXX
  04/20/26
This is retarded
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
After watching that stuff does it make you want to climb any...
Kenneth Play
  04/19/26
Messner makes me want to climb something more than the evere...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
! Well put, ty. And I feel that too
Kenneth Play
  04/20/26
imagine being near the top of Everest and suddenly an earthq...
niggerstomper59
  04/19/26
Dying at base camp would suck
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
Yes I just can't imagine the fear you would experience
niggerstomper59
  04/19/26
I've looked into dying in an avalanche and it definitely suc...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/19/26
Asphyxiation is a terrible way to go, until suddenly it&rsqu...
POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME
  04/20/26
Yeah exactly. Chronic oxygen deprivation and hypothermia see...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
Is it safer today? It's it (the safety, the experience) even...
Nazca Redlines
  04/19/26
In-house at a corp, I worked with a dude who told everyone t...
Kenneth Play
  04/20/26
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niggerstomper59
  04/20/26
Reading into thin air really convinced me that I was never g...
POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME
  04/20/26
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Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
180
Performative Social Interactions
  04/20/26
wonderful post-moniker synergy. yeah this dude wore 3 piece...
Kenneth Play
  04/20/26
...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
Thoughts on Mike Tracy trashing Krakauer? https://jonkra...
Pope Leo XXX
  04/20/26
Tracy is literally a shitttigator lmao
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
The guy has a weird hate-infatuation with krakauer IIRC. On...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  04/20/26
If you listen to him for more than 2 minutes you agree with ...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  04/20/26
Scott Fischer and Rob Hall are both gorgeous men
Kenneth Play
  04/20/26
https://images.mubicdn.net/images/cast_member/151819/cache-5...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
are there bars on Mount Everest like at ski resorts?
.,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.
  04/20/26
Not on the mountain but in the villages nearby
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
Lmao this takes 7 to 9 weeks to do? I always thought this wa...
A slightly younger poaster (32)
  04/20/26
Yes you have to progressively acclimatize and end up climbin...
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
lmao what total flame
nigstomper420@tufts.edu
  04/20/26
the peak is the height that some commercial airlines fly at
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
i thought that planes all avoid the himalayas so things won'...
nigstomper420@tufts.edu
  04/20/26
the peak of everest is 30,000 ft
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26
Same wtf... thought it was like a day
oomox
  04/20/26
there's a guy working on remote acclimatization technology
Metaphysics is Gay
  04/20/26


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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:17 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828160)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:29 PM
Author: is gay (retired)

should I go to Appalachian Climbing School

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828202)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:30 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

search ur heart

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828205)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:32 PM
Author: POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME

How did you get to 100s? I watched the movie, a doc and read Into Thin Air in a week. What else did you learn in the extra 90+ hours?

My main take away was there’s no fucking way I’m climbing Everest. It’s just pure misery and you’re so fucked when you get to the top you can’t wait to go back down.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828212)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:38 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

if you're looking for additional materials you can study the books written by other climbers, several docs besides the PBS one, listen to interviews and podcasts, the argument between krakauer and tracy on youtube, etc. You can also study the history of the mountain, read into messner etc, and you've got to read and reread/rewatch everything multiple times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828239)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:01 AM
Author: POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME

You did not answer my question at all. I am not looking for more. I am asking what else I would learn that I didn’t learn in 10 hours of study.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828902)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:36 AM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

No you asked how to get to 100s of hours

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828965)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 2:45 PM
Author: POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME

I had two questions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829617)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 2:51 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Don't talk to me like im some floosy LLM.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829630)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:39 PM
Author: nigstomper420@tufts.edu

lmao didnt even know krakauer is jewish

every single time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828241)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:44 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


wtf holy shit. he's half!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828258)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:50 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Fun fact. "Mount Everest" is named after a man named whose name is pronounced "Eve-er-est."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828288)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:39 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

I read both krakauer's book and the MAF rebuttal book by boukreev. But it's been like 25 years.

Who are the heroes, villains? What moral lessons do you draw from it? What unique insights do you have?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828244)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:47 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Lopsang is the villain, but he was likely paid by Pittman. The moral lesson is don't be a softie like Rob. I don't have anything unique to say really

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828275)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:12 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

It really is crazy just how fucking dangerous high-altitude mountaineering is. The story for like everyone who's a professional climber (sherpa or honkey) who survived everest 1996 is "later died on [other mountain]."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828347)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


cr

yet 1/2 of xo tough guys who played some college ball seem to genuinely think that they could easily summit everest; 1/2 of it is schtick, but 1/2 of it is genuinely retarded xo tough guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828351)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:19 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

Tbf, a good portion of the danger is clearly not avertable through enhanced skills or natural talent (and I'm including physiological tolerance for high-altitude exertion as "natural talent," even though HAPE is incredibly random and strikes super-experienced climbers).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828360)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:16 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

yeah it's fucking nuts and another crazy part is the other major peaks like K2 and Annapurna, while essentially as tall, are significantly worse odds in terms of getting hit with an avalanche or falling the fuck off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828355)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:21 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

Yeah. As a kid I did NOLS and AAI and wanted to be a bigtime climber, but looking back now...

maybe Black people are right on this one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828366)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:25 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

pretty baller man i'm just a dweeb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828376)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:25 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


this is evan39-esque:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/05/21/1100363030/meet-the-cool-62-year-old-kenyan-on-first-all-black-team-to-summit-everest

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828377)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:02 AM
Author: POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME

You spent hundreds of hours to learn this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828905)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:39 AM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Why are you MAF at my encyclopedic knowledge of everest

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828969)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:41 PM
Author: ,.,,,.

I read into the climb many years. Realized at that point that Americans like Krakauer are scum. They always hang out at the periphery of misery and looking to benefit. He actually made millions from his own book where he basically described that he's a faggot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828248)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:42 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

We can say [CONTENT AUTO REDACTED] here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828251)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:52 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

he's a failed outdoorsmin who became a writer, what's there to be mad about

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828295)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:02 AM
Author: POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME

He just happened to be on that expedition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828906)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:42 PM
Author: futtbucker

Should I watch Dallas Buyers Club?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828253)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:50 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

search ur big gay heart

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828289)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:45 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


it's amazing that krakauer happened to be there for this -- and live to tell the tale. talk about god running the world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828265)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:48 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

some theories say that his presence, and the presence of Pittman which was a reaction the Krakauer's last minute team change, was the cause of the event.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828281)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:54 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


explain pls

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828297)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:05 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

The theory is the presence of the journalist from Outside magazine (Krakauer) caused more than the usual competition between Adventure Consultants (Rob's team) and Mountain Madness (Scott's team). Krakuer's magazine was paying Rob with ad space ($55k worth; they only paid $10k in cash), and those ads would include things like the % of clients that summitted. Krakuer was also writing about the commercialization of Everest in general, so there was motivation to get as many climbers to the top as possible. But whether that influenced the late summit push (after the fixed rope delay of 2+ hours), the decision to ignore the pre-arranged turn-around time, and Rob's decision to escort Doug, isn't certain.

Maybe more directly, Pittman -- the weakest climber who the lead sherpa had to essentially drag to the top with a rope, causing him not to place the aforementioned fixed ropes and delaying both teams -- was added to Mountain Madness's team at the last minute as their journalist after Krakauer and Outside left the MM team for the AC team.

So taken together the presence of journalists, especially JK, can reasonably be seen to have changed the motivations and dynamics of the teams, and may have been a contributing cause to the tragedy, rather than a coincidence.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828329)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

IIRC, almost every third-party account (not krakauer or boukreev, although you could include boukreev in this) says that krakauer was bizarrely hard on sandy pittman, who no one else seems to think played any kind of noteworthily deleterious role. She was short-roped for an hour tops, and she was a paying client; she's probably a stronger climber than krakauer, but krakauer benefitted from summitting way before her.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828352)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:20 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

then you have to explain why Lopsang didn't set the fixed ropes above the south summit...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828364)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:45 PM
Author: nigstomper420@tufts.edu

"Rowell criticized Krakauer's account, citing numerous inconsistencies in his narrative, and observed that Krakauer had been asleep in his tent while Boukreev was rescuing other climbers. Rowell argued that not only were Boukreev's actions heroic but his judgment was also prescient: “[Boukreev] foresaw problems with clients nearing camp, noted five other guides on the peak [Everest], and positioned himself to be rested and hydrated enough to respond to an emergency. His heroism was not a fluke."[5]"

lmfao at this literal kike sleeping in his tent while the heroic chad is out there saving lives, and then publishing a book where he jewishly sneers at and nitpicks the heroic dude

fucking amazing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828270)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 9:49 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Boukreev could and did literally climb mount everest without oxygen and it was his professional responsibility to guide and save people. Some people say his selfishness in not using oxygen caused more harm than he later salvaged.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828285)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:00 PM
Author: nigstomper420@tufts.edu

wtf does him not using oxygen have to do with other people dying

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828312)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:10 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

Even if capable of operating without bottled oxygen, you can operate better with it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828345)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:10 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Some people say that without supplemental O's, Boukreev had to descend in front of the clients at more rapid pace, rather than assist them in the descent. Had he been in the mix with the clients, he may have saved more lives.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828346)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: nigstomper420@tufts.edu

but it says he deliberately went down ahead of the clients, by himself, so he could get help

sounds like the "supplemental oxygen" complaint is just literal jews trying to unjustly pin blame on the only chad who was actually saving lives instead of jewishly sitting around "taking notes" so he could jewishly publish a book criticizing everyone else

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828350)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:21 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

yeah and the corroborating witness is dead. im not saying he didn't save people, but the idea that a guide is better off at camp than guiding clients is a bit retarded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828367)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:24 PM
Author: nigstomper420@tufts.edu

maybe if the clients didn't want to die they shouldn't have gone up to the top of mount everest

did anyone ever think of that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828375)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

not that exactly no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828387)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

My (very rusty) recollection after reading both books is that krakauer is indeed a disingenuous little piece of shit, but his criticisms of boukreev are probably correct. Literally not a single person, dead or alive, doubted that he was the strongest climber on the mountain, but his abilities as a guide specifically were questionable. Boukreev says that Fischer's displeasure with his performance was customer-service/BizDev-based, but he's fucking dead so who's to know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828378)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:33 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

yeah i think he was probably selfish and scott had to work around that fact so they came up with compromises that didn't really make sense for a guide but he wanted him up there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828389)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:22 PM
Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::,


Nah he didn't go down for help, he went down before any of the issues began. He went back out to help later after hearing people were in trouble.

I don't think Bookreev did anything particularly wrong though. He was against using oxygen because he thought it was dangerous to rely on it. You're extra fucked if you run out of it etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828369)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:35 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

yeah and i mean that kinda makes sense, but also not really. if you have oxygen you are better off than without. you might run out of oxygen and you're fucked immediately, which is not the case without it, but you can definitely stay up longer with it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828393)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:35 PM
Author: Pope Leo XXX

How hard is climbing Everest really? Wasn’t one of the people on the expedition a mousy small Japanese lady?

Can you just shell out a bunch of money and be spoon fed the climb. Can the typical American male train for a couple months then be good to go

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828391)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:36 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

the mousy japanese lady had summited the tallest mountains on the 6 other continents before the everest expedition in 1996. in general yes you are mostly spoon fed with fixed ropes, ladders, etc, but its still difficult and you have to be in pretty good shape, and you also generally have to test your body in high altitude on other mountains first.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828395)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:18 AM
Author: Pope Leo XXX

she was 90lbs, prob irresponsible regardless of experience when you consider they have to carry a bunch of shit

Namba died from exhaustion and exposure. Jon Krakauer's book, Into Thin Air, describes the anguish of Neal Beidleman, who felt guilty that he was unable to do anything more to save Namba. Boukreev's book, The Climb, expressed profound regret at her lonely death, saying that she was just a little 90-pound woman and that someone should have dragged her back to camp so she could at least die among her companions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828938)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 2:37 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

You can say that about all the clients. Doug sucked. Beck wasn't great. I dont get singling her out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829601)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: Pope Leo XXX

at least they were men and could, with more training, have gotten to a higher level of competency.

its like the military, to what degree are these 90lb women LARPing as serious climbers just because they had sherpas pushing them the entire way

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830141)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 6:31 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

This is retarded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830247)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:51 PM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)

After watching that stuff does it make you want to climb anything or no never?

I thought this TV documentary on Reinhold Messner was one of the 180 things Werner Herzog directed. Lots of great footage. Also to the point above - all the sherpas and mountaineers died - one of the big moments is when Reinhold talks about his brother dying

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Glow_of_the_Mountains

(German: Gasherbrum – Der leuchtende Berg)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828430)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:55 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Messner makes me want to climb something more than the everest stuff or honnold or anyone else. His whole point is he wanted to discover himself and it just so happens everest helped him do that. I dont have any desire to climb for the accomplishment, not that I could either way

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828440)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:11 AM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)

! Well put, ty. And I feel that too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828926)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 10:59 PM
Author: niggerstomper59 (✅🍑)

imagine being near the top of Everest and suddenly an earthquake hits you and then the avalanches come

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Mount_Everest_avalanches

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828448)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 11:00 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Dying at base camp would suck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828454)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 11:01 PM
Author: niggerstomper59 (✅🍑)

Yes

I just can't imagine the fear you would experience

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828458)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 11:03 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

I've looked into dying in an avalanche and it definitely sucks but goes fast at the end

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828466)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME

Asphyxiation is a terrible way to go, until suddenly it’s a fine way to die.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829619)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Yeah exactly. Chronic oxygen deprivation and hypothermia seem more chill

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829625)



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Date: April 19th, 2026 11:13 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

Is it safer today? It's it (the safety, the experience) even worse than 30 years ago given the huge crowds waiting in line to summit? That aspect of it looks miserable.

I've thought about going for one of the relatively easier very high altitude climbs line Cho Oyu.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828479)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:15 AM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)

In-house at a corp, I worked with a dude who told everyone that his hobby was mountain climbing and he would pay up to do all those. His desktop background was climbing pics. Lean wiry guy, seemed pretty good shape, maybe mid 50s. Anyway, even after doing a lot of other tall mountains, he had some kind of altitude sickness climbing Everest, turned blue, maybe had a collapsed lung, got airlifted down, and had to stay in a Nepalese hospital for a month. Was already lean and he lost maybe 25% of his bodyweight. He was out of work for a few months - and when he came back, he was like yeah OK I'm done with climbing now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828934)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:23 AM
Author: niggerstomper59 (✅🍑)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828943)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 2:46 PM
Author: POPE LEO IS WEAK ON CRIME

Reading into thin air really convinced me that I was never going to climb Everest.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829618)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 8:37 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830637)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 5:55 PM
Author: Performative Social Interactions

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830161)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 8:25 PM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)

wonderful post-moniker synergy. yeah this dude wore 3 piece suits to the office, was a very smooth older man, and would manage to drop in conversation "oh yes, i'm going back to nepal next month for another mountain climb." great shtick, but he lived it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830598)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 8:37 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830638)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:29 AM
Author: Pope Leo XXX

Thoughts on Mike Tracy trashing Krakauer?

https://jonkrakauer.medium.com/the-youtuber-obsessed-with-trashing-my-book-chapter-two-8dc163beaba1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828953)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 9:37 AM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Tracy is literally a shitttigator lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49828966)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 2:29 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

The guy has a weird hate-infatuation with krakauer IIRC. Only ever reports from the very specific anti-krakauer perspective.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829592)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 2:39 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

If you listen to him for more than 2 minutes you agree with krakauer that he has the invective and derision of a divorce attorney

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829605)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 6:38 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830266)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 8:56 PM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)

Scott Fischer and Rob Hall are both gorgeous men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830685)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 8:58 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

https://images.mubicdn.net/images/cast_member/151819/cache-554903-1591694059/image-w856.jpg

https://himalayantrekking.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Rob-Hall-Founder-of-Adventure-Consultants.webp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830687)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,.


are there bars on Mount Everest like at ski resorts?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829717)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Not on the mountain but in the villages nearby

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830011)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: A slightly younger poaster (32)

Lmao this takes 7 to 9 weeks to do? I always thought this was like some 4 hour tourist trap like the nyc marathon lmao. I would never do this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829821)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Yes you have to progressively acclimatize and end up climbing the equivalent of the height of the mountain twice given multiple ascents and descents between camps.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829996)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 5:44 PM
Author: nigstomper420@tufts.edu

lmao what total flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830145)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 6:39 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

the peak is the height that some commercial airlines fly at

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830267)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 6:40 PM
Author: nigstomper420@tufts.edu

i thought that planes all avoid the himalayas so things won't Go Wrong

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830272)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 6:42 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

the peak of everest is 30,000 ft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830277)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 4:48 PM
Author: oomox

Same wtf... thought it was like a day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49829998)



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Date: April 20th, 2026 10:11 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

there's a guy working on remote acclimatization technology

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5858541&forum_id=2/#49830874)