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  • #16
    Originally posted by Jaguar
    For what it's worth, the double amputee guy is a moron, still, but for reasons unrelated to this decision.

    Guess how he lost his legs.
    Helping out a dying climber?
    ~ If Tehben spits eggs at you, jump on them and throw them back. ~ Eventis ~ Eventis Dungeons & Dragons 6th Age Campaign: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4: (Unspeakable) Horror on the Hill ~

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    • #17
      Yes, if you are a male who isn't elderly you should probably stop on the side of the road if the person looks to be in trouble (health wise). Everyone else can pull over and stay in the car...then call on their cells if they need it.
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      • #18
        Originally posted by Jaguar
        For what it's worth, the double amputee guy is a moron, still, but for reasons unrelated to this decision.

        Guess how he lost his legs.
        Ooh, did somebody save him?

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        • #19
          Hmm. The argument that they had not enough equipment to take care of him in camp four can't stand. The guy had to come from camp four, thus his own equipment was probably still there.

          I don't wish to judge these people (and I don't even know exactly what the situation was) but I thought I'd point that out.

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          • #20
            From what I understand, the real challenge is to make it to the top without oxygen. Now if someone was climbing with oxygen and did not help him, that's another story.
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            • #21
              Originally posted by Sandman


              Ooh, did somebody save him?
              Well, what I was getting at is that he's a moron who lost his legs mountain climbing, and then goes back to mountain climbing. You'd think he would have learned.
              "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

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              • #22
                Originally posted by VetLegion
                Hmm. The argument that they had not enough equipment to take care of him in camp four can't stand. The guy had to come from camp four, thus his own equipment was probably still there.

                I don't wish to judge these people (and I don't even know exactly what the situation was) but I thought I'd point that out.
                Their camp four - not his. This isn't Matterhorn with tourist stops at interesting spots - You bring your own stuff to establish the different camps - they probably hadn't any idea of where his camp was.
                With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

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                • #23
                  the matterhorn doesnt have tourist stops at interesting spots. its got one cabin a bit up the mountain (hörnli hut) and one near the top in case of emergencies.

                  the matterhorn is also one of the deadliest mountains in the world. I think more people have died on it than any other.
                  "Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito Mussolini

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                  • #24
                    I'm not sure, and I'll google it to check, but I thought the camps were permanent???
                    "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

                    "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
                      the matterhorn doesnt have tourist stops at interesting spots. its got one cabin a bit up the mountain (hörnli hut) and one near the top in case of emergencies.

                      the matterhorn is also one of the deadliest mountains in the world. I think more people have died on it than any other.
                      I knew that in the moment I pressed the button - it was a bad example.

                      Though, unless I'm wrong, then the reason that matterhorn is so deadly, then it's because of the climbing difficulty - not the height as on Everest.
                      With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                      Steven Weinberg

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                      • #26
                        Everest has no huts period. More people die on the Matterhorn only because many more people attempt to climb it.
                        “It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”

                        ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man​

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                        • #27
                          Who doesn't stop?


                          Most people. Strike that, the vast majority of people.
                          “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                          - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                          • #28
                            Yep, it seems camps are at fixed locations (though they don't have permanent infrastructure).

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                            • #29
                              no, the matterhorn is deadly because its only rated as an AD- i think. which means many beginners and tourists go up its razor sharp flank without guides and in t shirts and jeans. and then when they fall off, they wonder.
                              "Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito Mussolini

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                              • #30
                                The guy deserved to die for his stupidity, nuff said...
                                Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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