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Originally posted by SlowwHand
Why don't you lighten the load by one?
Why don't you lighten the load by one?
I love how getting you to agree with me is so easy...
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Exactly!
I love how getting you to agree with me is so easy...
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the guy had his oxygen mask, and two bottles of oxygen, which he had used. No one would have to share their mask, just give him one of their extra bottles of oxygen...Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
each guy carries one oxygen mask. they would have to share and carry the dude down and that can become dangerous."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."Comment
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The article mentions 40 people passed by. Hard to believe that 40 people couldn't have helped if they'd tried.What?Comment
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What extra? I'd assume, that everything they take with them, is there to keep them from dying. Give something away, and you risk life and limb, though, not as many in this situation.Originally posted by Kaak
the guy had his oxygen mask, and two bottles of oxygen, which he had used. No one would have to share their mask, just give him one of their extra bottles of oxygen...I've allways wanted to play "Russ Meyer's Civilization"Comment
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Don't they have a 'buffer' with them in case of unexpected delays or other situations?DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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I feel pretty sure they have, and that's why they can't use it on a stupid climber who didn't have that.Originally posted by Colon™
Don't they have a 'buffer' with them in case of unexpected delays or other situations?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 WeinbergComment
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So, 40 people, each with a "security buffer" + whatever they won't use to try to reach the top if they stop to help this guy.
What am i missing?What?Comment
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The buffer is what you have in excess of what's expected to be needed, right? And if you abort the mission, you'll be having some more in excess of what's expected to be needed, right?DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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It wasn't some 40 people gathering around a car accident in sunny california taking pics with their mobiles. It was 40 persons in several groups and they all came to the same conclusion - there wasn't anything they could do.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 WeinbergComment
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It would appear the majority of people venturing out to climb Mount Everest don't care about anyone but themselves.
What a shocker.Comment
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I wish we could drop some people on the side of Everest and see what they do. Gotta love this hindsight chiding
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“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)Comment
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Corrected.Originally posted by BlackCat
It wasn't some 40 people gathering around a car accident in sunny california taking pics with their mobiles. It was 40 persons in several groups and they all came to the same conclusion - there wasn't anything they wanted to do.What?Comment
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I think that Imran's idea isn't that bad after allOriginally posted by Richelieu
Corrected.
From the article :
Just one minor problem - how do we get you dumped there back when it happened.In radio calls, his party was told that if the man had been there any length of time without oxygen, there was nothing that could be done for the climber.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 WeinbergComment
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Hindsight chiding is the thing many ACS members do best.
No one has pointed out, that I noticed, leaving garbage in the wilderness. They can fine a person for that act.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
I wish we could drop some people on the side of Everest and see what they do. Gotta love this hindsight chiding.
Like Edmund Hilarly?
Yup, you all know more about Everest than he does."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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