newcastlecaver
New member
check out these 'crazy' people, I think i'll stick to caving personally!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/4532807.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/4532807.stm
wrong sport?
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darkplaces
Guest
heheh good on em. Too many BORING people just breeding.
I think the Queen should be present to take the salute.
The most impressive thing "Back from a tour of duty in Iraq" On so they arnt getting the thrills from being in a war torn country they have to do this!
Risk is good! People should do more risky things...
I think the Queen should be present to take the salute.
The most impressive thing "Back from a tour of duty in Iraq" On so they arnt getting the thrills from being in a war torn country they have to do this!
Risk is good! People should do more risky things...
Cumbrian Neil
Member
Who's paying for this little piece of "adventure"?? How much rope and bang could you buy with the same amount of money??
As a side note - "Bear Grylls, 30, who in 1997 became the youngest man to climb Everest, said: "All the cutlery and plates will be held down by Velcro so there's no chance of things falling off the table. " - I thought someone younger had recently climbed Everest.
CN.
As a side note - "Bear Grylls, 30, who in 1997 became the youngest man to climb Everest, said: "All the cutlery and plates will be held down by Velcro so there's no chance of things falling off the table. " - I thought someone younger had recently climbed Everest.
CN.
cap n chris
Well-known member
Apparently, climbing Everest is widely considered to be "too easy" nowadays.
newcastlecaver
New member
i've got too much time obviously but the BBC are annoying me this week with crap articles; like this which begins:
"While no corner of earth remains uncharted"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4534871.stm
"While no corner of earth remains uncharted"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4534871.stm
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George North
Guest
Aaarghh!
Bear Grylls has never been the youngest person to climb Everest. It was climbed by people younger than him in the fifties. He may have been the youngest BRITISH man to summit - I don't know. At the moment the record is held by a 15 year old sherpa girl.
The fact that they're described as 'explorers' also really pisses me off. Being guided up Everest, or jumping out of a balloon is no more exploration than when I pop down to quicksave to buy a can of beans.
>/Rant
Bear Grylls has never been the youngest person to climb Everest. It was climbed by people younger than him in the fifties. He may have been the youngest BRITISH man to summit - I don't know. At the moment the record is held by a 15 year old sherpa girl.
The fact that they're described as 'explorers' also really pisses me off. Being guided up Everest, or jumping out of a balloon is no more exploration than when I pop down to quicksave to buy a can of beans.
>/Rant
bubba
Administrator
cap 'n chris said:
There's plenty of scope for hard ways up Everest - I think the main problem is that it's become a commercial circus.
If you've got some basic mountaineering skills, are pretty fit, and (most importantly) have the 25 grand (or whatever) required, then there are organisations that will take you to the top by the easiest route. Then you can go round telling everyone what a mountaineering hero you are even if you were actually hauled to the top by your guides and sherpas.
Personally, I think that mess that is base camp, the bodies all over the mountain and the "must summit at all costs because I'm paying a lot of money" attitude suck big style and result in needless deaths.
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twllddu
Guest
<rant>
In a former life I had to endure the aforementioned individual giving an "inspirational and motivational" after dinner talk just after he'd got back from the hill.
God it was tedious, I don't recall a single sentence not starting with how wonderful he thought himself.
</rant>
In a former life I had to endure the aforementioned individual giving an "inspirational and motivational" after dinner talk just after he'd got back from the hill.
God it was tedious, I don't recall a single sentence not starting with how wonderful he thought himself.
</rant>
Cumbrian Neil
Member
Yup... the book written by Jon Krakauer is a testament to that!!
CN.
Into Thin Air is indeed an excellent book, a post-mortem of a tragedy that was becoming inevitable - and will probably happen again - with the big-dollar approaches to big hills.
On the other hand - the caving alternative...."Berger Adventures - we've seen more bottoms than most". Station a couple of rustic-looking French peasants at the head of every pitch with a winch, install fairy lights, hire teenagers to carry your bags. My fortune is made! Now, where did I put those small-business grant forms?
On the other hand - the caving alternative...."Berger Adventures - we've seen more bottoms than most". Station a couple of rustic-looking French peasants at the head of every pitch with a winch, install fairy lights, hire teenagers to carry your bags. My fortune is made! Now, where did I put those small-business grant forms?
bubba
Administrator
Not directly connected, but I've sadly just read this report.
