At least they died on the way down

[War Wagon]

As opposed to on the way up

Yeah, they made their goal first... summittng K-2. Rack them, I guess. It beats dying in a nursing home. While I've never felt the need to climb anything taller than a privacy fence, I certainly won't sit here and disparage folks who want to take on that kind of challenge.

Ballsy motherfuckers, here's hoping you got your money's worth. But I really don't see what's fun about climbing a mountain just because it's there. Not that mountain, anyways.

[Qbert]

i dunno Dave.....in a related note---->Darwin gave me a smiley thing.

sux for the "conquerors."

[Y2K]

Looks like they picked a bad day to go downhill.

[Mikey]

So Wags thinks that going down would be the best way to die.

Who would have known?

[Kierland]

Most mountain climbing fatalities are on the way down. Some say it is because the climber has already reached his/her summit goal, so the climber's brain is sort of on cruise control. And, there is the fatigue factor.

FTFY

Sin,
Any Big Canyon

[Mikey]

Most climbing fatalities are on the way down.

Sort of like with airplanes.

[Felix]

The fatality rate for those who reach the summit at 27% is about three times higher than that for Mount Everest.

childs play

/s/

40%+ mortality rate

[poptart]

Rack Snake Stabler for getting off his ass ... and the bottle ... to take
up a new hobby.

Better luck next time!

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

If his shopping cart full of empties didn't get caught up in the safety lines, he'd have made it back safely.

That tan is so deep, I feel the need to...pray for him.

[PSUFAN]

He failed to recognize the Power of the Puka.

[Dinsdale]

If somebody wants to pointlessly risk his life in an utterly meaningless activity for no reason whatsoever, they can knock themselves out, but I really couldn't give a fuck less.

I do... since I'm one of those people left holding the bill for all the dipshits who routinely fuck up on Mt Hood (the most-climbed mountain in the world, I'm told).

[Dinsdale]

Easy enough. Stop providing rescue services to them. If you fuck up on the mountain, go ahead and die...or privately contract your own rescue service.

Werd, brother.


I'm not opposed to keeping a small staff of rescue workers around on the taxpayers' dime. But when some out-of-state dipshits decide it's a great idea to try and climb during a severe January storm that they knew was coming, and do-gooders feel compelled to blow hundreds of thousands of bucks mobilizing every agency there is to mobilize, so they can sit there and watch the storm with the rest of us, while doing absolutely nothing...


It's an issue.

Although the family of one of the internationally-famous Texcicles from 1.5 years back have ponied up some dough to offset expenses, so props to them for that. If only their deceased relatives were as responsible as their families.

[Felix]

Although the family of one of the internationally-famous Texcicles from 1.5 years back

do you think Darwin was working overtime on the day they came up with the idea of climbing Mount Hood in the dead of winter ?

[Dinsdale]

do you think Darwin was working overtime on the day they came up with the idea of climbing Mount Hood in the dead of winter ?

This thread was done to death, but it's so mindboggling, it's worth a revisit...


They did it on purpose.

If they didn't know before, they were told of the severe storm as they staged. They were into this "God will deliver us deal."

Darwin shit on these fuckers at birth.

5-below and 100+ MPH winds are typical near the top of Hood in January. If you wanna brave that, be my guest -- it's a free country, and it's public land.

Just don't expect anyone to come looking for you in those conditions. And those who agree to search under such conditions... are obviously causing blips on Darwin's radar.

Someone bought it climbing up there last week, too.

[Felix]

This thread was done to death, but it's so mindboggling, it's worth a revisit...

mind numbing stupidity is always good for a laugh

They did it on purpose.

5-below and 100+ MPH winds are typical near the top of Hood in January. If you wanna brave that, be my guest -- it's a free country, and it's public land.

Just don't expect anyone to come looking for you in those conditions. And those who agree to search under such conditions... are obviously causing blips on Darwin's radar.

I remember going on to a northwest mountaineering website those idiots had posted on asking advice about an assault on Mt. Hood, there was a cadre of experienced northwest climbers that were telling the three Darwin winners not to try it in the winter...yeah, why the fuck would you want to listen to the advice of people that have actually climbed it...

they got delivered alright

[smackaholic]

If somebody wants to pointlessly risk his life in an utterly meaningless activity for no reason whatsoever, they can knock themselves out, but I really couldn't give a fuck less.

I do... since I'm one of those people left holding the bill for all the dipshits who routinely fuck up on Mt Hood (the most-climbed mountain in the world, I'm told).

You were told wrong.

Mt Fuji is the most climbed, although Mt Monadnock in Southern New Hampshire also lays claim. Ofcourse Monadnock wouldn't even qualify as a Mountain out west and Fuji, while decent sized does not require "technical" climbing. Therefore, it is quite possible that Mt Hood is the most climbed of the technical type.

[War Wagon]

I'm glad people try to climb mountains.

Why?

If somebody wants to pointlessly risk his life in an utterly meaningless activity for no reason whatsoever, they can knock themselves out, but I really couldn't give a fuck less.

They will say it builds character and endurance, and perhaps it does. But there are other, less insane (and expensive) ways of achieving the same thing.

All the same, there's no accounting for taste. I'm sure the rush from climbing a 29,251 ft mountain is worth the risk, to them. Those fucks died after achieving the goal of a lifetime, something that few others have accomplished.

Sucks for those who died, but for those who made it back down, gotta' give 'em a tip of the cap.

[Diego in Seattle]

Easy enough. Stop providing rescue services to them. If you fuck up on the mountain, go ahead and die...or privately contract your own rescue service.

Werd, brother.


I'm not opposed to keeping a small staff of rescue workers around on the taxpayers' dime. But when some out-of-state dipshits decide it's a great idea to try and climb during a severe January storm that they knew was coming, and do-gooders feel compelled to blow hundreds of thousands of bucks mobilizing every agency there is to mobilize, so they can sit there and watch the storm with the rest of us, while doing absolutely nothing...


It's an issue.

So where would you draw the line between an INS mission & a legitimate rescue?

[Felix]

gotta' give 'em a tip of the cap.

they could use some toes and fingers-frostbite being what it is

[Dinsdale]

GOVERNMENT CAMP -- A rescue operation is under way on Mount Hood for a man, apparently a climber who reported leg and ankle injuries.

Steve Rollins of Portland Mountain Rescue says the man has a cell phone and that rescuers are using signals from it to pinpoint his location.

He's believed to be in an area at 10,500 feet on the common southern climbing route. Rollins says he called for help late Wednesday morning.



He said rescuers were headed up the mountain and that the climber appeared in no imminent danger. But he says bad weather is possible.

The mountain is 11,239 feet, Oregon's highest. It is a frequent source of trouble, especially for climbers who underestimate it or climb late in the season when the snow softens and glacial crevasses widen.

That's the second one in about the last week. Last week's Darwin Winner didn't quite make it.