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    #2102
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 13,993 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    It was for the whole team so they could have protein. Thought it was unreal that his resting heart rate was 130 beats a minute when acclimatising.


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    #2103
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    https://twitter.com/ConanOBrien/status/1137770835543023618


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    #2104
    nice_guy80
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    Crusty Jocks wrote: »
    Whether he did or didn’t summit is fairly inconsequential, he didn’t come down alive. There’s a recent gush of adulation for a lot of dead mountaineers. Mallory is possibly an exception to this as he possibly was the first to even get to the top, I agree but without wanting to be too harsh but it should be said at some point, Ger McDonnell did not conquer K2, he died. Successfully summiting a mountain has always been about being able to go up and down in one piece, our extremely naïve and idiotic president at the time made it very public that McDonnell had become the first Irishman to climb K2 and it made front page news much to the dismay of the climbing community as when it was published he was still on top of one of the most dangerous mountains in the world. I remember it as an inexperienced mountaineer and could not comprehend how it was being celebrated while he was still up there. No doubt he was a hero for trying to rescue others, but he lost his life yet most other climbers who leave other climbers to perish are called self serving selfish reckless idiots. I find it very hard to reconcile how they can be called as much yet Lawless and McDonnell are some how different just because they died.

    The TLDR...you only climb/successfully summit a mountain when you go up and come down again alive.

    Was Stelfox not the first Irishman to climb it?


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    #2105
    tuxy
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    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    Was Stelfox not the first Irishman to climb it?

    You're thinking of Everest not K2


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    #2106
    Lillyfae
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    Watched "The Dawn Wall" on Netflix last night, what a story, what an achievement, what a level of skill and what moral fibre those men both have.


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    #2107
    IvoryTower
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    Lillyfae wrote: »
    Watched "The Dawn Wall" on Netflix last night, what a story, what an achievement, what a level of skill and what moral fibre those men both have.

    It's so good isn't it, this climbing rabbit hole has been up there with the best


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    #2108
    pc7
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    great picture https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/2019/06/mount-everest-aerial-north-side-drone-photography/?fbclid=IwAR1jEvU_jX1R4ZeRpB14mHjsM_4Caheu2UDeVTlJ_cNCD-dQRCzTgiltx5I


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    #2109
    Man Vs ManUre
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    IvoryTower wrote: »
    It's so good isn't it, this climbing rabbit hole has been up there with the best

    This, Free Solo, The Summit and Touching the Void, all fantastic.
    Dunno which is better, I think all 4 are equally brilliant.


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    #2110
    silverharp
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    IvoryTower wrote: »
    It's so good isn't it, this climbing rabbit hole has been up there with the best

    having "climbing" and "rabbit hole" in the same sentence hurts my brain

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #2111
    NabyLadistheman
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    Man Vs ManUre wrote: »
    This, Free Solo, The Summit and Touching the Void, all fantastic.
    Dunno which is better, I think all 4 are equally brilliant.

    Are all these on Netflix? watched the Dawn Wall. Incredible stuff


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    #2112
    Wailin
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    No, just The Dawn Wall.


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    #2113
    J Mysterio
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    Pretty sure The Summit and Touching the Void are on Youtube.


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    #2114
    kunst nugget
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    Free Solo is on the All4 player.


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    #2115
    tuxy
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    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Pretty sure The Summit and Touching the Void are on Youtube.

    I got Touching the Void on torrent and it's much higher quality than what's on youtube but the youtube one is more convenient.


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    #2116
    fergus1001
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    https://www.dw.com/en/russian-rescuers-reach-lost-irish-climbers-at-mount-elbrus/a-49421630

    why is this not being reported in the news

    RIP


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    #2117
    dmc17
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    fergus1001 wrote: »
    https://www.dw.com/en/russian-rescuers-reach-lost-irish-climbers-at-mount-elbrus/a-49421630

    why is this not being reported in the news

    RIP

    Being reported in the Independent today


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    #2118
    batgoat
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    Suarezistheman wrote: »
    Are all these on Netflix? watched the Dawn Wall. Incredible stuff

    Valley Uprising is on Netflix and great as well.


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    #2119
    Wailin
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    Mountain on netflix is very good. Cinematography is sensational.


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    #2120
    NIMAN
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    fergus1001 wrote: »
    https://www.dw.com/en/russian-rescuers-reach-lost-irish-climbers-at-mount-elbrus/a-49421630

    why is this not being reported in the news

    RIP

    Cos its not Everest?


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    #2121
    fergus1001
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    NIMAN wrote:
    Cos its not Everest?


    it may not be everest but it is a death of an Irish man in a foreign country while doing more than just laying out in the sun


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    #2122
    tuxy
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    fergus1001 wrote: »
    it may not be everest but it is a death of an Irish man in a foreign country while doing more than just laying out in the sun

    But was he a professor at Trinity?

    Kevin Hynes was also an Irish man that died on Everest and it got very little coverage.


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    #2123
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    fergus1001 wrote: »
    it may not be everest but it is a death of an Irish man in a foreign country while doing more than just laying out in the sun

    It’s on RTÉ news.


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    #2124
    Blaizes
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    NIMAN wrote: »
    Cos its not Everest?

    I did see it reported in the news not sure if it was RTE or journal.ie or another news outlet but it was reported. I felt sad again thinking about Seamus Lawless. But you may be right in that other mountains are less newsworthy.


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    #2125
    IvoryTower
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    It's likely also because he wasn't "missing", first news back was that he had already died


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    #2126
    MY BAD
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    Was this posted here? They are talking about inexperienced mountaineers climbing it
    https://youtu.be/ZVMIl6o_UzE


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    #2127
    pc7
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    Just for those that followed this thread during climbing season, I've been following this guy on instagram since, he's an absolute beast in climbing terms (he took the photo of the queue on Everest this year). Worth a follow.

    https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nirmal-nims-purja-reaches-manaslu-base-camp-to-attempt-two-peaks-by-sept-end/?fbclid=IwAR34alC0nvarzH1W1gTuATx2xkW291zm-4LT7qd2kc-bD0bj9a84Ee3rS8E


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