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It's the annual "help me off this mountain" day

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  • #32
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    cloud493 wrote: »
    Why would you try and climb a mountain with no shoes on?

    Its penance for your sins ..................all the wrong things you done in this life will be forgiven


  • #33
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    Its penance for your sins ..................all the wrong things you done in this life will be forgiven

    Will God not forgive sinners in flip flops?


  • #34
    No Pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,346 ✭✭✭No Pants


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    Its penance for your sins ..................all the wrong things you done in this life will be forgiven
    It's really good value if you only do it once every ten or twenty years. And if you're an evil bastard/bitch. Not forgetting the leap of faith you're taking that even if God exists, he gives a ****e whether you climb a mountain or not.


  • #35
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    same ol sh1te wrote: »
    Course it's my business, who covers the cost of rescuing them

    17 out of 20,000 last year. Less than 0.1%


  • #36
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    cloud493 wrote: »
    Why would you try and climb a mountain with no shoes on?

    Because Jesus told you to apparently.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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  • #37
    Sulla Felix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,442 ✭✭✭Sulla Felix


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    Its penance for your sins ..................all the wrong things you done in this life will be forgiven

    Sure you can get that at confession. OR is this something they're told to do by the priest in confession? Like 10 Hail Marys and go climb a mountain?


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,828 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Pain and suffering
    You could also get that down at you local BDSM club and at least you'll still be able to walk afterwards. :pac:


  • #39
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    I'm sorry, but "more needing uses" gave me a chuckle.

    Especially since OP thinks he knows better than the climbers themselves what they should do with their lives.


  • #40
    No Pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,346 ✭✭✭No Pants


    Sulla Felix wrote: »
    Sure you can get that at confession. OR is this something they're told to do by the priest in confession? Like 10 Hail Marys and go climb a mountain?
    Doesn't seem fair to the people who live near mountains. It's the postcode lottery again.


  • #41
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    Are they just doing it for the craic or do they wanna be sponsored?


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  • #42
    Mikros
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 508 ✭✭✭Mikros


    I think the OP was trying to make a good point, and it had nothing to do with religion. Around 30,000 people will try and climb Croagh Patrick today and many of them will not have the appropriate equipment or level of fitness required to do it. The trail near the summit has become very worn down over the years and it is pretty steep and covered in loose shale.

    The problem is there is an expectation that the emergency services will be there to pick up all the pieces. For anyone climbing any mountain a basic level of preparedness and assessment of the the things that can go wrong is considered to be the responsible thing to do.

    Even worse is the number of children dragged along with unsuitable gear and every year there is at least one child treated for exhaustion or borderline hypothermia and many more for blisters, sprained ankles, bruises, fatigue and cuts sustained from falls.

    Not saying people shouldn't climb it, but that they should have some basic regard for their own well being and safety and leave the emergency services for actual emergences.


  • #43
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You could also get that down at you local BDSM club and at least you'll still be able to walk afterwards. :pac:

    Not if it's a good BDSM club...

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #44
    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    Mikros wrote: »
    I think the OP was trying to make a good point, and it had nothing to do with religion. Around 30,000 people will try and climb Croagh Patrick today and many of them will not have the appropriate equipment or level of fitness required to do it. The trail near the summit has become very worn down over the years and it is pretty steep and covered in loose shale.

    The problem is there is an expectation that the emergency services will be there to pick up all the pieces. For anyone climbing any mountain a basic level of preparedness and assessment of the the things that can go wrong is considered to be the responsible thing to do.

    Even worse is the number of children dragged along with unsuitable gear and every year there is at least one child treated for exhaustion or borderline hypothermia and many more for blisters, sprained ankles, bruises, fatigue and cuts sustained from falls.

    Not saying people shouldn't climb it, but that they should have some basic regard for their own well being and safety and leave the emergency services for actual emergences.

    Exactly what I was trying to get across in the OP


  • #45
    Choccie Lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭Choccie Lover


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Will God not forgive sinners in flip flops?

    No, I don't think he will :pac:


  • #46
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    same ol sh1te wrote: »
    Exactly what I was trying to get across in the OP

    Except your more worried about the cost.


  • #47
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    Because Jesus told you to apparently.

    And there we have it ladies and gents. Jesus is actually a Dom!


  • #48
    Choccie Lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭Choccie Lover


    Mikros wrote: »
    I think the OP was trying to make a good point, and it had nothing to do with religion. Around 30,000 people will try and climb Croagh Patrick today and many of them will not have the appropriate equipment or level of fitness required to do it. The trail near the summit has become very worn down over the years and it is pretty steep and covered in loose shale.

    The problem is there is an expectation that the emergency services will be there to pick up all the pieces. For anyone climbing any mountain a basic level of preparedness and assessment of the the things that can go wrong is considered to be the responsible thing to do.

    Even worse is the number of children dragged along with unsuitable gear and every year there is at least one child treated for exhaustion or borderline hypothermia and many more for blisters, sprained ankles, bruises, fatigue and cuts sustained from falls.

    Not saying people shouldn't climb it, but that they should have some basic regard for their own well being and safety and leave the emergency services for actual emergences.

    Exactly! I went up there on Paddy's Day and there were kids skidding all over the place. One of them nearly took the legs from underneath me! It gets messy at the top.


  • #49
    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    Jester252 wrote: »
    Except your more worried about the cost.

    As well as the dependence on and expectation of the Rescue Services to get them out of trouble.


  • #50
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    P_1 wrote: »
    And there we have it ladies and gents. Jesus is actually a Dom!

    More a case of his followers being submissives.

    "You may now rise for the Responsorial Psalm, and the responce is: 'Thank you, Sir - May I have another?'"

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #51
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    Why would you bring a child? Might as well leave them at the top and let them be raised by sheep. The sheep might take better care of them.


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  • #52
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    same ol sh1te wrote: »
    As well as the dependence on and expectation of the Rescue Services to get them out of trouble.

    Unlike every other hiker who doesn't depend and expect the rescue services to get them out of trouble. :rolleyes:


  • #53
    No Pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,346 ✭✭✭No Pants


    Jester252 wrote: »
    Unlike every other hiker who doesn't depend and expect the rescue services to get them out of trouble. :rolleyes:
    Many, many hikers and climbers prepare.


  • #54
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    Forget Croagh Patrick, that's only a mere hill, the amount of people attempting to scale Everest is frightening creating horrific traffic on the mountain meaning if one person slips they could send hundreds of others down as well.


  • #55
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,828 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    shruikan2553 wrote: »
    Why would you bring a child? Might as well leave them at the top and let them be raised by sheep. The sheep might take better care of them.
    Well at least the sheep won't indoctrinate them into being part of the flock!


  • #56
    my teapot is orange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 313 ✭✭my teapot is orange


    Loads of the people going up that mountain shouldn't be and are putting themselves in danger and pressurizing the emergency services. In one of the previous years I saw footage of an 80 year old woman and a heavily pregnant woman struggling up it. I couldn't work out who was helping who.

    If you want religion and exercise, how about walk to mass?


  • #57
    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    Jester252 wrote: »
    Unlike every other hiker who doesn't depend and expect the rescue services to get them out of trouble. :rolleyes:

    They don't attempt to climb it in their flip flops


  • #58
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,812 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    I'd be more concerned about the people who go out in winter thinking they know what they are doing and finish up getting lost or worse. At least on Croagh Patrick there is a defined route and plenty of other people around to assist or call for help if somone gets ill or has an accident. I include in the people who think they know what they are doing those who drive into the mountains in their four by four's whenever there is a warning not to.

    http://www.kerrymountainrescue.ie/scroll/scroll10s-1.html


  • #59
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,828 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    my teapot is orange wrote: »
    In one of the previous years I saw footage of an 80 year old heavily pregnant woman struggling up it.

    That would be some miracle! :D

    OP's post edit for lols


  • #60
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    It is sad but not surprising that there are so many "hurlers in the ditch" complaining about this community outing.

    People have their reasons for doing this kind of thing.


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  • #61
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    Mikros wrote: »
    I think the OP was trying to make a good point, and it had nothing to do with religion. Around 30,000 people will try and climb Croagh Patrick today and many of them will not have the appropriate equipment or level of fitness required to do it. The trail near the summit has become very worn down over the years and it is pretty steep and covered in loose shale.

    The problem is there is an expectation that the emergency services will be there to pick up all the pieces. For anyone climbing any mountain a basic level of preparedness and assessment of the the things that can go wrong is considered to be the responsible thing to do.

    Even worse is the number of children dragged along with unsuitable gear and every year there is at least one child treated for exhaustion or borderline hypothermia and many more for blisters, sprained ankles, bruises, fatigue and cuts sustained from falls.

    Not saying people shouldn't climb it, but that they should have some basic regard for their own well being and safety and leave the emergency services for actual emergences.

    There are more and worse injuries from normal Sunday morning gaa matches around the country!


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