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Everest Pioneer Climber Blasts Group Who Left Dying Man
ABC NEWS INTERNATIONAL ^
| May 24th 2006
| STEVE McMORRAN
Posted on 05/24/2006 3:16:47 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg
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I think maybe Sir Edmund has some "Gravitas" when it comes to proceedure and climbing Everest.
I am glad he spoke up!
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:16:49 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
To: Mad Dawgg
He's a great man. That's why Hillary's parents gave her his name.
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:19:52 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Beware the Rothschild Int'l Banking Cartel !!!)
To: Mad Dawgg
Isn't he the beekeeper and obscure WW II airplane navigator that "she who must not be named" was named after?
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:20:21 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Never ask a Kennedy if he'll have another drink. It's nobody's business how much he's had already.)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:22:58 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
To: Toddsterpatriot
He's a great man. That's why Hillary's parents gave her his name.LOL!
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:23:34 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Kerry-Mcarthy in 2008!)
To: Mad Dawgg
"I am glad he spoke up!" Likewise. I'm tired of listening to all the amoral 'pros' talk about how walking by this guy was the best for all involved.
Sir Edmund clearly is made of far better stuff.
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:24:17 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
"Likewise. I'm tired of listening to all the amoral 'pros' talk about how walking by this guy was the best for all involved." Ditto!
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:25:35 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
To: Mad Dawgg
More than 40 climbers are thought to have seen him as he lay dying, and almost all continued to the summit without offering assistance. Well, of course. Their recreation was at stake.
To: Mad Dawgg
"Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain," Yep. I really don't get why they did not at least try to help.
Maybe they could do nothing but sit with him or make his passing a bit more comfortable but even that little bit of humanity is more important then what they were doing.
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:26:41 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Every lady in this land hath 20 nails on each hand five and twenty on hand and feet)
To: hellinahandcart
What next? People walking around a heart attack victim at an NFL game because THEY HAVE TICKETS!!
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:29:41 PM PDT
by
David Allen
(the presumption of innocence - what a concept!)
To: hellinahandcart
"Well, of course. Their recreation was at stake." What a tight-knit band of brothers these professional climbers must be. Imagine one selflessly laying down his life for the vanity of all the rest....
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:30:57 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
Back in Hillary's day, people making these attempts were not considered "tourists" that were part of an anonymous group. Back then, expeditions consisted of GROUPS of people who trained and worked alongside eachother.
Nowadays, people fork over cash and apply. Many of them have no business being there. The goal is to climb the mountain. Any other goal means that they'd never even approach the summit, given the capabilities of many climbers in these "teams".
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:33:47 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: hellinahandcart
Well, of course. Their recreation was at stake.All day long, "Hit the ball, drag Charlie. Hit the ball, drag Charlie."
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:35:08 PM PDT
by
HIDEK6
To: Mad Dawgg; Mr. Brightside; eddie willers; Paddlefish; Interesting Times; Osage Orange
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:36:48 PM PDT
by
abner
(Looking for a new tagline- Next outrage please!- Got it! PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS LOST IN THE USA!)
To: Joe 6-pack
"What a tight-knit band of brothers these professional climbers must be. Imagine one selflessly laying down his life for the vanity of all the rest...." I think we ought find out who all these 40 fearless men and women are who let nothing stand in the way of making the summit. Let their names be shouted from the mountaintops and let it be known just what they did to get there.
Let them bask in the glory they so richly deserve! I believe Everest is situated in a land where Karma is taken seriously. Let us help these folks experience Karma to the fullest extent!
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:36:50 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
To: hellinahandcart
Maybe the favor will be returned some day on an icy slope somewhere.
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:39:43 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: SJSAMPLE
I've got a question. Those folks take along some kind of oxygen supply right? How much does it supplement? I wonder if that played into it. Without a decent air supply it feels like your whole body is dying. You get tunnel vision. You don't think clearly. I can see how otherwise rational people just might develop a very hard screw you attitude.
To: Mad Dawgg
Old school explorers were old school in terms of ethics as well. Today's explorers are mainly thrill junkies and if they claim ethics, it is with the usual pedestrian enviro-socialist clap-trap. This doesn't surprise me one bit. Contrast this clutch of yahoos with somebody like Mallory or Scott or Shackleton.
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:41:37 PM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(Di'ver'si'ty (adj.): A compound word derived from the root words: division; perversion; adversity.)
To: Mad Dawgg
Yep. If you fall out on the mountain, looks like it is just tough sh** for you. Getting to the top for the personal glory is the whole deal.
"In the desert, no man meets a friend."
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:44:46 PM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: Mad Dawgg
Listen, they are now part of a select group of only 1,500 (that's FIFTEEN HUNDRED) people who have successfully climbed Mt. Everest, even if they had to pay $60,000 or so to a guide to do so and ignored a dying man in the process. Real "macho" jocks, eh?
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posted on
05/24/2006 3:45:34 PM PDT
by
laconic
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