I think maybe Sir Edmund has some "Gravitas" when it comes to proceedure and climbing Everest.
I am glad he spoke up!
1 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.
2 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?
3 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: 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.
6 posted on
05/24/2006 3:24:17 PM PDT by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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.
9 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: Mad Dawgg; Mr. Brightside; eddie willers; Paddlefish; Interesting Times; Osage Orange
14 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: 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.
18 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."
19 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
All of the climbers of Everest know ahead of time that if they falter above around 25,000 feet then they are dead. Anyone who tries to physically help that person is greatly increasing their own chance of death. These tourists go up for no good reason at great risk to themselves just so they can say to their friends "I'm cool because I climbed Mt. Everest."
At the risk of being verbally beat up for saying this, I don't have sympathy for those who die by engaging in a meaningless activity which they know has a decent chance of killing them but who participate solely to improve their own superficial image of themselves.
23 posted on
05/24/2006 4:04:25 PM PDT by
spinestein
(The Democratic Party is the reason I vote for Republicans.)
To: Mad Dawgg
New Zealander Mark Inglis, who became the first double amputee to reach the mountain's summit on prosthetic legs, told Television New Zealand that his party stopped during its May 15 summit push and
found Sharp close to death. A member of the party tried to give Sharp oxygen, and sent out a radio distress call before continuing to the summit, he said.
His own party was able to render only limited assistance and had to put the safety of its own members first, Inglis said Wednesday.
So they "put the safety of their own members first" by continuing to the summit? How about postponing your climb and helping the guy? Mark Inglis is a scumbag.
To: Mad Dawgg
Bad Samaritans.
28 posted on
05/24/2006 4:39:29 PM PDT by
Apercu
("Res ipsa loquitur")
To: Mad Dawgg
Just unbelievable and so disgusting.
To leave someone to die alone. and then to admit that is what they did shows they don't even think that was awful.
Someone should shame these people and let them know we don't count their " achievement ".
To: Mad Dawgg
I'm glad somebody with some heft spoke up. I thought it was absolutely disgraceful.
To: Mad Dawgg
I agree. We live in a world where people are more concerned about a racehorse than a dying human being. If I'd known it would come to this, I'd never have wanted to be born.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
40 posted on
05/24/2006 6:38:00 PM PDT by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Mad Dawgg
""Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain," Hillary was quoted as saying..."Oh sure, Sir Edmund can say that now. He's already reached the top.
43 posted on
05/24/2006 7:51:31 PM PDT by
Hatteras
To: Mad Dawgg
The last comfort for a dying human being is..... The compassion and care written on a human face.
Many of us will come to an end and will know it. For you- whoever you are. You are in the footsteps of the good Samaritan. As to the others.
Selfish, self absorbed rotters.
To: Mad Dawgg
My gosh. I didn't see this story on FR and hadn't heard anything about it until GMA this morning, in between mutings for mention of the Ditzes - I see there was also a 400-post thread a couple of days ago, so I'm going back to read all. This is appalling.
64 posted on
05/25/2006 5:58:14 AM PDT by
Rte66
To: Mad Dawgg
All this just in time for the new "Everest" movie. How convenient
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