My 32 year old mind says yes but my 72 year old body is saying "wait a minute..."
1 posted on
10/29/2025 6:11:16 PM PDT by
Duke C.
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To: Duke C.
At 75 I’m happy to be able to climb out of the bathtub.
To: Duke C.
A will, and all your affairs in order, to start.
3 posted on
10/29/2025 6:13:09 PM PDT by
Fido969
To: Duke C.
How can I destroy AI?
That would be my question.
To: Duke C.
6 posted on
10/29/2025 6:25:52 PM PDT by
mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: Duke C.
7 posted on
10/29/2025 6:26:56 PM PDT by
Bullish
(My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
To: Duke C.
8 posted on
10/29/2025 6:28:23 PM PDT by
algore
To: Duke C.
To: Duke C.; MtnClimber
Ping!.......................
11 posted on
10/29/2025 6:33:08 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Duke C.
Suicide by mountain?
Sounds final, but I’m sure there are cheaper alternatives. Then again, you can’t take it with you!
14 posted on
10/29/2025 6:43:35 PM PDT by
Nervous Tick
(Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
To: Duke C.
As of December 2024, the total number of successful summits of Mount Everest (on all routes) is 12,884, achieved by 7,269 different people.
To: Duke C.
Stamina and lots of oxygen. Some serious mountaineering experience is desirable.
16 posted on
10/29/2025 6:46:44 PM PDT by
Rummyfan
(Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 )
To: Duke C.
I believe the cutoff age is 65 for Everest these days. I got into mountaineering late in life. I was in my 50’s. Never really thought much about the big mountains. Not enough money or time.
At 67, I still head out to Colorado after Christmas for 2 months of ice climbing. Try to get a couple of 14’s in mixed alpine conditions in the spring. You can still experience the mountains in the winter at your age. Just stay on the 5000 meter and less peaks.
To: Duke C.
Rheinhold Messner did it.
18 posted on
10/29/2025 6:47:52 PM PDT by
Rummyfan
(Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 )
To: Duke C.
If you're going to risk your life doing something dangerously stupid, make it something unique and meaningful.
No one cares if yet another egomaniac staggers to the top of Everest. It's been done already.
Think of something else.
22 posted on
10/29/2025 7:00:46 PM PDT by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty)
To: Duke C.
Was “train” on the list? Because that’s the only way I’d be climbing Mt. Everest.
23 posted on
10/29/2025 7:01:20 PM PDT by
Leaning Right
(It's morning in America. Again.)
To: Duke C.
From pics I’ve seen you might need one of those landfill dozers.
24 posted on
10/29/2025 7:01:34 PM PDT by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
To: Duke C.
Have you seen the LINES of climbers waiting at the summit these days? I thought this photo was a joke when I first saw it, but it's the real deal. Conquering Everest used to be celebrated as the ultimate grueling test of Man over Nature. Looks a bit more like standing in line for the Matterhorn at Disneyland lately :).
25 posted on
10/29/2025 7:22:40 PM PDT by
JennysCool
("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
To: Duke C.
Hahahahaha!
Awesome! I am ready to go. Then, it is only when I am near the top, that I find some key thing was left out by AI...and my body is there as a mile marker for years until the snow completely covers it...:)
My bad!
Heck. It has turned into a tourist attraction anyway-I Photoshopped the hot dog stand, but this image is real with all the people there!
LOL, in this case, Grok told me to bring my crampons, but no yellow mustard!
26 posted on
10/29/2025 7:27:12 PM PDT by
rlmorel
(Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
To: Duke C.
Ralph Edwards “this is not my life.” 🪨
27 posted on
10/29/2025 7:30:17 PM PDT by
Varsity Flight
( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
To: Duke C.
I’ll do it. When there’s an escalator. With pee breaks every mile or so. And beer stands. Lots of beer stands.
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