It kinda reminds me of that stupid Idaho potato commercial that has the Teton mountain range -- which is located in WYOMING -- in the background.
Posted on 03/08/2010 9:32:48 AM PST by C19fan
Tom Ballard was just six years old when his mother died while attempting to climb the world's second-highest mountain, K2.
Now, Alison Hargreaves' 21-year-old son is training to scale the same 28,000ft peak. The mother-of-two, who had successfully climbed Everest just three months earlier, was swept off the mountain during her descent in 1995 aged just 32. Her body was never found.
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The mountain is really named Mt. Godwin-Austen. The English name was removed in a fit of anti-European racism and replaced with .... approximately nothing, a placeholder.
Point.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Adrenalin Junky breeds adrenalin junky.
Never understood the fascination. And I couldn’t care less if some said “I climbed K-2!”
But with kids? The ultimate in ego absorption. Russian roulette is right. Would you say “Wow!” If someone with kids told you they practiced Russian roulette on a regular basis?
I really can’t support a mom of a six year old doing this.
I don’t admire it.
I never understood why people want to risk their lives so they could say they climbed a mountain? A documentary about Everest showed climbers stepping over a fellow climber who was dying on the mountain. I know he probably couldn’t be saved but only a few people cared enough to even check on him . They were only interested in getting to the summit.
It kinda reminds me of that stupid Idaho potato commercial that has the Teton mountain range -- which is located in WYOMING -- in the background.
That sounds like something my father would have said. I mean, why did the Wright brothers do what they did? What about John Glenn & the other astronauts risking their lives...that was silly & unnecessary.
You can see the Tetons from some parts of Eastern Idaho, so this isn't too far-fetched. The state line is just west of the range.
That's not why they do it.
Some folks are adventurers by nature just as some people are homebodies. It is a trait that serves humanity in many ways (many of our best soldiers, top guns, Marines, and SEAL's have that quality in spades).
Neither was flying a plane or going into space. So what? Birds fly all the time.
So, in your mind...the mechanical geniuses, the inventors, the scientists who conquered flight in their own handbuilt machine...are equal with someone who uses equipment conceived and built by someone else to climb a mountain that hundreds of others have been up?
lol...ok.
Flight brought a revolution in travel. What has mountain climbing revolutionized besides...mountain climbing? I guess pink anodized carabiners are a big achievement.
sorry...I just did an image search and got that...there are other shots out there in cyberspace but not sure if the view you are seeking is one of them.
Well, maybe not. The world would be a much better place if we all went back to walking using donkeys as our primary means of transportation.
OK, thank you. :-)
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