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85-Year-Old Dies Trying To Become Oldest Everest Climber
NY Post ^ | May 7, 2017 | 6:23

Posted on 05/07/2017 1:26:11 PM PDT by drewh

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1 posted on 05/07/2017 1:26:11 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

I guess he was wrong.


2 posted on 05/07/2017 1:27:45 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: drewh

Maybe he will be the oldest person to die while trying to climb Everest. Not the record he wanted. ;


3 posted on 05/07/2017 1:29:25 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning)
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To: hal ogen

The war torn areas will surely welcome
an ambassador from the Death Zone.


4 posted on 05/07/2017 1:29:54 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: drewh

meh. The beloved of the dearly departed will certainly say, “He died doing what he loved.”

I would think he died because he was an obstinate Schmuck.

8o)

Just playing, May he Rest In Peace.


5 posted on 05/07/2017 1:30:59 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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As Clint Eastwood said, “A man has to know his limitations.” Sad nonetheless.


6 posted on 05/07/2017 1:34:34 PM PDT by GunsareOK
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To: drewh
Looks like he really, really wanted to go and now he's not getting out of there.
7 posted on 05/07/2017 1:37:00 PM PDT by 50mm
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8 posted on 05/07/2017 1:39:31 PM PDT by drewh
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Sherchan told The Associated Press that once he had completed the climb and became famous, he intended to travel to conflict areas to spread a message of peace.

LOL! At least it wasn't "Global Warming/Climate Change."

9 posted on 05/07/2017 1:48:34 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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I’m not going anyplace where I can’t buy a kitchen magnet for the fridge.


10 posted on 05/07/2017 1:49:39 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: drewh

If he was holding a looted crate of Heineken it would be perfect.


11 posted on 05/07/2017 1:58:02 PM PDT by PLMerite ("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You should see the souvenir stand at Everest.


12 posted on 05/07/2017 2:45:50 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: drewh

At 85 my Dad couldn’t walk across the street without oxygen, due to emphysema. I respect this climber and the life he led. Still, it’s sad.


13 posted on 05/07/2017 2:49:47 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: drewh

RIP.


14 posted on 05/07/2017 3:05:29 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: GunsareOK

With respect to both you and Clint Eastwood, someone like Chuck Yeager might say “How do you know your limitations unless you push the envelope?”


15 posted on 05/07/2017 3:05:44 PM PDT by TigersEye (Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
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To: drewh

I think going that way is pretty cool. Climbing MtEverest at 85? Right on Gramps!


16 posted on 05/07/2017 3:11:24 PM PDT by Seruzawa (I kill you filthy Vorga.)
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To: drewh

Suicide by mountain.


17 posted on 05/07/2017 3:12:37 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: drewh

Good for him. He died doing what he wanted to do and pushing his personal limit, doesn’t get any better than that.


18 posted on 05/07/2017 3:21:27 PM PDT by Bayan
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So he’s the oldest one to die on Everest. That’s just as good, isnt it?


19 posted on 05/07/2017 3:22:53 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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Min Bahadur Sherchan died at the Everest base camp on Saturday evening.

Hope he didn't have to pay the $35K outfitter fee to walk the ropes..............

20 posted on 05/07/2017 3:23:26 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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