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Nepal bans blind people and double amputees from climbing Everest
The Guardian ^
| Sat 30 Dec ‘17
| Michael Safi
Posted on 12/30/2017 4:21:30 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: ClearCase_guy
Macho Grande will always be there.
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:00:19 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: caver
It’s their country, they can make their own rules. OTOH, for a fee, China will welcome them. Pay in advance, no guarantee of success or survival. No refunds.
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:01:17 PM PST
by
null and void
(It is not trends but choices that that matter most at the key moments of history)
To: nickcarraway
I don’t know anything about mountain climbing but I will make an observation.
In Douglas Baker’s (a WWII pilot) biography, he noted he was surprised how much lighter he was without his legs (one above knee, one below) and he could really easily swing his body around with his arms. Perhaps in certain climbing situations this would be very beneficial.
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:01:57 PM PST
by
alternatives?
(Why have an army if there are no borders?)
To: null and void
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:02:56 PM PST
by
caver
To: caver
They’re like Ferengi that way...
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:04:13 PM PST
by
null and void
(It is not trends but choices that that matter most at the key moments of history)
To: nickcarraway
Ya, but, some don’t go blind until they reach the top. What happens to them?
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:20:38 PM PST
by
HandyDandy
("Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?")
To: nickcarraway
Sounds like a good thing to me.
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:27:35 PM PST
by
WeWaWes
(When I look in the mirror I see an elephant--a bad ass elephant)
To: JoeProBono
One of his ancestors went around with the Knights Of The Round Table.
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:29:47 PM PST
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: nickcarraway
Just give them a chance...
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:33:22 PM PST
by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: nickcarraway
Just give them a chance...
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:33:22 PM PST
by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: MrEdd
The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:33:50 PM PST
by
mkleesma
(`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
To: JoeProBono
Joe Biden says “Let’s give that guy a hand.”
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:34:43 PM PST
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
To: nickcarraway
Mark Inglis of New Zealand, a double amputee, summited Everest in 2006 on prosthetic legs.
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posted on
12/30/2017 5:38:14 PM PST
by
Jim Noble
(Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
To: mylife
Glad to know there is at least one other in the same boat!
To: nickcarraway
It’s their mountain. They can manage it as they please.
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posted on
12/30/2017 6:02:44 PM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
We understand you are suicidal but we would be grateful if you would not leave your body on our mountain. It scares the other tourists.
-The Government of Nepal
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posted on
12/30/2017 6:15:13 PM PST
by
GraceG
("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
To: nickcarraway
‘Bout time. Already so many bodies up there they have to kick them aside or get around them.
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posted on
12/30/2017 6:17:59 PM PST
by
MarMema
($285 million and keep it going)
To: jerod
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posted on
12/30/2017 6:19:44 PM PST
by
MarMema
($285 million and keep it going)
To: Col Frank Slade
One of the funniest Monty Python skits involved a mountaineering expedition of British hairdressers attempting to climb Everest. Now let me fill you in. I'm leading this expedition and we're going to climb both peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro.
I thought there was only one peak, sir.
Well, that'll save a bit of time. Well done. Now the object of this expedition is to see if we can find any traces of last year's expedition.
Last year's expedition?
Yes, my brother was leading that, they were going to build a bridge between the two peaks, my idea I'm afraid.
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posted on
12/30/2017 6:20:18 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: MtnClimber
I was part of a climbing team on an expedition to Cho Oyu which is a 8,000m peak just west of Everest.
All right; I'm impressed. I've only gone slightly higher than half of that.
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posted on
12/30/2017 6:35:27 PM PST
by
af_vet_1981
(The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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