Natural Wonders wrecking people

HPPT said:
Bored juveniles.
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There's one documentary about the leader of that pod has been teaching all of them and the new ones to attack boats,per PBS.They have continually escalated the attacks over time.
Crazy time's were living in
 
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Geezus…. Sorry dude… unfortunately people aren’t even remotely as good should be…


But… hopefully for a smile… you seen Mall Rats? When he keeps yelling at the parents about watching their kids on the escalator? That’s what I pictured with you yelling at the idiot parents around the canyon all the time :D a kid finally gets caught in the escalator in the movie…
 
ToofPic said:
There's one documentary about the leader of that pod has been teaching all of them and the new ones to attack boats,per PBS.They have continually escalated the attacks over time.
Crazy time's were living in
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Fucking great. Radicalized juvenile delinquent whales.

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Rdrace42 said:
Was at Mather Point in GCNP when an 11 year old girl who was standing on the middle run of the railing, tipped over the side and fell. She survived the initial impact, but then fell further when she came to, and fell to her death. Parents not watching their kid was the cause of that one.
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Jill Dirt?
 
I recall seeing a headline about a 20 something dude completely dissolved in a Yellowstone hot spring.

People are dumb and nature doesn't care.
 
HPPT said:
I watched a documentary a couple of weeks ago following a French woman who was climbing her 14th and final 8000m+ Himalayan summit. One of 42 people to have done it. I don't even need to do the research: I'm sure my people were not part of the other 41.
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Shhheeeeeeiiiittttt....

I was ~28, and I was climbing a 14'er in Colorado, and there was this couple from Michigan who had just flown in the night before. They were in their 60s and were outclimbing my ass. Me, who was less than half their age, in decent shape, and had lived at that altitude for several years at the time.

Some people are just built different.

Note that 8000m is slightly higher than 14000 feet!!! :eek:
 
auminer said:
Shhheeeeeeiiiittttt....

I was ~28, and I was climbing a 14'er in Colorado, and there was this couple from Michigan who had just flown in the night before. They were in their 60s and were outclimbing my ass. Me, who was less than half their age, in decent shape, and had lived at that altitude for several years at the time.

Some people are just built different.

Note that 8000m is slightly higher than 14000 feet!!! :eek:
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Did a 14'er in Breck, and met a guy coming down that clearly had altitude sickness. He was in really good shape, and much younger than me. We got him some medical attention and then went to do the climb, with quite a bit of trepidation. This was supposedly the easiest of the 14'ers, but it sure wasn't easy for me. I realized pretty quickly that my goal of doing anything higher was probably not a great idea.
 
auminer said:
Shhheeeeeeiiiittttt....

I was ~28, and I was climbing a 14'er in Colorado, and there was this couple from Michigan who had just flown in the night before. They were in their 60s and were outclimbing my ass. Me, who was less than half their age, in decent shape, and had lived at that altitude for several years at the time.

Some people are just built different.

Note that 8000m is slightly higher than 14000 feet!!! :eek:
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She's 56.
 
Rdrace42 said:
Did a 14'er in Breck, and met a guy coming down that clearly had altitude sickness. He was in really good shape, and much younger than me. We got him some medical attention and then went to do the climb, with quite a bit of trepidation. This was supposedly the easiest of the 14'ers, but it sure wasn't easy for me. I realized pretty quickly that my goal of doing anything higher was probably not a great idea.
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Grays? Torreys? (sp?)

The one I was referring to above was Grays.

Almost 30 years on, my wife and I drove up there to the Divide... Just Loveland Pass and Hoosier Pass, then the Million Dollar Highway. I was getting woozy at 12000 feet just driving.

Old sucks. Out-of-shape makes it worse.
 
auminer said:
Grays? Torreys? (sp?)

The one I was referring to above was Grays.

Almost 30 years on, my wife and I drove up there to the Divide... Just Loveland Pass and Hoosier Pass, then the Million Dollar Highway. I was getting woozy at 12000 feet just driving.

Old sucks. Out-of-shape makes it worse.
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Quandary. I think I was 55 when I did it with my now ex. Did a fair bit of research on options, and talked to the rangers office. They made a couple of great points. First, the biggest cause of death on that mountain was from lightning strikes. "Be on your way down by 1:00, as there are almost always storms in the afternoon". His second point was more prescient "we can rescue you from that altitude, but the bill for a helicopter will be around $15,000, and your insurance won't cover it.". I've got bad knees and multiple back injuries, so I struggled on the way up. Slow and steady, trying to control my breath rate. When we got to the upper 1k feet, we were post-holing through the snow, which made it even harder. Made the summit around 2:30, and could see the storm headed our way. So we're kind of hustling down, and about 500 feet off the summit, my wife post-holes and blows her knee out. Like, all the way out. I literally heard the Ranger's voice in my head the moment it happened. She absolutely couldn't climb down, and no way was I paying $15k....so I put my jacket down on the snow, and dragged her down till we were on a more manageable grade. All the while this storm is threatening, but there was no way to rush, as I had to half carry her. It was nearly 7pm by the time we got to the car, and the rain hit the moment we closed the doors. Fun fact, she decided she didn't need to wear sunglasses on the hike, and ended up snowblind for 2 days.
 
HPPT said:
I watched a documentary a couple of weeks ago following a French woman who was climbing her 14th and final 8000m+ Himalayan summit. One of 42 people to have done it. I don't even need to do the research: I'm sure my people were not part of the other 41.
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I thought there were a bunch of French Alpinists?!?
 
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