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| TillMyEarz |
 Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:47 am |
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This show on discovery looks intense. They follow a group up everest in one of the roughest seasons ever on the mountain. Must be a pretty amazing feeling once you get to the summit.
I'm into risk taking but seriously, Everest scares me, can�t wait to see the show |
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| tioem |
| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:01 pm |
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You should totally read "Into Thin Air" by John Krakauer.
He was on everest during the 1996 season when people were dropping like flies, and he tells the story in this book.
Super good book. Highly recommended. |
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| knowskateboarding |
| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:05 pm |
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amazing book.
Tioem if you like that then get Into the Wild which is also a worthy read. The first time I went backpacking in Alaska I took a small plane to see Denali and we flew around the bus from Into the Wild. |
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| tioem |
| Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:14 am |
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knowskateboarding wrote: amazing book.
Tioem if you like that then get Into the Wild which is also a worthy read. The first time I went backpacking in Alaska I took a small plane to see Denali and we flew around the bus from Into the Wild.
Yeah I read that one too, and definately liked it as well. That's cool, you saw the bus! Nutty story for sure. |
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| rigmort |
| Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:13 pm |
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Also check out Goran Kropp's book Ultimate High. The guy biked from Stockholm to Nepal with all his supplies on the bike, carried all his own equipment to base camp, climbed Mt. Everest alone without bottled oxygen, and rode his bike home to Stockholm. All this at the same time as the events of Into Thin Air were happening. Awesome book.
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-High-M...=UTF8&s=books |
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| TillMyEarz |
| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:11 am |
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tioem wrote: You should totally read "Into Thin Air" by John Krakauer.
He was on everest during the 1996 season when people were dropping like flies, and he tells the story in this book.
Super good book. Highly recommended.
I will definitely pick that up. The 1996 season was crazy, i think the season for the show Everest was the second most dangerous, i think eleven people died climbing that season
knowskateboarding wrote: amazing book.
Tioem if you like that then get Into the Wild which is also a worthy read. The first time I went backpacking in Alaska I took a small plane to see Denali and we flew around the bus from Into the Wild.
i've read into the wild, great book, i love all the man vs. nature type stuff. very cool that you got to see the bus, a little eery even |
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| sk8artz |
| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:21 am |
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Check out 'The Death Zone". Its a PBS special on Mount Everest.
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| clchamp1 |
| Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:01 am |
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Goran Kropp did Everest the way it should be done. Amazing.
Addicted to Danger is another great book - by Jim Wickwire. |
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| 3_days |
| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:18 pm |
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I saw a special and sorry if I double the references in the posts above ...
The one I'm thinkin' about recalls the story of a climber left in the death zone ... he was believed to be dead or, at least, not able to be rescued ...
He was found by a second group of climbers who ended up deciding whether to save the guy or reach the summit ... knowing they might never get the chance to climb it again ... |
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| Hal |
| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:23 pm |
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I've been addicted to Everest stuff ever since I read Into Thin Air back in the late 90's. 10 years later I'm still totally intrigued by everything these people go through to get to the top of the world. I follow the climbers via the internet every April/May. I can't wait for this new reality show to start (Nov. 14th right?).
Have any of you seen that National Geographic documentary of the team from '98 that found Mallory?
I've also read Into the Wild....cool book...amazing story...sad ending. I'm definitely gonna have to pick up that Kropp book. I've never even heard of that guy. |
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