I bet he wasn't a vegan... On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Jerry Head <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just gonna leave this right here... > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ran_Kropp > > > On 5/22/2016 9:24 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote: > > the trash at everest is disgustong, those oxugen bottled being a huge part > of it. F these people who arent good stewards of such places. > > I like it when vegans meet their demise. Not because I am against the idea > of shoosing what you eat but because 90 persent of them are douche canoes > who wont shut up. Well, except this guy, he shut up. > > On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 9:04 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have avoided it as well as the movie because of the outcome. Perhaps >> someday I will screw up my courage and read the book or watch the movie. >> >> I did enjoy the book about the kid that went on walk-about in Alaska and >> lived in a bus only to be done in by some berries he ate. >> >> *From:* Bill Prince <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, May 22, 2016 7:55 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Irony >> >> >> You should read Jon Krakauer's "*Into Thin Air*". It's a first hand >> account of a climb up Everest back in 1996. It goes into some of those >> details about oxygen starvation, and the cold. There are parts that he >> doesn't remember and/or has a partial memory of. Quite a good read. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Into-Thin-Air-Personal-Disaster/dp/0385494785 >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> On 5/22/2016 6:36 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> >> One of the Everest climbers that died from altitude sickness this week >> was a vegan on a mission to prove the vegans are as strong and robust as >> everyone else. Was attempting to prove the point by climbing mountains. >> >> I wonder if they are on oxygen all the way up and back down (above 15,000 >> feet or so)? That is a lot of oxygen. >> >> I know that if you neglect to put on your oxygen in a small plane, you go >> to sleep about 18,000. Happened to my wife once. I was too busy flying >> and complying to tell her I had left 13,000 for 23,000. She didn’t respond >> to gentle prodding or voice, so I put a cannula on her and she was fine a >> minute later. >> >> Everest is >29,000 feet. Hard to believe it can be done, even with >> oxygen. >> >> >> > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > > >
