On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's now pretty clear that the avalanche on Everest has been pretty > disastrous, with 16 now thought to have died. > > I understand that at the start of the "season" Sherpas from all the > various teams on Everest join up to fix ropes across places like the Khumbu > Icefall (where the avalanche happened) in order for all the teams to be led > through as safely as possible. This is what I believe they were doing at > the time of the accident. I wouldn't suggest that the nature of any one > team's goals would have made a difference. But it seems ludicrous at this > point that the Discovery venture should continue. > > Incidentally, the Discovery website (http://everestjumplive.com/guide.html) > really does suggest that the jump would have been made from the summit. The > idea that it could ever have been casually slotted into a set time-slot is > utterly mad. > Madness is common amongst network programing executives. If there is any video of the avalanche that resulted in the deaths of all those people, I guarantee the TV show will air and the footage will be shown. Not to sensationalize the tragedy... oh heavens no... but to... um... honor... yeah, that's the ticket... honor those who lost their lives. There are days when I swear we are close to George Carlin's routine about televised mass executions, sponsored by Budweiser. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
