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You missed out Truth.
A small part of the Amazon, the deep blue sea, and a portion of Antarctica are about the only places left which haven't been thoroughly explored.
originally posted by: Kester
a reply to: Creep Thumper
You missed out Truth.
A small part of the Amazon, the deep blue sea, and a portion of Antarctica are about the only places left which haven't been thoroughly explored.
originally posted by: Creep Thumper
You can call it a "climber thing", but stupid is stupid. You're better off blowing all that money on a truly pioneering adventure of which there are very few these days.
A small part of the Amazon, the deep blue sea, and a portion of Antarctica are about the only places left which haven't been thoroughly explored.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Creep Thumper
You can call it a "climber thing", but stupid is stupid. You're better off blowing all that money on a truly pioneering adventure of which there are very few these days.
A small part of the Amazon, the deep blue sea, and a portion of Antarctica are about the only places left which haven't been thoroughly explored.
That's not why they do it. I have a friend who summited Everest and he explained it to me as being the same reason why distance runners want to run the New York marathon even though it's been done by millions: to say you did it and have the experience.
originally posted by: Creep Thumper
People with that kind of money are alien to me. There is an obvious shift of values when someone comes into grotesque amounts of disposable income.
originally posted by: Kester
a reply to: Creep Thumper
I mean truth is the final frontier. The exciting and potentially fatal place to explore. Real excitement.
The environmental impact of climbing is outrageous. Innocent organisms having survived millennia living in the most inhospitable conditions suddenly find themselves facing an onslaught from humans. Breeding cycles are disrupted. Habitats ruined. For the most part the climbers don't even notice.
I believe the real adventure now is ripping apart the web of lies that is spun around us.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Creep Thumper
People with that kind of money are alien to me. There is an obvious shift of values when someone comes into grotesque amounts of disposable income.
$10-20,000 is not a lot of money for someone who has been saving for this experience.
People with that kind of money are alien to me
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originally posted by: Creep Thumper
If you say so. I think it's an unconscionable waste of money if, in reality, you can't really afford it.
Do you understand why the expense to climb a rock appalls me?
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
he said
People with that kind of money are alien to me
This is what I dont understand. Why is it so alien to some that one could forgo 2 or even 3 vacations to have that 1 special one.
And yet peeps have no trouble getting into debt for a car in excess of $50K.
Why cant some people live & let live.
Sounds like low hanging fruit jealousy syndrome.
originally posted by: englishdissident
Go the link.
Its from a national newspaper, not some sick torture or death porn from some mad Islamist site.
www.dailymail.co.uk...
The people in the picture are some of the wealthiest, most privileged people this planet has ever produced.
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These people have sullied the very essence of Everest, turning its majesty into just another plastic consumer item.
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Literally stepping over the dead as they line up to get their status symbol selfie to impress their rich friends.
originally posted by: Creep Thumper
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Creep Thumper
People with that kind of money are alien to me. There is an obvious shift of values when someone comes into grotesque amounts of disposable income.
$10-20,000 is not a lot of money for someone who has been saving for this experience.
If you say so. I think it's an unconscionable waste of money if, in reality, you can't really afford it.
That's a small car or a reasonable down-payment on a home. That's groceries or college or health care premiums.
Do you understand why the expense to climb a rock appalls me?