Is mountaineering really as dangerous as it looks in the movies?

>>84383077
I have a phd in mountain climbing

no

nah the lack of oxygen high up combined with extreme heights causing falls to easily be fatal combined with avalanches combined mountain ghosts don't really add up to a dangerous experience

>>84383077
no youre grand off you go

>>84383077
You never leave the house, do you.

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>>84383139
M-m-m-mountain g-g-ghosts??

>>84383244
They can be just as bad or rarely worse than mountain goats

>>84383244
they mostly come at night
mostly

I actually grew up in what some would consider a mountain town so I'm living proof that it isn't

>>84383139
>mountain ghosts
>>>/x/

>>84383266
This. It's much worse.

>>84383077
It's usually more dangerous.
Especially if you consider crevasses if you're hiking on a glacier.

ITT pussies who have never left their rural/suburban home

I saw an episode of Deal or no Deal with this guy in a wheelchair who said his dream was to be the first person in a wheelchair to climb Everest. They all thought it was so inspiring but I was struck by his ignorance. Everest is covered in dead bodies and those people had legs and, I assume, a reasonable degree of fitness and preparedness. Even if someone risks their life to try and carry his disabled mass up there he's gonna' meet a bad end.
>inb4 he did actually did it and I haven't heard
I will chop my cock off if he reaches the summit!

Have you even tried hill-walking or scrambling anon?

Most people underestimate the amount of force you need to traverse steep terrain. When you factor in all of the problems with altitude and extreme weather it becomes ridiculously hard. There is a reason that only a few people summit the tallest mountains.

What's even the point? Why does getting our physical bodies to some location entice anyone? Communication, relationships, wealth, knowledge and power are the only important things in this world.

My physical body only exists as a dumb shell to carry out what happens in my mind.

>>84383442
http://metro.co.uk/2015/09/29/nepal-is-banning-disabled-climbers-from-everest-so-here-are-seven-people-that-totally-nailed-it-5413581/

BTFO

>>84383266
His first link is NSFL btw guyss..

past 8000 meters high you're in death territory. You have to search for small windows of time when the weather is clear and go for the summit AND go down in a few hours. Climbers get caught by weather and cannot go down. Altitude sickness is no joke.
I'd recommend for movies
>Meru (2015)
>Touching the void (2003)
>K2 Siren of the Himalaya (2012)

For reading
>any Alpine Journal

>>84383077
they drop like flies irl so I guess it's pretty dangerous

YES VERY

>>84383458
Sweating and being out of breath while only seeing your shoes and the dirt and rocks in front of you for 5 hours straight, being followed by sitting atop a summit and having a clear 360 degree view extending for dozens of kilometers towards the horizon is really satisfying experience.

And to OP, it's dangerous yes, but there's many levels of mountaineering. It can be fairly comfy and not very threatening.

>>84383637
meant to reply to >>84383475

>>84383475
death wish

>>84383139
dude dont forget about the microscopic space debris above the clouds flying around at light speed like that shit will go straight through you

nah I live in a really tall building and can jog around on the roof just fine even when it's cold outside

>>84383666
thanks for the warning satan

>>84383666
is that a real thing, father of lies?

I died while mountaineering two years ago

>>84383739
mountain ghost go back to >>>/x/

>>84383077
I actually climb a lot, (not rock climb) as most people have said its mainly bad weather, fatigue on the decent and avalanches which kill people. Also on Mt Everest and K2 sometimes ques can form (more on Everest) which can lead to issues.

Its not very dangerous unless you are very unlucky or go looking for trouble, ie climbing an avalanche prone area after a heavy snowfall etc

i wouldn't even want to go if people weren't such fucking fags about it. if everyone realized how pointless it is, no one would need to go, but no it's so "brave and hard" and not just "stupid and dangerous".

yes but there are upsides. for example my teacher whom i hated died while mountaineering

>>84383775
Don't talk shit about him or his mountain ghost will haunt you anon.

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>>84383695
Yes, but at the highest peaks at the edge of the Earth's atmosphere..

Also, a those heights there's less air blocking the rays from the sun; any exposed skin will be burned, and if you look directly at the sun you'll go blind. That's why mountain climbers always wear special protective goggles and long sleeves.

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>>84383077
THE ROUTE TO THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST IT LITERALLY LITTERED WITH DOZENS OF CORPSES
THEY JUST LEAVE THEM THERE BECAUSE ITS TOO DIFFICULT TO RECOVER THEM
SOME HAVE BEEN THERE SO LONG THEY BECOME LANDMARKS FOR GUIDES

It's dangerous but I somehow manage to climb on top of your mom every night

>>84383797
Apparently green boots is removed now. Also, there are several routes up Mt. Everest, two main ones.

>>84383814
In May 2014, Green Boots was reported missing,[4] presumably removed or buried.[3] In 2017 as greater number of climbers returned, he was noticed again at 8500 meters altitude, and the corpse was buried/covered there.[5]

>>84383119
Is there anything more pathetic than finding yourself posting on /tv/, rather than /trv/, by accident?

People wasting their lives away watching television. Fucking hell Mootichingchong, ban me.

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>>84383266
ayy bby you want sum fuk?

>>84383869
Now Hannelore there finally blew away, but a couple of guys had died previously trying to recover the remains

>>84383869
how could you resist punting that skull off?

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>>84383766
This guy gets it. I spent most of my time lying in bed or shitposting on the internet and I'm all the happier for it.

If I ever wanted to see a pretty view I could google it from the safety of my bedroom. If I ever want to get cold, or whatever, I'll eat an ice-cream.
We can get all the rewards of mountain climbing for free.

>>84383861
You could spend years climbing mountains without ever seeing something as beautiful or perfect as this image I found in 5 seconds.
I'm not lazy, I'm just energy efficient.

>>84383869
is he gonna be ok?

>>84383488
It's a nice way to die desu. Sure you have the occasional cunts taking pictures, but they're very few and far between. The rest of the time you're out there in nature all by yourself, with a great panorama, no human soul anywhere near, no disturbances, comfy as fuck.

>>84383902
He's just resting

>>84383894
>1440*467
>beautiful or perfect
Apply yourself.

>>84383902
heem sleepy

>>84383894
You can get better views than that on a ski holiday in the Alps nigga

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>>84383475

>>84383477
Well fuck. Selfish, attention-seeking cunts though they be, they showed me a thing.

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For me it's just about walking on the shitty rocks that are slippery as fuck and one wrong step might just kill me, I sometimes wish it would but it never does. Not even after falling. I regularly throw myself into any trees I can find hoping that I'll misjudge the distance and just fall short and splatter all over. Alas, it never happens.

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that depends where you're climbing. in europe you should be fine, in the united states some peaks are holy to native americans and you're inviting bad luck for desecrating them

the himalayan mountains though, that's where the spooky shit comes in. let's just say there's a reason you aren't supposed to leave your tent at night, completely unrelated to temperatures, weather and the darkness.

buddhists are highly spiritual folk and their dead linger around long after their bodies passed away. some malicious, some benevolent, either way coming face to face with a spirit is not a pleasant experience. you're not a buddhist, you're not there for a pilgrimage, this isn't your land and you don't belong on this mountain. take my advice and don't anger the dead. bring incense sticks and learn prayers or ask a nepalese to pray for your safety or you WILL suffer consequences. i know someone who learned this the hard way

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>>84383958
Globetrotting is just a meme. Why would I spend thousands of dollars and weeks of my life just so I can see a mountain live instead of looking at the same mountain on google for free? My time is more important than that!

Some of the survivor stories are pretty intense

>>84384008
Cursed mountain was a great game desu

>>84384008
Dont forget the reptilians from Shangri-La

>>84383077
No its easy as fuck. Just last week I hiked to the peak of Kilimanjaro in 1.5 hours

Meh

>>84384008
If I was ontop of a mountain already dying and some stupid chink made a GNARLY vampire face to scare me I think I'd just be annoyed that I was going to die to this dumbass instead of the mountain

>>84384067
They'd rather you did

>>84384008
ice wraiths and wispmothers everywhere

>>84383266
Those links are supposed to make it look worse?

>>84384024
Because seeing it in person is completely different. Also you don't go just for the view

>>84384083
I'd be excited thinking that maybe just perhaps there's a chance that I will get to live on as a cool vampire instead of most certain death if left alone.

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Cowabunga breh, being an adrenaline junkie is awesome

>>84384118
is this tilted? that camp cant be at that angle

>>84384118
lol do you really have to wait in line to get to the top of mount everest? what a fucking joke

bet you can buy hotdogs and warm coffee every 500 meters

>>84384165
Just sleep sideways

>>84384182
What did Sir Edmund Hillary Clinton use for sustenance?

>>84384182
It's not waiting in line if you're continuously walking

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>>84384165
nigga you have no idea

>>84384202
The drug that killed River Phoenix

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>>84384084
>>84384067
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJflq990o0U

apparently the ghosts and lizardmen are nothing compared to guess who? the jews

>>84383869
he probably has a nice watch

>>84384213
so you get to the top and you can't even stay and watch for five minutes and take some photos?

is there an usher up there urging you on to keep the line moving?

>>84384165
It's probably tilted to a degree, just to get as much of the line in picture as possible.

>>84384219
lol I've watched batman, I know how this trick is done

>>84383869
this guy will be recovered intact some 30000 years from when global warming makes it habitable and "scientists" will make up some story about how him and all the people around him died in a volcano blast

>>84384243
You can't touch anything or use flash photography either

And there's a pile of mountain dew cans every 10 meters

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>>84383902
>>84383869
>he
Definitely right about the watch though

>>84384182
Because Everest climbing season is like 1 month or something. And even then you have to be relatively lucky to find a good day to climb on. So when the chance is there you are usually not alone.

>>84384264
>We'll still be around 30000 years in the future

Lmoa

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>>84384182
>get near the top of the Everest
>usher says that the no singles policy is enforced and that I can't get to the top
>go back home

Have these retards never heard of helicopters?

>>84384228
Ah, of course, the Jews! I should have known those crafty devils would have a hand in this!

Everest is shit. It's like buying a Ferrari to drive it around town at 20 km/h.

>>84383475
Hahaha omg this is the most euphoric and most overweight post i've seen for a while.

>Communication, relationships, wealth, knowledge and power are the only important things in this world.

And you literally have none of those mentioned above hahaha

>>84384310
Helicopters aren't really that great at these heights.

>>84384310
The air is too thin.

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>>84384299
>that'll be $19.95 plus tip

wat do?

>>84384310
Have you never heard of a thin atmosphere anon?

>>84383077
>>84383579

I'd add Kokou no Hito for reading. It's a manga and it goes a lot into the psychological aspect.

>>84384338
>>84384342
thin air helicopters?
Im off to apply for a patent

>>84384299
>get near the top of the Everest
>see Robert waiting for me with fresh, warm crab legs

Is there anything Robert can't do?

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let's talk about how in the movie Everest, the main character Rob Hall looked like this IRL, which does resemble Josh Brolin, who is an actor in the film, but DOESN'T play this guy. He plays some other guy. And the guy who plays Rob Hall doesn't look nearly as similar to Hall as Brolin does...

Even more because irl you don't have movie physics to make you an action hero.

That is all.

>>84384410
that film triggered me. He died because some idiot who wasn't healthy enough to get to the top refused to listen, and Rob Hall didn't want the guys death on his conscience

Here is Brolin (our guy) with a beard

>>84384429
'the fuck is with that womans face

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>>84384442
forgot pic

>>84384454
she realized she married a retard

>>84384454
shrinkage

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and here is the guy who plays Hall

you tell ME

>finally get to the top of the mountain
>sherpa's wife is there waiting to kick the ass of her husband for not taking out the trash last thusday
>"I don't care that you had to take these white men LARPing at being mountain men, you take out the fucking trash if you want me to cook for you!"

>>84384475
oh that guy is awful

>>84384475
Brolin probably had a shite kiwi accent. He probably cant do any.
>>84384495
he was surprisingly OK in this film

>>84384439
but he was a good mailman he didn't do no wrong

Homer climbed a mountain that was like twice the height of Mount Everest and happened to be just outside Springfield and he made it so it can't be THAT hard

>>84383695
I'm pretty sure he's talking about radiation friendo.

>>84384538
Homer's a Gary Stu. Ask Frank Grimes.

>>84384538
Get down so fast would have killed him. You can't change altitude that fast, the human body isn't strong enough to support that kind of thing.

>>84384573
he would've said radiation not microscopic space debris, that's pretty specific

>>84384617
The fact that he survived proves you're wrong

>>84384634
>flying around at light speed
Can't be matter so it's radiation.

>>84383797
Why can't they just send up robotic rovers and/or drones to retrieve the body?

>>84384715
Because they cannot bear the weight of the Ring and the Nazgul would catch them anyway

>>84383077
Dude it's a rich people "sport"
The hardest thing about it is paying the travel agency

Not to mention buying all that gear, dehydrated food, renting a helicopter, paying the sherpa etc..

Meanwhile these tibetan natives literally run circles around these cucks and nobody ever gives them credit for anything because they aren't white. Mountaineering is a joke

>>84384731
Mountaineering isn't a joke, but the Everest has become one, as well as most people that do it.

>>84384731
Sherpas die all the time you racist fuck

Why don't they just build stairs to the top?

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