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Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2015 17:50:02 No.493574 View View Reply Original Report

Is extreme mountaineering an elaborate suicide attempt? I get that lots of people can get up and down without dying but the way the people describe their motivations makes it sound like a death cult.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2015 18:43:42 No.493601 Report

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>>493574
How do they describe their motivations anon?

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Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2015 18:49:19 No.493605 Report

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http://www.sis.uta.fi/~csisra/why.html

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Anonymous Wed 08 Apr 2015 19:25:13 No.493622 Report

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What is extreme mountaineering?

How does it differ from mountaineering? Do you climb mountains while chugging Mountain Dew? That shit is heavy

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2015 14:32:29 No.494082 Report

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Im only a beginner to the sport, but the reason why i do it is for adventure, seeing nice nature and to feel alive, by knowing the outcome is not certain. I would say its far more dangerous to drive a car than to climb and ski steep peaks

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2015 14:47:14 No.494090 Report

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Some people enjoy mountaineering. It is a way to push yourself, to better yourself. It can give you something to train for, push your boundaries, and do things you may have thought you couldn't do. If someone told me I would be climbing mountains 3 years ago I would laugh at them. But for me I enjoy it, I try to be smart and not push myself too far.

I'm sure "extreme" mountaineering is just people who want to push themselves and their boundaries that much more. In any group / hobby / sport you will have the casuals, and the balls out, 120% effort all the time people.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2015 15:38:16 No.494117 Report

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>>493622
If the mountain reaches an altitude that the human body cannot adapt to, it's extreme.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 14:36:12 No.494772 Report

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>>494117
So Mt. Huntington in the winter isn't extreme?

Mark Twight's "Reality Bath" wasn't extreme either?

There are rocks/cliffs/mountains in the sub 8 thousand feet range that exceed the difficulty of the standard route up everest that is 8 thousand meters high......

Altitude is a consideration, not a determining factor.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 19:45:40 No.494925 Report

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>Is extreme mountaineering an elaborate suicide attempt?

No, if you're not a stupid gringo that spends tons of dollars without having any knowledge on mountain aspects and only goes to the himalayas for the summit picture.

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Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2015 02:07:12 No.495119 Report

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>There are rocks/cliffs/mountains in the sub 8 thousand feet range that exceed the difficulty of the standard route up everest that is 8 thousand meters high......

There are mountains like that too. Vinson on Antartica would be considered a very easy climb if it were located elsewhere but the logistics and extreme cold make it one of the most difficult in the world.

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