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If chris moyles can do it.....

[lutonlagerlout]

abrahmovich failed..........
LLL

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Fern cotton did it with french nails and a full face of slap...

Im not sure what state chris moyles nails were in at the time though

[DNgroundworks]

I have a fascination of mountains/mountaineering, id love to be on the Kilimanjaro trip, nearly went to Everest Base camp last year, in the end i couldn't justify the cost....nearly £6000.00, to climb the mountain, costs around 30k im lead to believe in permits, sherpas, gear, plane tickets, accommodation, and apparently it can be upto a 90 day trip depending on weather!

[GB_Groundworks]

a lotof my friends are mountaineers and guides, sheffield is a bit of a mecca for them my mate matt is off leading a party up everest at the moment and my other mate mark whos a rigger is working on the new bond film , yeah £30k and a 50% chance of dieing lol

[DNgroundworks]

id sooner climb other mountains anyway, the bases on the way up everest are like landfill sites, gas bottles, tents....a few bodies all over the gaff, due to the sheer number of people that climb it every year.

On the other hand ill have some more photos for you all soon :p

[Pablo]

You're right DN it would be amazing to stand on the top but you'll have to climb past dead poeple and vast amounts of waste to get there you also have to walk the andrex highway on the way to base (all those thousands of trekkers have to sh#t somewhere and aparently it's like mile upon mile of open sewer. In my old life I was lucky enough to climb some amazing mountains the highest being Mt McKinley but my favourite was Mt Kenya (the real summit not the lower tourist one) it knocks the spots off Kilimanjaro for scenery and is way cheaper. Kilimanjaro is higher but the whole thing is just a slog up a huge dome so that when you get to the top you've got no veiw and because of how the guides are set up you have to pay someone to carry your bag so the local economy can benefit which is a good idea in theory but I like to do it all myself. You can see kilimanjaro from Mt Kenya in fact you can see half of Africa from it and its breathtaking. I've also climbed Mt Rainer which is the tallest mountain in America outside of Alaska and then skied down it which was about the biggest rush of adrenaline I've ever had. The reason Moyles made the summit and others didn't was because he smokes which actaually trains the body to work better without oxygen. Very fit and healthy people who've never been at altitude before are usually the first to throw in the towel because their bodies are to dependant on sea level strength oxygen and their muscles are to hungry for it.

[lutonlagerlout]

i spoke to phil about oxygen etc and he said that there is the same oxygen all the way through the atmosphere
just there is less pressure at altitude so you have to work harder to get it into your body
I know what you are saying about the tourist mountains though,i have read "touching the void" and TBH that put me off mountains and their ilk cliffs
gimme a nice walk through rolling chiltern countryside any day
LLL

[DNgroundworks]

ive read all of Joe simpsons books LLL, thats what started my fascination.

Im no mountaineer but if i was (and any good) the ones id want to climb are the Eiger, Annapurna, Nanga parbat, and K2, now they are achievements!

[joydivision]

I have just turned down the chance to climb Ama Dablam, on a very close knit and non comercial exped.
Its probably the one mountain id want to climb in the world, google it, its impressive!

Just had our first child, and need to get an extension up on my own place, so cant afford it!
Thats the thing, these things cost so much. Id be away for 4 weeks, so thats 4 weeks no pay to me. Taking that into account, the trip would set me back the best part of 10k.

Gutted isnt the word though!

JD

[joydivision]

DN, I know a few chaps who have climbed the Eiger Nordwand. Amazing route, I had my sights set on for a long term goal. Then I broke my foot in the alps, then had the baby, hence not climbed much recently. Doubt Il ever have the time now to put into it, to get close enough to the standard needed to climb it.

Some photos here of someone I know climbing the Eiger NF

http://www.jamesthacker-mountaineering.co.uk/index.p....1304513

If your interested tht is!

JD

[seanandruby]

climbed a few walls in my alki days when i didn't have the latch lifter :;): :laugh:

[haggistini]

Dont feel like climbing the stairs tonight tonight!

[digerjones]

still not thawed yet then, there was still frost in packs of bricks today. when are the sheep coming.

[DNgroundworks]

Awesome stuff Joydivision, love them photos!