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Climbers Simone Moro, Ueli Steck and Jonathan Griffith have been involved in a punch-up at 7500 meters on Everest after getting into an argument with Angry Sherpas. 100 sherpas ganged up on the trio and forced them to abandon the mountain under a hail of rocks. They were told that if they didn't leave the mountain they would be killed.
Police are investigating.
http://www.simonemoro.com/en/content/everest-8848-m
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Grif' claims innocence, I reckon you've gotta have done something wrong to have 100 angry guys try throw rocks at you! Ueli has a nasty gash on his face!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Imagine, if Everest was in Japan and those Sherpas were Ninjas!
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Maybe the lack of oxygen has addled all their brains?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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davidof, Probably just showing off how good their boots are and got the other jealous! 
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good effort feeling energetic enough at 7500m to start chucking rocks around
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| CH2O wrote: |
| Imagine, if Everest was in Japan and those Sherpas were Ninjas! |
Imagine if Everest was in the Vatican City and those Sherpas were nuns.
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Still useful precedent for the ESF next time they see a TO rep endangering their snake.
"Yah, uhm, it was rilly rilly dangerous. We didn't feel safe at the Folie D with those Frenchies throwing those baguettes and stale croisants at us and threats that they would cut off our supply of champers and oversized beanies so we took the only action possible, we descended at extreme risk and took shelter in Dick's, where Izzy, Rupes, Millie and Harry provided a human shield to protect us from their foul Gauloise breath."
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| CH2O wrote: |
| Imagine, if Everest was in Japan and those Sherpas were Ninjas! |
Imagine if Everest was in France and those Sherpas were fishermen!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Imagine if it was the Alps and the Sherpas were lift operators. Naaa, impossible. At over 2000m, they would just tut and go back into their huts
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| fatbob wrote: |
Still useful precedent for the ESF next time they see a TO rep endangering their snake.
"Yah, uhm, it was rilly rilly dangerous. We didn't feel safe at the Folie D with those Frenchies throwing those baguettes and stale croisants at us and threats that they would cut off our supply of champers and oversized beanies so we took the only action possible, we descended at extreme risk and took shelter in Dick's, where Izzy, Rupes, Millie and Harry provided a human shield to protect us from their foul Gauloise breath." |
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You know it makes sense.
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Imagine if Carlsberg did Everest expeditions.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Read that 3 were trying to use set up Sherpa ropes without paying? Sort of teaching your mates in a snowdome without a licence
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| dogwatch wrote: |
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Nope. They were soloing (i.e. climbing unroped) in the vicinity of Sherpas who were fixing ropes. |
Or, to be more precise, above them - which was what they objected to (if that Adrian Ballinger report got it right).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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what they objected to
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they beat and threatened to kill over, little different!!
I've had people traverse above me on steep slopes before, there follows some hand waving and shouting, maybe a rude word or two but i never gathered all my mates at the bottom to beat and throw rocks at them! if the reports are true the Sherpas are very much in the wrong!!
Also they couldn't really pick worse climbers to assault, pretty much the most famous mountaineers on the planet right now!
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While I've no reason to doubt the European account - you can see how it's possible that there was at least the perception in crossing the lines that the Euro guys were endangering the Sherpas below. Add in an tough environment and fragile male egos, plus a bit of tradition and pride in the role of the Sherpa and you can see why things got irrationally out of hand.
Summary - wherever they are from, men can sometimes be irrational, testosterone fuelled dickheads. Hopefully they've all had a brew together now and settled their differences.
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Some how some idiot managed to turn this into a general rant against men.
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Summary - wherever they are from, men can sometimes be irrational, testosterone fuelled dickheads
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..................well done you, for that thoughtful and insightful comment!
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fatbob = loony feminist
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Gonna use it as my tagline. No-one else think the whole story reads a bit like a high altitude variant of "You looking at my bird?"
Anyway back to my organic yoghurt fair-trade hemp macrame collective.
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wherever they are from, men can sometimes be irrational, testosterone fuelled dickheads
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fatbob, you wanna step out side and say that 
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FAQ
We met up with a climber and a Kenyan mountain guide, and walked with them for a bit. I noticed the guide looking hard at my trainers and did feel rather foolish. Eventually he asked me, very politely, whether I would consider swapping footwear, as he really liked my trainers. 
