 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Will it be called "The Hilary Step Ladder"?
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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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An eight seat detachable would seem like the obvious way forward?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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If they got all the 70-80 year olds off the mountain the queue might move faster.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm 55 this year. I can't decide whether to do Everest or Glastonbury 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Claude B, way too young for Everest.
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Waaayyy too old, if you don't mind!!!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Tarquin, Taking the Winnebago? 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Nah useless. It would be unreasonable to get winter tires for those few km while you would drive majority of that travel on non-snow roads 
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You know it makes sense.
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They need two ladders. Maybe an escalator might be an idea.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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altis, b****r you beat me to it. Goran Kropp ascent amazing achievement - no oxygen, no support.
before the Everest ascent he had climbed K2:
Guardian obit: '....In 1993, after becoming the first Swede to climb K2, he left the army and hit the lecture circuit with extrovert, self-mocking performances. He loved being on stage, and debunking the inflated egos of mediocre climbers swarming over Everest...'.
And he was on the mountain during the 1996 disaster - attempted, failed, then ascended successfully two weeks' later - admired by the IMAX crew on the hill at the time.
Everest is high. Fine. Would I like to climb it without O2. Yes. Would I do it now, with the long lines of people...No. NE ridge wouldn't be crowded but way above normal folks' abilities.
There are so many other challenges for anyone interested in climbing. Huge faces in South America with no first ascent. Walker Spur. Droites in the winter (read jamie fisher's account).
But frankly, just the absolute stillness of the Valais peaks can be where it's at....and it's one thing when the weather is set fair, another thing entirely when it all closes in.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Never understand peak baggers.
It's one thing for couch patatos to WISH to run a marathon, do an Ironman, or climb Everest, just to say they can. But usually, by the time they actually got off the couch and train some, they would have realized the goal isn't as important as the process. Sure, it's a challenge so it makes for a good excuse to go exercise (which is usually THE fun part, for those of us who do).
The fact so many others wants to claim they climb this peak or that one, I never understand. Is anyone really that impressed if someone you know "did" Mt. Everest?
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