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Werner de Jong, a Dutch extreme climber is going to attempt the 8800 meter Everest in nothing more than a pair of shorts:-
http://www.mounteverest.net/news.php?news=15688
It is all about inner fire and cups of hot, beefy bovril (a trick he learned from Chris Bonnington). The climber has already climbed Mont-Blanc, Europe's (ahem) highest mountain in his keks. The climb is sponsored by Ready-Brek.... allegedly.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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davidof, What a looney. Is he going to take a "plaggy bag" for the descent?
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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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Is he from Newcastle?
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Christ, now the Dutch have better loonies than us. We'll never hear the last.
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cups of hot, beefy bovril
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The climb is sponsored by Ready-Brek.... allegedly
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then hot, beefy, Ready-Brek would seem more appropriate. Perhaps he uses that to make a hot poultice for his dangly bits?
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What wasn't mentioned in the article is that Werner doesn't yet think he could handle a friday night out in Newcastle yet.
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What a weirdo! Who wears boxers?
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I remember many a friday night in Aberdeen as a student. We were rather fond of the foam parties, and would wear only a t-shirt for the bracing walk into the city. Baltic on the walk home as we were soaked with foam. We woz ard.
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| johnboy wrote: |
| and would wear only a t-shirt for the bracing walk into the city. |
I know that nothing is worn under the kilt, but that seems a bit extreme. Didn't the locals object?
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| davidof wrote: |
| Werner de Jong,. |
Does he post on TGR? 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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You can see he's nuts
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Boris, not after he's climbed Everest, I'll wager.
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Muppet
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You know it makes sense.
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Boris, laundryman or the Dutchman?
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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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richmond, I have no reason to believe that Boris is a muppet.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Mmmm. If you read the whole article it is not quite as advertised.
1. "The expedition, led by Dutch Werner de Jong, will try to set a new world record as Wim attempts to climb parts of Everest wearing only shorts."
2. "Wim will wear Everest boots, shorts, gloves and a cap. He is carrying his own backpack which will give him some extra protection."
3. "Wim will use oxygen support and won't do the entire climb in shorts."
4. "The expedition will set regular camp 1 on North Col (7000 m) and camp 2 on 7900 meters. But Werner plans an extra camp on 7500 meters for this attempt. "During breaks I'll give him clothes and hot drinks to keep him warm. When we start climbing again, he'll undress.""
But I don't think this takes anything away from the idea. I think it sensible. The whole thing seems to have been carefully thought through. I am all for pushing human endurance to the limit. The actual arrangements give some chance of some sort of success.
If he manages to summit that would be approaching miraculous.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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What exactly does it prove. Ridiculous. If he did it without sleeping bags & nude girls breaks then it might be an achievement!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| laundryman wrote: |
| Christ, now the Dutch have better loonies than us. We'll never hear the last. |
 No word from stanton yet...
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Jonpim,did you really say, I think it sensible.
oh yeh thats why i drove to work backwards today and ate all my catfood sannies for lunch,washed down with alittle brake fluid.
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this man is either going to die or end up trussed up in a down suit like everyone else, having left his ideals behind in a fit of summit fever.
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| davidof wrote: |
| Werner de Jong, a Dutch extreme climber is going to attempt the 8800 meter Everest in nothing more than a pair of shorts:- |
Those airline luggage restrictions are beginning to bite a bit.
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| Jonpim wrote: |
| I think it sensible. |
Interesting use of the word 'sensible', presumably to mean not necessarily 100% suicidal and entirely pointless.
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Not sure this guy is any more stupid than those who sail single handed the major oceans. Or row the oceans. Or windsurf the Atlantic  . Or walk to the poles. Or who take part in Free-diving competitions. Or free climbing. Or even just climbing Everest normally:
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| "Between 1921 and 2004, Everest has been climbed by more than 2,200 people from twenty countries. More than 185 have lost their lives, making the odds on not coming down alive about one in eight." |
I agree it seems a crazy idea, but he has a track record of survival in extreme conditions, including extreme cold. He is going with a good back-up team. He is not going bare-foot. He has done a lot of preparation.
(And a lot of my friends and colleagues think skiing pretty daft.)
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Jonpim, i think the difference here is this guy is intending from the outset to be insufficiently equipped for the task. as you rightly point out climbing everest is a deadly undertaking but to think that you could survive for any period of time above 7000m wearing only a pair pants is arrogant beyond belief. exposed flesh gets frostbitten within minutes at those altitiudes. the pure ideals of alpinism are one thing, but to have this little respect for the world's highest mountain leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
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he will be in his boxers just long enough to have his picture taken.. then its back into the sleeping back and onto a sherpas back for the next ascent..
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There were a couple of blokes getting photo'd in their boxers outside Bank station this lunchtime. Slightly more hospitable but slightly more humiliating than Everest, I suppose.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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They were swim shorts though - do they count?
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Darky
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Your Crazy ass, now your even posting pics of your handmade play things???? How bad! You will go to hell for that!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Allegedly to avoid losing his toes through frostbite Mr Jong will be wearing specially developed highly insulated/inflatable Dutch foot wear for the Everest attempt. I reckon he will pop his clogs though.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mr Jong has abandonned his attempt at 7400 meters after getting frostbite in his toes.
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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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I presume his core body temperature would have been low due to his vitual nakedness. I remember reading that the when this happens the body diverts blood away from the extremities like feet, and into the vital organs.
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Frosty the Snowman, yup, true. (that's why people with cold feet when skiing are recommended to wear something warm on their head)
Now that the Dutchman has failed, we DEFINITELY won't hear from stanton on this thread!
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All he needed was a few pints of Kroney and a beer jacket.
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... on a similar theme.
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Brit to swim at North Pole
A British explorer and endurance swimmer is to attempt to swim in the freezing waters of the North Pole.
Lewis Gordon Pugh, 37, will be the first person to swim at the geographic North Pole.
Water temperatures will be around minus 1.8 degrees Celsius - the coldest waters a human has ever swum in, a spokesperson said.
Pugh's ability to raise his body temperature in anticipation of a swim has intrigued sports scientists and earned him the nickname The Polar Bear.
He is making the 1km swim, in an area that should be frozen over, to demonstrate the devastating impacts of climate change.
Pugh will swim in just a swimming costume, cap and goggles for the Investec North Pole Challenge on July 15.
He said: "I can't think of a better way to show that climate change is a reality than by swimming in a place that should be totally frozen over.
"This will be, by far, the hardest swim I've ever undertaken. I hope it will help illustrate the incredible seriousness of climate change and put pressure on the leaders of the G8 summit to cut carbon emissions dramatically." |
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2352633.html
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Hah! I knew a true-blue, certifiably insane Brit wouldn't allow the Dutch to hold the stupidly-dangerous-and-utterly-pointless exploit world record for long.
Eat you're heart out, stanton! 
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complete nutters IMO both the Dutchman and the Brit
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Just think of the prestige, imagine straight off a beach here in Spain to Everest. 
