 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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Made me feel a bit wobbly when he ran along the ridge
kudos
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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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Bloody hell... that really was beautiful 
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love it
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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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proper job! great stuff, gave me the heebies a few times though!
wonder how they filmed the close wall segments eg 1.00 in.
would make a brilliant feature length documentary - build up, attempts, etc
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It was featured in that Eiger - Wll of Death documenr=tary last year. Was tepeated last week. Bloody incredivle.
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Sharkymark, score! I think i sky plussed that actually last week, nice one
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Sharkymark, those drugs are realy improving your spelling 
Good luck.
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that's proper silly. made my sphincter contract on more than one occasion.
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2hrs 47mins? Nut job or mountain goat?
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Anyone know if it's from the stollenloch or the very base of the wall?
lampbus, a cocktail of 4 different ones at present. F-ing A 
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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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Sharkymark, I was wondering where the 'start' was. Sea level ?
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He's also done several others..
Matterhorn for one..
and one in spain.
both in similar kind of times.
he must be the fittest athlete in the world
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You know it makes sense.
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We watched Eiger - Wall of Death last night off a recording and it was amazing, will watch this video later
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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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Good thing he was wearing a helmet. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Incredibly scary. I felt it every time a foot slipped a little and as for running - and stumbling a couple of times - on that arrrête , I can't bear thinking about it.
I remember reading Heinrich Harrer's account of the first ascent, The White Spider. These early guys had to spend a night on the face didn't they and now here is Steck scampering up in less than 3 hours. Am I right in thinking he wasn't really using any equipment that wasn't available then? Seems to me, a layman in these matters, that all he had was a couple of hook things and crampons.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ccl, Ice axes and crampons have come on a fair way to be honest with recurve picks making rock hooking and torquing much easier.
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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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Ah, so he had an unfair advantage then
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| lampbus wrote: |
| Sharkymark, I was wondering where the 'start' was. Sea level ? |
To climb a mountain, I reckon that's exactly what should have to happen. How high is Everest base camp? It's a sham. To climb Everest you should start at the nearest beach  .
PS. I don't get mountaineering - never have, never will.
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| lampbus wrote: |
| Sharkymark, I was wondering where the 'start' was. Sea level ? |
I've done that with Ben Nevis - with my feet actually in the water before I started the climb. Bit tricky to that for Everest, though.
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Saw a documentry on Ueli steck on tirol tv this guy leaves you lost for words.
Possibly the most impressive athlete to watch in the mountains I can,t imagine what he will be doing in 5-10 years time.
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they should add this into the 3 peaks 'challenge' and let Darwin do us all a favour
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Let us hope he is around in 5 to 10 years time - very impressive - makes you realise that most footballiing players these days are a load of pufters in comparison.
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I've done that with Ben Nevis - with my feet actually in the water before I started the climb. Bit tricky to that for Everest, though.
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A British team climbed Everest starting from the shore of the Dead Sea, 1385 feet below sea level. They cycled to Tibet and then climbed Everest!
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| stevomcd wrote: |
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I've done that with Ben Nevis - with my feet actually in the water before I started the climb. Bit tricky to that for Everest, though.
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A British team climbed Everest starting from the shore of the Dead Sea, 1385 feet below sea level. They cycled to Tibet and then climbed Everest! |
That's the ticket. Kick Hillary to the kerb, knight the lot of them!
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