[pixelninja]

Double Amputee Climbs Mount Everest

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060515/en_afp/nzealandeverest;_ylt=Apf6NfX4SAhrWbbdMcoqqBIDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDhxNDFzBHNlYwNtZW5ld3M-

New Zealand mountaineer Mark Inglis, who lost both his legs in a climbing accident 24 years ago, takes a rest on his way to becoming the first double amputee to reach the summit of Everest 28 April 2006. Inglis is also a leading winemaker and cycling silver medallist at the Sydney Paralmypics.(AFP/Mark Inglis.com-HO)

 

[SkaredShtles]

Those crazy, crazy Kiwis.

 

[binary visions]

Holy crap, that's nuts. Awesome

At least he didn't have to worry about keeping his legs warm - nor frostbite on his toes

 

[pixelninja]

At least he didn't have to worry about keeping his legs warm - nor frostbite on his toes

Yeah, he's pretty much got that taken care of

 

[robdamanii]

Looks like he's got some nifty replaceable/interchangable hardware down there.

 

[Tenchiro]

Holy crap, that's nuts. Awesome

At least he didn't have to worry about keeping his legs warm - nor frostbite on his toes

Although he also has no more excuses not to get married.

 

[pixelninja]

Looks like he's got some nifty replaceable/interchangable hardware down there.

He's the Inspector Gadget of the mountaineering world

 

[robdamanii]

He's the Inspector Gadget of the mountaineering world

That was exactly what I was thinking, but the only character I could come up with was the Million Dollar Man.

 

[JRB]

I don't have the desire, but I would feel like a giant pussy had I ever tried to climb it and failed.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I don't have the desire, but I would feel like a giant pussy had I ever tried to climb it and failed.

Why? It's incredibly difficult.

 

[JRB]

Why? It's incredibly difficult.

I know that. There's just something humiliating about someone without legs kicking your ass. It's like a chick riding a drop that you won't.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I know that. There's just something humiliating about someone without legs kicking your ass. It's like a chick riding a drop that you won't.

Ahhhh........ you've got *those* kind of hangups, eh? When a chick passes me I just figure it's a good chance to check out her bum.

 

[lovebunny]

I know that. There's just something humiliating about someone without legs kicking your ass. It's like a chick riding a drop that you won't.

i figured youd be used to that by now

 

[JRB]

Ahhhh........ you've got *those* kind of hangups, eh? When a chick passes me I just figure it's a good chance to check out her bum.

I didn't say anything about a chick passing me.


LB - I don't really classify you as a chick, even if you do have a girl's bike.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I didn't say anything about a chick passing me.

Weren't you standing at the top of said drop like a nancy-boy when the chick dropped it? Still a good chance to check out here arse.

 

[DaveW]

I can't help but wonder wether all that wine making has anything to do with him going and doing crazy things all the time????

 

[pixelninja]

I know that. There's just something humiliating about someone without legs kicking your ass. It's like a chick riding a drop that you won't.

If you ever come out to the front range to ride, you just might get the opportunity to have your butt kicked by a one-legged mountain biker.

 

[JRB]

If you ever come out to the front range to ride, you just might get the opportunity to have your butt kicked by a one-legged mountain biker.

That's already happened here. Why would I travel for that?

 

[pixelninja]

That's already happened here. Why would I travel for that?

Yeah, but here, you can have it happen while in the middle of a 1500 vertical foot climb. You get owned on a whole new level.

 

[H8R]

I can't help but wonder wether all that wine making has anything to do with him going and doing crazy things all the time????

Hmm.

I bet he can stomp the crap outta some grapes with those prosthetics.

 

[Konabumm]

major props

 

[OGRipper]

Read "Into Thin Air" and you'll understand why it takes an amazing combination of skill, stamina, resources, and luck to get to the top of Everest. The best of the best have tried and failed.

That is friggin' amazing.

 

[pixelninja]

Didn't a blind guy recently make it to the top of Everest?

 

[SkaredShtles]

Didn't a blind guy recently make it to the top of Everest?

Yes. From Boulder.

 

[H8R]

Yes. From Boulder.

That's a long way to walk to Everest.

 

[urbaindk]

That's a long way to walk to Everest.

Bah-dum-ching...

He'll be here all night folks.

 

[SkaredShtles]

That's a long way to walk to Everest.

Some pillar.

 

[H8R]

Some pillar.

More like a tree. A big carnivorous tree.

 

[sanjuro]

Read "Into Thin Air" and you'll understand why it takes an amazing combination of skill, stamina, resources, and luck to get to the top of Everest. The best of the best have tried and failed.

That is friggin' amazing.

Put it this way, on the day of your ascent, if you don't descend from Everest by 2pm, you are dead.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Put it this way, on the day of your ascent, if you don't descend from Everest by 2pm, you are dead.

If there's a storm coming, I'd agree. But many (well, maybe not a ton) have summited after 2pm and returned safely. Those folks that got caught in '96 made a lot of mistakes. The storm made a bunch pay with their lives.