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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Mar 7, 2024 12:24:49 GMT -5
it's funny seeing this framed as a big terrifying feat of human endeavour when the reality is he's probably paying some peoples yearly salary to be tethered to a line of dentists while locals do all the work
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Post by polarbearpete on Mar 7, 2024 12:28:34 GMT -5
It says the death rate is 1% and he’s a pretty fit dude, why is everyone expecting him to die? That’s a pretty high rate I’d say, and he’s admitted he has no real experience doing this.
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Post by Soultastic on Mar 7, 2024 12:31:56 GMT -5
It says the death rate is 1% and he’s a pretty fit dude, why is everyone expecting him to die? I'm not expecting him to die but I understand most people who go have lots of experience climbing and I don't know if Darby has that.
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Post by chrom on Mar 7, 2024 12:32:25 GMT -5
It says the death rate is 1% and he’s a pretty fit dude, why is everyone expecting him to die? That’s a pretty high rate I’d say, and he’s admitted he has no real experience doing this. Yeah it's not like he's done this before. He's going in unprepared with no knowledge of what to expect.
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Post by r. on Mar 7, 2024 12:56:47 GMT -5
It'd be pretty wild PR if he does make the summit and plant a little AEW logo flag up there.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2024 13:06:47 GMT -5
I don't think Darby will die but I don't think he makes the full climb just due to the potential altitude sickness and how sparse oxygen is past a certain point.
He will try and push himself of course and that will no doubt be what poses the most danger to him , that Darby has to be Darby .
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Post by Denny Zen on Mar 7, 2024 13:29:13 GMT -5
it's funny seeing this framed as a big terrifying feat of human endeavour when the reality is he's probably paying some peoples yearly salary to be tethered to a line of dentists while locals do all the work Pretty much sums up my thoughts. The Mt. Everest tourism industry is pretty slimy. It’s telling to me that no one has ever climbed Gangkhar Puensum, but people try to climb Everest all the time at great risk to both themselves and the locals who have no choice but to oblige to try and make a living by simple virtue of the fact that Bhutan has more economic resources than Nepal and Tibet. Anyway, I hope Darby finds the thrill he’s looking for, and that he, and his entire party, come back alive.
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Post by Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000 on Mar 8, 2024 11:40:41 GMT -5
it's funny seeing this framed as a big terrifying feat of human endeavour when the reality is he's probably paying some peoples yearly salary to be tethered to a line of dentists while locals do all the work Britt Baker's also gonna be there?
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Post by MiLB Fan on Mar 9, 2024 12:31:32 GMT -5
Darby - I’ll be okay, as long as I have my Powersauce bars!
Tony Khan - Oh wake up, Darby! Those are just rotten apple cores and old issues of the Wrestling Observer newsletter!
Darby (reading) - Hey, Chris Benoit died.
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Post by Soultastic on Mar 9, 2024 12:33:09 GMT -5
Darby - I’ll be okay, as long as I have my Powersauce bars! Tony Khan - Oh wake up, Darby! Those are just rotten apple cores and old issues of the Wrestling Observer newsletter! Darby (reading) - Hey, Chris Benoit died. That's probably what Wooo Energy is made of tbh.
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Post by Nosnorb on Mar 9, 2024 22:27:47 GMT -5
It says the death rate is 1% and he’s a pretty fit dude, why is everyone expecting him to die? That’s a pretty high rate I’d say, and he’s admitted he has no real experience doing this. It's not just the physical toll, there is also the mental toll. Dude is going to see dead bodies. Dude is going to see people who are going to end up on that mountain permenently. The Darby that goes down the mountain could be a very different Darby than the one that went up.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Mar 9, 2024 23:29:48 GMT -5
it's funny seeing this framed as a big terrifying feat of human endeavour when the reality is he's probably paying some peoples yearly salary to be tethered to a line of dentists while locals do all the work I'm actually surprised, assuming he's being prepped for this properly at all, that he's looking at what this is and really wanting to do it entirely because this is what climbs look like. There's a definite danger high to this and it's something he can keep bragging about, but for a man who skateboards onto swords for a living, it's a kind of organized and patience-demanding rigidity that really seems like the opposite of anything he's going to enjoy. Dude is going to get into day four of being middle line between a real estate agent and a trust fund kid and just f***ing flip his shit.
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Post by The anti-ratings Luddite on Mar 10, 2024 2:48:27 GMT -5
Darby - I’ll be okay, as long as I have my Powersauce bars! Tony Khan - Oh wake up, Darby! Those are just rotten apple cores and old issues of the Wrestling Observer newsletter! Darby (reading) - Hey, Chris Benoit died. That's probably what Wooo Energy is made of tbh. From how I've heard it described, that's probably giving too much credit to Wooo
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Post by Georgina's Fancy Water on Mar 10, 2024 13:11:50 GMT -5
That's probably what Wooo Energy is made of tbh. From how I've heard it described, that's probably giving too much credit to Wooo You dare question the mushroom kingdom
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Post by Cyno on Mar 10, 2024 17:18:07 GMT -5
Speaking of which, they're showing the Murderhorn episode of the Simpsons right now.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 10, 2024 22:50:51 GMT -5
From how I've heard it described, that's probably giving too much credit to Wooo You dare question the mushroom kingdom Throwing it out there, salvage Adam Cole's group by dressing him up as Princess Peach and the other members of the group as Toads.
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Post by ayumidah on Mar 11, 2024 0:36:21 GMT -5
You dare question the mushroom kingdom Throwing it out there, salvage Adam Cole's group by dressing him up as Princess Peach and the other members of the group as Toads. when I called him wheelchair princess a couple of times, this is not what I meant
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 11, 2024 8:23:08 GMT -5
Weirdly I watched this yesterday!
Big rich white Gap Year energy off this shit
In short - mountain climbers say Everest isn't even that big a deal as a challenge, just takes a long time to do
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Post by jean0987654321 on Mar 12, 2024 5:43:48 GMT -5
Man always had a death wish. I hope he comes back alive tho
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Post by Nosnorb on Mar 13, 2024 23:11:36 GMT -5
Well he's been written off TV. Let's hope Allin comes back in full health.
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