utterly random picture thread.

[gremlin]

Bit of a poor show from JD sports?

Agreed. For accuracy it should have been on a stolen scoot.

[Taipan]

[Yorick]

I've seen it from 85 miles away at Ngarkot in Nepal.

[Horse]

Isn't it something like 1 in 7 die in the attempt?

[KungFooBob]

I've got a DVD from some young chap who shipped his C90 to Thailand and rode it back to the UK... He walked up to Basecamp in his trainers. I guess that's the easiest bit tho' what with it being near the base

Was a great watch, I should dig it out and watch it again.

Edit: it was Ed March.

[Taipan]

Isn't it something like 1 in 7 die in the attempt?

over 300 bodies up there apparently!

[Count Steer]

Isn't it something like 1 in 7 die in the attempt?

330 dead apparently, 125 of those were sherpas. (That's attempting to get to the summit or on the return).

[Yambo]

It was a while back now but I made a conscious decision in my 30s that I wasn't going to be one of those flags.

I've seen it from 85 miles away at Ngarkot in Nepal.

I saw it from 6 miles away at Kala Patthar, 3 weeks before my 68th birthday. You've probably got time left for a better view.

[Yorick]

It was a while back now but I made a conscious decision in my 30s that I wasn't going to be one of those flags.

I've seen it from 85 miles away at Ngarkot in Nepal.

I saw it from 6 miles away at Kala Patthar, 3 weeks before my 68th birthday. You've probably got time left for a better view.

We were staying at Restaurant at end of Universe. Name changed since

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[Horse]

Isn't it something like 1 in 7 die in the attempt?

330 dead apparently, 125 of those were sherpas. (That's attempting to get to the summit or on the return).

And they don't decompose ...

And, as well as an open mortuary, it's also a massive rubbish dump.

[Yambo]

Isn't it something like 1 in 7 die in the attempt?

330 dead apparently, 125 of those were sherpas. (That's attempting to get to the summit or on the return).

I think K2 has a higher fatality rate than Everest. The numbers are lower, 96 dead out of 700 or so summits but it is a very dangerous mountain to be on. However, it's no walk in the park just to get to base camp and it was first successfully summited in 1954. It's a serious endeavour to attempt K2 whereas Everest has become a bit of a tourist resort.

[Yorick]

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[Felix]

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[Noggin]

And, as well as an open mortuary, it's also a massive rubbish dump.

This is the bit I REALLY hate. Ok, it's sad that people die up there and the chances of getting the bodies down are slim, but they go up knowing that it's dangerous and knowing the risk of not getting back.

But to take stuff with you that you aren't willing to carry back is shit. Especially in this day and age. I figure it's ego - people are desperate to be able to say they got to the summit and if they leave rubbish on the way up and down to lighten the load, then that's not their issue. But it's still wrong.

No one NEEDS to get to the summit of any mountain - especially not if it means leaving rubbish/equipment on the way there or back or putting other people at risk (other climbers and sherpas)

[Potter]

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Whenever I see a picture of Bray Hill I can hear the scrape of plastic as the bikes bottom out, if you know then you know.

I've spent more hours there than I wanted to wearing an orange bib marshalling, no one really wanted that spot because if there is an accident then it's likely to be nasty - which proved itself in 2013 - I last marshalled at that point in 2012, then we moved abroad, the year after (2013) was a bad one

[Potter]

One of my favourite flowers, in our garden

[Taipan]

both smileys

[mangocrazy]

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Whenever I see a picture of Bray Hill I can hear the scrape of plastic as the bikes bottom out, if you know then you know.

I've spent more hours there than I wanted to wearing an orange bib marshalling, no one really wanted that spot because if there is an accident then it's likely to be nasty - which proved itself in 2013 - I last marshalled at that point in 2012, then we moved abroad, the year after (2013) was a bad one

It's one of the reasons I've never spectated at that spot - yes it's spectacular but if it goes wrong then it normally goes very badly wrong. Same as bottom of Barregarrow...

[Horse]

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[Potter]

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Absolutely horrible, my complete opposite of what a cosy living room should be, but fair play to him for commitment with that.