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19. I live in the Boston area and I mock people who have bumper stickers

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 12:30 PM

Aug 2014

saying "this car climbed Mount Washington". But then again, my vacation this year will be spent hiking a 14er. So I feel justified in looking down on people who need a car to hike up 6,000 mountain.

She should absolutely not claim to have climbed Mount Everest. She took the easy way out. It happens. I'm pretty sure she's one of the many people who try to ascend Mount Everest that shouldn't. But I guess at least she didn't die up there.

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woman gets grief for using helicopter for part of her Everest climb [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 OP

I played a little softball in Jr. High and a little in highschool el_bryanto Aug 2014 #1

sort of like running a marathon and using a car for the uphill parts. hobbit709 Aug 2014 #2

Well like i say I don't have the right mentality el_bryanto Aug 2014 #6

The controversy is because of the boycott of climbing for the year that she broke muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #10

Ah - that seems more reasonable. el_bryanto Aug 2014 #11

If the conditions aren't right for climbing, don't climb it... joeybee12 Aug 2014 #3

Still very hard to do. Xyzse Aug 2014 #4

You can say you were at the top of Everest former9thward Aug 2014 #5

Warning: Rantish Coventina Aug 2014 #7

Bodies litter the place, along with air cylinders and other trash. Pigs. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2014 #18

Why climb when you can fly - 'First Helicopter Landing on Everest's Summit' Baclava Aug 2014 #8

Oh good. Now my dream of of setting a record for most hotdogs eaten on the summit of Mt. Everest... JVS Aug 2014 #9

Don't worry - the world is still full of adventure Baclava Aug 2014 #13

Now my dream is possible Taitertots Aug 2014 #14

Smoke cubans and flick my ash on the peons who have to do their own climbing. JVS Aug 2014 #15

Smoking might not be the best idea Taitertots Aug 2014 #16

Millionaires carried to the top by Sherpas are upset that she used a helicopter Taitertots Aug 2014 #12

She's not that different than most of the climbers on Everest mokawanis Aug 2014 #17

I live in the Boston area and I mock people who have bumper stickers mythology Aug 2014 #19

Rosie Ruiz gets grief for using subway for part of her Boston Marathon...nt SidDithers Aug 2014 #20