Just what the world needs: Cell phone service atop Mount Everest

[Inky_Wretch]

I fear the day when every inch of the planet is within cell phone range...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_hi_te/china_everest_cell_station_1

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Mt. Everest is one of my pet peeves.
Every few months there is a story about somebody climbing Mt. Everest. BIg F'N DEAL!
Yes, it's a huge mountain. I. Get. It.
But all these Caucasian climbers think its some major to do when ascend the summit.
Nevermind the ****ing Sherpas who got them there have mounted that mother ****er more than a drunk sorority chick after a keg party.
The god damned Sherpas have guide services all over Kathmandu... what's the big deal with climbing Everest? I hope this cell phone thing ends the mystique.

rant over

 

[HejiraHenry]

Mt. Everest is one of my pet peeves.
Every few months there is a story about somebody climbing Mt. Everest. BIg F'N DEAL!
Yes, it's a huge mountain. I. Get. It.
But all these Caucasian climbers think its some major to do when ascend the summit.
Nevermind the ****ing Sherpas who got them there have mounted that mother ****er more than a drunk sorority chick after a keg party.
The god damned Sherpas have guide services all over Kathmandu... what's the big deal with climbing Everest? I hope this cell phone thing ends the mystique.

rant over

It'll rip your lungs out, Jim.

Read Krakauer.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Mt. Everest is one of my pet peeves.
Every few months there is a story about somebody climbing Mt. Everest. BIg F'N DEAL!
Yes, it's a huge mountain. I. Get. It.
But all these Caucasian climbers think its some major to do when ascend the summit.
Nevermind the ****ing Sherpas who got them there have mounted that mother ****er more than a drunk sorority chick after a keg party.
The god damned Sherpas have guide services all over Kathmandu... what's the big deal with climbing Everest? I hope this cell phone thing ends the mystique.

rant over

It'll rip your lungs out, Jim.

Read Krakauer.

I stand with him in reagrd to the commercialization of Everest.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Mt. Everest is one of my pet peeves.
Every few months there is a story about somebody climbing Mt. Everest. BIg F'N DEAL!
Yes, it's a huge mountain. I. Get. It.
But all these Caucasian climbers think its some major to do when ascend the summit.
Nevermind the ****ing Sherpas who got them there have mounted that mother ****er more than a drunk sorority chick after a keg party.
The god damned Sherpas have guide services all over Kathmandu... what's the big deal with climbing Everest? I hope this cell phone thing ends the mystique.

rant over

It'll rip your lungs out, Jim.

Read Krakauer.

True. But K2 is much more difficult and dangerous.

 

[User 1019]

Mt. Everest is one of my pet peeves.
Every few months there is a story about somebody climbing Mt. Everest. BIg F'N DEAL!
Yes, it's a huge mountain. I. Get. It.
But all these Caucasian climbers think its some major to do when ascend the summit.
Nevermind the ****ing Sherpas who got them there have mounted that mother ****er more than a drunk sorority chick after a keg party.
The god damned Sherpas have guide services all over Kathmandu... what's the big deal with climbing Everest? I hope this cell phone thing ends the mystique.

rant over

Haul your ass up it. Then ***** about it. Until then, STFU.

 

[beefncheddar]

Line in the book that really struck me (I guess because I'd never thought about it before):

He's near the top and mentions that he's standing above where 747s are flying.

 

[BYH]

"Hey honey it's me. Yeah I changed my mind. This climb's a *****. Can you come pick me up?"

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Mt. Everest is one of my pet peeves.
Every few months there is a story about somebody climbing Mt. Everest. BIg F'N DEAL!
Yes, it's a huge mountain. I. Get. It.
But all these Caucasian climbers think its some major to do when ascend the summit.
Nevermind the ****ing Sherpas who got them there have mounted that mother ****er more than a drunk sorority chick after a keg party.
The god damned Sherpas have guide services all over Kathmandu... what's the big deal with climbing Everest? I hope this cell phone thing ends the mystique.

rant over

Haul your ass up it. Then ***** about it. Until then, STFU.

I'm NOT saying I could do it ...
My point is that sherpas climb the thing all the time...so why is it a big deal when non-sherpas do it?

Quietly go **** off.

 

[Write-brained]

Phhptt. Get back to me when they put a McD's up there. Then maybe I'll climb up there, and by climb I mean take a cab.

 

[mike311gd]

No one will believe you climbed the mountain without a picture message. Duh.

 

[Beaker]

I think maybe I'd want an iPod with me, so I could have a soundtrack going up.

 

[Diabeetus]

I think maybe I'd want an iPod with me, so I could have a soundtrack going up.

Hahaha. What song would you pick to play when you reach the summit?

 

[Beaker]

Not sure about the summit, but since the last thing I should be doing is climbing Everest, I was thinking along the lines of "All I Need is a Miracle," by Mike and the Mechanics (Yeah, I know, it's a cheesy song, but it was the first thing that came to my head).

 

[slappy4428]

Wouldn't a satellite phone work just as well?

 

[Bubbler]

Just killin' more bees is all we're accomplishin'.

 

[Beaker]

I think maybe I'd want an iPod with me, so I could have a soundtrack going up.

Hahaha. What song would you pick to play when you reach the summit?

Dude. That's a no-brainer:

Haha, well-played.

 

[John]

Would roaming charges apply? If not there, then where?

Do roaming charges even exist anymore?

 

[jlee]

Dangit. Now I have to go rent Rocky IV again.

 

[User 1019]

Mt. Everest is one of my pet peeves.
Every few months there is a story about somebody climbing Mt. Everest. BIg F'N DEAL!
Yes, it's a huge mountain. I. Get. It.
But all these Caucasian climbers think its some major to do when ascend the summit.
Nevermind the ****ing Sherpas who got them there have mounted that mother ****er more than a drunk sorority chick after a keg party.
The god damned Sherpas have guide services all over Kathmandu... what's the big deal with climbing Everest? I hope this cell phone thing ends the mystique.

rant over

Haul your ass up it. Then ***** about it. Until then, STFU.

I'm NOT saying I could do it ...
My point is that sherpas climb the thing all the time...so why is it a big deal when non-sherpas do it?

Quietly go **** off.

Yes. It's still a big F'n deal.