Snowboarding Mt. Everest

[snowboarding_bear]

somthin i was thinkin

i want to board everest..but not hike it..can i take a plane to the top, jump out w/ my boar n a parachute dump the parachute(have someone else take it) n board down?since iwouldntb up there for to long?
i mean...i doubt id have to acclimate right?

idk if iwould even enter "the death zone" (26,000ft +) but year everest is 29,029 ft

[BadMongo]

yea go for it dude

[EKOSone]

somthin i was thinkin

i want to board everest..but not hike it..can i take a plane to the top, jump out w/ my boar n a parachute dump the parachute(have someone else take it) n board down?since iwouldntb up there for to long?
i mean...i doubt id have to acclimate right?

idk if iwould even enter "the death zone" (26,000ft +) but year everest is 29,029 ft

you won't be able to do this. to even try and summit everest its upwards of 60 grand. And a plane can't drop you off and helicopters can't get that high. Plus, that amount of energy you'd have to exert trying to do this would kill you. Not to mention the sheer terrain of everest is hardly conducive to riding.

[snowboarding_bear]

you won't be able to do this. to even try and summit everest its upwards of 60 grand. And a plane can't drop you off and helicopters can't get that high. Plus, that amount of energy you'd have to exert trying to do this would kill you. Not to mention the sheer terrain of everest is hardly conducive to riding.

y wouldnt a plane b able to drop me off?

hell then ill have to hike it n board down it...

[EKOSone]

y wouldnt a plane b able to drop me off?

hell then ill have to hike it n board down it...

stop and think about this for a minute. a plane going 500+ mph and you skydiving at that elevation. really? how is a plane going to drop you off? that makes no sense. where is a plane going to land?

[Nevereversummer]

The air is too thin for a helicopter to get up that high, and that would be some mad accuracy for a plane to drop you off.
I know that you're kidding.

[snowboarding_bear]

stop and think about this for a minute. a plane going 500+ mph and you skydiving at that elevation. really? how is a plane going to drop you off? that makes no sense. where is a plane going to land?

im talkin little bush plane not boeing 747...the normal skydiving plane somthing small(puddle jumper) but yeah...it wouldnt need to land b/c i would be jumping out w/ a parachute

[EKOSone]

im talkin little bush plane not boeing 747...the normal skydiving plane somthing small(puddle jumper) but yeah...it wouldnt need to land b/c i would be jumping out w/ a parachute

1. those little bush planes can't go 30000 feet.
2. you wouldn't be able to handle the altitude to jump out the plane. high altitude jumps are something that very few people can even attempt.
3. imagine jumping out of a plane onto a sheer face of a mountain with that type of precision. yeah. good luck.

its not going to work. trust.

[snowboarding_bear]

1. those little bush planes can't go 30000 feet.
2. you wouldn't be able to handle the altitude to jump out the plane. high altitude jumps are something that very few people can even attempt.
3. imagine jumping out of a plane onto a sheer face of a mountain with that type of precision. yeah. good luck.

its not going to work. trust.

i talked to my capt. today(hes a pilot for the airforce) and it is possible...and if u wear protection...its just like normal skydiving...

everest-29,029 ft...a bush plane could do that

and landing on a mountain isnt that hard..everest is flatish at the peak where camp is...

[Fae]

I'm putting all of these posts into their own thread.

Continue debating.

[M/W_Rider_08]

OK.. im not gonna lie to you, its been tried. there was an article about it in transworld snow like last year. A guy earned his turns the old fashioned way and hiked to the top of everest, then strapped in a rode down. They talked about how this guy was an expert at big mountain riding, and had been doing it all over for years. basically what happened is the guys he climbed with watched him untill he went over a small ridge line and out their sight, then no on ever saw him or again. He never shecked in at the bottom, or anywhere else. They obviosly never found his body due to the harsh coditions. I know you were just joking, but this is just a little random info about everest and people saying they want to ride it.(believe me, your not the only one who would want to if there was asafe way to do it)

[BearAssLodge]

Bush planes cannot reach 30,000 feet. My uncle was a cessna pilot. a cessna 180's service ceiling is 20,000 feet, and its max ceiling isnt that much higher. even a more powerful plane, say the DHC-6 twin otter, has a service ceiling of 26,700 feet. the air is too thin for prop planes. and the likelyhood of landing on the mountain is slim to none, the air is thin, meaning youll hit the ground hard. basicly you cant do it, not even if your joking.

[BearAssLodge]

Not to mention the storms and intense wind on the mountain making it impossible to land on it with a parachute.

[RideLsDh]

OK.. im not gonna lie to you, its been tried. there was an article about it in transworld snow like last year. A guy earned his turns the old fashioned way and hiked to the top of everest, then strapped in a rode down. They talked about how this guy was an expert at big mountain riding, and had been doing it all over for years. basically what happened is the guys he climbed with watched him untill he went over a small ridge line and out their sight, then no on ever saw him or again. He never shecked in at the bottom, or anywhere else. They obviosly never found his body due to the harsh coditions. I know you were just joking, but this is just a little random info about everest and people saying they want to ride it.(believe me, your not the only one who would want to if there was asafe way to do it)

I read that article.

They had his memorial at the base of Everest and like at the end his tracks appeared through the clouds...it was crazy.

[M/W_Rider_08]

I read that article.

They had his memorial at the base of Everest and like at the end his tracks appeared through the clouds...it was crazy.


Ya i forgot about that. You could see his tracks from the base where they held the memorial... that was crazy. good call... i gotta go find that article and reread it

[RomeRider101]

ya just face it, its impossible, plus i doubt you would be able to handle it. not traashin ur skills but i dont think any of us could

[SnoChica]

The other thing to think about is acclimatization... There is a reason why climbers climb Everest slowly and steadily. Your body can't handle changes in altitude THAT high without severe problems. Even if you did get that high and started descending quickly on a board, you'd probably kill yourself. It takes weeks for a person to climb Everest because they need to adjust.

[irideROMEnow]

on the february 06(volume 19) transworldsnowboarding theres an article about Marco Siffredi snowboarding down Mt. everest. unfortunately he died.

[M/W_Rider_08]

ya thats the article me and RideLsDh were talkin about

[irideROMEnow]

oh i didnt see that.. i didnt mean to post again but, snowboarding down everest is impossible.... and it would be too much work hiking lol

[SHAKEDOWNtonight]

hm..maybe its not impossible..this article says that he actually made it once, and died on his second attempt on a more difficult line...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/09/0927_020927_siffredi.html

[snowboarding_bear]

ill still try..even if i die! lol...

thatll leave a mark on the world...young, crazy, and dumb....strikes again lol

[burton brder]

someone did try to snowboard everest one time...and he died!!!!

[Type_0]

there has been 2 people to do it. the guy who died did the "easyer" side of the mountain the first time, then he tried the hearder side and died. the other just did a 3rd side of it or something like that.

it was in a snowboarding mag i have, but i cant find it.

[Clash360]

you wouldnt be able to parachute onto it, it would be to windy and the landing would be too hard. and the terrain is insane, especially the higher you go. i would say dont do it.

[burton brder]

there has been 2 people to do it. the guy who died did the "easyer" side of the mountain the first time, then he tried the hearder side and died. the other just did a 3rd side of it or something like that.

it was in a snowboarding mag i have, but i cant find it.

Yea that's where I heard about it. I think it was in SNOWBOARD or maybe transworld.

[dubster]

Bear dude, you really are nuts :loony:
Interestin thread though, good one for startin the topic :D

Respect to the guy managing it once but dying 2nd time round!
*not worthy* Dubs'

[djstealth]

so yeah this kid (which is missing presumed dead and most likely DEAD anyway) he was this big mountain rider from Europe, he managed to go down the everest once but there was a catch to it, I think he either did not go down from the summit or made stops on the way down, either way he took the "easy" way. His next attemp was on the "hard" way and was supposedly going to take him like 8 hours on the way down, they lost sight of him at some point and that's the last they know about him, tough it got pretty freaky tough because there are many people claiming to have seen him standing on the face of the mountain as if looking downhill while other people saw his tracks, either way he didn't show up on base camp or any camp for instance.

OK so back to the question, no you wont be able to do it, in theory it is possible but thats like doing a stunt based on computer simulation and no actual data, there are many things you have to consider but not limited to:

1) What method are you going to use, helicopters can't go that high, and most likely most if not all prop planes can't go that high either, you next options either a jet plane or a balloon

A) a jet plane is too risky not to say nearly impossible due to the speed and the thin air, plus air currents and overall harsh conditions. As I said before is possible in theory and with a very thin margin of success/very wide margin for error

B) balloon is your bes bet but you'll have to consider air currents and harsh conditions, still possible on paper.


2) landing will have an even bigger room for error and a smaller room for success, yeah I know you can't miss a mountain that big but, you can't land anywhere you want either, we are not talking about a valley here but more like glacier with crevices, ice, rocks and **** so steep you farts go downhill. And then come the "Summit landing" issue, ok the summit may be flat but we don't have a football field up there, if is flat is more like a house parking garage, can you aim and actually land there? and once you land you gotta remember that you are gonna have your snowboard either strapped to your feet or on your back so is not only going to be uncomfortable but even more difficult to land and then you have to remember that you have a parachute strapped to you that is of course if you make it to the landing considering that the air is so thin you'll either have a HARD landing or most likely will fall so fast you will land somewhere down or can even be blown away, That is of course if a HAHO JUMP will be possible on the first place.


3) Physiological issue, your body is not made out of titanium and you are not a cartoon character, for instance the high altitude will put A HUGE AMOUNT of stress on your body, most likely you would have to acclimate yourself to the environment before the stunt, and on top of that due to so much activity you most likely are gonna have to wear a pressure suit( for the high altitude) and an oxygen mask (for the thin amount of oxygen available). You are gonna end up looking more like an astronaut strapped to a snowboard.


4) then is the issue about mountain conditions, in a mountain that high conditions are changing by the minute. Then there is crevices, ice and avalanches. By the way that kid that died trying is presumed to have died under an avalanche.

5) do you have the money for it? cause if just hiking the everest is over $60k, imagine hiking up to acclimate yourself, going down, then getting a transport for the jump, between equipment and training, isn't is just better to get season passes to every resort in the US including Canada and Europe, most likely even New Zealand and South America, and make a snowboard year trip, I'm sure you'll have more fun and waste less money, plus you won't get such a bad sun tan from climbing that high.

[Baz3001]

^ Uh yeah, what he said. The amount of training people do before they try to climb everest is immense... You just gonna hop out of a plane and ride down? You will die.

[Type_0]

^^well. that pretty much sums it all up....

[Burton Doom]

You could actually use a ballon and go up to about maybe 30500 feet then jump off that onto the sumit on a not windy day and you might be able to land on the top but then you would die cuz I doubt your a good enough snowboarder. You could always do the first 10000 feet though that would be sick. Going from the top is straight up dumb as hell you got a 99% chance of dying. Espically when your from florida haha.

[snowboarding_bear]

woah woah woah dont u b startin crap about me bein from florida ive been snowboardin since 1-2 grade

nd duh i would acclimate a little bit, im not that stupid ive done a crap load of research...

and to do it out of a plane,(u dont need a jet) all you have to do is de-pressurize the cabin, and keep the cockpit pressurized..
landing on a place about the size of my garage,,easy...considering how when you parachute/skydive your are supposed to be able to land on a target 5 ft in diameter

[dubster]

Agreed, djstealth does it again :D
Still you gotta admit it's a cool thought, if completely impractical & not doable.

[djstealth]

woah woah woah dont u b startin crap about me bein from florida ive been snowboardin since 1-2 grade

nd duh i would acclimate a little bit, im not that stupid ive done a crap load of research...

and to do it out of a plane,(u dont need a jet) all you have to do is de-pressurize the cabin, and keep the cockpit pressurized..
landing on a place about the size of my garage,,easy...considering how when you parachute/skydive your are supposed to be able to land on a target 5 ft in diameter

is not a matter of depressurizing the cabin bro, propeller planes and helicopters work under the same basic principle, an engine creates circular movement, the circular movement is then transfered to a set of spinning blades that for instance push and suck air at the same time working on the same manner as a fan, in essence they are really strong fans, if is a helicopter they'll push the air downwards to create huge amounts of lift if is a prop plane the push the air towards the tail creating a push, thus moving the plane and eventually increasing its speed so the wings can do their job. The issue at high altitudes and the reason why prop planes and helicopter have a service or maximum ceiling is that the air is so thin there is not much air for the spinning blades to push, even jet engines have a maximum ceiling that mostly due to thin air and oxygen too but is higher than prop planes or helicopters.

Now landing on a small spot is easy, in solid ground plus is just something they tell you to do if some current pushes you away fine you land somewhere else, if you are doing a stunt that big you can't land anywhere else.

and no you won't have to acclimate yourself a little, more like a lot, 'nd I' ain' rantin' 'bout tha' fac't yer from Flo'rida bo', but it happ'ns tha't Flo'rida is at see' leva'l 'nd tha' ev'rst mount'n is at ova' 18000 ft aboove see' leva'l

[Burton Doom]

woah woah woah dont u b startin crap about me bein from florida ive been snowboardin since 1-2 grade

nd duh i would acclimate a little bit, im not that stupid ive done a crap load of research...

and to do it out of a plane,(u dont need a jet) all you have to do is de-pressurize the cabin, and keep the cockpit pressurized..
landing on a place about the size of my garage,,easy...considering how when you parachute/skydive your are supposed to be able to land on a target 5 ft in diameter
Im not saying your a bad boarder because your from florida im saying you live 30 feet above the sea so if you went up to everest you would have a massive altitude change. seriously though if you expect to land on the summit with some accuracy because there could be no winds up there or you would just keep going for a few hundred miles so if it wasn't windy you should just take a balloon up there because a small plane can barely get up that high if it can at all. The world record sky dives have been from a balloon (over 86000 feet!!!) so if its not windy you can take one of those up to the excat altatue you want and you won't have to jump out a moving object. Idk if you could find a line down everest though i mean you would probably end up running over a hidden crevice and fall 10000 feet down and die but idk about everest lines. If I were you if you really wanted to do it I wouldn't go up all the way I would just go up like half or 20000 and then snowboard that because its not as dangrous as the death zone i mean watch an everest movie that **** is rediculious. Besides it would be safter and you would still get a 15000 foot vertical run. Not too bad...

[asd]

hm..maybe its not impossible..this article says that he actually made it once, and died on his second attempt on a more difficult line...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/09/0927_020927_siffredi.html


Yeah, he did it succesfully in 2001, but then did it again in 2002 when their was more snow on the mountian, and never made it.

Marco Siffredi was his name.

Oh, and he made it from the top of Everest to advanced base camp (2,800 meters) in less than 4 hours...

[segway]

http://www.exumguides.com/news/kocheverest.shtml
he didnt make it from all the way at the top but he rode down and lived, took 10 years of planning
for a regular snowboarder (im not knocking your skills, for all i know youre a true expert) attempting something like this is just not going to work. its rediculously dangerous to hike back down the mountain let alone ride. the logistics of it are just too much, every single thing is working against you , i think this is something best left as a dream.
save the money and time and go heliboarding, not only is it feasible but probably way more fun.

[Matt Carl]

i wouldnt do for the simple fact waaayyyy to dangerous for me. probably alaska backcountry is the limit if even for me.

[littlelostdope]

i noticed many of you stated that he'd have to get used to the high pressure quickly. this is also true for when he's riding back down. releaving pressure from the body quickly is as harmful to the body as putting pressure on the body quickly.

[RomeRider101]

ill still try..even if i die! lol...

thatll leave a mark on the world...young, crazy, and dumb....strikes again lol


young crazy and dumb..that happens 3,000,000 times a day

[Jibberific]

Even if it was logistically possible, which it's not, NOBODY is going to take a 16 year old kid up there, in a plane, helicopter, whatever. And unless you're independently wealthy, which you're not, there is no way in hell you're even getting to nepal in the first place.

[Type_0]

we just love cutting down peoples dreams here at sba, dont we...... :-D

[dubster]

lmao Type_0 :D

[snowboarding_bear]

Even if it was logistically possible, which it's not, NOBODY is going to take a 16 year old kid up there, in a plane, helicopter, whatever. And unless you're independently wealthy, which you're not, there is no way in hell you're even getting to nepal in the first place.

maybe you should really start paying attention?

when i graduate


idiots these days...

[snowboarding_bear]

is not a matter of depressurizing the cabin bro, propeller planes and helicopters work under the same basic principle, an engine creates circular movement, the circular movement is then transfered to a set of spinning blades that for instance push and suck air at the same time working on the same manner as a fan, in essence they are really strong fans, if is a helicopter they'll push the air downwards to create huge amounts of lift if is a prop plane the push the air towards the tail creating a push, thus moving the plane and eventually increasing its speed so the wings can do their job. The issue at high altitudes and the reason why prop planes and helicopter have a service or maximum ceiling is that the air is so thin there is not much air for the spinning blades to push, even jet engines have a maximum ceiling that mostly due to thin air and oxygen too but is higher than prop planes or helicopters.

Now landing on a small spot is easy, in solid ground plus is just something they tell you to do if some current pushes you away fine you land somewhere else, if you are doing a stunt that big you can't land anywhere else.

and no you won't have to acclimate yourself a little, more like a lot, 'nd I' ain' rantin' 'bout tha' fac't yer from Flo'rida bo', but it happ'ns tha't Flo'rida is at see' leva'l 'nd tha' ev'rst mount'n is at ova' 18000 ft aboove see' leva'l

whats up with the pretend accent?

i have literally...no accent im from the boonies in newyork

fyi everest is 29,0035ft
n i know how a plane works...its pretty much just common sense you notice that right?and the major thing is depressurizing the cabin..if not, you get sucked out, have such a extreme pressure change you black out, and since you would be up higher than 26,000 ft thats the death zone you would basically start dieing as soon as you got out of the plane by your body eating away your tissue

[Burton Doom]

If I were you I would still just do part of it cuz you would get a lot of rides and they would still be like 2000 meters.

[tehsam]

im sorry but the air is so thin up there and its sooooo cold i dont think you could do it....heres a quote from a man who climbed everest "once you get up to the top its so hard to breath its like putting a straw in your mouth and runing up and down the stairs a hundred times breathing through it.." imagine snowboarding in tough terrain such as that......

[punkrock89]

Psh... snowboard down Everest. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Know innertubing down Everest, that's be hardcore! ...And just have a giant quarter pipe at the base where I come down, and I'll simetainleously break a world record for biggest air on an innertube!

[pvllbum]

Psh... snowboard down Everest. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Know innertubing down Everest, that's be hardcore! ...And just have a giant quarter pipe at the base where I come down, and I'll simetainleously break a world record for biggest air on an innertube!

****in a....damn you 10 character rule

[snowboarding_bear]

Psh... snowboard down Everest. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Know innertubing down Everest, that's be hardcore! ...And just have a giant quarter pipe at the base where I come down, and I'll simetainleously break a world record for biggest air on an innertube!

dude...tubbin down it would be awesome

[vthao91]

Dude that sounds nice.

[Mosh2k2]

y wouldnt a plane b able to drop me off?

hell then ill have to hike it n board down it...

You ever hiked with snowboard gear? Its ****ing heavy. You wouldnt make it to the base camp with all that gear, not to mention summit.

[SHAKEDOWNtonight]

^^thats what sherpas are for

[asd]

You ever hiked with snowboard gear? Its ****ing heavy. You wouldnt make it to the base camp with all that gear, not to mention summit.

Are you serious dude!

You got snowboard boots in your backpack unless you just put crampons on your boots, and a snowboard thats it.

You ever go hiking for a week? Tents, stove, food, water (well you wouldn't need water on Everest), clothes, and all the radios you would need and ****, thats the **** you would need to worry about.

[Mosh2k2]

Are you serious dude!

You got snowboard boots in your backpack unless you just put crampons on your boots, and a snowboard thats it.

You ever go hiking for a week? Tents, stove, food, water (well you wouldn't need water on Everest), clothes, and all the radios you would need and ****, thats the **** you would need to worry about.

I am not saying its not possible, I am just sayind that there is no way that
snowboarding_bear would be able to make it up. I am not dissing him or anything, but I dont think many people understand what goes into summiting Everest.

[dirtyjerz]

altitude. the one thing that makes it impossible. althoguh in transworld there was something on it. i have the issue aroudn here somewhere

[Type_0]

altitude. the one thing that makes it impossible. althoguh in transworld there was something on it. i have the issue aroudn here somewhere
read the whole thread before posting people. kthanks.

[snowboarding_bear]

read the whole thread before posting people. kthanks.

dang

did you hear that whip? haha

[punkrock89]

umm... you do need water on Everast. There's only ice and snow up there, which means in order to get the water you need, you would have to melt a bunch of snow in order to stay hydrated. You also are going to have to carry oxygen with you, a tent, food, medical supplies, climbing gear, ect. Now, to carry all that stuff (which I've heard is about a total of 30-40lbs.) and add on a snowboard and boots (because the boots you use to climb are completely different than snowboard boots). ...And being able to board down with all that crap with you??? It's damn near impossible.

[Mosh2k2]

umm... you do need water on Everast. There's only ice and snow up there, which means in order to get the water you need, you would have to melt a bunch of snow in order to stay hydrated. You also are going to have to carry oxygen with you, a tent, food, medical supplies, climbing gear, ect. Now, to carry all that stuff (which I've heard is about a total of 30-40lbs.) and add on a snowboard and boots (because the boots you use to climb are completely different than snowboard boots). ...And being able to board down with all that crap with you??? It's damn near impossible.

Exactly what I was saying.

[snowboarding_bear]

umm... you do need water on Everast. There's only ice and snow up there, which means in order to get the water you need, you would have to melt a bunch of snow in order to stay hydrated. You also are going to have to carry oxygen with you, a tent, food, medical supplies, climbing gear, ect. Now, to carry all that stuff (which I've heard is about a total of 30-40lbs.) and add on a snowboard and boots (because the boots you use to climb are completely different than snowboard boots). ...And being able to board down with all that crap with you??? It's damn near impossible.

you wouldnt need water...
if you have a little coleman grilltop thing you just set a lil pan on there
med supplies? eh maybe some pills n crap
you dont carry oxegen until 26,000 feet the sherpas(sp) carry it to the highbase camp same with the climbing gear

[punkrock89]

Are you really going to stop every hour or so, take your gear out, fire up a stove, dig up some snow, melt it, and then drink warm water? Oh, and not only that, but since water is more dense than ice (which is why ice floats), the amount of snow you gather to melt will never be the same amount of water you get. And you won't be able to go through all that stuff every time you need water.

[dirtyjerz]

read the whole thread before posting people. kthanks.

well altitude is the only problem all the other things kind of are undertones of it.

[snowboarding_bear]

Are you really going to stop every hour or so, take your gear out, fire up a stove, dig up some snow, melt it, and then drink warm water? Oh, and not only that, but since water is more dense than ice (which is why ice floats), the amount of snow you gather to melt will never be the same amount of water you get. And you won't be able to go through all that stuff every time you need water.

Or you just have a donkey carry it! or a sherpa

[punkrock89]

Uhh... a donkey can only take you so far. In order to even climb Everast, you have to be in top physical condition, have very good survival skills, a sharp mind, and plenty of balls. Even if you have all of those, you can still easily die (many people do).

[snowboarding_bear]

Uhh... a donkey can only take you so far. In order to even climb Everast, you have to be in top physical condition, have very good survival skills, a sharp mind, and plenty of balls. Even if you have all of those, you can still easily die (many people do).

not that many ppl die...

k2 a crap load of ppl die...u have a less than a 20% chance of makin it

[punkrock89]

Where is K2 at anyway? I know Everast is in Nepal (that is the country, right?).

[snowboarding_bear]

Where is K2 at anyway? I know Everast is in Nepal (that is the country, right?).

k2 is in the himalayas(sp) w/ everest
o n i just got this from a web site

How big is the risk?

This is a difficuly question, and the statistics can hardly supply an argument. Many beginners, completely lacking any mountaineering experience, were successful - beginners' luck or good planning? Many well-known mountaineers, often with several Everest ascents, came to death there - too ambitious, or just bad luck?

[punkrock89]

Maybe it's that the beginners take so many precautions, and the experts have a bigger ego, so may be less cautious.

[snowboarding_bear]

Maybe it's that the beginners take so many precautions, and the experts have a bigger ego, so may be less cautious.

or b/c it doesnt really matter if ur good or bad b/c so many people have hiked it

[Anyrailanyday]

lol. if you do. make a flag that says a snowboard addict has been there.

[snowboarding_bear]

lol. if you do. make a flag that says a snowboard addict has been there.

thats a good idea hahaha
more publicity for sba.com

[Clash360]

^^yeah because so many people snowboard down everest right? lol

[djstealth]

whats up with the pretend accent?

i have literally...no accent im from the boonies in newyork

fyi everest is 29,0035ft
n i know how a plane works...its pretty much just common sense you notice that right?and the major thing is depressurizing the cabin..if not, you get sucked out, have such a extreme pressure change you black out, and since you would be up higher than 26,000 ft thats the death zone you would basically start dieing as soon as you got out of the plane by your body eating away your tissue



Aweeeeeeeeesome... where is the boonies?


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I'm saying depressurizing the cabin should be the last of your worries, I mean of course if you don't do it you are an idiot, but the biggest concern you should have is, getting to the top in one piece. All right scratch the whole idea of jumping outta of a plane or balloon and then parachuting yourself to the summit is not a james bond movie or an agent cory banks one either. Don't you think that this kid Sifredi would have done it before and saved himself the climbing??

[snowboarding_bear]

Aweeeeeeeeesome... where is the boonies?


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I'm saying depressurizing the cabin should be the last of your worries, I mean of course if you don't do it you are an idiot, but the biggest concern you should have is, getting to the top in one piece. All right scratch the whole idea of jumping outta of a plane or balloon and then parachuting yourself to the summit is not a james bond movie or an agent cory banks one either. Don't you think that this kid Sifredi would have done it before and saved himself the climbing??

boonies-lansing...tully
not really...climbing would be a crap load cheaper,not as fun if u ask me tho

[Type_0]

with enough money, anyone can climb everest.watched a whole document about hoe much trash is on the mountain, cuz once you dont need something, your not going to keep carying, you throw it wherever, andthe guides are more like babysitters, they help you with everything, and you realy dont have to carry that much.

but to snowboard down it would be hard, but hey, if its your dream, go for it, dont let any of us stop you.

[djstealth]

boohoo!...

[asd]

Are you really going to stop every hour or so, take your gear out, fire up a stove, dig up some snow, melt it, and then drink warm water? Oh, and not only that, but since water is more dense than ice (which is why ice floats), the amount of snow you gather to melt will never be the same amount of water you get. And you won't be able to go through all that stuff every time you need water.

They make this thing that will help you out. Their called waterbottles. Waterbottles + body heat = water doesn't freeze again. Melting snow doesn't take much work, and if you heat it only till its melted, its still cold! And if your climbing mount everest, you might want hot water! And Snow is very abundant up their, I don't think you would run out.

Pluss their are butane stoves that weigh less than a pound, and take 1 minute to get out, set up, and get lighted if their not packed in deep in your pack. Have you ever been hiking for a week and had to cary all your equipment? Didn't think so.

If you stopped trying to be so scientific, and smartass, maybe you would realize that getting water on Everest is one of the easier places to get water. (hiking through the desert without water would be a bitch!)

Thats how they get water on mount everest. Their NOT going to frickin carry a week or more worth of water on their back. And I would imagine that stopping every 2 hours on mount everest would not be a bad idea, and alot of people probably do it because its tiring as hell.

[snowboarding_bear]

Have you ever been hiking for a week and had to cary all your equipment? Didn't think so.

If you stopped trying to be so scientific, and smartass, maybe you would realize that getting water on Everest is one of the easier places to get water. (hiking through the desert without water would be a bitch!)



um..


as a very wise person once said

"BURN!!!"

[surfninja]

yeah its not gunna happen unless you climb it. your dropping out of a plane idea is just not going to work. I was watching some show on discovery hd theatre about this guy who ski'd down it in the 70's. But he only did little parts at a time.

[Anyrailanyday]

or as an even wiser person than that said...
" i think you need some ice for that BURRRNN!!!"

[snowboarding_bear]

yeah its not gunna happen unless you climb it. your dropping out of a plane idea is just not going to work. I was watching some show on discovery hd theatre about this guy who ski'd down it in the 70's. But he only did little parts at a time.
dude you are like 3 pages late...

or as an even wiser person than that said...
" i think you need some ice for that BURRRNN!!!"

what about vasoline?

and who is wiser than mike kelso?(from that 70's sho)

[Anyrailanyday]

an even wiser person was the little asian who lived on top of a cliff.

[snowboarding_bear]

an even wiser person was the little asian who lived on top of a cliff.


huh?
(god dang i hate the 10 character rule...but dang...i love budwieser..and taquila

[Mosh2k2]

i love budwieser..and taquila

Dude, that just added to an amazing day.

[snowboarding_bear]

Dude, that just added to an amazing day.
how so?
freaking
10
letter
rule

[Mosh2k2]

how so?
freaking
10
letter
rule

I was seshing all day with the Rome guys at the Stoken event. It was dope.

[HnE_v2]

Screw tubes. Be real hardcore...use a lunch tray.

[snowboarding_bear]

or a trash can lid lol

[djstealth]

or a car hood!

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you guys do use car hoods dont you??

[snowridermt420]

if your harcore enough

[THeJoNMAN]

is it possible?

[boarder234]

that would be ****in insane! i would deff go with u lol

[djstealth]

we used to do that when it snowed in NYC
you get like 6 people on a car hood
before you know it that thing wil crash against a tree or a rock and start spinning
then you see bodies fliying out
6 got in the ride only one rode victorious

[asd]

Ever ride down the hill on an upside down picnic table?

its rediculous.

[Mosh2k2]

Ever ride down the hill on an upside down picnic table?

its rediculous.

lol, that would be dope

[advres]

It's been done on skis. In the 70's. Actually a very good documentary to watch.

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Skied-Down-Everest/dp/B000777HU2

This guy also straight-lines Mount Fuji in the movie.

[boarder234]

its been done on a snowboard too! dont any of u read tws? there was a story about it. i forget wat the guys name was, but on one of the decents he was never seen again. they say if u fall u die and im guessing he fell. they couldnt even find his snowboard tracks.

[advres]

its been done on a snowboard too! dont any of u read tws? there was a story about it. i forget wat the guys name was, but on one of the decents he was never seen again. they say if u fall u die and im guessing he fell. they couldnt even find his snowboard tracks.

Ha, we're making a movie named that... "You Fall, You Die"

[Nevereversummer]

Ever ride down the hill on an upside down picnic table?

its rediculous.
It's sooooo much fun. Even more fun to attempt to steer.

[Snow Kitty]

OK.. im not gonna lie to you, its been tried. there was an article about it in transworld snow like last year. A guy earned his turns the old fashioned way and hiked to the top of everest, then strapped in a rode down. They talked about how this guy was an expert at big mountain riding, and had been doing it all over for years. basically what happened is the guys he climbed with watched him untill he went over a small ridge line and out their sight, then no on ever saw him or again. He never shecked in at the bottom, or anywhere else. They obviosly never found his body due to the harsh coditions. I know you were just joking, but this is just a little random info about everest and people saying they want to ride it.(believe me, your not the only one who would want to if there was asafe way to do it)

That has to send a chill up your spine! As much I would LOVE to do Mt. Everest. but I know I will NEVER make it even 1/5 the way!

[boarder234]

maybe u should try alaska first. lol

[Randaddy]

Stephen Koch of Jackson, Wyoming has snowboarded Mt. Everest and the highest peak on each of the other 6 continents.

[ohmyitspartytime]

ah i think it's worth it just for the pu ssy you'd get afterwords

[stuckintexas]

that would be totally insane

[Fianny]

even if it was possible to board down everest what about the cost?? it would be unbelievably expensive to get there and hire a plane to ditch you at the top and all for the sake of one run?! ok so one IMMENSE run but maybe just try a new resort?

[get me out of GA]

you have to hike up that ****. The only planes that'll go that high cant take a pit stop on the top of the peaks, and heli's cant go that high. Hike that bitch and die on the way down.


Why did I even get into this, I thought it was the dumbest thread........

[snowboarding_bear]

lol if it was/is the dumbest thread...how is it still going on?

[get me out of GA]

dumb people...... duh

[Roachy]

http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/snow/features/article/0,26719,1159293,00.html

Here is the link for Marco Siffredi, the first to ride down Everest. The first attempt counted, however there was no snow below ABC (Advance Base Camp) therefore he was not able to ride all the way down. This did count as the first time, however he didn't meet his own personal goal.

The second attempt, he did not make and has never been seen again.

[Enoduolc]

Man, **** Everest, I bet its like the ice coast up there since its soo damn cold, all ice prolly. Yeah, screw that, I'm going to snowboard down one of the mountains on Jupiter's moons, thats where its at yo. ha ha JK btw, but yeah, if you ever snowboard down everest... wait till your older so you at least got to board mountains in alaska and austria... cuz if ya die... then ya wont be able to board anymore ha ha.

[SnoChica]

The Alipne Wasp is being created in NZ to retrieve stranded climers from Everest:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2009993,00.html

[SimonInAustralia]

even if it was possible to board down everest what about the cost?? it would be unbelievably expensive to get there and hire a plane to ditch you at the top and all for the sake of one run?! ok so one IMMENSE run but maybe just try a new resort?It's not about getting some turns in at a resort, it's about taking on a big ass mountain, climbing it, and riding it.

It is the snowboard version of ski-mountaineering, like normal mountaineering, but skiing or snowboarding down.

[Burton Doom]

mmm fried chicken

[Randaddy]

Fried chicken is so good.

[Type_0]

i got mild food poisoning from fried chicken at my gf's prom.

and i know what your thinking... wtf is fried chicken being served at prom... poor senior class. and i mean POOR!

[ftblplyr46]

i got mild food poisoning from fried chicken at my gf's prom.

and i know what your thinking... wtf is fried chicken being served at prom... poor senior class. and i mean POOR!


No, your just ghetto. No use in trying to hide it anymore.

[Burton Doom]

Ghetto fried chicken is the best anyways

[Type_0]

No, your just ghetto. No use in trying to hide it anymore.


my town of lovely northbridge actualy does have 2 ghetto's. ones called "the village" and the others linwood. the cops treat it like the ghetto too, lots of drug dealers in there. but i dont live in that part. anymore.



yeah, so this everest thread kinda died.