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couchmaster
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 11, 2008 - 02:50pm PT
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http://mounteverest.net/news.php?id=17097
North side will be closed for some political maneuver that relates to the Olympic games, despite earlier denials from the Chinese Gov't that this would not occur.
BTW, during trip to China last year, I was surprised to hear from a former Communist party member that it is well known within China that the Mainland Communist Chinese will also be attacking and invading Taiwan within 5 years. Not a joke.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Mar 11, 2008 - 03:11pm PT
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When that is done and the base camp development project is complete there will be hotels, restaurants, places for climbers to sell autographs to help defray expedition costs.
Phase II is direct road to summit and
This Car Climbed Mt. Everest
bumper stickers.
Photo kiosk at the top.
Hilary style pictures in 5 minutes.
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morphus
Mountain climber
Angleland
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Mar 11, 2008 - 04:09pm PT
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building a road? is this for all the gas necessary to keep the olympic flame alight all the way to the summit?
they naively think banning climbing will stop the free Tibet protestors, but little do they know that Bjork is planning to fly in by 'copter to perform 'declare independence' (unplugged), followed by throwing the torch off, and everything that she finds lying around
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Mar 11, 2008 - 04:42pm PT
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The will be a Hilary burger available at the step. Have it your way, with or without oxygen.
And Italian ice at Khumbu.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Mar 11, 2008 - 05:27pm PT
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Tibet just can't keep it's nasty little self out of things can it? Uhh..wait, that's western China, or..er...Damn Chinese!
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Ricardo Cabeza
climber
Meyers,CA
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Mar 11, 2008 - 05:31pm PT
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Can I play skee-ball and Whack-a-Mole in the new arcade at basecamp? Just asking, cause last time was such a bore.
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cintune
climber
Penn's Woods
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Mar 11, 2008 - 05:39pm PT
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And the sherpa can build casinos with complimentary O2 bars and David Lee Roth shows. Party Time on the Roof of the World.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Mar 11, 2008 - 06:24pm PT
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I'm waitn' for the on-location TV series to be shot there--following DLR, of course.
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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Mar 11, 2008 - 06:31pm PT
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A rotating restaurant at the summit would be sweet.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Mar 11, 2008 - 06:41pm PT
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I am waiting for somebody to call me out on my BS.
Funny how we take certain things for granted.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Mar 11, 2008 - 10:11pm PT
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I say we close Mt. Rushmore. We need a response that tells them we mean business.
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sketchyy
Trad climber
Vagrant
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Mar 12, 2008 - 11:18am PT
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graniteclimber, there is a good story in alpinist about this.
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wbw
climber
'cross the great divide
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Mar 12, 2008 - 11:49am PT
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Ok Trad, I'll call you out. Khumbu is on the other side of the mountain. You'll have to set up your Italian ice stand somewhere else to fit into the Chinese developement scheme.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Mar 12, 2008 - 12:08pm PT
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wbw - thanks. That was just an error of ignorance on my part. :-)
There is still more...
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Mar 12, 2008 - 12:12pm PT
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Even back as a designer traveling in Taiwan/Hong Kong(when still under Britain) and China, it was understood that China had every intention of taking care of Taiwan.
What seems odd to me is how, during the cold war and even now, the US policy is so overtly anti-Communist, but opening/developing and maintaining relationships with China, a Communist-governed country, is "different" and okay.
Don't get me wrong - I have met many, many wonderful Chinese citizens, and I wish them all the best. I'm talking political. To compare an average Chinese citizen as a representative of China is as to compare me as representing the leaders of the US.
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cintune
climber
Penn's Woods
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Mar 12, 2008 - 12:20pm PT
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Nixon started that.
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