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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Jun 23, 2013 - 12:13pm PT
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This was a scare! I have some friends about to head up to the Trangos.
The Nanga Parbat area is very sketchy, now that's apparent.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Jun 23, 2013 - 12:33pm PT
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I'm pretty sure the Pakistani Army will be heading to all the climber base camps as a result of this. Another way of looking at the situation is that our drone program is so effective the militants are taking increasingly irrational and desperate counter measures - unfortunately at the expense of the completely innocent.
Syria is a completely different situation.
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Bay Area , California
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Jun 23, 2013 - 12:46pm PT
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mountain was the last safe place to stayaway from war zone and now,the war zone is moving uphill
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Lambone
Big Wall climber
Ashland, Or
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Jun 23, 2013 - 02:14pm PT
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Jeeze...don't even know what to say. F*#k that...
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jun 23, 2013 - 02:31pm PT
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Lois, er...I mean, Ron...
Howzabout saving your wingnut politi-rants for one of your many other related politi-rant threads?
A bunch of people...climbers...were brutally murdered. Howzabout letting this thread provide a place to mourn their loss?
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Jun 23, 2013 - 02:39pm PT
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Terrorist axxholes just screwed the climbing economy for their fellow countrymen.
True sickos attack the wrong target & accomplish the opposite of what their cause is about.
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steve shea
climber
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Jun 23, 2013 - 02:45pm PT
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Ned Gilette was murdered nearby
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GuapoVino
Trad climber
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Jun 23, 2013 - 03:25pm PT
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I have a friend from Pakistan. He came from a small town on the Afghan border and came her as an exchange student. When he came here he was hard core fundamentalist Muslim and wore the garb, had a long beard, etc.
Within a few years he shaved his beard and became very Americanized and, while still a Muslim, not very hard core about it any more. He decided to go back to visit his family and when he got there he found his hometown full of Mujahadeen fighters that had crossed the border to escape from the Russians. He said everyone was carrying weapons and they had no regard for human life and would kill people with little provocation. His Americanized attire, look and mannerisms made a lot of people mad and word had gotten back to him there there were people talking about killing him so he fled and never went pack.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jun 23, 2013 - 04:52pm PT
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A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault
R.I.P. our climbing bretheren.
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Nepal
Mountain climber
kathmandu
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Jun 23, 2013 - 05:20pm PT
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Deep Condolence to all Tourist who were made weapons for Bargaining including one Nepali High altitude worker .
Good Karma Trekking Family
Kathmandu Nepal
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The guy above
climber
Across the pond
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Jun 23, 2013 - 05:39pm PT
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Terrible news. This is a very sad day indeed.
However, i feel compelled to point out for a touch of accuracy in this thread that the lowlifes responsible for this atrocity are not Taliban, but an "Anti-Iran separatist group" (according to some sources) allegedly backed and financed by the US... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jundallah#United_States
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Jun 23, 2013 - 06:12pm PT
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Jeez, some of you posters are head cases, IMO. Blame it all on Obama. What's next, Roswell? Oh yeah, Obama was there.
Condolences to the dead climbers in Pakistan.
Just watching the Edinburgh Tattoo: Pipes and Drums.
The US Army Drill Team, pretty impressive. Even Jennie, a former well-trained ballerina (RAD, Royal Academy of Dance - speaks volumes of her ability), was impressed by the 'choreography' of the US Army Drill Team.
They were impressive, a tribute to the US Army.
But of course, Obama had nothing to do with their training. Obama is just responsible for all the evils in the world.
Sheesh.
Get a life.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jun 23, 2013 - 06:41pm PT
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In Syria, they are beheading Christians right now.
Jeez. I am tired of religious freaks. They always turn everything into a religious conflict. Too bad we can't box all of them up somewhere and let them kill each other off in the name of their god.
Jeez, some of you posters are head cases, IMO. Blame it all on Obama. What's next, Roswell? Oh yeah, Obama was there.
Get a life.
Yeah, its's unbelievable. We're talking about murdered climbers and the sicko religious fanatics have got to turn it into another regligious-political crusade.
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life is a bivouac
Trad climber
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Jun 23, 2013 - 07:28pm PT
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Just such a waste...
those humans on thr other side of the river, we must stop them...
that family in the next valley has their beliefs all screwed up...
those guys don't eat meat... they wear strange hats; some shave their faces, some don't but i heard they sleep with sheep...
it's their fault there is no rain... our crop has died, we'll starve we'll take theirs... such stupid non humans they are... we know better, we have an alter, we are the exalted ones,we are the One People, our black robed fathers tell us for tens of thousands of years fear of someone different, their smell their language how they eat food or treat crops or animals their children and wifes themselves... don't do that on a seventh day or that on a sixth day don't don't or God will punish us all there is only One way no others smite them down that don't believe never shave never bathe no fish no alcohol no coffee no sex no ham no motors no electricity. the big man takes it all the kalif demands this our emperor taxes it all the kings men have taken my wife his holyness deams it so... zoroasters animists daoists jews protestants mennonites catholics mormons muslim on going the lists of disbelievers... are we so stupid? god and hate
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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Jun 23, 2013 - 08:15pm PT
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f*#king baffling....i'm sure that will decrease the number of drone strikes, if that was the goal. sarcasm implied
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dave729
Trad climber
Western America
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Jun 23, 2013 - 09:29pm PT
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Would not be surprised if every drone crew that can target Pak is standing to right now.
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Betty Uno
Mountain climber
Colorado
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Jun 23, 2013 - 10:01pm PT
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" Where do those damn climbers get off thinking they can prance around the globe without getting touched by warfare...let's hike up there and kill them...that'll show everyone we're good at, uh, killing unsuspecting tourists..."
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jun 23, 2013 - 10:13pm PT
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Ned Gillette as mentioned before.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jun 23, 2013 - 10:18pm PT
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rSin you make a vulgar but interesting point.
How much goodwill and true GOOD could be done with the money expended on WAR?
Could the war possibly be protecting us more than that?
Not hardly of course. The risk of terrorism and the deaths caused by it and the war on it are far outweighed by using the same resources on even simple medical care. Let alone many other more creative useful ways to spend trillions of dollars.
But of course they don't make for dramatic NEWS!
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