• grahamsz@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for the terminology - that makes it easier!

    Only very few people have accomplished climbing one of the 14 peaks “alpine style”.

    I’m quite ok with that.

    If the rockies were 28k instead of 14k then I still don’t think there’d be a situation where we hire poor villagers from the outskirts of Denver to put their lives on the line. I really believe the high peaks are summited expedition-style because the poverty makes that practical, which in turn allows many more people to reach the top

      • blargh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        That woman… how stubborn can you be?

        How can you not realize the insanity of continuing when what takes others 20 minutes takes you 6 hours.

        Could it have been some form of suicide?