Highest unclimbed mountain on earth?

Andy Strange

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Jan 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/16/98

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Just wondering! What is the highest unclimbed mountain on earth?

Anders Strange
http://www.angelfire.com/tn/skiandclimb

Dagmar Wabnig

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Jan 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/17/98

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"Peter W. Palaitis" <p...@injersey.com> wrote:

>Gangkar Puensum (24,734 ft.), one of the most inaccessible mountains in
>Bhutan.

isnt it the Lhotse Shar with 8386 m ?

or is it just the traverse Lhotse- Lhotse Shar which is not done ?
This was tried by Loretan, but was not successfull.

dagmar

Chad Berger

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Jan 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/17/98

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oh oh!
somebody's gonna catch hell for thet pic!!

Jason C. Leach

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Jan 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/17/98

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Whatever it is I bet it is not all that high, or in a real undesirable
location like Chernobyl RUSSIA or near the North Pole. Now days to need
a gimmick. Like the first to summit K2 blindfolded.

Andy Strange wrote:

> Just wondering! What is the highest unclimbed mountain on earth?
>
> Anders Strange
> http://www.angelfire.com/tn/skiandclimb

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bh...@lehigh.edu

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Jan 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/18/98

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In article <34C1B389...@hotmail.com>, "Jason C. Leach" <lea...@hotmail.co

m> writes:
>Whatever it is I bet it is not all that high, or in a real undesirable
>location like Chernobyl RUSSIA or near the North Pole. Now days to need
>a gimmick. Like the first to summit K2 blindfolded.
>

It's probably that "new" 8000+ meter peak they just found.

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Jacob

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Jan 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/18/98

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Jason C. Leach wrote:
>
> Whatever it is I bet it is not all that high, or in a real undesirable

> location like ... near the North Pole.

Yeah that'd be real undesirable ... cause it'd be underwater!

Patrick C Leger

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Jan 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/19/98

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Hmm...I remember hearing that if you count the underwater bits, I
think some of the peaks in Hawaii are something like 50,000 feet tall
(though of course the peaks are at a much lower altitude). However,
it'd be impressive to do the whole thing from seafloor to peak.
Pretty tough without bottled oxygen, I imagine.

Chris

Micheil Brodie

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Jan 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/19/98

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Peter W. Palaitis <p...@injersey.com> wrote in article
<34BFB0...@injersey.com>...
> And here's a pic.

>
> Andy Strange wrote:
> >
> > Just wondering! What is the highest unclimbed mountain on earth?
> >
> > Anders Strange
> > http://www.angelfire.com/tn/skiandclimb
>

Everyone run for your lives theres a jpg in the group.

Andy Strange

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Jan 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/19/98

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Peter W. Palaitis wrote:

Gangkar Puensum (24,734 ft.), one of the most inaccessible mountains in
Bhutan.

Has anyone tried to climb this sucker?

Anders Strange
http://www.angelfire.com/tn/skiandclimb

Hendo

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Jan 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/20/98

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"Jason C. Leach" <lea...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Whatever it is I bet it is not all that high, or in a real undesirable

>location like Chernobyl RUSSIA or near the North Pole. Now days to need
>a gimmick. Like the first to summit K2 blindfolded.
>

Hey, what about the "Rec.Climbing K2 Expedition" that was going to do the
first winter ascent a couple of weeks ago?

David Henderson
Toronto

Andy Strange

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Jan 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/20/98

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Hendo wrote:

> Hey, what about the "Rec.Climbing K2 Expedition" that was going to do the
> first winter ascent a couple of weeks ago?

That was deemed to easy by hardcore rec.climbers. It was also to hard to
obtain a permit at such short notice :)

Anders Strange
http://www.angelfire.com/tn/skiandclimb

tst...@tcmail.frco.com

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Jan 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/20/98

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Any reader or H.P. Lovecraft can tell you that the highest mountain in
the world is not Everest, but an unnamed peak in Antarctica. This peak
was seen and described in the story "At the Mountains of Madness" back in
the early 1900s. That we are unable to find such a peak today points to
some possible explanations, if you are still with me here. Explanation
#1: The author of the account of the ill-fated expedition described in
the book sought to obscure his true location by giving false geographical
data, thus protecting the unwitting from the great evil he discovered.
Explanation #2: The author and witness in the story was too delusional
to give an accurate height estimate of the peak in question. Explanation
#3: The mountain has somehow either moved or has blinked out of
existence. At the very least, if you had chosen to attempt to climb it,
you would have had to deal with ancient and detestable shoggoths. What's
a shoggoth? You don't want to know. AAAAAIIIEEEE!!!!!

-Starkweather

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Dagmar Wabnig

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Jan 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/20/98

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"Jason C. Leach" <lea...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Whatever it is I bet it is not all that high, or in a real undesirable
>location like Chernobyl RUSSIA or near the North Pole.

Remember - the north Pol is only swimming ice -- no mountains !!

dagmar

Andy Strange

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Jan 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/21/98

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Dagmar Wabnig wrote:

> Remember - the north Pol is only swimming ice -- no mountains !!

Great! I love ice climbing - Who would have thought that the highest
umclimbed mountain was an iceberg. :).

Anders..
http://www.angelfire.com/tn/skiandclimb

Dagmar Wabnig

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Jan 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/22/98

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Andy Strange <astr...@mailexcite.com> wrote:

>Dagmar Wabnig wrote:

>> Remember - the north Pol is only swimming ice -- no mountains !!

>Great! I love ice climbing - Who would have thought that the highest
>umclimbed mountain was an iceberg. :).

Anything is possibel!

dax

>Anders..
>http://www.angelfire.com/tn/skiandclimb

Jacob

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Jan 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/24/98

to Patrick C Leger

Continuing the underwater strain: You ever looked at the mid-oceanic
ridges. Longest mountain chain in the world. Anyone up for a traverse?

Cameron McPherson Smith

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Jan 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/24/98

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tst...@tcmail.frco.com wrote:
: Any reader or H.P. Lovecraft can tell you that the highest mountain in

: the world is not Everest, but an unnamed peak in Antarctica. This peak
: was seen and described in the story "At the Mountains of Madness" back in
: the early 1900s. That we are unable to find such a peak today points to
: some possible explanations, if you are still with me here. Explanation
: #1: The author of the account of the ill-fated expedition described in
: the book sought to obscure his true location by giving false geographical
: data, thus protecting the unwitting from the great evil he discovered.
: Explanation #2: The author and witness in the story was too delusional
: to give an accurate height estimate of the peak in question. Explanation
: #3: The mountain has somehow either moved or has blinked out of
: existence. At the very least, if you had chosen to attempt to climb it,
: you would have had to deal with ancient and detestable shoggoths. What's
: a shoggoth? You don't want to know. AAAAAIIIEEEE!!!!!

: -Starkweather

Climber938

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Jan 25, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/25/98

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>: Any reader or H.P. Lovecraft can tell you that the highest mountain in
>: the world is not Everest, but an unnamed peak in Antarctica.

Hehehe. Yep-great story, but what I want to know is how the author managed to
run so fast and far from the Sothoth (yog-sothoth) and not get out of breath or
tired at 40,000+ feet of altitude? Just curious.
Matt

Steve Gray

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Jan 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/27/98

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"Peter W. Palaitis" <p...@injersey.com> said...

>And here's a pic.

Congratulations. You've just stolen the January 1998 Rec.Climbing
Flamebait award away from Phaedrus, who was currently leading with his
assault on Andy Gale.

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