Comments on: BB Video - Miles O'Brien Reports: An Astronaut Climbs Everest http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495172 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495172 He could have saved a lot of work if he'd just lowered down a rope ladder while he was still in space. He could have saved a lot of work if he’d just lowered down a rope ladder while he was still in space.

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]]> By: JimXugle http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495191 JimXugle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495191 Xeni, I think you mean http://instantrimshot.com/ Xeni, I think you mean

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]]> By: KeithIrwin http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495724 KeithIrwin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495724 Another adrenaline junkie risks their neck for no good reason. Climbing Everest serves no purpose but to stroke one's ego. It's a good way to get yourself killed and nothing else. The more we give people attention for it, the more likely they are to keep doing it. Another adrenaline junkie risks their neck for no good reason. Climbing Everest serves no purpose but to stroke one’s ego. It’s a good way to get yourself killed and nothing else. The more we give people attention for it, the more likely they are to keep doing it.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495213 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495213 Thank you, thank you. But the story really reminded me of <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/sherpa_who_led_neil_armstrong_to">this related article.</a> Thank you, thank you. But the story really reminded me of this related article.

]]> By: KeithIrwin http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495729 KeithIrwin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495729 To add some fun numbers, according to wikipedia 2700 people have reached the summit of Everest. 210 people have died on Everest. About 150 of those bodies have never been recovered. Climbing Everest is a stupid, reckless danger which should not be attempted without some worthwhile purpose. But these days everyone just climbs Everest so that they can say they've done it and get some publicity. It's like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. To add some fun numbers, according to wikipedia 2700 people have reached the summit of Everest. 210 people have died on Everest. About 150 of those bodies have never been recovered. Climbing Everest is a stupid, reckless danger which should not be attempted without some worthwhile purpose. But these days everyone just climbs Everest so that they can say they’ve done it and get some publicity. It’s like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495228 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495228 Gilbert Anonymous here: Miles O'Brien? When did he retire from Starfleet? Gilbert Anonymous here:
Miles O’Brien? When did he retire from Starfleet?

]]> By: Big Daddy http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495232 Big Daddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495232 "I'll take overachievers for a thousand, Alex." “I’ll take overachievers for a thousand, Alex.”

]]> By: elguapostrikes http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495503 elguapostrikes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495503 Hey, cool. I got his autograph when I was in elementary school. Hey, cool. I got his autograph when I was in elementary school.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495772 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495772 @ #10 On Mount Washington (base or summit- I have no idea) there is a list of all the folks who have died on or near the peak, including whether or not the body was recovered. They posted it as a warning before you decided to do the summit in a t-shirt and jeans in July, or look over the edge of Tuckerman's Ravine. I never had any illusions about my hiking skills, so I just looked at it as an early form of Darwin Award posting, decades before there was a Darwin Award. @ #10 On Mount Washington (base or summit- I have no idea) there is a list of all the folks who have died on or near the peak, including whether or not the body was recovered. They posted it as a warning before you decided to do the summit in a t-shirt and jeans in July, or look over the edge of Tuckerman’s Ravine. I never had any illusions about my hiking skills, so I just looked at it as an early form of Darwin Award posting, decades before there was a Darwin Award.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495844 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495844 @10 KEITHIRWIN - Except that going over Niagara Falls in a barrel is TOTALLY AWESOME.for @10 KEITHIRWIN – Except that going over Niagara Falls in a barrel is TOTALLY AWESOME.for

]]> By: papercup mixmaster http://boingboing.net/2009/05/18/bb-video-miles-obr.html#comment-495608 papercup mixmaster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-495608 @#5 Um, yeah - my thoughts exactly. Is he aware of the significant things he will accomplish/accomplished in a few hundred years? @#5 Um, yeah – my thoughts exactly. Is he aware of the significant things he will accomplish/accomplished in a few hundred years?

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