The Five Most Badass Things Done While Conquering A Mountain

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The Five Most Badass Things Done While Conquering A Mountain

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From today's Cracked.com:

http://www.cracked.com/article_19385_th ... ntain.html

Reasonably interesting. :)
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Badass!
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I already love reading Cracked articles. This one, even more!
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I liked it! Good way to kill a few minutes at work before a few days off (and those off days include a trip to Colorado) =D>
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Badass!!!
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+BADASS!
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Messner is definitely #1. They didn't even have space to list some of his more badass stunts, like soloing Everest and stalking the yeti. Messner is so badass that 5,000-year-old frozen mountaineers have been known to melt out of glaciers just to meet him.
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Ice axes and crampons consider HIM a vital piece of equipment . . . he is, the most interesting mountaineer in the world.

"I don't always drink beer, but, when I do, I drink Franziskaner."
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Exiled Michigander wrote:Ice axes and crampons consider HIM a vital piece of equipment . . . he is, the most interesting mountaineer in the world.

"I don't always drink beer, but, when I do, I drink Franziskaner."
HAHA Thats just Fantastic!!!
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Great read!
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Favorite line, and there were a few gems:
Joe Simpson wanted to give it a shot after a friend of his described it as a "challenging day out," partially because Brits are notorious for understating everything, and partially because mountaineers around the world are notorious for sandbagging the sh*t out of each other.
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