Lazy Tourists and Helicopters on Everest

by **rhyang** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:07 pm

gwave47 wrote:I forgot to mention how he corrects me with terminology. This is my favorite.

He kept using the term cravaks when talking about "holes in the mountain". It took me a few seconds to understand he meant crevasses and I didn't want to get into the argument of whether they are in the mountain themselves or the glaciers on the mountain. He thinks they open up to the center of the earth. Anyways, I did not correct him since I understood what he meant. Later though when I was saying something to him and referenced crevasses, he stopped me and corrected me and told me that they are called cravaks. I tried to correct him but quickly realized he was having none of it because he remembered something he saw on tv one time and it was clearly referred to as a cravak.

I really do like the guy, he's very nice. He is just really misinformed on many things and it's frustrating when he holds his position as if he were a seasoned pro and knows so much about the mountains and climbing.

I forgot what a trip living in upstate South Carolina was.

I wonder what he would say if you were to loan him your copy of

by **rhyang** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:26 pm

Speaking of terminology, I very occasionally climb with a friend of a friend who, when talking about some of his (mostly guided) alpine adventures refers to the following features -

- coo-yar (umm, that's couloir)
- bergstrand (I keep trying to convince him it's bergSCHRUND)

Nice guy, asset to the community and all that

by **rhyang** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:42 pm

MikeTX wrote:
rhyang wrote:Speaking of terminology, I very occasionally climb with a friend of a friend who, when talking about some of his (mostly guided) alpine adventures refers to the following features -

- coo-yar (umm, that's couloir)
- bergstrand (I keep trying to convince him it's bergSCHRUND)

Nice guy, asset to the community and all that

most non-europeans have some trouble with those.

Not really. We have couloirs and bergschrunds here in California. There are glaciers on Shasta and in the Sierra Nevada. We have lots of mountain climbers here -- Andy Selters lives in Bishop.

by **rhyang** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:14 pm

Ah, yes .. texans and their quaint obscure dialects. One of my climbing buddies from the Republic of Tejas shows his colors every now and then

My point is that most decently experienced climbers I know pronounce 'couloir' and 'bergschrund' the same way. They want to avoid confusion -- it's about communication.

We also have a lot of europeans in the major CA population centers. If you go to a climbing gym in Silicon Valley you are likely to hear a lot of different languages being spoken.

by **Bob Sihler** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:19 pm

The Chief wrote:
gwave47 wrote:I have a supervisor right now that is just driving me crazy. I think my supervisor may be watching too much Bill O'Reilly.

So the possibility that your boss watches O'Reilly and that it drives you crazy, is what you are trying to really say here, right?

Welcome back, Chief!

by **Arthur Digbee** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:49 pm

Bob Sihler wrote:
The Chief wrote:
gwave47 wrote:I have a supervisor right now that is just driving me crazy. I think my supervisor may be watching too much Bill O'Reilly.

So the possibility that your boss watches O'Reilly and that it drives you crazy, is what you are trying to really say here, right?

Welcome back, Chief!

Yes, Chief, welcome back!

by **surgent** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:32 pm

Next time supervisor-man gives you trouble, have him figure out the pronunciation of "cwm".

by **gwave47** » Sat May 01, 2010 2:47 am

dynamokiev98 wrote:This thread is funny. I have a friend who is convinced that he is genetically is great at altitude because he hiked Mt. Washington. He also thinks he could FOR SURE do Everest because Mt. Washington was rated in top 10 most dangerous mountains by some idiotic (in my opinion) list along with Everest. So it must be about equal in difficulty..

This is hillarious. And yes it is a trip living in S. Carolina. I've lived here my whole life but I travel very frequently. It is amazing how many people here never leave the state of SC though. Some people take all their vacations to "destination vacation spots" just 2 hours across the state. Outdoor sports here means bass fishing and buck hunting, nothing else.

by **gwave47** » Sat May 01, 2010 2:50 am

Supervisor has also told me that it does not take more than 24 hours to climb Denali or Everest because he looked up the speed record online. I told him that is not a typical climbing schedule and tried to explain how they spent time acclimatizing before descending and making a speed ascent. He said it didn't talk about that in the article, and that i'm making it up. He honestl believes these guys fly to Nepal, get off the plane, drive an hour to basecamp, and hike up in 18 hours or so, summit and come down. It's soo ridiculous it's funny sometimes.

by **dskoon** » Sun May 02, 2010 1:00 am

gwave47 wrote:Supervisor has also told me that it does not take more than 24 hours to climb Denali or Everest because he looked up the speed record online. I told him that is not a typical climbing schedule and tried to explain how they spent time acclimatizing before descending and making a speed ascent. He said it didn't talk about that in the article, and that i'm making it up. He honestl believes these guys fly to Nepal, get off the plane, drive an hour to basecamp, and hike up in 18 hours or so, summit and come down. It's soo ridiculous it's funny sometimes.

Maybe he's just really good at pulling your chain. . .

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