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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:09 am
by mrh
Well jump on it. Maybe you can be the FIRST! :roll:

Re: Is there any Climber who climbed all peaks above 26000 f

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:21 am
by tengobotas
Whats the significance of 26000?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:17 am
by dadndave
What happened to Lhotse? Did the top fall off or something?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:44 am
by dadndave
What is it in cubits?

Re: Is there any Climber who climbed all peaks above 26000 f

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:27 am
by Big Benn
twoshuzz wrote:
tengobotas wrote:Whats the significance of 26000?


It's 1 foot above 25,999 ft.


:D

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:19 pm
by Buz Groshong
Why not 25,000 ft.; that's a nice round number, or maybe 20,000 ft.? :D

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:54 pm
by Matt Worster
RIGHT. What's a cubit?

Is there any climber who climbed all peaks above 26000 ft

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:48 pm
by Cy Kaicener
My guess is that there are probably no climbers who have climbed all of those because the climbers who have completed the 8000er list think in terms of meters and not feet. Any other theories?
Gyachung Kang 7985 meters missed out on being a 8000er by only 15 meters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyachung_Kang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander -- The 8000er completion list

Re: Is there any climber who climbed all peaks above 26000 f

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:01 pm
by Buz Groshong
Cy Kaicener wrote:My guess is that there are probably no climbers who have climbed all of those because the climbers who have completed the 8000er list think in terms of meters and not feet. Any other theories?
Gyachung Kang 7985 meters missed out on being a 8000er by only 15 meters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyachung_Kang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander -- The 8000er completion list


But the list of 8,000ers is too small! If we are going to be a Type A, anal retentive, list chaser, we need a much longer list. :wink:

The other absurdity is that 7-summits thing! It should be the 192-summits: the highest peak in every member nation of the UN.

Is there any climber who has climbed al 26000 ft peaks

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:16 pm
by Cy Kaicener
I dont think that those elite climbers think that the list is too small :wink:

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:00 pm
by Luciano136
On an international level, I'm pretty sure people only care about meters. The next significant level would be 7000m I guess?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:51 pm
by simonov
Luciano136 wrote:On an international level, I'm pretty sure people only care about meters. The next significant level would be 7000m I guess?


If feet were good enough for Jesus, they should be good enough for you foreigners too.