The random picture thread

4737carlin said:
Funny you say this as i cant work that out either, ive been up Snowdon a few times when its covered in ice and minus temperature, in really good mountain gear, and its freezing, but Everest is another 26,000ft higher, with cloths on that absorb water, i dont get it. Unless he was just dead hard!

Andrew Irvine was the one from Birkenhead, body never been found!
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....Irvine was from Birkenhead, but apparently Mallory also lived there for part of his life (St John’s Parsonage, 34 Slatey Road);

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4737carlin said:
Funny you say this as i cant work that out either, ive been up Snowdon a few times when its covered in ice and minus temperature, in really good mountain gear, and its freezing, but Everest is another 26,000ft higher, with cloths on that absorb water, i dont get it. Unless he was just dead hard!

Andrew Irvine was the one from Birkenhead, body never been found!
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When boiling water is only warm you are too high! Incredible fearlessness.

I always remember messners quote when he was asked why he went up there to die, he replied 'i didn't, i went up there to live'. Just a very different attitude isn't it
 
'Potato Toys' , a fun 1930's Soviet book for children.

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