I had a guy in my ward that climbed Everest. He climbed all of the tallest peaks

Apr 27, 2015
9:25:08am

Oompabluepaw

in all 7 continents. He is a BYU fan but I doubt he is on CB. His new goal is to sail the 7 seas in his yacht. He had sailed 4 or 5 of them already when he moved from our ward. Super interesting and adventurous guy. He had some crazy tales to tell.

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Any CBers climb, or have a a goal of climbing, Mount Everest? I think it'd be

Texas Hammer

4/27/15 9:15am

While I will never do Everest, I think it would be cool to summit a lot of the

PharmD

4/27/15 9:19am

I summited Mt. Evans in Colorado. 14,240 feet. My car was really tired after

Cougar-Duck

4/27/15 9:23am

My goal is to bike up that road one day. I've gotten over 10,000 feet a

PharmD

4/27/15 9:27am

This race would be a good warm up

RC Vikings

4/27/15 10:00am

I did it in 2013 on my cross bike - it was a lot of fun.

PharmD

4/27/15 10:09am

If I was 25, single and had $60,000 lying around I would think about it

RC Vikings

4/27/15 9:20am

what about 48/49, divorced, and $60'ish lying around?

Texas Hammer

4/27/15 9:22am

How are you divorced with that much lying around?

monkeycowboy

4/27/15 9:26am

Maybe their have been many people summit that really had no business being on

RC Vikings

4/27/15 9:28am

strangely enough, it's actually easier the older you get.

macaroni

4/27/15 9:27am

Really? Why is that?

crack

4/27/15 9:34am

you acclimatize easier and more efficiently the older you get.

macaroni

4/27/15 1:39pm

pff Everest was easy, Olympus Mons, now that was a tough hike

monkeycowboy

4/27/15 9:21am

Waiting for the oceans to melt so I don't have to climb as high

Left Shark Coug

4/27/15 9:22am

I'm down for a helicopter ride to the summit.

Hoosier Cougar

4/27/15 9:22am

I had a guy in my ward that climbed Everest. He climbed all of the tallest peaks

Oompabluepaw

4/27/15 9:25am

Was he this guy?

monkeycowboy

4/27/15 9:27am

Pretty much. I skipped Sunday school on more than one occasion to hangout in the

Oompabluepaw

4/27/15 9:32am

It's always been a dream of mine. My buddies and I have been prepping for years

macaroni

4/27/15 9:26am

Nope. It's plenty fun to hike to the top of a mountain that does not require

frontrowcougar

4/27/15 9:27am

Or one with a success rate of more than 30% and mortality rate less than 2%

cheezedawg

4/27/15 10:04am

It's a bucket list item.

BengalCougar

4/27/15 10:13am

The Everest Base Camp Trail is amazing

donnerstag

4/27/15 11:07am

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