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LadyButterflyshe/her to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago

TIL about Marco Siffredi who died trying to snowboard down Everest

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TIL about Marco Siffredi who died trying to snowboard down Everest

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LadyButterflyshe/her to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago
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  • @frank@sopuli.xyz
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    8•1 month ago

    Anyone have good Sherpa/mountaineering documentary recommendations?

    • @Dayroom7485@lemmy.world
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      3•1 month ago

      Do you speak German or Dutch? It‘s not a documentary, but Toine Heijmans wrote a spectacular book on mountaineering called Zuurstofschuld. There‘s only a German translation though so far. I read the thing cover-to-cover in three days, best read I‘ve had in a while.

    • @IdontplaytheTrombone@lemmy.world
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      5•1 month ago

      Not exactly what you’re looking for, but “Scary Interesting” on youtube has some good mountaineering gone wrong stories. They’re typically 10-20 minutes long.

      • @SneakyWeasel@lemmy.ca
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        1•1 month ago

        I fuckin love that channel. So many late nights watching the 5 worst cave experiences

    • @ChaosCoati@midwest.social
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      3•1 month ago

      Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa

      More of a biography covering her entire life

    • @PrimeErective@startrek.website
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      3•1 month ago

      Into Thin Air. I think they made a movie, but I read the book.

      • @ECB@feddit.org
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        1•1 month ago

        It’s been probably 25 years since I read it and I can still remember what an impression it made.

        Big recommend!

    • @hactar42@lemmy.ml
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      7•1 month ago

      This one on K2 was really interesting. It goes in-depth on why K2 is so much more dangerous than Everest and the many failures of the people attempting to be the first to make it to the top.

      https://youtu.be/iMFLWoPtSZM

    • @CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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      12•1 month ago

      14 Peaks: About a Nepalese mountaineer.

  • @Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    … for a split second I though another Siffredi is a talented snowboarder …

  • originalucifer
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    Siffredi was the first to descend Mount Everest on a snowboard, completing this feat in 2001 via the Norton Couloir.[1][2] In 2002, he disappeared after making his second Everest summit, while attempting to snowboard the Hornbein Couloir; his body has never been found.

    dude actually did it once

    • @UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works
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      191•1 month ago

      I made a rule for myself because of stuff like this

      If you’ve done something fun but incredibly stupid and got away with it the first time, never do it a second time.

      • @ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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        5•1 month ago

        I see you’ve met my ex…

      • @MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
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        13•1 month ago

        Have to ask yourself honestly if it was luck or skill.

        • @tpihkal@lemmy.world
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          18•1 month ago

          I have and I’ve determined it was.

          • @MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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            8•1 month ago

            I am convinced that given enough time, the gene for Tries Crazy Shit and the gene for Has Mad Skills will converge.

            • @fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              2•1 month ago

              I just know that I have neither B)

      • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        But… he never did that other route!

        • @normalexit@lemmy.world
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          8•1 month ago

          It was probably pretty gnar

      • @witchybitchy@lemm.ee
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        1 month ago

        my mantra is “don’t tempt fate”

        could I e.g. jump off a 3 story building into a pool? probably. but if I’m wrong then I’m either dead or severely injured and will probably regret that jump for the rest of my life.

        • @UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works
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          3•1 month ago

          I see where you’re coming from. But luck favors the bold. And I would most definitely regret not doing something for the rest of my life

          But after the first attempt your no longer bold, just dumb.

          • @spittingimage@lemmy.world
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            23•1 month ago

            I think you mean survivorship bias favours the bold.

            • @UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works
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              5•1 month ago

              Tomato, tomato

          • @sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca
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            2•1 month ago

            luck favors the bold

            As my dad used to say, ‘The feint of heart never fucked the fair maiden’.

        • @raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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          6•1 month ago

          This right here.

        • @Weirdfish@lemmy.world
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          27•1 month ago

          As someone who’s been skateboarding for 40 years, I’ve almost always had that “This is a bad idea” feeling right before getting a serious injury.

          Took longer than I care to admit to start listening to it.

          • ddh
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            8•1 month ago

            My kid loves physical fail videos, and there’s lots of skateboarding. Some make me curl up in a ball, but I let him watch them because honestly they are pretty instructive.

            • @ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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              1•1 month ago

              Popsicle.

              All the skaters just cringed, lol.

          • @FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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            5•1 month ago

            Same with dirt bikes and ATVs. Rolled a few and there’s always a point on that too steep hill where you feel the shift and realize oh no, gravity will be making all of the decisions from here on out and I’m just a spectator. I don’t ride nearly as recklessly as I used to.

    • Sundray
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      21•1 month ago

      It’s like winning big money the very first time you try gambling. You ought to quit while you’re ahead, but your judgement is too clouded to actually stop yourself.

    • @liverbe@lemmy.world
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      27•1 month ago

      Possibly twice 🤷‍♀️

      • @Nastybutler@lemmy.world
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        15•1 month ago

        Right? His body was never found, so maybe he reached the bottom and hitched a ride to escape his life and now he’s in a monetary somewhere in Nepal leading a quiet, peaceful existence

        • @DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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          1•1 month ago

          Or maybe it just reached the bottom and got thrown in the trash because the Sherpas ain’t got time for dead white boi paperwork

        • @LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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          11•1 month ago

          He’s just out there chilling with DB Cooper.

    • @expatriado@lemmy.world
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      26•1 month ago

      this reminds me of people that started winning big at the casino, but left empty handed because they continue playing

    • @dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.org
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      Is it… is it possible he ran away? Like I’ve seen documentaries where people disappear only to be found years later across the country. And people be like: dude made a second life, got tired of it and came back.

  • ivanafterall ☑️
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    29•1 month ago

    I hope he got all the pussy up-front.

    • @RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee
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      13•1 month ago

      Where else does one find the pussy?

      • @surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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        2•1 month ago

        The bussy

      • ivanafterall ☑️
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        5•1 month ago

        I’ve never strayed so far from God’s light, but I’ve heard some pagans “hit it from behind?”

  • @Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    50•1 month ago

    That’s the whitest thing I’ve heard of in a while.

  • @TimMadisun@lemmy.world
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    34•1 month ago

    At least his brother went on to have a good career

    • rigatti
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      12•1 month ago

      And he conquered many large mountains.

      • @tordenflesk@lemmy.world
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        11•1 month ago

        And many a crevasse

        • @emogu@lemmy.world
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          1•1 month ago

          Heyo!

        • @RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee
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          2•1 month ago

          Fill it!

  • @itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml
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    12•1 month ago

    Probably fell in a crevasse, never to be seen again.

  • @Konstant@lemmy.world
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    1•1 month ago

    deleted by creator

  • @ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    13•1 month ago

    Good? Stay off the fucking mountain. It’s already been littered with human trash and bodies. It’s no longer a milestone it’s a human trash collector. Fuck him.

    • @Killer@lemmy.world
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      5•1 month ago

      He did it 20 years ago stfu

      • @baines@lemmy.cafe
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        5•1 month ago

        it is 2025, it was fucked 20 years ago too

    • @Dicska@lemmy.world
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      It’s no longer a milestone it’s a human trash collector.

  • kindenough
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    deleted by creator

  • kindenough
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    deleted by creator

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