But if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat... oh.

...

Nevermind.

The yodeling drove them over the edge.

LOL @ both headline, and people dying on mountains.

^_^

approves

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And his life insurance was worth 50,000 C-r-r-r-r-r-ronkites.

Did they use the Fast Pass?

/just sayin'

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: But if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat... oh.

...

Nevermind.

Outstanding movie reference :)

Bravo, subby, bravo.

/or Brava, if that's the case.
//Brava!

Great now I have the Price Is Right mountain climber yodeling stuck in my head.

Did the CIA send this guy to get them?



/evar so hotlinked

No Powersauce.

We started out from Bern one sunny Augast morn
There was just the four of us against the Matterhorn
There was Albert the Australian and John the Irishman
Me and Bill from Britain, mad dogs in the sun

Matterhorn, Matterhorn
Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn
That mighty Matterhorn

Two miles up we lost John and the rations fell bellow
Al and Bill were lying beneath an avalanche of snow
Now here I am all alone and I know I cannot stop

Matterhorn, Matterhorn
Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn
That mighty Matterhorn

Now here I am a-dying upon the Matterhorn
Not a grave for me to lie in, not a thing to keep me warm
The Queen would surely knight me if I could get back down
But it's closer here to heaven that it is back to the ground

Matterhorn, Matterhorn
Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn
That mighty Matterhorn

Btw, for fans of the mountain or climbing in general, Edward Whymper's first ascent is an amazing story, retold in Fergus Flemings Killing Dragons. The Matterhorn is almost considered a bit of a tourist attraction these days, with fixed ropes and guides, but it's still a perilous place, alas.

Some will say they died doing what they loved. Well, I love caving, but if I died in a farking cave, I'd say, 'fark that shiate! that sucks!' No, they didn't die doing what they loved: they just farking died. They're not smiling about it in the afterlife. They're cussing.

StoneColdAtheist: /evar so hotlinked

Yeah...that is pretty hot!

bayoukitty: The yodeling drove them over the edge.



Best game ever.

Phil Herup: StoneColdAtheist: /evar so hotlinked

Yeah...that is pretty hot!

He said limp.

Matterhorn:The E ticket to death

"They were climbing, then they fell and were killed. It is not clear why they fell"

Um, they slipped on the ice?

But if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat... oh.

...

Nevermind.
hotlinked goodness.

And the K2 incident is still fresh in memory, too.

does every person who mountains climb die?

I prefer the Schmatterhorn.

Euell Gibbons: I prefer the Schmatterhorn.

/what an imbezzle
//maroon

It is not clear why they fell

I dont think they appreciated the gravity of their situation.

/ obscure?

The ride is not so bad. Its the wait that kills you.

/*rimshot*

I prefer flash mountain. Disney's taken most of the fun out of that, though.

RIIIIICCCOOOLLLAAAA!!!!


Wait, It'll sound better over here--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

"They were climbing, then they fell and were killed. It is not clear why they fell."

I'll take gravity for $1000, Alex.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: But if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat... oh.

...

Nevermind.

*glare*
You ruin all my fun.

Obnox:
Some will say they died doing what they loved.

They loved falling ???? :-P

I grew up in southern California and have visited Disneyland dozens of times. As a kid I always loved the Matterhorn and felt it was worth the wait in line. The company my brother works for supplied the steel for its construction. About ten years ago they got to tour the inside of the Matterhorn by walking along the catwalks. The guide showed them the huge fans that were placed to blow on the riders to give it the illusion the bobsleds were hauling ass. I feel like I was duped.

No entourage joke?

3rdorderofsimulacra: does every person who mountains climb die?

Yes dear; and so do all the ones that don't. just not frozen and crushed beneath thousands of cubic yards of snow and ice.

3rdorderofsimulacra: does every person who mountains climb die?

uh... eventually.

Those poor Ice Climbers. Smash Bros just won't be the same :(

StoneColdAtheist: Did the CIA send this guy to get them?

bravo. great movie. high five.

i've been to zermatt. i rode the gornergrat train up to roughly the same height as the matterhorn.
it was easy (while sipping beer) to look in any direction and see 100's of mountains - any one of which i couldn't have scaled 10% of without a cable car.

Loved this movie as a kid. Liked the book (Banner in the Sky) just as much. Wish they'd kept the scene with his father's ghost for the film...

It's a majestic peak when seen from Zermatt.

I don't know why this happens. They have signs all over the place saying not to unfasten your seatbelts, not to stand up, and that the ride will be stopped in the case of decapitation.

Every year some idiot has to unbuckle his seatbelt, stand up, and get decapitated. Then they sue Disneyland. I just don't understand. What more do they want?

wjllope: StoneColdAtheist: Did the CIA send this guy to get them?

bravo. great movie. high five.

i've been to zermatt. i rode the gornergrat train up to roughly the same height as the matterhorn.
it was easy (while sipping beer) to look in any direction and see 100's of mountains - any one of which i couldn't have scaled 10% of without a cable car.

We have some slide photos from there. Dad took some great shots...makes the mountain look pretty small when 6 year old me towers over it...

wjllope: i've been to zermatt. i rode the gornergrat train up to roughly the same height as the matterhorn.
it was easy (while sipping beer) to look in any direction and see 100's of mountains - any one of which i couldn't have scaled 10% of without a cable car.

I was there just last year. Beautiful area. Unfortunately the Matterhorn itself was obscured by cloud cover.

/and then I found five dollars

Gyrfalcon: I don't know why this happens. They have signs all over the place saying not to unfasten your seatbelts, not to stand up, and that the ride will be stopped in the case of decapitation.

Every year some idiot has to unbuckle his seatbelt, stand up, and get decapitated. Then they sue Disneyland. I just don't understand. What more do they want?

A fast cash settlement. Someone must pay for stupidity.

StoneColdAtheist: Did the CIA send this guy to get them?



/evar so hotlinked

Wrong mountain, but okay.

alacy52: wjllope: i've been to zermatt. i rode the gornergrat train up to roughly the same height as the matterhorn.
it was easy (while sipping beer) to look in any direction and see 100's of mountains - any one of which i couldn't have scaled 10% of without a cable car.

I was there just last year. Beautiful area. Unfortunately the Matterhorn itself was obscured by cloud cover.

/and then I found five dollars

Wow! Was it a five dollar bill?

betasp: "They were climbing, then they fell and were killed. It is not clear why they fell."

I'll take gravity for $1000, Alex.

hehe. hehehe! HEHEHE! HAHAHAHAHAHA BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Thanks for making me laugh out loud!

alacy52: wjllope: i've been to zermatt. i rode the gornergrat train up to roughly the same height as the matterhorn.
it was easy (while sipping beer) to look in any direction and see 100's of mountains - any one of which i couldn't have scaled 10% of without a cable car.
I was there just last year. Beautiful area. Unfortunately the Matterhorn itself was obscured by cloud cover.
/and then I found five dollars

Wow! Was it a five dollar bill?

I remember that story. It was the bloody half of a ten dollar bill.

Fry, if I die, make sure my body freezes in a dignified position! None of that "huddled over for warmth" crap!

/theres sooo much leela porn in a GIS, jeeesus

No Entourage references?

wiredroach: Wrong mountain, but okay.


Please. Who cares if it was the wrong peak.