FlashHarry: meh. just ride the telecabine up the aiguille du midi. much safer.

Came here to say this.

There's no need to climb this thing. Take the tram up, look around, head back to Chamonix and get pissed in the Irish pub.

Boy, their relatives will need therapy

Nadie_AZ: Three Britons are among nine people swept to their deaths in an avalanche in the French Alps in Europe's worst ever mountaineering disaster.

A 'briton'? What's a 'briton'?

We are all Britons! And I am your king!

Nadie_AZ: Three Britons are among nine people swept to their deaths in an avalanche in the French Alps in Europe's worst ever mountaineering disaster.

A 'briton'? What's a 'briton'?

Is that a joke or are you seriously asking? I hope joke, because it's not a terribly difficult concept.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briton

scottydoesntknow: To be fair, ballpoint pens usually kill about 100 people a year due to choking.

But Mont Blanc pens are refillables, not pedestrian ball points! How many people die each year trying to refill their Mont Blancs? And you sir, may flick my Bic.

So after rubbing my eyes, I realize "no, Killer Cars, 50 people don't die a year trying to climb Matt LeBlanc."

Their deaths are like an Arrow pen to the heart.

RIP Matt LeBlanc

Jument: Nadie_AZ: Three Britons are among nine people swept to their deaths in an avalanche in the French Alps in Europe's worst ever mountaineering disaster.

A 'briton'? What's a 'briton'?

Is that a joke or are you seriously asking? I hope joke, because it's not a terribly difficult concept.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briton

Have you never seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

I'd rather climb Mount Scott Thompson

I_Can't_Believe_it's_not_Boutros: That sounds almost as deadly as climbing Mel Blanc.


Either way...

RIP, Joey.

Carth: Jument: Nadie_AZ: Three Britons are among nine people swept to their deaths in an avalanche in the French Alps in Europe's worst ever mountaineering disaster.

A 'briton'? What's a 'briton'?

Is that a joke or are you seriously asking? I hope joke, because it's not a terribly difficult concept.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briton

Have you never seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

I guess not for a long, long time. :)

Walker: Nevermind the people, ARE THE PENS OK????

It's okay. I hear they go to their very own island when they die. It's fabulous.

Someone gave me a pen from the Mont Blanc gift shop for graduation.

Vodka Zombie: FlashHarry: meh. just ride the telecabine up the aiguille du midi. much safer.

Came here to say this.

There's no need to climb this thing. Take the tram up, look around, head back to Chamonix and get pissed in the Irish pub.

Arguably there's very little need to climb any mountain, but people still do it.

I have no sympathy for mountain climbers. All mountains can be dangerous. Big mountains such as Mont Blanc are very often deadly. No mountaineer is a match for them; they only think they are.

JackieRabbit: I have no sympathy for mountain climbers. All mountains can be dangerous. Big mountains such as Mont Blanc are very often deadly. No mountaineer is a match for them; they only think they are.

You're 10 times more likely to die in a car accident than mountaineering (assuming you both climb and drive) The fatality rate for mountaineering is lower than motorcycle riding, boating, and private pilots. It is right around downhill skiing. You know why you hear about these stories? Because they don't happen too often.

Carth: You know why you hear about these stories? Because they don't happen too often.

Also in the case of Mont Blanc there are thousands and thousands of people who make the summit each year. Even in winter people who aren't hard core climbers make the summit. Just as when you have thousands of people crossing streets eventually someone gets hit by a car, when you have thousands upon thousands of people going up a mountain, sooner or later someone is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Though a person is much more likely to be in the wrong place at the wrong time crossing the street than while on Mont Blanc.

I tried to climb a blancmange once. I had to, it meant to win Wimbledon!

It's home to Valee Blanche so a lot more die there than that.

pjc51: Vodka Zombie: FlashHarry: meh. just ride the telecabine up the aiguille du midi. much safer.

Came here to say this.

There's no need to climb this thing. Take the tram up, look around, head back to Chamonix and get pissed in the Irish pub.

Arguably there's very little need to climb any mountain, but people still do it.

How do you feel about fording streams?

So? If there's no risk of death, there's no challenge.

FTFA Three Britons among nine killed in avalanche on death peak...The Cursed Mountain today claimed nine more lives - including three Britons - in one of Europe's worst avalanche tragedies

I love how important the non Britons are; they might as well not be people (Three Germans, two Spaniards and a Swiss). Well maybe not the...no, no they count too!

Hawnkee: So? If there's no risk of death, there's no challenge.

what about risk of failing to complete the challenge? I have had adventures cut short due to health risks, and in doing so prevented the death of my party.

pjc51: Vodka Zombie: FlashHarry: meh. just ride the telecabine up the aiguille du midi. much safer.

Came here to say this.

There's no need to climb this thing. Take the tram up, look around, head back to Chamonix and get pissed in the Irish pub.

Arguably there's very little need to climb any mountain, but people still do it.

My point was to give climbers an option with the tasty promise of Irish pub food and drink in Chamonix, rather than climbing a mountain, because, let's face the truth here, all that time mountain climbing will seriously cut into the time one could spend drinking.

Honestly, however, I don't know if my favorite little Irish pub is even still there. I've not been in Chamonix in ages, but ten minutes in that place is all it takes to make you forget about climbing anything other than the freakin' mind-smashingly hot bartender girl with the French accent and....

/I'll be in my bunk.

Vodka Zombie: pjc51: Vodka Zombie: FlashHarry: meh. just ride the telecabine up the aiguille du midi. much safer.

Came here to say this.

There's no need to climb this thing. Take the tram up, look around, head back to Chamonix and get pissed in the Irish pub.

Arguably there's very little need to climb any mountain, but people still do it.

My point was to give climbers an option with the tasty promise of Irish pub food and drink in Chamonix, rather than climbing a mountain, because, let's face the truth here, all that time mountain climbing will seriously cut into the time one could spend drinking.

Honestly, however, I don't know if my favorite little Irish pub is even still there. I've not been in Chamonix in ages, but ten minutes in that place is all it takes to make you forget about climbing anything other than the freakin' mind-smashingly hot bartender girl with the French accent and....

/I'll be in my bunk.

They climb because it's there.

/better not be obscure
//eiger dreams by krakauer is a great read

AlwaysRightBoy: Vodka Zombie: pjc51: Vodka Zombie: FlashHarry: meh. just ride the telecabine up the aiguille du midi. much safer.

Came here to say this.

There's no need to climb this thing. Take the tram up, look around, head back to Chamonix and get pissed in the Irish pub.

Arguably there's very little need to climb any mountain, but people still do it.

My point was to give climbers an option with the tasty promise of Irish pub food and drink in Chamonix, rather than climbing a mountain, because, let's face the truth here, all that time mountain climbing will seriously cut into the time one could spend drinking.

Honestly, however, I don't know if my favorite little Irish pub is even still there. I've not been in Chamonix in ages, but ten minutes in that place is all it takes to make you forget about climbing anything other than the freakin' mind-smashingly hot bartender girl with the French accent and....

/I'll be in my bunk.

little Irish pub?

Can you remember the name? It's been about ten years for me and I've been trying to think of it most of the day after you mentioned it.

/it snowed so much when I was there, we couldn't ski for three days out of the trip and we did a lot of bar hopping.

///there was also a great sweet and savory crepe place we went to a couple of times

Nope. I can't remember the name, but the pub was part of the hotel I stayed in, and it was in the side of town where the skiers hung out. There was a stream behind the place that handled the glacial run-off, and I was there in the summer when the glaciers were melting.

Best thing was the pub had seats inside that hung out over the water, and you could look down and watch it out the windows. So, sitting there with half an ass full with this rushing stream of cold blue and white water rushing beneath you was dizzying and kind of fun when getting drunk.

What the leading cause of death on Mont Blanc may look like.

JackieRabbit: I have no sympathy for mountain climbers. All mountains can be dangerous. Big mountains such as Mont Blanc are very often deadly. No mountaineer is a match for them; they only think they are.

I have no sympathy for you. Now please go die.

Sandor at the Zoo: Nadie_AZ: Three Britons are among nine people swept to their deaths in an avalanche in the French Alps in Europe's worst ever mountaineering disaster.

A 'briton'? What's a 'briton'?

We are all Britons! And I am your king!

Well I didn't vote for you.

but no one believes it's in the sky

The ball point penis mightier than the sword.