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    Sometimes being the best of the best isn't good enough. All it takes is the fickle fingers of fate.


    here is a link about a world class mountain climber that did not make it, Ueli Steck. It is said the team collected his body parts and brought him out. I guess he was one of the lucky ones because Everest is full of dead bodies.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39761904
    so the definition of a criminal is someone who breaks the law and you want me to believe that somehow more laws make less criminals?


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    RIP to a true adventurer..........Went out doing what he wanted...
    We should all be so lucky.

    Hugh risk does get deadly sometimes.
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    he climbed the Eiger rock face in less than three hours, that is hauling a double s.
    so the definition of a criminal is someone who breaks the law and you want me to believe that somehow more laws make less criminals?

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