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Insane documentary: The Man Who Skied Down Everest

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ESB
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So I was browsing documentaries last night and came across this classic from 1970. Crazy Japanese dude armed with 27 tons of gear and 800 porters attempts to straightline the Lohtse Face of Everest while slowing himself down with a parachute.

If you've got some time to burn and don't mind some Zen-like introspection and beautiful imagery, you gotta check this out!

Feb 24 2012 6:10AM
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Nikkekoivisto
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Holy sht. Dont have time to watch that i have to go ski! But i grab myself some salt sticks and snacks when i leave and start watching this later.
Feb 24 2012 6:12AM
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Trawltopilot
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def seen it advertisements about it before on tv. chuck norris did it on snowblades in the 60s tho so....
Feb 24 2012 6:44AM
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lukewalnuts
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holy shit....


skipped to the end, it gets hairy
Feb 24 2012 8:10AM
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ThundaKilla
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action starts at 1:10.00
Feb 24 2012 8:27AM
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RyandaGod
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More like I got burnt and watched the  last 20 minutes... Pure Awesome. Dude is nuts and was killing it pizza style with a parachute
Feb 24 2012 8:39AM
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THUGwife
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half an hour in... just cant help but think this guy is a pretentious douche
Feb 24 2012 8:59AM
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PJS.
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"Skied"

and

"ate shit"


are two very different things.
Feb 24 2012 10:24AM
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fucking
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1. the guy was a dramatic douche
2. would have been cooler if he actually knew how to ski
3. would have been cooler if he made it to the bottom instead of flopping around like a goomba for a 1/4th of the run
4. the footage was sped up

what a stupid fucking documentary. people have actually skied this without using a stupid chute. that took no skill and i love the part where he said it was just him and his skis but forgot to mention the 10-20 man crew and the giant chute... no wonder i've never seen this.
Feb 24 2012 10:30AM
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why
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threads for goombas
Feb 24 2012 10:35AM
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YewTard
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Chris Davenport just skied the Lhotse Face recently- TR linked below http://chrisdavenport.com/2011/skiing-the-lhotse-face/

 

Feb 24 2012 12:37PM
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elguapo
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This dude is a boss.
He's like a lifetime k2 athlete now. free skis forever.

Feb 24 2012 12:42PM
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schusson
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any one else laugh when one of his skis was sliding then shot straight up?
Feb 24 2012 3:38PM
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zflink
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threads for later
Feb 24 2012 3:55PM
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M.Freeman
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Feb 24 2012 4:03PM
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steeeez
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threads for when I actually have an hour and a half
Feb 24 2012 4:12PM
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Downtofilm
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threads
Feb 24 2012 4:17PM
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noparking
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guy who skied k2 the 1st(dave watson) > this guy
Feb 24 2012 4:27PM
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jimmer
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badass. davenport is the man!
Feb 24 2012 4:45PM
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TheBlueMtSkier
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Going to agree with this dude.

All the whispering going on to try and create a dramatic scene was very annoying. Then when he finally did ski down it was sped up.

From the PoV they gave us in the film, it look relatively easy. Now, If I was looking down what he skied, I may change my mind, but it doesn't look difficult.
Feb 24 2012 4:50PM
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