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Guy who skied Everest in 1974 now climbing it at the age of 80.

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Mr.Huck
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I raced with his son Yuta. Pretty amazing that his dad is now going to attempt to summit at 80. Yuichiro is a true badass. I told Yuta to make sure his dad didn't try to smuggle his skis along this time for another attempt.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yuichiro-MIURA-Everest-2013/270688616399317
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FroesenSkeeze
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That's crazy! The end is so suspenseful, then it just cuts off haha.
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danderson.
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Very badass, but also very, very sketchy. Good luck to him.
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Mr.Huck
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Yeah, my bad. If you want to see the ending, check out this vimeo version:

http://vimeo.com/16956184

He finally arrests. This doesn't show it, but I was told he ended up about 100 feet short of a massive crevasse.
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EvanMeyer
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internet high five to you for that comment haha


but yeah dudes out of his mind
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Craigskis
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I had heard he skied it with a parachute, but I was unaware of how much snowplow, a bail, and Space lasers were a part of it.

Sucks he had ski leases on too oh man....
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Mr.Huck
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At least 2; maybe more. Each gonad may require its own casket. Who knows, he may take up an entire family plot all by himself.
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CaptainSlow
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holy shit... this guy is crazy
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p-fo
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Original badass. He skied Fuji and a couple other mountains like this too if I remember right.
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snomaster
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he stuck a straightline down mt Fuji. So impressive. don't know where I saw it but a video of this exists.
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Mr.Huck
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Thanks. I had never seen that before. The actually attempt starts at 4:54, but the whole video is pretty funny. It's a commercial for a Fuji Super 8 camera; the first Gopro.

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