Lambone

you fucking idiot naw just kidding, go kill those ragheads...hoora!

yes, something must have happened up there that we don't know, because it doesn't add up. cnn reports, "Searchers also discovered a fading trail of footprints and they remained optimistic, even as daylight faded. "It tells me that they [the missing climbers] hunkered down in the snow and survived for a while," said Tiffany." perhaps he did not die alone.

this whole week I have been thinking that his only chance was if his partners returned to his cave after leaving him. RIP I hope that the mountain was his church, and he went in peace.

they need to get the rescuers down first

start at the begining of this 30 page thread to answer that question. I don't think anyone knows exactly why one climber was left on his own by his two partners.

I'm sorry to hear about the poor soul. still hopefull for the other two.

who cares about the freaking Y shaped feature...it means nothing at this point!

They wouldn't carry three axes/tools. They'd have two technical axes each. it is frustrating having this conversation with people who don't know anything about climbing

they may have cut their rope into shorter lengths. for glacier travel like down the south side a half of a rope length would be sufficient.

That theory would fly in the face of every other theory that says it's warmer and safer in your cave then venturing out in the cold. Are there any known cases of people leaving their cave to be found elsewhere, without an accident, and without digging a new cave? have you ever sat in a wet tent or a snowcave in freezing conditions for several days in a row? One body isn't enough warmth to keep a snowcave very warm, three maybe, but not just one. at some point it's either get moving and get your core temp up, or die in your sleep from hypothermia.

they wouldn't retrace their steps. not without a rope anyway. they gully would require many rappels.

He means the cave they are in now, not the one they found.

Big Mac, they each had two tools I'm sure. The north Face is a technical climb requiring two tools. My guess is the two guys who went out for help just took one sleeping bag and one tool each. Leaving the third man behind with an extra sleeping bag and their extra tools. Eventually the third guy decided to move, probly bacause he was frezzing to death sitting still for so long. he left the extra sleeping bag and tools behind and went up. just my guess.

with the avy conditions it would have been safer to continue up then descend the North Face. Either of those gullies would be death traps with all the fresh snow. they'd know that.

guys, listen... they probly each had two tools for the steep NF Gully. Once past the gully they wouldn't need two tools anymore. we can't realy draw any meaningfull conclusions from the abandoned gear. all we know is they are still out there somewhere...hopefully dug in and hanging in there...

They each might have had two tools for climbing the NF Gully, that'd be 6 tools. Since they were past the difficulties it'd make sense to ditch the extra tools and rope.

If they had been on the move today then they would have been seen by searchers. they are either still dug in, or...

I wonder why they'd leave a sleeping bag? perhaps it was soaked wet and useless...still could be used as an insulator on the floor of a cave though... probly evacing some rescuers before nightfall. it's going to be a cold night up there.

if they weren't in that snowcave then it changes everything. they could be anywhere.

what the fuck...why would they leave their bags and tools...doesn't make sense.

Have they made it to the cave yet. Seems like they should be inside by now...wuzz up?

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is there a live internet feed? sombody psot the link!

where, post the link?

it depends