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Posted 04 April 2006 - 06:34 AM

http://www.physorg.c...ws63290069.html
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 09:12 AM

This Thread Is Worthless Without Pixorz
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 10:46 AM

View PostLord of all Hedgehogs, on Apr 4 2006, 03:12 PM, said:

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The climb is scheduled for August, enjoy the wait.
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 10:53 AM

A pixor of the skeleton would be nice in advance
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 04:03 PM

the article had no 'pixorz'
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 05:42 PM

Wouldn't it techinically be cheating? I know he's hadicapped, but a lot of people try to scale mountains and are halted by fatigue and need of oxygen. With this suit he won't fatigue and since he won't be tired he won't need a large supply of oxygen at the high altitudes.
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 06:10 PM

oh god. i just rememberd that old cartoon "exo wars"

damn that had a cool sega game.

correction "exo sqaud" man taht show f***ing ruled.

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 06:19 PM

View PostACH91332, on Apr 4 2006, 06:42 PM, said:

Wouldn't it techinically be cheating? I know he's hadicapped, but a lot of people try to scale mountains and are halted by fatigue and need of oxygen. With this suit he won't fatigue and since he won't be tired he won't need a large supply of oxygen at the high altitudes.

No offense, but do you even listen to yourself?

So, you are saying people should not use all the advantages they have to climb up mountains?

And, what exactly would he be cheating on?

you do realize, that in modern mountain climbing, people use whatever help they can get, which usually means lots of money in equipment to get them up and down, I don't want to say as fast, but, let them do what the want scaling things.

So, to not be "cheating," do you think mountain climbers should go up wearing a simple winter jacket, boots, and an ice pick? Do you honestly believe that?

Anyway, this sounds cool. I want pictures too lol...
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 07:01 PM

May the force be with him, and his exoskeleton.
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 07:14 PM

View Postfrupert the nude apricot, on Apr 5 2006, 12:10 AM, said:

oh god. i just rememberd that old cartoon "exo wars"

damn that had a cool sega game.

correction "exo sqaud" man taht show f***ing ruled.


Or you just read skrips post recently in the future tanks post....who knows :p ?

Plus how is it cheating. Its not like hes taking part in the World Championship Mountain Climber Event (Or WCMC for short). The guys just fulfilling his dream of climbing the mountains. the dream that got him through rehab.
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 09:47 PM

View PostLiving Ghost, on Apr 4 2006, 06:19 PM, said:

No offense, but do you even listen to yourself?

So, you are saying people should not use all the advantages they have to climb up mountains?

And, what exactly would he be cheating on?

you do realize, that in modern mountain climbing, people use whatever help they can get, which usually means lots of money in equipment to get them up and down, I don't want to say as fast, but, let them do what the want scaling things.

So, to not be "cheating," do you think mountain climbers should go up wearing a simple winter jacket, boots, and an ice pick? Do you honestly believe that?


Think of this. If you almost climbed the summit of Everest gained a record for the farthest climbed on Everest and then a few years later a guy with a mechanical body climbed past you stealing your record. Wouldn't you be ###### that no one could pass you up until a guy with a mechanical body that does the work for him does? I sure as ###### would. I'd be bitching that the only reason he got up was the suit and if he wasn't handicapped he could never make it as far as I did.
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 10:04 PM

On the flip side, how would you feel if you had a dream of doing something and then someone said you can't becuase of a advantage.


The guy is not going to get a record, all the tallest mountains have been reached to their fullest, and in a lot faster time then this guy will do it.
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 10:14 PM

simple. 2 record books. one for "mechanically augmented" and one for "natural human"

oh god. now im thkning ghost in teh shell.
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 10:15 PM

Good for that guy. Who are you guys to say 'so what?' or 'he's cheating'... how many mountains have you climbed?
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 11:06 PM

2 on foot, 3 on train 1 on ski lift.


the zugspitz is f***ing beautiful.
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 11:29 PM

View PostCyber, on Apr 4 2006, 08:15 PM, said:

Good for that guy. Who are you guys to say 'so what?' or 'he's cheating'... how many mountains have you climbed?

but omg hes teh h4xing!!!! :laugh:

Really though, hes not doing it for his stats :laugh:
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 11:43 PM

View Postfrupert the nude apricot, on Apr 4 2006, 06:10 PM, said:

oh god. i just rememberd that old cartoon "exo wars"

damn that had a cool sega game.

correction "exo sqaud" man taht show f***ing ruled.


Hahaha that's the tag i use in BF2. My friends and I call ourselves Exo Squad because of that show. If you ever see [exo]markdavis [exo]peter_north [exo]spudcrowley [exo]russian sniper etc. that is us!
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 11:44 PM

omg the Exo fanboys never stop! :laugh:
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Posted 05 April 2006 - 01:40 AM

when i was 8 that was tthe ****. that and "wing commander" (the games and mark hamil, not teh stupid cartoon)


<----- probably only 8 year olds who playe dLAN games of Tie-Fighter and Xwingvs.TieFighter.


also, secret weapons of the luftwaffe for t win!!

pretty much any lucasarsts games that are adventures or flight sims before 2000 are classic. *runs off to play day of the tentacle
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Posted 05 April 2006 - 01:06 PM

View Postfrupert the nude apricot, on Apr 5 2006, 07:40 AM, said:

when i was 8 that was tthe ****. that and "wing commander" (the games and mark hamil, not teh stupid cartoon)
<----- probably only 8 year olds who playe dLAN games of Tie-Fighter and Xwingvs.TieFighter.
also, secret weapons of the luftwaffe for t win!!

pretty much any lucasarsts games that are adventures or flight sims before 2000 are classic. *runs off to play day of the tentacle


I still the original Wing commander 3 :)

Game was amazing. I did have Tie fighter and X-wing, they are longgone now though. :(

but we should get back to topic.
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