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LadyButterflyshe/her to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 days ago

TIL about Marco Siffredi who died trying to snowboard down Everest

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TIL about Marco Siffredi who died trying to snowboard down Everest

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LadyButterflyshe/her to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 days ago
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  • @BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world
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    5•13 hours ago

    Low self-preservation tendencies, but lots of money, is a bad combination. They can afford to get themselves into a lot of trouble.

  • @Ulfenstein@feddit.nu
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    5•16 hours ago

    It’s only snowz

  • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Play stupid games, win stupid priczes.

    • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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      9•17 hours ago

      *prizes

      we would have also accepted “pay” over “win”.

      • @Klear@lemmy.world
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        -2•14 hours ago

        Are stupid priczes pay to win?

  • originalucifer
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    Siffredi was the first to descend Mount Everest on a snowboard, completing this feat in 2001 via the Norton Couloir.[1][2] In 2002, he disappeared after making his second Everest summit, while attempting to snowboard the Hornbein Couloir; his body has never been found.

    dude actually did it once

    • @UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works
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      234•2 days ago

      I made a rule for myself because of stuff like this

      If you’ve done something fun but incredibly stupid and got away with it the first time, never do it a second time.

      • @BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world
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        5•13 hours ago

        Smart. Some people don’t know when to quit while they’re ahead.

        This guy was doomed from the start. He was always going to keep doing this until he failed. If he survived his second attempt, he would have died on his third, or fourth, etc.

        I always tell young people, especially young men, that every friend group has that one dangerous guy. He’s the one that will hold a firework in his hand, drive like maniac to show off, drink way too much, take weird drugs, etc. Identify that guy early, and watch out for him. Don’t let him drive (he’s always the first to volunteer), don’t encourage his nonsense, and stay far away. He’s eventually going to get himself killed, and probably whoever is with him.

        RFK, Jr is good example of the type.

      • @ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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        13•1 day ago

        I see you’ve met my ex…

      • @witchybitchy@lemm.ee
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        2 days ago

        my mantra is “don’t tempt fate”

        could I e.g. jump off a 3 story building into a pool? probably. but if I’m wrong then I’m either dead or severely injured and will probably regret that jump for the rest of my life.

        • @AtariDump@lemmy.world
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          1•14 hours ago

          https://youtu.be/wQDwBmlvnkU

        • @Weirdfish@lemmy.world
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          35•2 days ago

          As someone who’s been skateboarding for 40 years, I’ve almost always had that “This is a bad idea” feeling right before getting a serious injury.

          Took longer than I care to admit to start listening to it.

          • @FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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            12•1 day ago

            Same with dirt bikes and ATVs. Rolled a few and there’s always a point on that too steep hill where you feel the shift and realize oh no, gravity will be making all of the decisions from here on out and I’m just a spectator. I don’t ride nearly as recklessly as I used to.

          • ddh
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            10•2 days ago

            My kid loves physical fail videos, and there’s lots of skateboarding. Some make me curl up in a ball, but I let him watch them because honestly they are pretty instructive.

            • @ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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              1•1 day ago

              Popsicle.

              All the skaters just cringed, lol.

        • @raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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          5•2 days ago

          This right here.

        • @UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works
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          -13•2 days ago

          I see where you’re coming from. But luck favors the bold. And I would most definitely regret not doing something for the rest of my life

          But after the first attempt your no longer bold, just dumb.

          • @sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca
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            3•1 day ago

            luck favors the bold

            As my dad used to say, ‘The feint of heart never fucked the fair maiden’.

          • @spittingimage@lemmy.world
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            32•2 days ago

            I think you mean survivorship bias favours the bold.

            • @UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works
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              3•2 days ago

              Tomato, tomato

      • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        But… he never did that other route!

        • @normalexit@lemmy.world
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          9•2 days ago

          It was probably pretty gnar

      • @MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
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        15•2 days ago

        Have to ask yourself honestly if it was luck or skill.

        • @tpihkal@lemmy.world
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          21•2 days ago

          I have and I’ve determined it was.

          • @MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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            8•2 days ago

            I am convinced that given enough time, the gene for Tries Crazy Shit and the gene for Has Mad Skills will converge.

            • @fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              3•1 day ago

              I just know that I have neither B)

    • @liverbe@lemmy.world
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      32•2 days ago

      Possibly twice 🤷‍♀️

      • @Nastybutler@lemmy.world
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        22•2 days ago

        Right? His body was never found, so maybe he reached the bottom and hitched a ride to escape his life and now he’s in a monetary somewhere in Nepal leading a quiet, peaceful existence

        • @DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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          3•21 hours ago

          Or maybe it just reached the bottom and got thrown in the trash because the Sherpas ain’t got time for dead white boi paperwork

        • @LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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          15•2 days ago

          He’s just out there chilling with DB Cooper.

    • @expatriado@lemmy.world
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      28•2 days ago

      this reminds me of people that started winning big at the casino, but left empty handed because they continue playing

    • Sundray
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      20•2 days ago

      It’s like winning big money the very first time you try gambling. You ought to quit while you’re ahead, but your judgement is too clouded to actually stop yourself.

    • @dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 days ago

      Is it… is it possible he ran away? Like I’ve seen documentaries where people disappear only to be found years later across the country. And people be like: dude made a second life, got tired of it and came back.

  • @Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    53•2 days ago

    That’s the whitest thing I’ve heard of in a while.

  • ivanafterall ☑️
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    31•2 days ago

    I hope he got all the pussy up-front.

    • @hakunawazo@lemmy.world
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      2•14 hours ago

      You are confusing him with Rocco Siffredi.

    • @RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee
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      16•1 day ago

      Where else does one find the pussy?

      • ivanafterall ☑️
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        7•1 day ago

        I’ve never strayed so far from God’s light, but I’ve heard some pagans “hit it from behind?”

      • @surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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        0•1 day ago

        The bussy

  • @TimMadisun@lemmy.world
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    43•2 days ago

    At least his brother went on to have a good career

    • rigatti
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      15•2 days ago

      And he conquered many large mountains.

      • @tordenflesk@lemmy.world
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        14•2 days ago

        And many a crevasse

        • @RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee
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          2•1 day ago

          Fill it!

        • @emogu@lemmy.world
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          1•2 days ago

          Heyo!

  • @Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    … for a split second I though another Siffredi is a talented snowboarder …

    • @hakunawazo@lemmy.world
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      3•14 hours ago

      He rides other… ehm… surfaces and deeps.

  • @itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml
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    15•2 days ago

    Probably fell in a crevasse, never to be seen again.

  • @frank@sopuli.xyz
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    8•2 days ago

    Anyone have good Sherpa/mountaineering documentary recommendations?

    • @CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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      11•2 days ago

      14 Peaks: About a Nepalese mountaineer.

    • @hactar42@lemmy.ml
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      7•2 days ago

      This one on K2 was really interesting. It goes in-depth on why K2 is so much more dangerous than Everest and the many failures of the people attempting to be the first to make it to the top.

      https://youtu.be/iMFLWoPtSZM

    • @Dayroom7485@lemmy.world
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      5•2 days ago

      Do you speak German or Dutch? It‘s not a documentary, but Toine Heijmans wrote a spectacular book on mountaineering called Zuurstofschuld. There‘s only a German translation though so far. I read the thing cover-to-cover in three days, best read I‘ve had in a while.

    • @IdontplaytheTrombone@lemmy.world
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      5•2 days ago

      Not exactly what you’re looking for, but “Scary Interesting” on youtube has some good mountaineering gone wrong stories. They’re typically 10-20 minutes long.

      • @SneakyWeasel@lemmy.ca
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        1•2 days ago

        I fuckin love that channel. So many late nights watching the 5 worst cave experiences

    • @ChaosCoati@midwest.social
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      4•2 days ago

      Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa

      More of a biography covering her entire life

    • @PrimeErective@startrek.website
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      3•2 days ago

      Into Thin Air. I think they made a movie, but I read the book.

      • @ECB@feddit.org
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        0•17 hours ago

        It’s been probably 25 years since I read it and I can still remember what an impression it made.

        Big recommend!

  • @ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    -8•2 days ago

    Good? Stay off the fucking mountain. It’s already been littered with human trash and bodies. It’s no longer a milestone it’s a human trash collector. Fuck him.

    • 74 183.84
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      1•15 hours ago

      My back muscles are bigger than your mom

      • @ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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        1•14 hours ago

        And my dick is bigger than your ego. What’s your point?

        • 74 183.84
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          1•13 hours ago

          My main point that I would like to get across here: my back muscles > your mom

          Please note that there is no part of this were the two are equal.

          • @ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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            1•12 hours ago

            Fair enough. Odd, but fair.

            • 74 183.84
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              Thanks for hearing me out, I really needed that. Have a good rest of your day broski

    • @Dicska@lemmy.world
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      It’s no longer a milestone it’s a human trash collector.

    • @Killer@lemmy.world
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      4•2 days ago

      He did it 20 years ago stfu

      • @baines@lemmy.cafe
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        6•1 day ago

        it is 2025, it was fucked 20 years ago too

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