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TIL about Marco Siffredi who died trying to snowboard down Everest

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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
- Possibly twice 🤷‍♀️
  
  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
- this reminds me of people that started winning big at the casino, but left empty handed because they continue playing
- 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.
- 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.
That's the whitest thing I've heard of in a while.
At least his brother went on to have a good career
- And he conquered many large mountains.
  
  And many a crevasse
I hope he got all the pussy up-front.
- Where else does one find the pussy?
  
  I've never strayed so far from God's light, but I've heard some pagans "hit it from behind?"
  
  The bussy
- You are confusing him with Rocco Siffredi.
... for a split second I though another Siffredi is a talented snowboarder ...
- He rides other... ehm... surfaces and deeps.
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.
- He did it 20 years ago stfu
  
  it is 2025, it was fucked 20 years ago too
- It’s no longer a milestone it’s a human ~~trash~~ collector.
- My back muscles are bigger than your mom
  
  And my dick is bigger than your ego. What's your point?
Probably fell in a crevasse, never to be seen again.
- Whatever happened, I hope it was quick.
Low self-preservation tendencies, but lots of money, is a bad combination. They can afford to get themselves into a lot of trouble.
It’s only snowz
Anyone have good Sherpa/mountaineering documentary recommendations?
- 14 Peaks: About a Nepalese mountaineer.
- 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
- 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.
  
  I fuckin love that channel. So many late nights watching the 5 worst cave experiences
- 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.
- Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
  More of a biography covering her entire life
- Into Thin Air. I think they made a movie, but I read the book.
  
  It's been probably 25 years since I read it and I can still remember what an impression it made.
  Big recommend!
Play stupid games, win stupid priczes.
- Are stupid priczes pay to win?

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