Mallory possibly made it, and died on the return.  The photo he intended to leave at the peak was not found on his person, when his body was finally discovered.  The camera he took along has never been recovered, and Kodak has said the film might still be able to be developed if it were found, as the conditions…

When I read the article, I immediately figured Bale would be Scott Fischer or Rob Hall.

Who's got two thumbs and climbed Mt Everest?

I think I've read Into the Wild, but I'm not sure.  I've read Into Thin Air twice, and a book about Mallory and Irvine.  I've got a ton of books on Everest and K2, for someone who has no desire to climb mountains, reading about it sure appeals to me.  Brashears, Viesturs, Whittaker, and the book Anatoli Boukreev wrote…

Beck Weathers.  The poor sonuvabitch was abandoned to die 3 times.  Probably because he's a Republican, ya know, bootstraps and all that.

My favourite part of the description of the trip's route is this:

Does anyone speak swahili, sir?

Kilimanjaro is a very tricky climb, you know.  Most of it's up until you reach the very very top, then it tends to slope away rather sharply. 

Thanks for this, as I really like your thoughts on Booth Jonathan.  I figured he's just a pretentious dick, but you might have a point there.  He might just be acting that way to see how long his "friends" will put up with it.  I'm sure he's still a pretentious dick, but if he's just increasingly ramping it up because…

That was my favourite part of the episode.  Ray really hates Staten Island, and he just rants about it non-stop the moment they get there.  That amused me.

Absolutely.  Nicely done.

Queue the gimmick commenter "Lena Dunham's boobs" in 5… 4… 3…

Is that why Mormons seem to be overcompensating in terms of being nice?  Because of secret hostility due to their places of worship looking like they came from the Land of Oz?

Agreed.  There is something to be said for the difficulty of hitting something when that something is trying to shoot you, though.

I could repeatedly hit a swinging propane tank with an FN-FAL semi-automatic from about 100 yards, and that was with my adjusting for it firing high and right.  It also repeatedly jammed, which you wouldn't think affects your proficiency, but it does.

I think his mustache is now a zombie mustache…

It's a fucking TV show.  I watch this stuff to escape.  It's not the news.  I actually find it annoying that guns aren't more of a focal point of this show.  The fact that Rick had an M4 carbine in the shootout, then ran out of ammunition and left it behind drives me crazy, even though I'm sure he didn't abandon it…

Four for you, Glen Coco! You go, Glen Coco!

I thought it was a lady.

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