Thoughts on Pakistan
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those pics of your home in Pakistan are breathtaking |
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Great points Scott and Ali. |
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JLP wrote:If you want to see mountains, the planet is full of other options.Granite bigwalls along the Baltoro (the Trango Towers are in the middle) Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat K2 summit The options might be there, but they dont quite compare. This isn't my opinion, take a look at these interviews: http://www.unclimbed.com/steve-house-talks-about-his-mountaineering-experience-in-pakistan/ unclimbed.com/conrad-anker-… |
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Thank you Scott and Ali for the interesting posts. Your write-ups are thought-provoking since they stir up questions and facts and are more than just opinions written in sloppy style. I would be glad to touch base with you guys, too. Maybe we can make this work? |
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Moritz B. wrote:Thank you Scott and Ali for the interesting posts. Your write-ups are thought-provoking since they stir up questions and facts and are more than just opinions written in sloppy style. I would be glad to touch base with you guys, too. Maybe we can make this work? All the bestIm meeting Scott tomorrow. If you're in Colorado, let me know, I'll be happy to talk and go over some maps and photos of unclimbed peaks down there. The latest on Nanga Parbat is that the local police has identified all suspects and have brought their families in for questioning. Hopefully they'll be able to find these guys within the next week. |
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To keep this thread alive, I thought these reads were interesting, especially Steve's blog... |
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_ _ _ _ _ wrote: let me shrink that down: 1. compare education and experience to show GMBurns is a superior authority. 2. denounce American meddling in the affairs of other countries 3. advocate "years of education" (whatever that means) and breaking up countries and helping each of them succeed (i.e. meddling in the affairs of other countries) 4. handjobs for everyone! Good thing we're here to know what's best for Pakistan, especially in light of the fact that we have intimate knowledge of Brazil and Chile. 5. offer extremely unhelpful anecdote. if I was your father, I'd probably sponstaneously hit you across the chest too.heh - you're a riot...oh, wait, what was your name again? I don't advocate meddling with other countries's affairs. I'm just saying that simply stating that bombing another country's citizen's isn't as easy as "well, they're not doing it so we need do it." If one wants to end corruption and violence then drone attacks on innocent civilians aren't going to cut it. |
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GMBurns wrote: If one wants to end corruption and violence then drone attacks on innocent civilians aren't going to cut it. |
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The Stoned Master - I got your e-mail and responded but Im not sure if it went through. Did you get my e-mail? |
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The Stoned Master wrote:if America truly cared (our government does represent the whole, thats the idea at least) they would stop immediately. But it continues... Our current Administration cares deeply about transparency and fairness. Here's another fine example of keeping your enemies close and your friends closer?? NSA bugs EU offices and computer networks. Way to go... |
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Just saw this posted on Dane's site: |
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Erik, |
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Got em: |
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Very interesting posts here by Scott and Ali - thanks guys. Consider this a bump, hopefully someone else will enjoy the read and spend hours down the rabbit hole of reading about climbing in Pakistan as I did. I hope to visit someday - perhaps I will have the skill to climb while I'm there. |
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Yes, this is great to read. Ali, you posted a link to thoughts on climbing in Pakistan on unclimbed.com. It doesn't seem to be available. I don't suppose you have it archived somewhere do you? I would really like to read it. |