gnasher16 30,046 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: Thanks for that ken lad , that’s a bit of a weight off for me ... was worried a bit when I heard rip to him anyway. As for trekking it , it’s not as easy as made out, I went up the four day route up Kilimanjaro, most of our group had savage altitude sickness getting up . Howling It would be great to hear a bit more about that little jaunt mate if you ever get the time to sit down and string a few paragraphs together Edited May 25, 2019 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,260 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, baker boy said: There'll be a ski lift up to the top in years to come Starbucks have already applied for a franchise,there was rumoured to be a 12 hour queue to get to the top the other day,a 12 hour queue,edmund Hillary would turn in his grave. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 15,703 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 17 minutes ago, WILF said: Look at the f***ing state of you, all done up like Mr Tumble......I’d have jogged up there in my vest and give you a dig if I knew you were cutting about dressed like that ! I’ve pushed bigger spastics out the way to get into a fight 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,641 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 9 minutes ago, gnasher16 said: It would be great to hear a bit more about that little jaunt mate if you ever get the time to sit down and string a few paragraphs together Oh, don’t encourage him....... ”How I had a walk up a hill” by The Worlds Fattest Paratrooper And Regimental Grenade Magnet ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 38 minutes ago, WILF said: Yeah, they went up there in 1976.....world hide and seek champions ! I climbed irelands highest peak carrauntoohil. I got there an hour before my mate. Too be fair though he brought his bike. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 5,217 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 4 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: Thanks for that ken lad , that’s a bit of a weight off for me ... was worried a bit when I heard rip to him anyway. As for trekking it , it’s not as easy as made out, I went up the four day route up Kilimanjaro, most of our group had savage altitude sickness getting up . Howling Biggest challenge on Kili is dealing with the smell of the shunkies Impossible to describe 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-48403711 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delswal 3,819 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 13 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: Thanks for that ken lad , that’s a bit of a weight off for me ... was worried a bit when I heard rip to him anyway. As for trekking it , it’s not as easy as made out, I went up the four day route up Kilimanjaro, most of our group had savage altitude sickness getting up . Howling Feck it I gotta ask, what are them packets ya proudly showing off? Is that your reward for reaching the top? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,260 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 Seamus Lawless one of the irish guys missing has had a GoFund me page set up by his family to try and raise £750,000 to find and recover his body after the insurance company he used are not forthcoming with funds,it costs cash to recover bodies from up there,thats why they are left. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,641 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, delswal said: Feck it I gotta ask, what are them packets ya proudly showing off? Is that your reward for reaching the top? Bus tickets 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delswal 3,819 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 8 hours ago, WILF said: Bus tickets So he got dressed up and went up the back way on a fecking bus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, mackem said: Seamus Lawless one of the irish guys missing has had a GoFund me page set up by his family to try and raise £750,000 to find and recover his body after the insurance company he used are not forthcoming with funds,it costs cash to recover bodies from up there,thats why they are left. Fair point too. If I climbed it and lost I'd prefer to stay there. It's a rich kids dream but the Sherpa Carried the gear. Why should another Sherpa die for a go fund me campaign. Them Sherpas carry serious weight double the average man and don't get altitude sickness .Them boys would piss up that peak and down Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 15,703 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 1 hour ago, WILF said: Oh, don’t encourage him....... ”How I had a walk up a hill” by The Worlds Fattest Paratrooper And Regimental Grenade Magnet ! Aw f***ing haha , liked by Ken as well. I can’t help being seen as the main effort of enemy action against uk forces. I’m not know as “the ghost who walks” by my African friends for nothing. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 15,703 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 42 minutes ago, delswal said: Feck it I gotta ask, what are them packets ya proudly showing off? Is that your reward for reaching the top? They are packets of stokes ketchup , to help ease the pain of the issued food.... nothing to do with my wife working in their sales team at the time . Honest . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 15,703 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 On 08/01/2017 at 22:50, Waz said: I’ll get to base camp in the next 5 years . Definitely . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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