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Losing limbs no barrier for juggling mountaineer
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"“It sounds strange, but if you offered me my hands and feet back now, I’d say no for sure,” he says. "
Hmmm, i dont think so.
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He lost them on Mt Blanc so the story says, got hammered by a 5 day storm, killed one of them, and he lost all four limbs.
Reminds me of when I climbed it many years back. I really hadnt appreciated the scale, and inherent danger of it and so was totally unprepared. My clothing was what you would wear to the pub in winter, the other two I climbed it with were no better equiped. We did have ice axes, crampons and rope though, that much we had thought of. But we only had two pairs of gloves between us. SO I gave my right glove to my friend, whose left arm is paralyzed, and thus is kept in his pocket all the time, while I had the left glove, and likewise kept my right hand in my pocket.
By Christ it was cold though. The denim jacket and jersey I had on was no protection at all. SO cold the cameras siezed up, they were the metal shutter variety in those days. Utterly staggeringly cold. minus 30C or some such, we set out at 3 am to make it to the sumit for sun rise, the colddest part of the day.
And then there were the massive crevasses. We didnt have much in the way of torches either, and certainy not ones that lasted more than a few hours, so you couldnt see them till you were almost on them. Sometimes you would be on a snow bridge without even knowing it till you glanced left and right and saw the massive black holes that said you were on a bridge. That made you step lightly!
We were roped together though, not that I am sure we would have known what to do if one of us fell in.
Fortunately it didnt happen, and we made it up and down safely, but what risks we took! I think that year about 30 people died climbing it.
So thats my memories of Mt BLanc, its not to be taken lightly, as this guy knows all too well.
modified 31-Mar-14 18:12pm.
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Can I put a screen cap into my post here in code project ?
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No. But you can post it to an image store and link to it.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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No - you can only put images directly into moderated items, such as articles and tips.
The problem is that there are a lot of idiots out there, for whom posting offensive or obscene images would be "amusing". And that could prevent the site being available inside many companies. So the alternatives are ban images, or moderate every post on the site before it is published. That's just to much delay, and work, particularly for a site where the content is posted by volunteers.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Thanks one and all. Hope this wasn't a redundant space wasting question.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Hope this wasn't a redundant space wasting question
Hey! This is the Lounge! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Good point. I have removed my post to avoid abuse based on that method.
I suppose those of us that have a need to link images to posts on a regular basis can set up a ::Workspace specifically for that.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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SoMad wrote: I suppose those of us that have a need to link images to posts on a regular basis can set up a ::Workspace specifically for that.
Haven't thought of this yet 
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
How to ask a question
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I must be kind of tired, as I just read parts of your post:
a lot of idiots ... posting offensive or obscene images ... particularly for a site where the content is posted by volunteers
but I think I got the meening correct, at least if links to sheep are included as, well you know...
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...DD! ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
/ravi
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man! this guy is getting older every year, sucks...
...anyways Happy Birthday! 
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Happy B'day DD!!
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What's your favorite?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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My eyes. I tried fingertips, but I was getting nothing running my fingers over the screen. The blind are even more incredible than I previously thought.
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There's not a damn one I like any more. I'm gonna have to write my own.
The least bad one was bloglines, which I used for years.
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Blog readers are like condoms. Haven't used one in years. Tried a few times but didn't find the experience very satisfying.
Marc
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Usually my eyes unless I'm tired, then my wife reads them to me.
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I'd like a beautiful lady to read blogs to me.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Feedly[^], assuming the other fine answers weren't what you were looking for.
TTFN - Kent
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If you do not have the list of old people who can write programs with you already, please refer to thread below.
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I'm not old!
It's just that my birth certificate is wrong... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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