British Man Becomes the First To Swim Under Mt. Everest

Many people try to climb up Mt. Everest, but Lewis Gordon Pugh saw a niche in the market and has become the first to swim under it. The endurance swimmer is the only person to successfully swim across the 1km glacial lake next to the Khumbu Glacier. From the article: "He came close to drowning during test swims for the event amid bouts of altitude sickness on the Pumori Lake, which sits 17,000 feet above sea level. But an adapted approach saw him through to complete the swim in a time of 22 minutes and 51 seconds."

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He should have actually gone UNDER the mountain

[Anonymous Coward]

the end

man's an odd beast

[FuckingNickName]

In Universal terms, an ant with a brief moment of consciousness has climbed the top of an ant hill. And he feels proud while a few ants gather round and clap. Then they all die and the Universe carries on, not caring.

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[Anonymous Coward]

The whole nihilist thing is pretty passe, man.

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[antdude]

Worker ants are females unless you mean male alates. :P

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[FuckingNickName]

Workers wouldn't have time for dalliances.

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[FuckingNickName]

I thought it was religion that was passe. Every justification is ultimately religious.

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[Reality Master 101]

Actually, in Universe terms, the least accomplishment of any man is greater than the whole of the rest of creation. Intelligence is the pinnacle of what happens in the universe.

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[FuckingNickName]

Intelligence is the pinnacle of what happens in the universe.

Wow, we must be good. Do we have an interstellar species equivalent of White Man's Burden?

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[antdude]

True, just like me. :P

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[FuckingNickName]

You seem angered by being confronted with the possibility that your existence is futile. Sit back, chill, have a beer and, oh, be nice!

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[JWSmythe]

You can't get the citation on this planet. It is available elsewhere.

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[Cryacin]

Dude, whatever you're smoking you should share it around.

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[FuckingNickName]

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Obvious samefag troll, 1/10. But to continue...

The more theatrically aggressive you get, the more transparent your colours run. You're the plebian scientist, the buffoon follower, the useful idiot who cannot bear to ask just one more "why?" In your eyes you flourish because you set your standards so low. Yet I must love you because you feel as much pain as any man.

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[gandhi_2]

You must be a Vandals fan.

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[jobinv]

Any chance I have to quote Mahatma Gandhi is an opportunity that I take :) "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."

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[Skreems]

You seem angered by being confronted with the possibility that your existence is futile.

You seem to be under the mistaken impression that intelligence and existence can't be simultaneously futile and pointless, and also the pinnacle of reality.

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[Hurricane78]

You seem to be under the mistaken delusion, that that “pinnacle of reality” is anything other than extremely egocentric pure mental masturbation.
There is no such thing as “THE pinnacle”. I think when all the matter and energy in the universe gets an equal vote about what is considered a pinnacle, in whatever they want to measure here (as you did not specify “the pinnacle in WHAT?”, our views will be a two-bit value in a 256 bit field. ^^

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[Skreems]

Not if you're measuring by complexity. Or density of information.

!= Under

[Usefull Idiot]

If that is what is meant by under, I work more than 20 feet under my basement all day, and drive under my basement on average more than once a day.