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Subject: Re: OT: Eruption on Hawaii
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 21:23:37 -0700
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On 4/11/2025 7:10 PM, Titus G wrote:
> On 12/04/25 09:53, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sounds tiring, but can your spin system make you do it with a
>>> 40% oxygen deficiency?
>>>
>>> To add to my story: On the way up, we passed a cyclist, going up.
>>> He arrived at the top of the road about 45 minutes behind us.
>>
>> Going up mountains like this is much too dangerous.  You could slip and
>> fall.  You could get a hangnail.  You could get to the top just to find
>> the Bordeaux is corked.  A friend of mine in high school went to the
>> top of Tantalus in her boyfriend's car and wound up pregnant.  It's just
>> not worth the risk.
>>
>> No, it's much safer to go mountain climbing on Wake Island.  There's no
>> need to use the lower gears on the bicycle and if something goes wrong,
>> the officer's club is able to deliver a martini anywhere when it is needed.
>>
>> Plus when you get back to Honolulu you'll be able to tell all the young
>> girls elaborate stories of how you climbed to the highest peak on the
>> island there.
>> --scott
>>
> 
> Thank you. Whilst I was interested in the experiences of previous
> contributors to this thread, thank you for your humour, a feature seldom
> now seen here except for Dimensional Traveller's comments.

o_O   Is that good or bad?

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