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Subject: Re: OT: Eruption on Hawaii
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:10:32 +1200
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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.