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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:34 PM Original message |
11-year-old boy reaches Aconagua's mountain peak |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. These are highly irresponsible parents. nt |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Why? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Because they're subjecting a child to an outrageously dangerous undertaking. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Unless I'm missing something, I don't see the danger. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You've got to be joking, right? nt |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I rode dirtbikes since I was 6 years old, so my parents must be irresponsible, right? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. It's something I'd probably not do, but it doesn't seem 'outrageous' |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Am I wrong or do they mean Mt. ACONCAGUA? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. oops! yew is right |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. Peak-bagging, especially internationally, is a pastime for the idle rich. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Bollocks |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Go-karting vs. Nascar |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I've met two Everest climbers in my life. Both were dicks. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I got banged up more playing football than I do riding the dirtbike |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm with you there |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. On one of the offroading websites I frequent, sometimes... |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. I've been on a mountain by his age. |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't see what the big deal is. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. If this climb is anything like Everest, than the parents put the kid's life in danger. |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
19. What am I missing here? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It's meters, not feet... |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Thanks! It was late when I read this - |
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