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Man dies on Mount Everest during cryptocurrency promotional stunt

Man dies on Mount Everest during ASKfm cryptocurrency promot...
Boyish Buff Principal's Office Tattoo
  06/06/18
when moon
vigorous violet mediation legend
  06/06/18
it's like, a metaphor
razzle painfully honest heaven cumskin
  06/06/18
dude was a Sherpa - he could have died on this or any expedi...
useless spruce goal in life
  06/06/18
if these ASKfm guys were inexperienced climbers with no busi...
aphrodisiac point sandwich
  06/06/18
they summited everest. they couldnt have been any more inexp...
Glassy corner friendly grandma
  06/06/18
more people die on the descent than on the ascent. Sounds li...
aphrodisiac point sandwich
  06/06/18
perhaps. but the point is that there are plenty of people tr...
Glassy corner friendly grandma
  06/06/18
Running out of O is a result of bad decision making and woul...
aphrodisiac point sandwich
  06/06/18
...
Snowy range dopamine
  06/06/18
again, lots of people trying to summit everest -- very exper...
Glassy corner friendly grandma
  06/06/18
you're completely wrong about this
aphrodisiac point sandwich
  06/06/18
you're speculating on facts we don't know.
Glassy corner friendly grandma
  06/06/18
Agreed. Elite mountaineers have run out of oxygen and died o...
obsidian background story
  06/06/18
Elite mountaineers aren't running out of O unless something ...
aphrodisiac point sandwich
  06/06/18
again, we don't know all the facts
Glassy corner friendly grandma
  06/06/18
if a whole host of people didn't die at the same time then i...
aphrodisiac point sandwich
  06/06/18
there's always weather involved. maybe there was a bottlenec...
Glassy corner friendly grandma
  06/06/18
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Glassy corner friendly grandma
  06/06/18
wouldnt that be on the expedition leader not the tourists?
useless spruce goal in life
  06/06/18
expedition leader can't make people do anything once they're...
aphrodisiac point sandwich
  06/06/18
No their not
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  06/06/18
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  06/06/18
So they just left a dead Sherpa behind and weren't planning ...
wonderful market electric furnace
  06/06/18
you can't get dead bodies off the mountain
aphrodisiac point sandwich
  06/06/18
He wasn't dead when they left him behind
Marvelous forum
  06/06/18
rescue is impossible. if you can't get down on your own YOU'...
aphrodisiac point sandwich
  06/06/18
...
Glassy corner friendly grandma
  06/06/18
...
Multi-colored up-to-no-good famous landscape painting public bath
  06/24/18
It would have ruined the promotion and his death would have ...
obsidian background story
  06/06/18
No, it's literally impossible to get dead bodies off the mou...
aphrodisiac point sandwich
  06/06/18
I think you are completely missing the point.
obsidian background story
  06/06/18
They left him behind while he was still alive. He died cold ...
Marvelous forum
  06/06/18
at least 50k in ASK is on everest now, he died for a good cu...
Boyish Buff Principal's Office Tattoo
  06/06/18
...
obsidian background story
  06/06/18
LOL
lascivious pit
  06/06/18
Doing anything other than leaving him behind would likely ha...
Multi-colored up-to-no-good famous landscape painting public bath
  06/24/18
"500,000 ASKT will stay on the peak of Mt. Everest,&quo...
Impertinent degenerate
  06/06/18
I kept wondering why the article wasn't talking about anyone...
obsidian background story
  06/06/18
how much is this worth now
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Date: June 6th, 2018 9:56 AM
Author: Boyish Buff Principal's Office Tattoo

Man dies on Mount Everest during ASKfm cryptocurrency promotional stunt

Mark Serrels, CNET Updated 10:28 am, Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Taris Pozdnii, the man in the video suffered multiple instances of frost bite on his fingers and feet, but recovered. Photo: AskFM

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Taris Pozdnii, the man in the video suffered multiple instances of frost bite on his fingers and feet, but recovered.

It was a stunt designed to play on one of cryptocurrencies most resilient memes: "to the moon" -- the idea that prices will skyrocket, leaving currency holders rich in the process. But it was a stunt that left one Sherpa presumed dead on Mount Everest.

ASKfm, one of the world's top 10 social media networks, was about to release a brand new Initial Coin Offering (ICO), giving early investors the chance to pre-buy some of its cryptocurrency before its launch. To promote the ICO ASKfm sent four "crypto enthusiasts" on an expedition to Mount Everest.

The plan: bury $50,000 worth of ASKT, ASKfm's cryptocurrency, in a nano ledger at the top of the mountain.

The team of four made it to the top on May 14, and got back relatively safely. Taris Pozdnii, the man in the video below, suffered multiple instances of frost bite on his fingers and feet, but recovered.

A team of climbers on an expedition to leave $50,000 of cryptocurrency at the top of Everest had to be rescued after getting stuck with no oxygen.

Media: Buzz 60

In a statement on its Medium page, ASKfm explained the reasons for the trip:

The statement here is that ASKfm is not at all afraid to rise to challenges. They're conquering Everest because it's out there to conquer. By doing so they claim: if they're bold enough to do it, they're bold enough to turn a social network into a blockchain ecosystem, and they're definitely bold enough to overturn the market with their new product.

Later it explained the expedition in terms of the "to the moon" crypto meme:

While others try sophisticated marketing techniques, these guys went out there and put themselves right on top of the highest mountain on the planet. An elegant way to boast ideological superiority to every other crypto. A way quite strangely unexplored before. Even memes-wise, think about the closest starting point to reach the moon. It seems so obvious, yet no one has done it.

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But the Medium statement didn't mention Lam Babu Sherpa, a man who helped the ASKfm's four-man team get to the top of Mount Everest. According to extensive reports by the Financial Times and climbing site Rock and Ice, Lam Babu Sherpa was left behind during the descent from Mount Everest and is now presumed dead. Lam Babu Sherpa was a veteran of three Mount Everest summits.

In a statement to the Financial Times, ASKfm's CEO Max Tsaryk said they had later been made "aware" that someone had gone missing on the trip, that "the condition and location of the missing Sherpa was unknown" and it was not their place to "make public statements which could've resulted in false information being circulated".

ASKfm did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The buried Nano Ledger containing ASKfm's cryptocurrency is still on the mountain.

"500,000 ASKT will stay on the peak of Mt. Everest," said ASKfm in its celebratory Medium post, "for someone who is brave enough to climb the mountain."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192875)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 9:58 AM
Author: vigorous violet mediation legend

when moon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192889)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 9:59 AM
Author: razzle painfully honest heaven cumskin

it's like, a metaphor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192894)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:02 AM
Author: useless spruce goal in life

dude was a Sherpa - he could have died on this or any expedition. That this particular one was stupid isn't really significant - though horrible for him and his family.

Fucking shithead media buries the story with the headline.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192912)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:06 AM
Author: aphrodisiac point sandwich

if these ASKfm guys were inexperienced climbers with no business being on the mountain then they should be blamed for the death

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192934)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:12 AM
Author: Glassy corner friendly grandma

they summited everest. they couldnt have been any more inexperienced than the average guy who is attempting it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192970)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:17 AM
Author: aphrodisiac point sandwich

more people die on the descent than on the ascent. Sounds like they were low on oxygen because they were too slow getting up and should have turned around before summiting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193010)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:20 AM
Author: Glassy corner friendly grandma

perhaps. but the point is that there are plenty of people trying to summit everest for all sorts of stunts and causes and personal reasons. all are at least moderately experienced climbers despite xo schtick

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193040)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:22 AM
Author: aphrodisiac point sandwich

Running out of O is a result of bad decision making and would suggest that these fucks didn't know what they were doing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193056)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:24 AM
Author: Snowy range dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193074)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:26 AM
Author: Glassy corner friendly grandma

again, lots of people trying to summit everest -- very experienced and moderately experienced -- have made stupid decisions because their ego tells them that they need to do whatever it takes to summit. agree with you that it's probably bad decision making, but it's not uncommon and nothing to do with a 'publicity stunt.'

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193087)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:27 AM
Author: aphrodisiac point sandwich

you're completely wrong about this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193095)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:30 AM
Author: Glassy corner friendly grandma

you're speculating on facts we don't know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193114)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:28 AM
Author: obsidian background story

Agreed. Elite mountaineers have run out of oxygen and died on Everest for a host of reasons. Based on the article, no one knows what happened.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193101)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:29 AM
Author: aphrodisiac point sandwich

Elite mountaineers aren't running out of O unless something really strange happens

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193106)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:30 AM
Author: Glassy corner friendly grandma

again, we don't know all the facts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193113)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:30 AM
Author: aphrodisiac point sandwich

if a whole host of people didn't die at the same time then it wasn't weather related

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193117)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:32 AM
Author: Glassy corner friendly grandma

there's always weather involved. maybe there was a bottleneck at the summit (of course, they should have planned for this). who knows.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193123)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:29 AM
Author: Glassy corner friendly grandma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193108)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:27 AM
Author: useless spruce goal in life

wouldnt that be on the expedition leader not the tourists?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193093)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:28 AM
Author: aphrodisiac point sandwich

expedition leader can't make people do anything once they're up there and the sherpas won't leave the climbers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193102)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:23 AM
Author: Boyish Buff Principal's Office Tattoo

No their not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193072)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:06 AM
Author: Glassy corner friendly grandma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192936)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:02 AM
Author: Fragrant Parlor Regret



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192914)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:03 AM
Author: bateful insanely creepy trailer park gaming laptop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192916)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:04 AM
Author: wonderful market electric furnace

So they just left a dead Sherpa behind and weren't planning to mention anything, so as to "not cause rumors." These guys sound like a class act.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192925)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:06 AM
Author: aphrodisiac point sandwich

you can't get dead bodies off the mountain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192939)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:32 AM
Author: Marvelous forum

He wasn't dead when they left him behind

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193125)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:36 AM
Author: aphrodisiac point sandwich

rescue is impossible. if you can't get down on your own YOU'RE FUCKED

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193148)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:38 AM
Author: Glassy corner friendly grandma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193165)



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Date: June 24th, 2018 4:51 AM
Author: Multi-colored up-to-no-good famous landscape painting public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36300159)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:19 AM
Author: obsidian background story

It would have ruined the promotion and his death would have been in vain.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193030)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:21 AM
Author: aphrodisiac point sandwich

No, it's literally impossible to get dead bodies off the mountain from that high of altitude.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193044)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:22 AM
Author: obsidian background story

I think you are completely missing the point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193054)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:31 AM
Author: Marvelous forum

They left him behind while he was still alive. He died cold and alone, away from his family, friends, and loved ones.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193121)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:36 AM
Author: Boyish Buff Principal's Office Tattoo

at least 50k in ASK is on everest now, he died for a good cuase

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193157)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:44 AM
Author: obsidian background story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193195)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 11:16 AM
Author: lascivious pit

LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193332)



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Date: June 24th, 2018 4:53 AM
Author: Multi-colored up-to-no-good famous landscape painting public bath

Doing anything other than leaving him behind would likely have resulted in additional deaths. It's nearly impossible to mount a rescue above 26,00 feet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36300165)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:14 AM
Author: Impertinent degenerate

"500,000 ASKT will stay on the peak of Mt. Everest," said ASKfm in its celebratory Medium post, "for someone who is brave enough to climb the mountain."

Is it somewhere it can be found? Did they leave the ledger pin/passphrase with it or is this one big elaborate haha, you're fucked?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36192983)



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Date: June 6th, 2018 10:19 AM
Author: obsidian background story

I kept wondering why the article wasn't talking about anyone dying.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#36193024)



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Date: December 19th, 2020 10:45 PM
Author: Cobalt supple bawdyhouse

how much is this worth now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3994996&forum_id=2#41581897)