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King & Spaulding counsel dies after falling off mountain

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2025/12/01/king--spald...
flirting indian lodge
  12/08/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kAIMlISHhU
Avocado meetinghouse
  12/08/25
technical article on the death: https://www.climbing.com/...
thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
he was with a guide and died together w his guide wtf
thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
a scholar: He attended Swarthmore College, where he gradu...
thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
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Shivering pungent gay wizard
  12/08/25
I guess it is the money, but why would a guy with that acade...
Ivory supple idiot
  12/08/25
Dindu Thunderdome High?
Shivering pungent gay wizard
  12/08/25
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Avocado meetinghouse
  12/08/25
no jerbs? how many tenure-track faculty jobs come available ...
thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
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spectacular menage potus
  12/08/25
https://classicalstudies.columbia.edu/employment-resources/j...
Shivering pungent gay wizard
  12/08/25
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thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
https://archive.ph/aeaDT
heady fat ankles
  12/12/25
Ran here
Big Stead
  12/08/25
holy shit lede buried: In an interview with Stuff, his mo...
thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
"I'm gay btw. So was my son."
Galvanic pontificating faggotry
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thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
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Ivory supple idiot
  12/08/25
"we're all a buncha fags here"
Shivering pungent gay wizard
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thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
The XOXO Family
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aromatic topaz idea he suggested
  12/12/25
the more I think about it the crazier it is she had to w...
cerebral property pozpig
  12/08/25
nah. the author probably wanted a quote about the human side...
thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
Peak moment when somebody using the moniker "nude litig...
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irradiated elastic band death wish
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Big Stead
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Coiffed house
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Drab Razzle Mad Cow Disease Roast Beef
  12/09/25
RIP lex
cerebral property pozpig
  12/08/25
To: All Attorneys Reminder To Close Out Time When You Fee...
thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
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green slap-happy kitchen
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Big Stead
  12/08/25
4 year BA 7 year PhD 3 year JD 1 year clerkship 7 years ...
Avocado meetinghouse
  12/08/25
under those circumstances, plus being gay and no family, it'...
thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
preftigious scholar and faggot
arousing cerise lay
  12/08/25
the scholarship died with him
Vigorous Center Mental Disorder
  12/08/25
Am I the only one that was a little disheartened to discover...
azure locus dog poop
  12/08/25
...
thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
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Big Stead
  12/08/25
He died while fumbling phone as he responded to partners ema...
Twisted geriatric range partner
  12/08/25
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thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
"It's been 17 minutes and you haven't responded to my e...
Shivering pungent gay wizard
  12/08/25
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thirsty filthpig
  12/08/25
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Big Stead
  12/08/25
On balance, he was off balance /soyface
Boyish ticket booth
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Big Stead
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thirsty filthpig
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Histrionic ocher electric furnace
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Ivory supple idiot
  12/09/25
12,218ft Lol you can drive to places higher than that. What ...
honey-headed patrolman
  12/08/25
And this stupid bort says litigators don't have exit options
racy silver trust fund station
  12/08/25
amazing thread
heady fat ankles
  12/08/25
that twinge of envy every lawyer feels upon learning of the ...
narrow-minded irate coffee pot mexican
  12/08/25
He 100% posted here
Coiffed house
  12/09/25
evan39 hasnt been here in a few days hmmmm
sapphire thriller son of senegal
  12/09/25
"At approximately 11:50 p.m. Vialletet and Conover&mdas...
swollen striped hyena
  12/09/25
it's not uncommon. starting at night means colder, firmer s...
narrow-minded irate coffee pot mexican
  12/09/25
cr. love how xo n00bs try to step up on mountaineering
thirsty filthpig
  12/09/25
And nothing of value was lost.
cobalt chapel clown
  12/09/25
Fags are incredibly promiscuous. Even though he was climbing...
Twisted geriatric range partner
  12/09/25
probably worth it
thirsty filthpig
  12/09/25
Doesnt look like it would be that difficult to climb
Fighting boiling water hominid
  12/09/25
i went to the base of mt cook. i'm ok guyz
thirsty filthpig
  12/09/25
...
Fighting boiling water hominid
  12/09/25
Cooked
Avocado meetinghouse
  12/09/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:59 PM
Author: flirting indian lodge

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2025/12/01/king--spalding-appellate-attorney-dies-while-climbing-new-zealands-tallest-mountain/

https://www.lawfuel.com/tragic-death-in-new-zealand-of-talented-dc-lawyer/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494528)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:04 PM
Author: Avocado meetinghouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kAIMlISHhU

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:07 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig

technical article on the death:

https://www.climbing.com/news/two-climbers-die-new-zealand-peak-mt-cook/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494545)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig

he was with a guide and died together w his guide wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494551)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:09 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig

a scholar:

He attended Swarthmore College, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Greek and Latin, and then earned a Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University. Conover’s dissertation at Princeton, which explored the ideology of bribery in ancient Athens, earned him the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, the university’s most prestigious honor, described as given only to students “whose work has displayed the highest scholarly excellence.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494552)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Shivering pungent gay wizard



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Ivory supple idiot

I guess it is the money, but why would a guy with that academic background not just teach somewhere?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494631)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:31 PM
Author: Shivering pungent gay wizard

Dindu Thunderdome High?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494633)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:32 PM
Author: Avocado meetinghouse



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig

no jerbs? how many tenure-track faculty jobs come available every year in the classics? how many go to white males?

even with that background, i bet he had no chance at a jerb at a respectable uni.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494638)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:39 PM
Author: spectacular menage potus



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: Shivering pungent gay wizard

https://classicalstudies.columbia.edu/employment-resources/job-listings

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: heady fat ankles

https://archive.ph/aeaDT

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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: Big Stead

Ran here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494818)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:10 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig

holy shit lede buried:

In an interview with Stuff, his mother, Pam Conover, said her son was “the kindest possible man who always took care of other people.” She recalled how, when she married her wife eight years ago, her son—who was also gay—got himself certified so he could conduct the marriage ceremony for his mother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494557)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:19 PM
Author: Galvanic pontificating faggotry

"I'm gay btw. So was my son."

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:22 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:29 PM
Author: Ivory supple idiot



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:31 PM
Author: Shivering pungent gay wizard

"we're all a buncha fags here"

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: Histrionic ocher electric furnace



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:38 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig



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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:53 AM
Author: wonderful obsidian laser beams

The XOXO Family

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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: aromatic topaz idea he suggested



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: cerebral property pozpig

the more I think about it the crazier it is

she had to work *really hard* to get those details in there in a story about him falling off a mountain



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494686)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig

nah. the author probably wanted a quote about the human side of things...something about his wife and kids... then realized that this guy is a 45y/o queer, and asked the mom to say something human about him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494719)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: Bisexual Excitant Orchestra Pit

Peak moment when somebody using the moniker "nude litigator" is the most insightful commentator in the thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49496983)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: irradiated elastic band death wish



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Big Stead



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Coiffed house



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Date: December 9th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: Drab Razzle Mad Cow Disease Roast Beef



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:54 PM
Author: cerebral property pozpig

RIP lex

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494668)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:12 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig

To: All Attorneys

Reminder To Close Out Time When You Feel Yourself Slipping Off Any Mountain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494562)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:38 PM
Author: green slap-happy kitchen



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Big Stead



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Avocado meetinghouse

4 year BA

7 year PhD

3 year JD

1 year clerkship

7 years as associate

NOBREAKFAST

fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494574)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:17 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig

under those circumstances, plus being gay and no family, it's no wonder why you'd engage in risky mountain climbing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494583)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:34 PM
Author: arousing cerise lay

preftigious scholar and faggot

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: Vigorous Center Mental Disorder

the scholarship died with him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494644)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: azure locus dog poop

Am I the only one that was a little disheartened to discover that the mountain in question was only Mount Cook and not Teewinot?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494653)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Big Stead



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: Twisted geriatric range partner

He died while fumbling phone as he responded to partners email about latest turn of document.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494681)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:03 PM
Author: Shivering pungent gay wizard

"It's been 17 minutes and you haven't responded to my email. Are you dead?"

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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Big Stead



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Boyish ticket booth

On balance, he was off balance

/soyface

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494801)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Big Stead



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:46 PM
Author: thirsty filthpig



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Histrionic ocher electric furnace



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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:54 PM
Author: Ivory supple idiot



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:29 PM
Author: honey-headed patrolman

12,218ft Lol you can drive to places higher than that. What a waste

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494974)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: racy silver trust fund station

And this stupid bort says litigators don't have exit options

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495000)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 8:38 PM
Author: heady fat ankles

amazing thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495294)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: narrow-minded irate coffee pot mexican

that twinge of envy every lawyer feels upon learning of the premature death of another lawyer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495310)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:36 AM
Author: Coiffed house

He 100% posted here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495759)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 8:21 AM
Author: sapphire thriller son of senegal

evan39 hasnt been here in a few days hmmmm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495992)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: swollen striped hyena

"At approximately 11:50 p.m. Vialletet and Conover—who were climbing ahead of the other pair, as a rope team of two—fell from the ridge, according to a release published by the NZ Mountain Safety Council"

**11:50 PM***

What the fuck???

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495835)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:32 AM
Author: narrow-minded irate coffee pot mexican

it's not uncommon. starting at night means colder, firmer snow, preserves daylight for the descent, and can avoid afternoon storms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495848)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:01 AM
Author: thirsty filthpig

cr. love how xo n00bs try to step up on mountaineering

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495923)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:06 AM
Author: cobalt chapel clown

And nothing of value was lost.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495927)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: Twisted geriatric range partner

Fags are incredibly promiscuous. Even though he was climbing in tandem at 12k feet in the middle of the night on a dangerous ascent, he couldn’t help himself and had to have raw homo rough anal with his guide at that very moment. Cost him his life.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495939)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: thirsty filthpig

probably worth it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49496122)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 8:14 AM
Author: Fighting boiling water hominid

Doesnt look like it would be that difficult to climb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495980)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:34 AM
Author: thirsty filthpig

i went to the base of mt cook. i'm ok guyz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49496124)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: Fighting boiling water hominid



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Date: December 9th, 2025 3:02 PM
Author: Avocado meetinghouse

Cooked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49497028)