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King & Spaulding counsel dies after falling off mountain

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2025/12/01/king--spald...
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  12/08/25
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technical article on the death: https://www.climbing.com/...
mahogany cocky national
  12/08/25
he was with a guide and died together w his guide wtf
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  12/08/25
a scholar: He attended Swarthmore College, where he gradu...
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I guess it is the money, but why would a guy with that acade...
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no jerbs? how many tenure-track faculty jobs come available ...
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Ran here
Arousing insane idea he suggested
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holy shit lede buried: In an interview with Stuff, his mo...
mahogany cocky national
  12/08/25
"I'm gay btw. So was my son."
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Cerebral Turdskin
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"we're all a buncha fags here"
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the more I think about it the crazier it is she had to w...
charcoal rigpig
  12/08/25
nah. the author probably wanted a quote about the human side...
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  12/08/25
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RIP lex
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To: All Attorneys Reminder To Close Out Time When You Fee...
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under those circumstances, plus being gay and no family, it'...
mahogany cocky national
  12/08/25
preftigious scholar and faggot
Ocher scourge upon the earth
  12/08/25
the scholarship died with him
Medicated shrine
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Am I the only one that was a little disheartened to discover...
vivacious talking mother
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mahogany cocky national
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Arousing insane idea he suggested
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He died while fumbling phone as he responded to partners ema...
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mahogany cocky national
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"It's been 17 minutes and you haven't responded to my e...
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mahogany cocky national
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Arousing insane idea he suggested
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On balance, he was off balance /soyface
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12,218ft Lol you can drive to places higher than that. What ...
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And this stupid bort says litigators don't have exit options
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amazing thread
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that twinge of envy every lawyer feels upon learning of the ...
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He 100% posted here
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evan39 hasnt been here in a few days hmmmm
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"At approximately 11:50 p.m. Vialletet and Conover&mdas...
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it's not uncommon. starting at night means colder, firmer s...
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cr. love how xo n00bs try to step up on mountaineering
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And nothing of value was lost.
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Fags are incredibly promiscuous. Even though he was climbing...
French round eye
  12/09/25
probably worth it
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  12/09/25
Doesnt look like it would be that difficult to climb
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  12/09/25
i went to the base of mt cook. i'm ok guyz
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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:59 PM
Author: Bearded community account

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=5310481#49494528)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:04 PM
Author: histrionic wagecucks background story

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

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:07 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national

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=5310481#49494545)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national

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=5310481#49494551)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:09 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national

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=5310481#49494552)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: mint hideous kitty location



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Cerebral Turdskin

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=5310481#49494631)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:31 PM
Author: mint hideous kitty location

Dindu Thunderdome High?

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:32 PM
Author: histrionic wagecucks background story



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national

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=5310481#49494638)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:39 PM
Author: vibrant hyperactive senate



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: mint hideous kitty location

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

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: Pea-brained Glittery Digit Ratio

https://archive.ph/aeaDT

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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: Arousing insane idea he suggested

Ran here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49494818)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:10 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national

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=5310481#49494557)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:19 PM
Author: 180 brethren

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

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:22 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:29 PM
Author: Cerebral Turdskin



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:31 PM
Author: mint hideous kitty location

"we're all a buncha fags here"

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: excitant salmon double fault legend



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:38 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national



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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:53 AM
Author: Bearded den water buffalo

The XOXO Family

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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: cracking orchestra pit ape



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: charcoal rigpig

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=5310481#49494686)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national

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=5310481#49494719)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Stage Death Wish

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=5310481#49496983)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: Burgundy tripping range roast beef



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Arousing insane idea he suggested



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: bateful sexy piazza



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Date: December 9th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: jade indian lodge french chef



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:54 PM
Author: charcoal rigpig

RIP lex

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49494668)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:12 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national

To: All Attorneys

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

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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:38 PM
Author: appetizing crimson area pisswyrm



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Arousing insane idea he suggested



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: histrionic wagecucks background story

4 year BA

7 year PhD

3 year JD

1 year clerkship

7 years as associate

NOBREAKFAST

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49494574)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:17 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national

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=5310481#49494583)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:34 PM
Author: Ocher scourge upon the earth

preftigious scholar and faggot

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: Medicated shrine

the scholarship died with him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49494644)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: vivacious talking mother

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=5310481#49494653)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Arousing insane idea he suggested



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: French round eye

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=5310481#49494681)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:03 PM
Author: mint hideous kitty location

"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: mahogany cocky national



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Arousing insane idea he suggested



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: dun soul-stirring candlestick maker pocket flask

On balance, he was off balance

/soyface

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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Arousing insane idea he suggested



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:46 PM
Author: mahogany cocky national



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: excitant salmon double fault legend



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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:54 PM
Author: Cerebral Turdskin



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:29 PM
Author: Erotic selfie coffee pot

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=5310481#49494974)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: Mentally Impaired Adventurous Crackhouse Boltzmann

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=5310481#49495000)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 8:38 PM
Author: Pea-brained Glittery Digit Ratio

amazing thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49495294)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: diverse dysfunction bbw

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

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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:36 AM
Author: bateful sexy piazza

He 100% posted here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49495759)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 8:21 AM
Author: Cyan voyeur athletic conference

evan39 hasnt been here in a few days hmmmm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49495992)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: Pink frozen psychic theatre

"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=5310481#49495835)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:32 AM
Author: diverse dysfunction bbw

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=5310481#49495848)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:01 AM
Author: mahogany cocky national

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=5310481#49495923)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:06 AM
Author: doobsian boyish hell

And nothing of value was lost.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49495927)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: French round eye

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.



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: mahogany cocky national

probably worth it

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Date: December 9th, 2025 8:14 AM
Author: Cobalt ceo cruise ship

Doesnt look like it would be that difficult to climb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49495980)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:34 AM
Author: mahogany cocky national

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

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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: Cobalt ceo cruise ship



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Date: December 9th, 2025 3:02 PM
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