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King & Spaulding counsel dies after falling off mountain

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2025/12/01/king--spald...
galvanic khaki therapy
  12/08/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kAIMlISHhU
Dashing Balding Spot Electric Furnace
  12/08/25
technical article on the death: https://www.climbing.com/...
sepia field
  12/08/25
he was with a guide and died together w his guide wtf
sepia field
  12/08/25
a scholar: He attended Swarthmore College, where he gradu...
sepia field
  12/08/25
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embarrassed to the bone exhilarant coldplay fan ticket booth
  12/08/25
I guess it is the money, but why would a guy with that acade...
Razzmatazz Elastic Band
  12/08/25
Dindu Thunderdome High?
embarrassed to the bone exhilarant coldplay fan ticket booth
  12/08/25
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Dashing Balding Spot Electric Furnace
  12/08/25
no jerbs? how many tenure-track faculty jobs come available ...
sepia field
  12/08/25
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salmon set
  12/08/25
https://classicalstudies.columbia.edu/employment-resources/j...
embarrassed to the bone exhilarant coldplay fan ticket booth
  12/08/25
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sepia field
  12/08/25
https://archive.ph/aeaDT
Tan spectacular skinny woman
  12/12/25
Ran here
Sexy rehab associate
  12/08/25
holy shit lede buried: In an interview with Stuff, his mo...
sepia field
  12/08/25
"I'm gay btw. So was my son."
Razzle impertinent fat ankles goal in life
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sepia field
  12/08/25
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Razzmatazz Elastic Band
  12/08/25
"we're all a buncha fags here"
embarrassed to the bone exhilarant coldplay fan ticket booth
  12/08/25
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Ocher shrine giraffe
  12/08/25
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sepia field
  12/08/25
The XOXO Family
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Bat-shit-crazy Tattoo Kitchen
  12/12/25
the more I think about it the crazier it is she had to w...
Excitant casino toilet seat
  12/08/25
nah. the author probably wanted a quote about the human side...
sepia field
  12/08/25
Peak moment when somebody using the moniker "nude litig...
Histrionic amethyst location
  12/09/25
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Vigorous temple laser beams
  12/08/25
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Sexy rehab associate
  12/08/25
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Abnormal alcoholic nursing home
  12/09/25
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Irradiated keepsake machete
  12/09/25
RIP lex
Excitant casino toilet seat
  12/08/25
To: All Attorneys Reminder To Close Out Time When You Fee...
sepia field
  12/08/25
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offensive locale brethren
  12/08/25
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Sexy rehab associate
  12/08/25
4 year BA 7 year PhD 3 year JD 1 year clerkship 7 years ...
Dashing Balding Spot Electric Furnace
  12/08/25
under those circumstances, plus being gay and no family, it'...
sepia field
  12/08/25
preftigious scholar and faggot
Claret Stage Mexican
  12/08/25
the scholarship died with him
Slimy hairraiser travel guidebook public bath
  12/08/25
Am I the only one that was a little disheartened to discover...
180 school cafeteria
  12/08/25
...
sepia field
  12/08/25
...
Sexy rehab associate
  12/08/25
He died while fumbling phone as he responded to partners ema...
Maniacal Weed Whacker Son Of Senegal
  12/08/25
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sepia field
  12/08/25
"It's been 17 minutes and you haven't responded to my e...
embarrassed to the bone exhilarant coldplay fan ticket booth
  12/08/25
...
sepia field
  12/08/25
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Sexy rehab associate
  12/08/25
On balance, he was off balance /soyface
Walnut Duck-like Lay Gaping
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Sexy rehab associate
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sepia field
  12/08/25
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Ocher shrine giraffe
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Razzmatazz Elastic Band
  12/09/25
12,218ft Lol you can drive to places higher than that. What ...
Confused Haunted Graveyard Death Wish
  12/08/25
And this stupid bort says litigators don't have exit options
crystalline vivacious stag film
  12/08/25
amazing thread
Tan spectacular skinny woman
  12/08/25
that twinge of envy every lawyer feels upon learning of the ...
House-broken Volcanic Crater Hissy Fit
  12/08/25
He 100% posted here
Abnormal alcoholic nursing home
  12/09/25
evan39 hasnt been here in a few days hmmmm
Arousing space
  12/09/25
"At approximately 11:50 p.m. Vialletet and Conover&mdas...
Demanding mad cow disease
  12/09/25
it's not uncommon. starting at night means colder, firmer s...
House-broken Volcanic Crater Hissy Fit
  12/09/25
cr. love how xo n00bs try to step up on mountaineering
sepia field
  12/09/25
And nothing of value was lost.
soggy pistol
  12/09/25
Fags are incredibly promiscuous. Even though he was climbing...
Maniacal Weed Whacker Son Of Senegal
  12/09/25
probably worth it
sepia field
  12/09/25
Doesnt look like it would be that difficult to climb
Hyperventilating sticky pozpig sound barrier
  12/09/25
i went to the base of mt cook. i'm ok guyz
sepia field
  12/09/25
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Hyperventilating sticky pozpig sound barrier
  12/09/25
Cooked
Dashing Balding Spot Electric Furnace
  12/09/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:59 PM
Author: galvanic khaki therapy

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=5310906#49494528)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:04 PM
Author: Dashing Balding Spot Electric Furnace

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

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:07 PM
Author: sepia field

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=5310906#49494545)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: sepia field

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=5310906#49494551)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:09 PM
Author: sepia field

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=5310906#49494552)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone exhilarant coldplay fan ticket booth



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Elastic Band

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=5310906#49494631)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:31 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone exhilarant coldplay fan ticket booth

Dindu Thunderdome High?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49494633)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:32 PM
Author: Dashing Balding Spot Electric Furnace



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: sepia field

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=5310906#49494638)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:39 PM
Author: salmon set



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone exhilarant coldplay fan ticket booth

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49494658)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: sepia field



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: Tan spectacular skinny woman

https://archive.ph/aeaDT

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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: Sexy rehab associate

Ran here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49494818)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:10 PM
Author: sepia field

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=5310906#49494557)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:19 PM
Author: Razzle impertinent fat ankles goal in life

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49494586)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:22 PM
Author: sepia field



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:29 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Elastic Band



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:31 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone exhilarant coldplay fan ticket booth

"we're all a buncha fags here"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49494632)



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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:38 PM
Author: sepia field



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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:53 AM
Author: navy coffee pot

The XOXO Family

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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy Tattoo Kitchen



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Excitant casino toilet seat

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=5310906#49494686)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: sepia field

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=5310906#49494719)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: Histrionic amethyst location

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=5310906#49496983)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: Vigorous temple laser beams



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Sexy rehab associate



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Abnormal alcoholic nursing home



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Date: December 9th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: Irradiated keepsake machete



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:54 PM
Author: Excitant casino toilet seat

RIP lex

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49494668)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:12 PM
Author: sepia field

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=5310906#49494562)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:38 PM
Author: offensive locale brethren



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Sexy rehab associate



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Dashing Balding Spot Electric Furnace

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=5310906#49494574)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:17 PM
Author: sepia field

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=5310906#49494583)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:34 PM
Author: Claret Stage Mexican

preftigious scholar and faggot

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: Slimy hairraiser travel guidebook public bath

the scholarship died with him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49494644)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: 180 school cafeteria

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=5310906#49494653)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: sepia field



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Sexy rehab associate



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: Maniacal Weed Whacker Son Of Senegal

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=5310906#49494681)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: sepia field



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:03 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone exhilarant coldplay fan ticket booth

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49494698)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: sepia field



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Sexy rehab associate



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Walnut Duck-like Lay Gaping

On balance, he was off balance

/soyface

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49494801)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Sexy rehab associate



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:46 PM
Author: sepia field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49494831)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Ocher shrine giraffe



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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:54 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Elastic Band



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:29 PM
Author: Confused Haunted Graveyard Death Wish

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=5310906#49494974)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: crystalline vivacious stag film

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=5310906#49495000)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 8:38 PM
Author: Tan spectacular skinny woman

amazing thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49495294)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: House-broken Volcanic Crater Hissy Fit

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=5310906#49495310)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:36 AM
Author: Abnormal alcoholic nursing home

He 100% posted here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49495759)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 8:21 AM
Author: Arousing space

evan39 hasnt been here in a few days hmmmm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49495992)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: Demanding mad cow disease

"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=5310906#49495835)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:32 AM
Author: House-broken Volcanic Crater Hissy Fit

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=5310906#49495848)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:01 AM
Author: sepia field

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=5310906#49495923)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:06 AM
Author: soggy pistol

And nothing of value was lost.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49495927)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: Maniacal Weed Whacker Son Of Senegal

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=5310906#49495939)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: sepia field

probably worth it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49496122)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 8:14 AM
Author: Hyperventilating sticky pozpig sound barrier

Doesnt look like it would be that difficult to climb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49495980)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:34 AM
Author: sepia field

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=5310906#49496124)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: Hyperventilating sticky pozpig sound barrier



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Date: December 9th, 2025 3:02 PM
Author: Dashing Balding Spot Electric Furnace

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