Manchester United v Liverpool Match Thread

[Frogfish]

Isn't the mortality rate for K2 climbers something like 40%, or similarly ridiculous?

It's extremely high though I don't think it's that high overall, maybe for those that summit. I vaguely remember reading that the mortality rate for K2 is 10 times higher than that of Everest. But that's not in winter, K2 is the only 8,000m+ mountain never summited in winter.

There are some excellent articles on Nat Geo that lead me to follow the current attempts (and maybe the actual mortality figures are buried within :
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...s-are-attempting-impossible-k2-winter-ascent/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com...ain-climb-china-pakistan-disaster-ngbooktalk/

 

[Athens]

There's no way I would attempt something that had such a high chance of death.

 

[FoxForceFive]

K2 is on the China/Pakistan border over 1000 miles from the sea

Obviously my knowledge of mountains isn't particularly good. Ah well.

 

[doctor_mac]

There's no way I would attempt something that had such a high chance of death.

Ahhh, go on!

 

[Athens]

Ahhh, go on!

Are you going to join me?

 

[Dave G]

You reckon the phone signal is pretty decent that high up though?

 

[Hyena]

Well by that logic Everest is taller just that half of it is stuck underground.

 

[Athens]

Well by that logic Everest is taller just that half of it is stuck underground.

Well, I don't know where Everest begins...

 

[FoxForceFive]

Well by that logic Everest is taller just that half of it is stuck underground.

Well, no, if you're gonna use that brand of logic, then that mountain that's bang on the equator is taller than everest, cos the earth is wider at that point.

Had to Google the name of that one.

Chimborazo

https://www.sciencealert.com/mount-everest-isn-t-really-the-tallest-mountain-earth-science

 

[tombrown]

Well, no, if you're gonna use that brand of logic, then that mountain that's bang on the equator is taller than everest, cos the earth is wider at that point.

Had to Google the name of that one.

Chimborazo

https://www.sciencealert.com/mount-everest-isn-t-really-the-tallest-mountain-earth-science

So, you're saying the earth is NOT a sphere ....

 

[MomoWASright]

Is it flat? And no such thing as diseases?

 

[FoxForceFive]

So, you're saying the earth is NOT a sphere ....

I'm not, that science website is.

Although I've always believed it was a bit wider round the middle just cos Utd make sense given my understanding of physics.

I always wondered whether the vacuum of space would alter that, but the fact that every planet is spherical suggests that it doesn't. Sadly I didn't study science at a high enough level to get to proving or disproving it either way.

 

[Athens]

The earth bulges a bit in the middle because it has a liquid core and the earth's spin causes the liquid to bulge at the equator slightly.

Some planets don't have a liquid core, I think Mars used to have one but for some reason it solidified and that's why it doesn't bulge so much. Other planets like Jupiter and Saturn are mainly gas and that's why they don't bulge so much.

 

[got red on me]

Utd make sense given my understanding of physics.

 

[tombrown]

I'm not, that science website is.

Although I've always believed it was a bit wider round the middle just cos Utd make sense given my understanding of physics.

Have to disagree - Utd NEVER make sense

 

[Bradley]

If we'd have beaten United, none of this would have happened.

 

[MomoWASright]

If FFF had sacrificed his children we'd have beaten United, none of this would have happened.

Fixed.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Fixed.

I seriously considered it, but I'm afraid I am that selfish that I chose to take the gamble of letting it ride over life in prison.

*shamed face smiley*

 

[FoxForceFive]

Have to disagree - Utd NEVER make sense

Ha. It'd. That's cos in a different thread I'd just praised my autocorrect. Should've known better.

 

[MomoWASright]

I seriously considered it, but I'm afraid I am that selfish that I chose to take the gamble of letting it ride over life in prison.

*shamed face smiley*

You’d be out in time of our next real title challenge.