 This man is poised to be first Briton to climb all of the world's 8,000 metre peaks and yet his detractors criticise him. Why?
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 Dunno Dick, he is one of Britains heros and I will buy him that pint one day.
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 It seems a national tradition to find any excuse to knock someone who's successfull.
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Maybe if the children growing up today heard people who had acheaved things being praised instead they would have more hopes and ambitions of their own.
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 The people of today that kids believe are 'achievers' are Colleen McLoughlin (an unemployed teenager with an overpaid, oversexed footballing/thug boyfriend) who has an atrocious shopping habit...Jade Goody - what on earth has she ever REALLY done?
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 JJ's right - unfortuntely the world revolves around money, and we tend to see the same people on tv day in day out, them that watch it that is. As for overpaid footballers, the mugs that pay ridiculous amounts for tickets and Sky TV etc are paying there wages.
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Jade Goody has done alot of wobbling.
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who is nit-picking though?. I have seen this issue mentioned many times on here, so my impression is that he's getting a hard time. but in normal everyday life i don't ever hear him mentioned and wonder whether for most people he is completely unheard of, and therefore not subject to nit-picking.
who is doing the criticising?.
If a tabloid, then thats nothing new.
If it is the mountaineering community, then what's the criticism and why?.
Don't know much about him, other than through mention in Trail and links from this site.
reading the above mentioned Independent article, my impression is that he should truly be admired.
do all the criticisms rotate around whether he did/did not help a fellow mountaineer and whether he did/did not truly complete one of his summits?.
or are there other criticisms and nit-picking?.
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The UKC / Climbiing community seem to be picking on him for doing something that someone's already done rather than setting new routes, although his ascent of Annapurna was in record time and a new route. The general public don't seem to have any problem with him because they haven't heard of him....and that's indicative of the problem.
What AK is doing is up there with Ellen MacArthurs trip that got so much publicity and recognition, but he gets a fraction of it. In any other country he'd be a national hero, and would be getting daily national news coverage.
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obviously that should be AH lol not AK
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Lets hope he does when he gets back.
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 lets also rememebr he the ONLY Brit to have summitted Mansalu
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 Dave, I think the problem is he's from up north. If he was a southerner, then the media would be all over him.
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 Wait till the News of the world exposes him this sunday for having text sex at 8000m with his nanny.
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Has anyone ever had sex at 8000m?
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to do a smutty answer or not to do a smutty answer that is the question
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I presume you mean while not in a plane?
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 I think the problem is frostbite, as it's impossible to txt wearing down mitts. It's also pretty difficult to...
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Yes Dave, Im thinking more in a tent.
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At least he hasn't had it with Victoria Beckham
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