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> Can anybody who is not into climbing even tell this is all fake?

Hm, I'm pretty sure it's hard to climb five 8000 meter peaks in 24 hours :)



Yeah-yeah, and "Lomonosov Ridge" is a weird name for a peak in China (and you might even happen to know the Lomonosov Ridge is underwater). Please don't be distracted by details. Maybe the author meant 24 h per peak, maybe his typing is really spurious. Is it really obvious to somebody who doesn't know anything about climbing that this is not true? Come on.

What's really fascinating is how truth is mixed up with made up stuff. It's incredible, how much much real-world knowledge it has.

- Jain Kim is likely a female name.

- Jain Kim is likely a Korean.

- K2 is in China and it is the second highest mountain in the world.

- Mountaineering is somehow associated with climbing (and Jain Kim is not known for mountaineering, btw).

- 8,000 meters is 24,064 ft and this is a formidable height.

- climbing something in 24 h is a common pattern for a type of achievement.

And more.

No, I'm completely sure it would throw off plenty of people.


>8,000 meters is 24,064 ft

It's 26,247 ft.


I'm kinda surprised that, 8,000 m = 24,064 ft implies the conversion factor of 1 ft = 30.08 cm instead of the correct 30.48 cm (note a single digit change). It... it might be capable of making a humane calculation mistake. (I think it is entirely possible, but still surprising though.)


K2 is not in China ;-)


It's not important, but FYI it kinda is in China. It's right on China-Pakistan border.




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