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did they get helicoptered off?
blouses!
thought it was an advert for the take that back catalogue....
Nope they walked back down..
Fair play to them i say.
did you a little spoon fed imho but yeah, all for a good cause!
Good on them for doing it........ but I did notice on the last climb it was supposed to be -20C and 75MPH winds according to the captions at the bottom of the screen.............I just don't believe that looking at the footage(Unless of course it was blowing them up hill.)
Its the porters I have respect for, that must carry those massive bags up and down every week.
Who sponsors them?
can helicopters fly that high? thought they were restricted on max altitued by the air density.
Was entertaining to watch though, impressed that Moyles made it up. He seemed the least affected by the altitude. Backs up my beer and pies diet 🙂
[i]Who sponsors them?[/i]
They get paid! And tipped afterwards. Something like 120 people in all including the porters went up the mountain, BT funded the trip.
Anyone know what the music was whilst they were scaling the vertical cliff bit?
can helicopters fly that high?
Yes - far higher. They've landed one on the summit of Everest - though that's not a normal heli. Not sure if a standard one would make it, but I don't suppose you need something particularly special.
What vertical cliff bit, spooky? I was watching as they talked about it, but they seemed not to have filmed that bit.
A specially equiped Squirrel chopper landed on the summmit of Everest (About 29,000ft) - so yes, some can.
Mainly dependant on power though, thiner air for the blades to work efficently and less oxygen for the engine to work efficently.
yep will impressed with moyles, fair play to them all really. Looks like they were sponsored by Berghaus and TNF !!!
[i]What vertical cliff bit, spooky?[/i]
The Baranco Wall, 300m vertical climb. Guide told them to put their poles away as they need their hands, at the top it was misty and Moyles complained there was no view.
Music sort of eerie, 4 chords (?) each higher than before, then repeating.
Oh, you mean the grade 1 scramble.
There'll have been plenty watched that tonight so they could have slated them.
I think those people will be quite disappointed as it looks like they all did their bit. Good on them I say. I gave them my £1 and well worth it in my book.
Oh, you mean the grade 1 scramble.
listen to yourself like your Ranulph Fiennes.
like your Ranulph Fiennes.
Why, is he a mountaineer?
Not slating them, just the TV production who insist in calling what was really only a grade 1 scramble (anything more and they'd have been roping that lot) a vertical cliff.
Got to agree about the 75mph winds bit - complete tosh. Anyone stuck their hand/head out the car window on the motorway lately? Sure it might have been uncomfortably windy but not 75mph.
Fair play to them though.
Not slating them, just the TV production who insist in calling what was really only a grade 1 scramble (anything more and they'd have been roping that lot) a vertical cliff.
fair enough it just appears that a bunch of celebs are using their fame to raise ££££ for some others good, but thats still not good enough for STW members.
I'm not a big fan of moyles but haven't they raised £1.4 million. 😯
They're a load of cosseted celebs so all way out of their comfort zones. I'm sure all the rufty tufty types on here would have done it on their own in a couple of days whilst carrying all their own gear and a downhill bike so they style it up on the way down
Good on the celebs I say.
"[i]I'm not a big fan of moyles but haven't they raised £1.4 million[/i]"
They could have doubled it if they'd had a sponsored "Leave the Fat ****er at the Top" appeal.
I tried to watch it but I couldn't cope with the awful moaning and bleating from Fearne "Crikey, it's amazing what make up does for a woman" Cotton.
Its not a particularly hard route (thats why it was chosen) but fair play to them for doing it. Its not easy, in fact even a short period at anything over 15000ft can become uncomfortable...however the big fuss about them being "heroes" is a load of tosh - Lcp Johnson Beharry hes a real hero.
There isnt anyone on this forum who couldnt get their arse up Kili with a bit of application.
I'd had quite enough of "Gary's back" after 20 minutes.
Good effort by them. Hyped the danger as it's for TV. Probably is the hardest thing they will ever do.
Wonder how much they'd raise in a sponsored "i'm not doing that again".
Respect to the poor porter that had to carry the portaloos and they should have made Moyles carry his own radio kit.
to all the naysayers who say it wasn't -20 and 75mph winds, i have inside information that it was. i know one of the production team.
Well done to all of them for raising the money but it is not really a difficult feat.
I first did it when I was 12 and up the Great Western Breach Ice Fall walking in from Kenya. Done it 3 times since only once on the tourist route which took 3 days up and down carrying all our own gear, and I am not a 'Mountaineer'!
Next year I am carrying my bike up and riding down 😀
I did it when I was 2 years old using hot tar as shoes whilst carrying a herd of local wilderbeast and fended off lion attacks using a ballon on a stick.
Van Outen looks ropey as.
Fearne Cotton went? My least-like Radio 1 DJ... It's a close thing between her and Moyles, so a lot of good could have been done by leaving them both at the summit.
I briefly saw the start where they said the "marathon runner Ronan" was "struggling" in the high altitude test chamber, whereas fat-**** Moyles seemed to be ok.
Fair play to them I say. They've raised more money than anyone on here.
Yes they're celebs, yes they get pampered, yes they moaned, yes it's all edited and made to look harder than it is, but at the end of the day it's tv, they've raised loads of cash and they've been to the top of Kilimanjaro and the majority of us on here haven't, so hats off to them all.
Cue STWer 'I've actually done it twice and it only took me 2 days and all I had was a Mars bar and my camelbak, etc etc etc.'
No chance there were 75mph winds, they would have been getting blown off their feet.
I'm disappointed in the lack of STW curmudgeon-yness. I don't understand the logic of watching vapid "celebrities" doing something fun for charidee whilst entreating lowly mortals back home to part with their money. I bet most of us would love an opportunity to climb Kilimanjaro, hardly picking unpleasant tasks for themselves are they? Next year it's going to be a lying on the beach in Hawaii marathon with Dale Winton.
I would sponsor Moyles to do a real job for a week, or just to shut up for that matter, but not to go on a walking holiday.
If any of the funds raised tonight are earmarked to feed the malnourished, I hope that Cheryl Cole and Fern Cotton are the first in the queue.
Eat, you dozy mares.
At least it's sponsorship for something that is at least challenging and requires a bit of commitment and effort. My wife was asked by her colleague if she would sponsor her to do a five mile [b]walk[/b] for charity!!! Five miles?? that's a lunchtime stroll for me.
can helicopters fly that high?
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Thats the top of Everest that is. Reached with a production helicopter (AS350).
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A not quite as successful helicopter at base camp.
"I bet most of us would love an opportunity to climb Kilimanjaro, hardly picking unpleasant tasks for themselves are they?"
Kilimanjaro is over 5500m above sea level. Have you ever been at this sort of altitute? The highest I've ever been is 1000m lower than this and that was incredibly hard work and certainly nothing like lying on a beach in Hawaii.
I think I read that one of them was helicoptered off but this was due to altitude sickness
heroes one and all. sniff. wipes tear from eye. God bless 'em.
jesus, they'll show any old sh1t on the telly these days.
No gonefishin, I haven't been to that sort of altitude, that's rather my point. I don't underestimate the challenges of altitude but a trip climbing Kili would still be a dream holiday for many of us outdoorsy types, as would Hawaii for those less energetic. Individual altitude tolerance by the way is pretty hard to predict and poorly related to cardiovascular fitness.
I didn't watch it but I'm with Repack I think. I haven't done it but I've no doubt it ain't easy, so hats off to them for getting up and down. But I think these things are cheapened by efforts to make it sound harder than it is. It's not a climb, it's a walk. There aren't any technical climbing bits on it. All credit to them for what they've done, but I'm not inclined to extend that credit to things they haven't done, like climbing 300m vertical faces.
Im dead fit but found it hard to smoke a fag without wheezing on the Klein Matterhorn, its only about 3400m.
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No gonefishin, I haven't been to that sort of altitude, that's rather my point. I don't underestimate the challenges of altitude but a trip climbing Kili would still be a dream holiday for many of us outdoorsy types, as would Hawaii for those less energetic.
But isn't that the point of them doing it? ie it is outside of there comfort zone and hard for them plus not something that they would normally dream of doing.
jesus, they'll show any old sh1t on the telly these days.
FFS - it's a bloody charity tv show. If you don't like it, switch it off.
They raise money for kids who otherwise stand little chance of living for much longer. Get a grip.
[i]If you don't like it, switch it off.[/i]
I did. HTH.
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They raise money for kids who otherwise stand little chance of living for much longer. Get a grip. [/i]
Jolly good. I didn't criticise this. It was still shit TV. HTH.
It's all kind of self fullfilling. They choose celebs rather than plebs for these things 'cos they know they'll get more free publicity which equals more cash.... Moyles barely managed 5 minutes without mentioning it for weeks before hand. But then they have to make sure the celebs make it up and that it looks suitably challenging otherwise all the people who chipped in will feel cheated.
What's depressing is that it takes crap like this to induce people to give to charity. If you want to help kids there is nothing to stop you donating your money to any number of charities at any time of the year....
Owen you might have a point if it had been a party of Moyles, Johnny Vegas, Jo Brand and Rik Waller. I reckon most people watching would love the opportunity to travel to Africa and climb a mountain, rather than seeing it as some sort of chore to be endured.