Hot Tub At 15,000 Feet

October 9, 2007 3:59 PM

Jacuzzi on the summit of Mont Blanc. Google translation.
posted by fandango_matt (23 comments total)

Trop géniale!
posted by phrontist at 4:03 PM on October 9, 2007

I'm disappointed they weren't nude. Wearing swimsuits in that situation is very un-extreme.
posted by jayder at 4:03 PM on October 9, 2007 [2 favorites]

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
posted by The Card Cheat at 4:06 PM on October 9, 2007

Awesomeness.

I have been to that exact spot, BTW.

There was no Jacuzzi.

Only bitter bitter cold.
posted by tkchrist at 4:07 PM on October 9, 2007

Speaking of bitter cold, this is no 300 Club.
posted by The Card Cheat at 4:17 PM on October 9, 2007

From the Google translation:

With our opinion, there will be certainly much less often groups of 20 people laid out to carry 20 kg on the back until the top of Mont Blanc (and return) that helicopters ready to accomplish tourist flights of a few minutes around these prestigious tops…

"Moon Over White Mountain"? I think they severely underestimate their target audience.
posted by rob511 at 4:23 PM on October 9, 2007

TCC - SHRINKAGE!!!
posted by tkchrist at 4:29 PM on October 9, 2007

Just because you shouldn't do something doesn't mean you can't!
posted by ORthey at 4:38 PM on October 9, 2007

You don't need Google ... they have their own English version.
posted by woodblock100 at 4:42 PM on October 9, 2007

Strippers with altitude. sNSFW.
posted by dhartung at 5:11 PM on October 9, 2007

"J'accuse"-y-Filter: Swiss don't hot-tub without fondue. I didn't see a single fondue pot. Thus, an obvious example of clever Photoshop fakery. QED.
posted by Kinbote at 5:25 PM on October 9, 2007

Now let's see them toboggan down the side of the mountain in the jacuzzi.
posted by MegoSteve at 5:56 PM on October 9, 2007

dhartung: I wish my name was Hank Wangford.
posted by ColdChef at 7:19 PM on October 9, 2007

Oh jeeze.

What would Shelley say?

A desert peopled by the storms alone,
Save when the eagle brings some hunter's bone,
And the wolf tracks her there--how hideously
Its shapes are heaped around! rude, bare, and high,
Ghastly, and scarred, and riven.

Now, on the other hand, the place is really scary.
posted by washburn at 7:41 PM on October 9, 2007

That was awesome.

I didn't realize they climbed through the night!

I especially liked the little comment at the end, where they very genially say, "sorry if you ran into us, when you were expecting the peace and quiet of the summit... And those assholes in the helicopters can blow it out their asses. Bunch of poser fuck-sticks." (roughly).
posted by From Bklyn at 1:11 AM on October 10, 2007

Kudos for climbing in the dark. I like it.
posted by triv at 6:17 AM on October 10, 2007

I wish my name was Hank Wangford.
posted by ColdChef

Actually, fyi, Hank Wangford - the eccentric British nude mountaineer and musician - is also a qualified gynecologist.
posted by Jody Tresidder at 6:25 AM on October 10, 2007

Climbing in the dark: you won't get to the top of Mont Blanc and back to where you started from if you don't start in the dark. Unless of course you're some kind of superman.
posted by rom1 at 8:39 AM on October 10, 2007

...to the top and back to where you started from within one day...
posted by rom1 at 8:43 AM on October 10, 2007

Why don't you go take a bath you damn dirty hippies! Oh, I see.
posted by Pollomacho at 8:51 AM on October 10, 2007

Doesn't it look like quite a sausage party up there? I mean there's women, but there's only like 4 or 5 and they seem to be huddled together. For protection? Warmth? Love?
posted by Pollomacho at 8:54 AM on October 10, 2007

And nobody got naked? Wha?
posted by Mental Wimp at 12:23 PM on October 10, 2007

somehow this is horrifyingly awesome.
posted by jann at 6:44 PM on October 10, 2007