OT: Why men climb mountains

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This doesn't have anything to do with anything. Just something I read
from review of books on advertising ("The 100 Greatest Advertisements
1852-1958, by Julian Lewis Watkins; published 1959, Dover Press).

Classified ad published in a London newspaper in 1900:

"Men wanted for Hazardous Journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long
months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful.
Honor and recognition in case of success--Ernest Shackleton."

Probably an UL.

Nobody has yet claimed the prize offered for a copy of such an ad,even
though there has been a considerable effort made by many searchers.

Shackleton's reputation was such that he would not have had any need to
purchase advertising.

As well, the date of the Endurance expedition was (the most commonly allied
to the purported ad) was 1914-1916. The Nimrod was about 1907-1909, I
think.

Y'know, there's a lot of people who think "gullible" is a real word.

jtaylor wrote:
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Quoted message said:

Probably an UL.

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Quoted message said:

As well, the date of the Endurance expedition was (the most commonly allied
to the purported ad) was 1914-1916. The Nimrod was about 1907-1909, I
think.

Y'know, there's a lot of people who think "gullible" is a real word.

Count me in. I read all those books: Shackleton, Hilary,
Admundsen, the rest, and I believe every word. When
Chichester flew from England to the far east and lost his
way over Italy, he flew low enough to read the street signs;
his airplane was roughed up a bit, he hired a tailor to fix
it; it rained, he just got wet. When Herzog and company
were waiting for a train at the bottom of Everest after
their climb, the station cleaner came along and swept away
quite a few finger tips. Someone got hungry late in a trip
when the dogs don't have much to carry, ate the dogs. Or
have a slice of human if your plane gets stuck up a
mountain. Nothing about Shakleton's expedition or his
advertising for it is beyond my belief. *Purported* is not
part of my vocabulary.

rtk

rtk said:

jtaylor wrote:
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Quoted message said:

Probably an UL.

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Quoted message said:

As well, the date of the Endurance expedition was (the most commonly
allied
to the purported ad) was 1914-1916. The Nimrod was about 1907-1909, I
think.

Y'know, there's a lot of people who think "gullible" is a real word.

Count me in. I read all those books: Shackleton, Hilary, Admundsen,
the rest, and I believe every word. When Chichester flew from England
to the far east and lost his way over Italy, he flew low enough to read
the street signs; his airplane was roughed up a bit, he hired a tailor
to fix it; it rained, he just got wet. When Herzog and company were
waiting for a train at the bottom of Everest after their climb, the
station cleaner came along and swept away quite a few finger tips.
Someone got hungry late in a trip when the dogs don't have much to
carry, ate the dogs. Or have a slice of human if your plane gets stuck
up a mountain. Nothing about Shakleton's expedition or his advertising
for it is beyond my belief. *Purported* is not part of my vocabulary.

But the Norwegian got there first.

Quoted message said:

"Men wanted for Hazardous Journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long
months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful.
Honor and recognition in case of success--Ernest Shackleton."

Probably an UL. (n.b. I think that jtaylor is abbreviating "urban
legend"😉

Here is a pretty/seemingly authoritative reference:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/team.html

On the other hand, Nova/WGBH Boston/PBS are American institutions and
jtaylor, I think, is a countryman of Shackleton and would seem to be in
a position to know the background...

- LW