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King & Spaulding counsel dies after falling off mountain

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2025/12/01/king--spald...
Kink-friendly rigpig
  12/08/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kAIMlISHhU
Sadistic laughsome church building gunner
  12/08/25
technical article on the death: https://www.climbing.com/...
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
he was with a guide and died together w his guide wtf
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
a scholar: He attended Swarthmore College, where he gradu...
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
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Adventurous Hyperactive Water Buffalo Legend
  12/08/25
I guess it is the money, but why would a guy with that acade...
Bat-shit-crazy Parlour
  12/08/25
Dindu Thunderdome High?
Adventurous Hyperactive Water Buffalo Legend
  12/08/25
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Sadistic laughsome church building gunner
  12/08/25
no jerbs? how many tenure-track faculty jobs come available ...
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
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amber marvelous hairy legs boiling water
  12/08/25
https://classicalstudies.columbia.edu/employment-resources/j...
Adventurous Hyperactive Water Buffalo Legend
  12/08/25
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scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
https://archive.ph/aeaDT
Deranged wonderful mad-dog skullcap
  12/12/25
Ran here
Stirring Preventive Strike
  12/08/25
holy shit lede buried: In an interview with Stuff, his mo...
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
"I'm gay btw. So was my son."
Beady-eyed kitty pocket flask
  12/08/25
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scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
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Bat-shit-crazy Parlour
  12/08/25
"we're all a buncha fags here"
Adventurous Hyperactive Water Buffalo Legend
  12/08/25
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garnet floppy foreskin hunting ground
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scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
The XOXO Family
Big Internet-worthy Heaven
  12/09/25
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180 personal credit line
  12/12/25
the more I think about it the crazier it is she had to w...
bonkers dull location newt
  12/08/25
nah. the author probably wanted a quote about the human side...
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
Peak moment when somebody using the moniker "nude litig...
heady bronze university messiness
  12/09/25
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crusty jewess
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Stirring Preventive Strike
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Titillating Ocher Stock Car Ratface
  12/09/25
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Orchid travel guidebook
  12/09/25
RIP lex
bonkers dull location newt
  12/08/25
To: All Attorneys Reminder To Close Out Time When You Fee...
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
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curious milk
  12/08/25
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Stirring Preventive Strike
  12/08/25
4 year BA 7 year PhD 3 year JD 1 year clerkship 7 years ...
Sadistic laughsome church building gunner
  12/08/25
under those circumstances, plus being gay and no family, it'...
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
preftigious scholar and faggot
Insecure point
  12/08/25
the scholarship died with him
claret step-uncle's house dopamine
  12/08/25
Am I the only one that was a little disheartened to discover...
Hideous Lay Deer Antler
  12/08/25
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scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
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Stirring Preventive Strike
  12/08/25
He died while fumbling phone as he responded to partners ema...
boyish vengeful tank
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scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
"It's been 17 minutes and you haven't responded to my e...
Adventurous Hyperactive Water Buffalo Legend
  12/08/25
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scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
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Stirring Preventive Strike
  12/08/25
On balance, he was off balance /soyface
onyx jap
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Stirring Preventive Strike
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scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/08/25
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garnet floppy foreskin hunting ground
  12/09/25
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Bat-shit-crazy Parlour
  12/09/25
12,218ft Lol you can drive to places higher than that. What ...
Bateful violent state
  12/08/25
And this stupid bort says litigators don't have exit options
Trip Stage Candlestick Maker
  12/08/25
amazing thread
Deranged wonderful mad-dog skullcap
  12/08/25
that twinge of envy every lawyer feels upon learning of the ...
filthy lodge
  12/08/25
He 100% posted here
Titillating Ocher Stock Car Ratface
  12/09/25
evan39 hasnt been here in a few days hmmmm
glittery clear becky internal respiration
  12/09/25
"At approximately 11:50 p.m. Vialletet and Conover&mdas...
cracking flesh home
  12/09/25
it's not uncommon. starting at night means colder, firmer s...
filthy lodge
  12/09/25
cr. love how xo n00bs try to step up on mountaineering
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/09/25
And nothing of value was lost.
Razzle-dazzle principal's office
  12/09/25
Fags are incredibly promiscuous. Even though he was climbing...
boyish vengeful tank
  12/09/25
probably worth it
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/09/25
Doesnt look like it would be that difficult to climb
hyperventilating box office telephone
  12/09/25
i went to the base of mt cook. i'm ok guyz
scarlet vibrant hominid
  12/09/25
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hyperventilating box office telephone
  12/09/25
Cooked
Sadistic laughsome church building gunner
  12/09/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:59 PM
Author: Kink-friendly rigpig

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2025/12/01/king--spalding-appellate-attorney-dies-while-climbing-new-zealands-tallest-mountain/

https://www.lawfuel.com/tragic-death-in-new-zealand-of-talented-dc-lawyer/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494528)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:04 PM
Author: Sadistic laughsome church building gunner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kAIMlISHhU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494536)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:07 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

technical article on the death:

https://www.climbing.com/news/two-climbers-die-new-zealand-peak-mt-cook/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494545)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

he was with a guide and died together w his guide wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494551)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:09 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

a scholar:

He attended Swarthmore College, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Greek and Latin, and then earned a Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University. Conover’s dissertation at Princeton, which explored the ideology of bribery in ancient Athens, earned him the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, the university’s most prestigious honor, described as given only to students “whose work has displayed the highest scholarly excellence.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494552)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Adventurous Hyperactive Water Buffalo Legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494630)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy Parlour

I guess it is the money, but why would a guy with that academic background not just teach somewhere?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494631)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:31 PM
Author: Adventurous Hyperactive Water Buffalo Legend

Dindu Thunderdome High?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494633)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:32 PM
Author: Sadistic laughsome church building gunner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494636)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

no jerbs? how many tenure-track faculty jobs come available every year in the classics? how many go to white males?

even with that background, i bet he had no chance at a jerb at a respectable uni.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494638)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:39 PM
Author: amber marvelous hairy legs boiling water



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494650)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:45 PM
Author: Adventurous Hyperactive Water Buffalo Legend

https://classicalstudies.columbia.edu/employment-resources/job-listings

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494658)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494676)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: Deranged wonderful mad-dog skullcap

https://archive.ph/aeaDT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49504255)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: Stirring Preventive Strike

Ran here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494818)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:10 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

holy shit lede buried:

In an interview with Stuff, his mother, Pam Conover, said her son was “the kindest possible man who always took care of other people.” She recalled how, when she married her wife eight years ago, her son—who was also gay—got himself certified so he could conduct the marriage ceremony for his mother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494557)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:19 PM
Author: Beady-eyed kitty pocket flask

"I'm gay btw. So was my son."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494586)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:22 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494595)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:29 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy Parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494624)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:31 PM
Author: Adventurous Hyperactive Water Buffalo Legend

"we're all a buncha fags here"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494632)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: garnet floppy foreskin hunting ground



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494645)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:38 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494648)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:53 AM
Author: Big Internet-worthy Heaven

The XOXO Family

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495890)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: 180 personal credit line



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49504265)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: bonkers dull location newt

the more I think about it the crazier it is

she had to work *really hard* to get those details in there in a story about him falling off a mountain



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494686)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

nah. the author probably wanted a quote about the human side of things...something about his wife and kids... then realized that this guy is a 45y/o queer, and asked the mom to say something human about him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494719)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: heady bronze university messiness

Peak moment when somebody using the moniker "nude litigator" is the most insightful commentator in the thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49496983)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: crusty jewess



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494794)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Stirring Preventive Strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494819)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Titillating Ocher Stock Car Ratface



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495758)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: Orchid travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495921)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:54 PM
Author: bonkers dull location newt

RIP lex

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494668)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:12 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

To: All Attorneys

Reminder To Close Out Time When You Feel Yourself Slipping Off Any Mountain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494562)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:38 PM
Author: curious milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494814)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Stirring Preventive Strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494821)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Sadistic laughsome church building gunner

4 year BA

7 year PhD

3 year JD

1 year clerkship

7 years as associate

NOBREAKFAST

fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494574)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:17 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

under those circumstances, plus being gay and no family, it's no wonder why you'd engage in risky mountain climbing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494583)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:34 PM
Author: Insecure point

preftigious scholar and faggot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494641)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: claret step-uncle's house dopamine

the scholarship died with him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494644)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: Hideous Lay Deer Antler

Am I the only one that was a little disheartened to discover that the mountain in question was only Mount Cook and not Teewinot?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494653)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494677)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Stirring Preventive Strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494822)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: boyish vengeful tank

He died while fumbling phone as he responded to partners email about latest turn of document.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494681)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494683)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:03 PM
Author: Adventurous Hyperactive Water Buffalo Legend

"It's been 17 minutes and you haven't responded to my email. Are you dead?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494698)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494720)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Stirring Preventive Strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494823)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: onyx jap

On balance, he was off balance

/soyface

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494801)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Stirring Preventive Strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494824)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:46 PM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494831)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: garnet floppy foreskin hunting ground



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49496992)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:54 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy Parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49497410)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:29 PM
Author: Bateful violent state

12,218ft Lol you can drive to places higher than that. What a waste

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49494974)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: Trip Stage Candlestick Maker

And this stupid bort says litigators don't have exit options

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495000)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 8:38 PM
Author: Deranged wonderful mad-dog skullcap

amazing thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495294)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 8:46 PM
Author: filthy lodge

that twinge of envy every lawyer feels upon learning of the premature death of another lawyer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495310)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:36 AM
Author: Titillating Ocher Stock Car Ratface

He 100% posted here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495759)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 8:21 AM
Author: glittery clear becky internal respiration

evan39 hasnt been here in a few days hmmmm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495992)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: cracking flesh home

"At approximately 11:50 p.m. Vialletet and Conover—who were climbing ahead of the other pair, as a rope team of two—fell from the ridge, according to a release published by the NZ Mountain Safety Council"

**11:50 PM***

What the fuck???

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495835)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:32 AM
Author: filthy lodge

it's not uncommon. starting at night means colder, firmer snow, preserves daylight for the descent, and can avoid afternoon storms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495848)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:01 AM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

cr. love how xo n00bs try to step up on mountaineering

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495923)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:06 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle principal's office

And nothing of value was lost.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495927)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: boyish vengeful tank

Fags are incredibly promiscuous. Even though he was climbing in tandem at 12k feet in the middle of the night on a dangerous ascent, he couldn’t help himself and had to have raw homo rough anal with his guide at that very moment. Cost him his life.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495939)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

probably worth it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49496122)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 8:14 AM
Author: hyperventilating box office telephone

Doesnt look like it would be that difficult to climb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49495980)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:34 AM
Author: scarlet vibrant hominid

i went to the base of mt cook. i'm ok guyz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49496124)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: hyperventilating box office telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49497005)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 3:02 PM
Author: Sadistic laughsome church building gunner

Cooked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808003&forum_id=2#49497028)