# I wonder if anyone knows more about "Yamantau" than the internet? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301 "2013-06-06T16:25:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/41 "2013-06-07T03:42:14Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > I wouldn’t be so sure of that if I were you, besides I didn’t ask you to take me seriously. I simply pointed out that the USSR is taking the future of nuclear war seriously 🙂 As \*\*Ace309 \*\*noticed, it \*\*could \*\*be that not all are not taking you seriously, but I don’t think that others being annoyed, rolling your eyes at you, being puzzled or just flabbergasted at the ignorance showed so far are good alternatives to “not taking you seriously”. ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/42 "2013-06-07T03:43:13Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > I simply pointed out that the USSR is taking the future of nuclear war seriously 🙂 Geez, calm down. We’ve had an evil mountain bunker too, except Ferris Bueller destroyed it with a video game in 1983. It’s been turned into an extreme ski resort named Pike’s Peak. The new one’s kept secret for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![listedmia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@listedmia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/listedmia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/43 "2013-06-07T08:00:50Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > Did they change their name again? I’m sorry that was the 1998 name … More like 1991. Eh, whatever, nothing wrong with not watching the news or reading a paper in 22 years. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/44 "2013-06-07T13:56:59Z")
Given the OP’s interest in nuclear war ni other threads, and his reference here, I guess this thread is obliquely about the Dead Hand nuclear retaliation system, which Wikipedia says might have something to do with the mountain in question. It’s buried pretty deep though – both in the mountain and in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/45 "2013-06-07T22:17:37Z")
Pretty creepy and appropriate name for it though, given its purpose. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/46 "2013-06-08T09:37:30Z")
Love the OPs threads…he is the sour kraut on the Dopedog. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/47 "2013-06-08T12:08:25Z")
Russia has nuclear weapons now? This never would have happened if we had elected Herman Cain. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/48 "2013-06-08T13:40:04Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Nope. Balrogs don’t have wings. But they do have fuzzy slippers. (yea, no one is gonna get that) ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/49 "2013-06-10T00:23:38Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > But they do have fuzzy slippers. > > (yea, no one is gonna get that) [I did](http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/theories/slippers.htm) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301.md?page=2)