# Mild Pitting of Beck **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 12, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691 "2024-10-12T05:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 837
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/837 "2025-09-10T08:25:30Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > He had a plan to build a ski lift to the top of Everest. We had a bigger nut tackle that, the late but not great SamuelA: > [@Mt. Everest summit human traffic jam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-everest-summit-human-traffic-jam/834547/13): > > If there’s so many people ascending the mountains, why not install some real infrastructure? Anchor a cable line so that at a minimum, cars full of supplies can be winched up and down. Install some shelters along that route where there would be staff, small heated and pressurized areas, etc. And, most importantly, since the cable hoist system would be able to move up supplies, every climber would be required to check in at each waystation, have their pulse ox and core temperature checked, and… > [@Technology doesn't work that way - SamuelA's Pit Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420): > > It has been noted on occasion that SamuelA has something of an obsession with technology, particularly nanotechnology. He has an interest in cryonics. He also gets belligerent if anyone questions him on the validity of any of his optimistic claims. See, things don’t always work the way that SamuelA thinks they do. Here’s an example of Sammy-boy wandering into la-la land because he got questioned by another poster: He also can’t stop shitting all over another thread. Solution: he gets his very… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691)._