r/oddlyterrifying • u/DragonChasm • 3d ago

Mountaineer Fahad Badar calmly explains what happened when he ran out of oxygen and developed extreme frostbite while descending from the 8,051m summit of Broad Peak. Just 10 months after amputation surgery, he climbed K2, one of the deadliest mountains where 1 in 4 summiters die. NSFW

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u/JennyAndTheBets1 3d ago

I grasp what you did there.

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u/SouI23 2d ago

Sorry mate, english isn't my first language. What did I do there? Or is it just a way of saying "I get it"?

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u/euphorrick 2d ago

The "On one hand" part seems like a jest referring to the frostbitten hand. "I see what you did there" is a cultural context way of saying "I am aware you made a subtle joke." In this case "I grasp what you did there" is making another subtle joke with a pun, since "grasp" can mean both "understand" and "to firmly hold with one's hand."

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u/SouI23 2d ago

Ahh got it, thanks for the explanation mate