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Posted by The Modesto Kid on Sun Jun 8, 2008 at 09.44 pm

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Agreed that it’s a fantastic band name. Check it out, though, it’s not original: It’s the title of a classic book about climbing the Alps, by Lionel Terray.

Posted by Manny on Mon Jun 9, 2008 at 04.14 pm

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And it’s the title of Herzog’s most recent book, “Conquering the Useless” ... published in German and detailing his production of Fitzcarraldo.

Posted by Lu-Ann Fuentes on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12.11 am

#3

It would also probably come as no surprise that mountaineering blogs (for example: “Altitude Slickness - Conquistador of the Useless")have long been bandying the phrase. I’d still buy the T-shirt though.

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