Posted on 05/26/2006 5:53:45 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
Hoo boy. I guess this one will go 600 posts too.
There was a Surgeon from Texas that was on a special on Everest. He lost all fingers and toes due to frostbite. But he conquered Everest! I repeat, I don't get it.
""Dawa from Arun Treks also gave oxygen to David and tried to help him move, repeatedly, for perhaps an hour. But he could not get David to stand alone or even stand resting on his shoulders, and crying, Dawa had to leave him too. Even with two Sherpas it was not going to be possible to get David down the tricky sections below."
"Dawa, who did not summit because of giving his oxygen to David, told this to me less than 24 hours later when I met him on the fixed ropes. He was close to tears even then." "
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636848/posts?page=486#486
I've been to almost 10,000 feet on Rainier. Walked on a glacier.
Good enuff for me! Still got my fingers and toes.
Last week David Sharp, this week Lincoln Hall.
Well, at least this article is rather definitive on his status:
"A dramatic rescue operation is underway"
"climber's death 'was verified',"
"Lincoln Hall still alive after one night out"
"it was still not known for certain if Hall was dead or alive."
I hope they get the guy out - I've heard that 'tie' goes to the mountain.
It doesn't make sense to me either. Why would someone destroy his career just to climb a mountain?
TOP OF THE WORLD MA!
I thought the previous article said nine climbers had died so far this year???
Mr. Sharp was among eight persons who have died on Everest this year, including another member of his group, a Brazilian.
He also lost his nose and his ears.
BUT HE CONQUERED EVEREST!!! YIPEEE!!!
And I'm sure he hopes to someday become the first fingerless, toeless, noseless, earless man to climb Mt. Everest.
I hope this guy survives, but I've never been one to lose sleep over the loss of people who deliberately put themselves in harm's way just for the hell of it.
So if I climb down in a volcano and find myself in grave danger, will they put together a massive rescue effort?
>>>There was a Surgeon from Texas that was on a special on Everest. He lost all fingers and toes due to frostbite. But he conquered Everest! I repeat, I don't get it.>>>
So he can't practice the profession that took 12 years to achieve, but he can cling to "Conquering Everest"?
I don't get it either.
"There was a Surgeon from Texas that was on a special on Everest. He lost all fingers and toes due to frostbite. But he conquered Everest! I repeat, I don't get it."
I don't get it either. Especially considering how often rescuers risk their lives to perpetually pluck these people off that mountain.
The very act of climbing a mountain such as Everest indicates a desire to conquer, overcome, and excel. It is defined not by groups, but by individuals, such as "Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzig Norgay".
If they are going to engage in an act that gives them such personal glory, they must be willing to accept whatever comes along with it, including the possibility of catastrophic defeat, or else what does it mean?
I say this having crewed on a four-man transatlantic sailing trip on a 42-foot sailboat where we all recognized that, for most of the time, we were beyond the reach of quick rescue from any Coast Guard. The joy of it was knowing that we were responsible for ourselves. Without risk, how can there be glory? It's fine to engage in self-absorbed exploits, as long as you remain self-absorbed when you get into trouble and don't expect to be rescued by the very people you have neglected on the way.
By the way, I'm sure at least some of them had parents who were married. Do not insult bastards this way ;^)
Agreed, however I do lose sleep over those that expect others to bail them out after they've deliberately put themselves in harm's way and things don't go according to their brilliant plan.
My mother climbed Rainier in the early 60's. Tried and failed once, tried again and made it to the top. It was a moment she remained proud of till she died.
I see what you're saying. I don't know why I find that post so funny but I do. I'd like to hunt dangerous game in Africa some day so I guess it's kind of the same thing. Maybe I just have a dislike for those I've met who are into rock climbing and such. It's kind of like they have huge egos about the legends they are, only in their own minds. When hey, the America needs more heroes, how about you do something for the country hotshot?
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