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Don
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject: Climber dead on Rainier |
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Climber dies on Mt. Rainier amid June blizzard.
Two others await rescue after they get caught in snowstorm during hike.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25082517/ |
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Jaxx
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| that is sad to hear. Dying on a day hike?!?!? don't tell my wife she is already against me getting into mountaineering |
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Don
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Dead Rainer hiker hailed a hero for saving wife and fellow hiker:
SEATTLE -- A hiker who died of exposure on Mount Rainier had lain on the ground so that his wife and friend could lie on top of him in an effort to stay warm, a ranger at the park told KIRO News Radio...
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erial
Joined: 22 May 2006
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Location: wake forest nc
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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compelling read of a 1992 accident here:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/23/escape/ |
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shlingdawg
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Location: Western Washington
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:25 am Post subject: |
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erial wrote: compelling read of a 1992 accident here:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/23/escape/
Well written re-count of events. I can't imagine the thoughts that go through ones head at a time like that. |
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climbinghalfdome
Joined: 13 Dec 2005
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Location: Kanab UTAH
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject: wow |
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shlingdawg wrote: erial wrote: compelling read of a 1992 accident here:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/23/escape/
Well written re-count of events. I can't imagine the thoughts that go through ones head at a time like that.
What a crazy long read! I couldn't stop though. Reminds me of Reinhold Messner in Crystal Horizon when he climbed out of a crevass as he soloed Everest with his girlfriend was at base camp. Why let a fall like that ruin my climbing trip? He thought and continued to the top.
Bold and inspiring. |
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