Saturday, July 31, 2004
Yes, thanks. That's the woman I was referring to. As I recall, she climbed K2 then promptly collapsed. Scott and EV had their hands full with Rob Hall's partner and her as well. I don't recall where else I read about her but it seemed to me that she had a tendency to expend all her energy getting up a mountain then collapsed and it was left to others to get her down. Maybe that was part of what EV meant. It sounds like she was a piece of work.
I was one of those who was critical of Allison Hargreaves until I read her book. Then I felt embarrassed for spouting off when I didn't know what I was talking about. She really was in a difficult spot and she deserved a lot of credit for the way she did her best to get through it doing what she knew best.
I guess I raised the issue of women on K2 because I don't really think (at some risk of putting my foot in my mouth) that there necessarily is a difference in how men and women handle extreme altitude. So the absence of women summiters of K2 has puzzled me. I guess as a more difficult mountain there are fewer people in general trying to climb it and proportionately fewer women? It seems that you have to be really lucky with the weather in order to climb K2. Maybe it's more luck and gumption rather than skill? (Now that sounds suspiciously like another time that I am speaking before checking to be sure I know what I am talking about.) But maybe some one can clarify???
Best regards,
Rose
I was one of those who was critical of Allison Hargreaves until I read her book. Then I felt embarrassed for spouting off when I didn't know what I was talking about. She really was in a difficult spot and she deserved a lot of credit for the way she did her best to get through it doing what she knew best.
I guess I raised the issue of women on K2 because I don't really think (at some risk of putting my foot in my mouth) that there necessarily is a difference in how men and women handle extreme altitude. So the absence of women summiters of K2 has puzzled me. I guess as a more difficult mountain there are fewer people in general trying to climb it and proportionately fewer women? It seems that you have to be really lucky with the weather in order to climb K2. Maybe it's more luck and gumption rather than skill? (Now that sounds suspiciously like another time that I am speaking before checking to be sure I know what I am talking about.) But maybe some one can clarify???
Best regards,
Rose
