Friday, September 24, 2004
Hi PBob and Carrie,
I missed you both. I am so glad you got back in. I had a little trouble to start but magoo and BBob hung in there with me. I was able to bookmark the site and with the remember my password- I haven't had trouble since. (Oh, no! Now I've gone and done it- I'll probably be locked out by some glitch.)
Tim, another hurricane headed your way. Good luck - maybe it will go east this time.
ENews has posted some Q&A sessions on the results of their SI search. Still no definite answers but it's an interesting (if drawn out) read for those who are interested. The last I looked they are still promising additional sessions. They are trying to identify an oxygen cylinder from the place where they believe an unidentified climber saw a body with old clothes some years ago. But there was no body (they assume it avalanched in the intervening time). The cylinder is old but doesn't resemble the cylinder that the M&I guys found that is identical to those on the last photo of M&I. So it' s not clear that they found anything really although they are making a big deal and promising more information later. :-)
From some individuals who are more in the know than I am, it seems that there really are still fairly sizeable pieces of real estate up there still to be searched. Particularly if we lose our preoccupation with thinking that M&I just intuitively chose the current route. So maybe there will be more on this story in future years. There is nothing that I know of to indicate that IMG will be continuing the search. But there seem to have been a few other teams up this year so there probably be more searching by someone. I was interested to learn that folks have actually calculated the current location of the '24 ice from the Rongbuck glacier. Personally, I would like to have someone search there with a metal detector. ;-)
Best wishes to all,
Rose
I missed you both. I am so glad you got back in. I had a little trouble to start but magoo and BBob hung in there with me. I was able to bookmark the site and with the remember my password- I haven't had trouble since. (Oh, no! Now I've gone and done it- I'll probably be locked out by some glitch.)
Tim, another hurricane headed your way. Good luck - maybe it will go east this time.
ENews has posted some Q&A sessions on the results of their SI search. Still no definite answers but it's an interesting (if drawn out) read for those who are interested. The last I looked they are still promising additional sessions. They are trying to identify an oxygen cylinder from the place where they believe an unidentified climber saw a body with old clothes some years ago. But there was no body (they assume it avalanched in the intervening time). The cylinder is old but doesn't resemble the cylinder that the M&I guys found that is identical to those on the last photo of M&I. So it' s not clear that they found anything really although they are making a big deal and promising more information later. :-)
From some individuals who are more in the know than I am, it seems that there really are still fairly sizeable pieces of real estate up there still to be searched. Particularly if we lose our preoccupation with thinking that M&I just intuitively chose the current route. So maybe there will be more on this story in future years. There is nothing that I know of to indicate that IMG will be continuing the search. But there seem to have been a few other teams up this year so there probably be more searching by someone. I was interested to learn that folks have actually calculated the current location of the '24 ice from the Rongbuck glacier. Personally, I would like to have someone search there with a metal detector. ;-)
Best wishes to all,
Rose
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Thanks - It's not the same without you PBob
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Boulder Bob - Well Done on Grey's! I've been out of touch (at least more than the usual) in that my computer has been out of service. Had to email CSTerry to recover the address here and still have much reading to catch up on. Climb On...
Welcome back Carrie - and thanks
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Hi All - I have been unable to access this site from work for a while and I have been extremely busy but today I got a break and...aha!...I got in!!
BBob - Huge congrats on the completion of your century project!
Tim and Liz - Glad to hear you are both fine after all of the Florida hurricanes. I was wondering if either of you were in their paths.
Glad to see this place is still hopping! Til next time...
BBob - Huge congrats on the completion of your century project!
Tim and Liz - Glad to hear you are both fine after all of the Florida hurricanes. I was wondering if either of you were in their paths.
Glad to see this place is still hopping! Til next time...
Monday, September 20, 2004
CSTerry, Rose, Tim, and magoo - Thanks - I worked on the project for 6 years.
Rose - No I never did meet EV - It turns out that his Grays climb was during the Pikes Peak Ascent/Marathon weekend, so I was out of town
Tim; Kelso Ridge in December? - No. However, I have been on it in route conditions that are similar to December. Kelso in Dec could be difficult - but it's doable. My opinion is that the weather conditions will have more to do with you success than route conditions. The winds and cold and be brutal on that ridge in Dec. Do you remember when a guy ("The Bear") from FL came out here in Feb to climb with a guide who invited me along. He was preparing for a trip to Denali and the Kelso Ridge was the target. He was sick for two days and we couldn't get him past 11,800'. You wouldn't have that problem. If you have reasonable luck with weather you would have a shot.
Rose - No I never did meet EV - It turns out that his Grays climb was during the Pikes Peak Ascent/Marathon weekend, so I was out of town
Tim; Kelso Ridge in December? - No. However, I have been on it in route conditions that are similar to December. Kelso in Dec could be difficult - but it's doable. My opinion is that the weather conditions will have more to do with you success than route conditions. The winds and cold and be brutal on that ridge in Dec. Do you remember when a guy ("The Bear") from FL came out here in Feb to climb with a guide who invited me along. He was preparing for a trip to Denali and the Kelso Ridge was the target. He was sick for two days and we couldn't get him past 11,800'. You wouldn't have that problem. If you have reasonable luck with weather you would have a shot.
