Friday, June 10, 2005
Let's publish a book of our SJC next year and donate some of the money to the families who lost loved ones in 1996. Does anyone have the messages saved? It would be a good project to do we had so much information. We could invite papers to fill in on some of the technical questions. What do you think?
Rose - hard to say what's going on with interest and/or activity on Everest. I think the easy answer is a combination of burnout and too many soft stories. I think I can safely say that from what I've seen the focus of the outdoor marketing/media machinery is shifting away from the mountains. The reasons for this range from the lingering effects of Sept 11 to an aging boomer class and even a younger demo that is expressing themselves through shorter-term/lower commitment activities.
And as we have seen here on our little forum, kayaking is running away with the popular vote as the choice for adventure - just take a look at how many magazine covers feature kayaks... well except for Outside, which lately seems to have a fixation on hot, hairless males who don't own a shirt.
And as we have seen here on our little forum, kayaking is running away with the popular vote as the choice for adventure - just take a look at how many magazine covers feature kayaks... well except for Outside, which lately seems to have a fixation on hot, hairless males who don't own a shirt.
BBob - damn straight I'm a tough guy - it's hard work ingesting all those calories.
Officially added the title of Vicroy to my card - thanks GBS. And thanks for the link, it was an interesting read.
Officially added the title of Vicroy to my card - thanks GBS. And thanks for the link, it was an interesting read.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Thanks GBS - Good one - Sandy Hill Pittman. That was a long article and I loved it.
Hey Rose - yes, I almost forgot that May 10-11 is not the only time for summits - I was surprised at all the success at the end of May this year. And the Helicoper new was surprising.
Bruce is a tough guy.
Last weekend was like a winter blizzard on Torreys - I fought for a few hours just to get to 12,700 and postholing through two foot drifts of fresh snow on top off winter's left over's. I turned around and went home for some hot chocolate.
Bruce is a tough guy.
Last weekend was like a winter blizzard on Torreys - I fought for a few hours just to get to 12,700 and postholing through two foot drifts of fresh snow on top off winter's left over's. I turned around and went home for some hot chocolate.
http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/list.php
some nice summer reading...
Ciao, techno
some nice summer reading...
Ciao, techno
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Hi Everyone,
I guess the Everest season is just about over although there are still summits being reported. It's not clear to me if these are late reports or if there are still people up there. There were no summits on either side until very late this year but there have been quite a lot in the last week. But it does seem as if the season lasted longer this year - certainly after the May30 deadline that had been usual. The icefall route was maintained until sometime last week. Although I am sure each climber had his/her own big story I guess to me the biggest deal is the apparent helicopter landing on the summit, still somewhat in dispute as to whether they actually landed on the summit (if so they would be credited with the first summit this year). Everest.net has photos but to me they are difficult to interpret. But if the chopper was indeed hovering over the summit, that's good enough for me. It would seem dangerous to actually touch down and I am not sure why that would be such an issue. If the thing could indeed get high enough to hover over the summit, that would seem to be a big technological leap (at least to me).
No real news on the M&I front (although today is the 81st anniversary of their fatal attempt). Only ENews has admitted a search and the wind and weather was so bad all May it doesn't seem as if much searching was done. Of course we will learn what ENews did in their own good time. From Jay we heard that Eric S went over to the North side for at least a time. But there has been no public announcements of the IMG North side activities. Once can get all wound up in speculation but there is just no evidence that IMG did anything on the search. Jake Norton wasn't on Everest this year and Dave Hahn was on the southside. So the usual suspects were missing. And if anyone did make plans, the weather had most people at basecamp for much of time. So it is not clear if everyone's interest has waned or if people are just keeping things quiet until/unless there is real news. Some diehards are convinced that there is still a lot of likely real estate to be searched and artifacts to be found off the standard route. But short of a surprise in the next week or so, there seems to be nothing new this year.
Bruce, sounds like a very special trip. Hope you feel better, Tim.
Best regards,
Rose
I guess the Everest season is just about over although there are still summits being reported. It's not clear to me if these are late reports or if there are still people up there. There were no summits on either side until very late this year but there have been quite a lot in the last week. But it does seem as if the season lasted longer this year - certainly after the May30 deadline that had been usual. The icefall route was maintained until sometime last week. Although I am sure each climber had his/her own big story I guess to me the biggest deal is the apparent helicopter landing on the summit, still somewhat in dispute as to whether they actually landed on the summit (if so they would be credited with the first summit this year). Everest.net has photos but to me they are difficult to interpret. But if the chopper was indeed hovering over the summit, that's good enough for me. It would seem dangerous to actually touch down and I am not sure why that would be such an issue. If the thing could indeed get high enough to hover over the summit, that would seem to be a big technological leap (at least to me).
No real news on the M&I front (although today is the 81st anniversary of their fatal attempt). Only ENews has admitted a search and the wind and weather was so bad all May it doesn't seem as if much searching was done. Of course we will learn what ENews did in their own good time. From Jay we heard that Eric S went over to the North side for at least a time. But there has been no public announcements of the IMG North side activities. Once can get all wound up in speculation but there is just no evidence that IMG did anything on the search. Jake Norton wasn't on Everest this year and Dave Hahn was on the southside. So the usual suspects were missing. And if anyone did make plans, the weather had most people at basecamp for much of time. So it is not clear if everyone's interest has waned or if people are just keeping things quiet until/unless there is real news. Some diehards are convinced that there is still a lot of likely real estate to be searched and artifacts to be found off the standard route. But short of a surprise in the next week or so, there seems to be nothing new this year.
Bruce, sounds like a very special trip. Hope you feel better, Tim.
Best regards,
Rose
My God - you sound like you are Bruce, the Viceroy of Barkley Sound! What allot of stuff!
Get well Tim. Be safe.
Having a blast out here on the southwest coast. Much sun, ocean views and nice times.
Cheers - the techno
Get well Tim. Be safe.
Having a blast out here on the southwest coast. Much sun, ocean views and nice times.
Cheers - the techno
