Sunday, May 07, 2006
Hi Everybody,
PBob, good to hear from you.
I was in the midst of moving here when I read about the '96 tragedy in the newspaper. I've always been fascinated by Everest and why people climb -something still beyond my ken. The story was about two experienced team leaders who died - Scott and Rob- but what caught my eye was the web address for the website that was following the team on the mountain. I pulled it up and started to read the dispatches - just riveted to the screen. As I packed up to move, I left my old computer which was outdated even then and expected to get a new one once I was settled. It took a few months - unlike my previous employer, the computers in my new office did not have access to the internet (imagine that??). It took a while, but I finally got a new computer at home and figured out how to get connected to the internet. This was about October of 1996. One of the first things I did when I got online was to go back to that site to see if anything was added. At that time I found the link to the Summit Journal Chat and followed the discussion. At that time there were actually two different discussion forums about the May tragedy. At some point that I don't exactly recall one of the lines was shut down (no notice) and the other one stayed up as Summit Journal Chat. It was the first time that I had ever posted to an internet site. I don't recall what I said but was sure that the experts there would know that I was just a flatlander who had no business discussing mountaineering. As turned out, I felt welcomed as I think we all did when we first entered the site. I guess we all know what happened after that. I sure do wish some of the folks who used to post there would stop by to say hello. :-)
Best regards,
Rose
PBob, good to hear from you.
I was in the midst of moving here when I read about the '96 tragedy in the newspaper. I've always been fascinated by Everest and why people climb -something still beyond my ken. The story was about two experienced team leaders who died - Scott and Rob- but what caught my eye was the web address for the website that was following the team on the mountain. I pulled it up and started to read the dispatches - just riveted to the screen. As I packed up to move, I left my old computer which was outdated even then and expected to get a new one once I was settled. It took a few months - unlike my previous employer, the computers in my new office did not have access to the internet (imagine that??). It took a while, but I finally got a new computer at home and figured out how to get connected to the internet. This was about October of 1996. One of the first things I did when I got online was to go back to that site to see if anything was added. At that time I found the link to the Summit Journal Chat and followed the discussion. At that time there were actually two different discussion forums about the May tragedy. At some point that I don't exactly recall one of the lines was shut down (no notice) and the other one stayed up as Summit Journal Chat. It was the first time that I had ever posted to an internet site. I don't recall what I said but was sure that the experts there would know that I was just a flatlander who had no business discussing mountaineering. As turned out, I felt welcomed as I think we all did when we first entered the site. I guess we all know what happened after that. I sure do wish some of the folks who used to post there would stop by to say hello. :-)
Best regards,
Rose
