Thursday, June 08, 2006
Hey Folks,
The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festivals are coming up again this Autumn. Being in the 10th anniversary year of the Event which brought us all together, it strikes me that this would be a great occasion for a Union ( or Re-Union ).
It's June now, so lots of time to plan for the event.
The Film Fest begins and runs Sat. Oct. 28 - Oct. 30 ;
The Book Fest runs Wed. Nov. 1 - Nov. 3 ;
The Film Fest resumes Fri. Nov. 3 - Sun. Nov. 5
I plan to attend from Thurs. Nov. 2 - Sun. Nov. 5. I believe Bruce will be attending aproximately the same dates. For an appropriate cash inducement, I might be inclined to extend my stay.
Come, meet my Bride with the Sherpani name, Ginnu. Learn, firsthand, how Canadian women dote on their men ! Meet Bruce's beautiful and charming wife and realise why she truly is his ' better half '. Meet their delightful children.
You retired folk have no excuse. Make your plans now. For those of us shouldering the burden of carrying these retired people, think of this as a well deserved respite from our daily travails.
I'll leave it Bruce to post a hot link to the Banff Mountain Festivals website with schedules, (etc)
CST
The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festivals are coming up again this Autumn. Being in the 10th anniversary year of the Event which brought us all together, it strikes me that this would be a great occasion for a Union ( or Re-Union ).
It's June now, so lots of time to plan for the event.
The Film Fest begins and runs Sat. Oct. 28 - Oct. 30 ;
The Book Fest runs Wed. Nov. 1 - Nov. 3 ;
The Film Fest resumes Fri. Nov. 3 - Sun. Nov. 5
I plan to attend from Thurs. Nov. 2 - Sun. Nov. 5. I believe Bruce will be attending aproximately the same dates. For an appropriate cash inducement, I might be inclined to extend my stay.
Come, meet my Bride with the Sherpani name, Ginnu. Learn, firsthand, how Canadian women dote on their men ! Meet Bruce's beautiful and charming wife and realise why she truly is his ' better half '. Meet their delightful children.
You retired folk have no excuse. Make your plans now. For those of us shouldering the burden of carrying these retired people, think of this as a well deserved respite from our daily travails.
I'll leave it Bruce to post a hot link to the Banff Mountain Festivals website with schedules, (etc)
CST
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Hi Lori,
Nice to hear from you.
Sorry to hear about your near fatal gardening wound. Still, it's heartening to know that there is yet another American promoting the global spread of Gladiolas.
I remember your visit well. Good times.
I recall offering to make dinner the first night at Tunnel Mountain ( or, at least offering to have Ginnu make it..........G really appreciates it when I selflessly promote her cooking ).
I remember how touched we all were when you responded by offering to make dinner the second night. You even went so far as to inquire of each of us what flavour of J we would want with our PB .
It was at this point that I pulled Patrick aside and said, " Patrick, don't be a fool, marry the girl!"
Lastly, I recall with appreciation, how, after the trip when PBob was doing a TR for the Adjunct Site and he circulated a Draft in which he referred to my " bushy brown and grey mustache ", you leapt to my defence and insisted that it was a " bushy BROWN mustache with attractive flecks of gray, reflective of CST's maturity and wisdom ". Loved you for that. My own modesty would never have permitted me to make such a comment.
Alas, Lass, brown, not so much, anymore.
Nice to hear from you.
Sorry to hear about your near fatal gardening wound. Still, it's heartening to know that there is yet another American promoting the global spread of Gladiolas.
I remember your visit well. Good times.
I recall offering to make dinner the first night at Tunnel Mountain ( or, at least offering to have Ginnu make it..........G really appreciates it when I selflessly promote her cooking ).
I remember how touched we all were when you responded by offering to make dinner the second night. You even went so far as to inquire of each of us what flavour of J we would want with our PB .
It was at this point that I pulled Patrick aside and said, " Patrick, don't be a fool, marry the girl!"
Lastly, I recall with appreciation, how, after the trip when PBob was doing a TR for the Adjunct Site and he circulated a Draft in which he referred to my " bushy brown and grey mustache ", you leapt to my defence and insisted that it was a " bushy BROWN mustache with attractive flecks of gray, reflective of CST's maturity and wisdom ". Loved you for that. My own modesty would never have permitted me to make such a comment.
Alas, Lass, brown, not so much, anymore.
We have not discussed much on climbing Mt E lately.
I saw in the Orange County Register on-line yesterday the report on a woman who was trying to climb many of the Sierra 8K - 14Ks and fell to her death. She sounded like a great person.
Thanks for sharing the P and A story.
I could imagine the Banff environment since I have been there. So wonderful up there.
There are some nice walking paths in OC that go out to the sea. I have been looking at them...
Cheers,
TTT
I saw in the Orange County Register on-line yesterday the report on a woman who was trying to climb many of the Sierra 8K - 14Ks and fell to her death. She sounded like a great person.
Thanks for sharing the P and A story.
I could imagine the Banff environment since I have been there. So wonderful up there.
There are some nice walking paths in OC that go out to the sea. I have been looking at them...
Cheers,
TTT
Monday, June 05, 2006
Wandering aimlessly down memory lane...
I found this site sometime after reading ITA. 1998, I think.
I think my all-time favorite memory is being at the campsite outside Banff with all my new imaginary friends, and my now-husband Patrick. A HUGE mosquito landed on Alex's forehead, and my dopey husband, without even thinking, smacked the mosquito (and thus Alex). Whack! Sure enough, I think out of reflex, Alex smacked him back, pretty hard too.
We all died laughing. There wasn't any weirdness like "your boyfriend just hit my kid," like there would be with a lot of people. It was just just really funny, in, I guess, our own weird way.
P and I had gotten to know Carrie and Mark pretty well. And Bruce, CST, Ginny, Alex, and PBob seemed great. But when we all laughed, and laughed, and laughed like that, it was obvious that we were REAL imaginary friends. Rafting class 4 rapids the next day ("no really, Terry, you'll be fine!") cemented the deal. And I consider all of them good friends to this day.
Meeting Liz and Tricia was like meeting old dear friends. Magoo and Dave are so nice, and it was great to hang with them, if only for a short period. And there are many others that I would still like to meet.
How lucky we are to have found each other....
Lori
I found this site sometime after reading ITA. 1998, I think.
I think my all-time favorite memory is being at the campsite outside Banff with all my new imaginary friends, and my now-husband Patrick. A HUGE mosquito landed on Alex's forehead, and my dopey husband, without even thinking, smacked the mosquito (and thus Alex). Whack! Sure enough, I think out of reflex, Alex smacked him back, pretty hard too.
We all died laughing. There wasn't any weirdness like "your boyfriend just hit my kid," like there would be with a lot of people. It was just just really funny, in, I guess, our own weird way.
P and I had gotten to know Carrie and Mark pretty well. And Bruce, CST, Ginny, Alex, and PBob seemed great. But when we all laughed, and laughed, and laughed like that, it was obvious that we were REAL imaginary friends. Rafting class 4 rapids the next day ("no really, Terry, you'll be fine!") cemented the deal. And I consider all of them good friends to this day.
Meeting Liz and Tricia was like meeting old dear friends. Magoo and Dave are so nice, and it was great to hang with them, if only for a short period. And there are many others that I would still like to meet.
How lucky we are to have found each other....
Lori
Whew ! I made it! Trying to access the site for a while now. Every time I tried to get in, the site was down. Or was I being blocked for not behaving myself (again)? Only magoo knows the truth....
Hard to type today...sliced off the tip of my finger pruning shrubs yesterday. (Good thing I wasn't using the electric hedge trimmer at the time!) I am SO not domestic! I need to stay in the backcountry where I don't hurt myself!
Read a full page article in yesterday's newspaper about how this has been the most lethal year on Everest since 96; how folks don't even bother with rescues. Is it because they're not thinking right in the death zone or it is because they don't want to risk their $40K summits? EV was interviewed for the article, and tried to be very diplomatic about it all. Wowie, though...seems to me that the ethics of the hard-core climbing contingent has been diluted by the novices and the entrepreneurial spirit of the guide companies.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-everest1jun01,1,907217.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
(Has this been discussed? I hadn't seen this years' death rate/rescues mentioned. If I'm repeating, my apologies. I'll blame it on the blood loss from my tragic landscaping accident yesterday!)
Hard to type today...sliced off the tip of my finger pruning shrubs yesterday. (Good thing I wasn't using the electric hedge trimmer at the time!) I am SO not domestic! I need to stay in the backcountry where I don't hurt myself!
Read a full page article in yesterday's newspaper about how this has been the most lethal year on Everest since 96; how folks don't even bother with rescues. Is it because they're not thinking right in the death zone or it is because they don't want to risk their $40K summits? EV was interviewed for the article, and tried to be very diplomatic about it all. Wowie, though...seems to me that the ethics of the hard-core climbing contingent has been diluted by the novices and the entrepreneurial spirit of the guide companies.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-everest1jun01,1,907217.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
(Has this been discussed? I hadn't seen this years' death rate/rescues mentioned. If I'm repeating, my apologies. I'll blame it on the blood loss from my tragic landscaping accident yesterday!)
