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Eric Hansen
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The Lead Dog
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So to is Doug Hanson? Don't know if they ever brought him down?
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Ringangleclaw
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Who's Hillary Step? Is she OK?
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Tom_Sjolseth
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The horror! They'll have to fix extra ropes...
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fjoro
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| The Lead Dog wrote: | | So to is Doug Hanson? Don't know if they ever brought him down? |
Definitely never brought down. Never found, assumed to have fallen.
How would Horatio Alger have handled this situation?
How would Horatio Alger have handled this situation?
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Eric Hansen
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Maybe 15 years back Climbing Magazine ran a feature describing what Everest had become. The lead of the article described a scene a few feet below the summit. A French client climber "of a certain age" (OK, described as a bit of a geezer, perhaps in my age group) and a Sherpa had reached a spot where it was clear the top was near. By chance the Sherpa guy was a half step ahead of the French guy. The French guy backhands the Sherpa in the chest, to make it clear that he was the one that would lead the way to the summit, that it was his moment.
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The Lead Dog
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Thought that Doug died of exhaustion descending from the Summit with his guide on the Hillary step? Not that he fell?? 
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Ringangleclaw
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| The Lead Dog wrote: | | Thought that Doug died of exhaustion descending from the Summit with his guide on the Hillary step? Not that he fell?? |
I think the thought is that he died and then fell down the mountain, or did so when he lost conscienceness. Or that the environment took him down that winter.
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The Lead Dog
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I think it was the latter. From what people that I knew that knew him said. He had the greatest stories of Katmandu!! He has a memorial at the post office he worked at on the east hill of Kent on Smith St. Was a great guy!
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nordique
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And of course there is Doug's memorial bench on the Little Si trail, where we all take a moment to remember Doug and the Postal Service, as we struggle up the Little Si Trail. I like to take a half-hour rest on that bench. That is one very rocky trail! And, worse, all these little kids keep sprinting past me, as I take my two artificial joints up that trail--and, worse, down it!
As for me, I think I will cross off the Hillary Step route up Everest, if that section is now gone, so I will miss that rock step and the huge tourist backup there. I will have to traverse over from my solo up the Lhotse face. Bummer.
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AlpineRose
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I was thinking the same thing.
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nordique
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Hey, we should rope up together, for that last very rocky bit up Little Si! We could rap down the 5.12 route to the bottom of the Son of Jesus wall! That would save a LOT of ugly rocky descent!
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drm
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| Quote: | | On Monday, May 22, news reports emerged that authorities in Nepal deny Mosedale’s claim. According to CNN, Ang Tshering Sherpa, president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, called Mosedale’s claim “a false rumor.” Tshering said Sherpas and other officials at Everest Base Camp confirmed the Hillary Step was still intact, just covered by “excessive snowfall,” which led climbers like Mosedale to think it had collapsed. |
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HitTheTrail
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| nordique wrote: | | Hey, we should rope up together, for that last very rocky bit up Little Si! We could rap down the 5.12 route to the bottom of the Son of Jesus wall! That would save a LOT of ugly rocky descent! |
Nordique, somehow manage to arrange a casual overnight hiking trip with Wildernessed. If you survive that it will make you feel young again. A truly revitalizing experience.
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