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Eric Hansen Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2015 Posts: 860 | TRs | Pics Location: Wisconsin |
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Matt Lemke High on the Outdoors
Joined: 15 Jul 2010 Posts: 2052 | TRs | Pics Location: Grand Junction |
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Matt Lemke
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Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:58 pm
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Totally the stylish way to climb didn't you hear?
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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:07 pm
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Direct aid climbing.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Schenk Off Leash Man
Joined: 16 Apr 2012 Posts: 2372 | TRs | Pics Location: Traveling, with the bear, to the other side of the Mountain |
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Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:21 pm
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I wonder if they flew their own plane, or chartered one?
Did they fly back off Mt Blanc, or did they have to climb down?
Regardless, the words that come to mind: Hubris, entitlement, arrogance.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
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Riverside Laker Member
Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 2818 | TRs | Pics
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Now I feel bad about driving up Buck Mtn last week.
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reststep Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 4757 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:23 pm
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Someone landed a plane on top of Mt. Rainier way back in 1951. Probably was not a mountaineer however.
Link to story
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
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runup Member
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Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:57 pm
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I wonder if the “Swiss mountaineers” used the renowned Swiss-built Pilatus Porter STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) aircraft in their ill-conceived attempt.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
runup wrote: | I wonder if the “Swiss mountaineers” used the renowned Swiss-built Pilatus Porter STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) aircraft in their ill-conceived attempt. |
I remember there was a crashed one of those at Lukla airstrip.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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thunderhead Member
Joined: 14 Oct 2015 Posts: 1511 | TRs | Pics
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InFlight coated in DEET
Joined: 20 May 2015 Posts: 847 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle area |
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Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:01 am
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They make routine helicopters rescues fairly high on Everest during climbing season.
Record was 23,000 ft. up on Annapurna.
Could just charter a helicopter for brief summit visit of anything outside of the Himalayas.
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...” ― Henry David Thoreau
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...” ― Henry David Thoreau
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Landing a J-3 on Mt. Tahoma. LOL, that would have been something.
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Dharmabum Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2014 Posts: 58 | TRs | Pics Location: University Place, WA |
Never knew about the Rainier landing. Pretty cool story. Thanks for the link.
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Ive landed a J-3 on some pretty short runways, never a glacier. LOL.
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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