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Posted by SteveTheFolkie on January 10, 2007 at 9:49:11 am EST
In reply to Gear usage posted by Bill S on January 10, 2007 at 8:08:31 am EST

Bill - read your posting with great interest - so how was Vinson?

The goings on with David Sharp and others on Everest this year were shameful - in concert with the military execution of the folks trying to make it from Tibet through Nepal and into India, witnessed by (and reported by) climbers at the basecamp of Cho Oyu it was a black year indeed. I give hearty credit to the climbers who did report and provide video and still image proof of what was going on there.

I cannot imagine walking past a fellow climber in trouble and doing nothing. I've never been on an 8000 meter peak, and I'm sure the desire to reach the top has to be very strong, but as a human being, I cannot see myself being willing to allow a fellow human being to die so I can reach the top of any mountain.

Steve

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• Vinson - Bill S 06:30:10 01/11/2007
  • Re: Vinson - SteveTheFolkie 12:51:50 01/11/2007
    • Re: Vinson - Bill S 20:10:26 01/12/2007
      • Re: Vinson - adam g 08:02:17 01/13/2007
        • Re: Vinson - Bill S 19:20:26 01/13/2007
          • Re: Vinson - Dave 00:02:20 01/14/2007
      • Re: Vinson - Tom D 20:25:33 01/12/2007

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