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quote: Originally posted by forrest_m: Sounds like maybe all the climbers escaped, but some are still "in hiding" up in the mountains: from Ananova.com: Climber Haston safe after Himalayan rescue British climber Stevie Haston is reportedly safe after escaping from armed rebels in Nepal - but his French-born wife is still trapped on the mountain. Along with 11 members of the Slovenian expedition they were seized by the gunmen while returning from a climb of the 22,145ft Ramtang Chang peak. The Maoist gunmen demanded £4,000 for their release but the climbers escaped before the ransom was paid. They managed to descend a perilous cliff where rebels could not follow them. After they then went into hiding awaiting a Nepalese army attempt to airlift them out of the region by helicopter. But the rescue mission was called off because of a build up of rebel troops in the area and renewed violence. Expedition organisers then acted on their own initiative to rescue their colleagues after learning one of the climbers was taken seriously ill. A small private helicopter was engaged to fly to the group to try and pull at least the injured man to safety. Both Haston and the leader of another expedition, Gregor Kresal, were collected along with the injured man. In Haston's case he only agreed to leave his wife because he was the only one with extensive medical training - and he had to accompany the injured trekker. Hmmmm... I sense another bestseller for Greg Child to ghostwrite! Soon to be a TV movie of the week starring Paulie Shore as Stevie and Britney Spears as Laurence.

quote: Originally posted by fern: I hope it turns out all right ... why is this in the Gear Critic? Must be a board glitch

The Maoist rebels in Nepal have taken a group of Western climbers hostage. Stevie Haston and Laurence Goualt (his wife) were among them . Stevie apparently has now escaped, leaving his wife captive! The rebels are demanding $7,000 as ransom. Yes, $7, 000. Who is advising them, Dr. Evil or what??? Better hope they dont send in the Russians to rescue them. Read all about it on Ananova.com Link: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_698308.html?menu=

Canadians will be present. What about Terminal Gravity and his keg?

Nov 6, In Vancouver BC. Drew Brayshaw presents a slide show and multimedia experience featuring chest beating, lies and slander about climbing. Place: Grandview School the school is at Woodland and 5th Ave, just W of Commercial Dr. Admission is $5, baked goods are for sale, and it will start at 7PM so the kiddies aren't out too late. The adults will go to a pub afterwards for drinking. [sorry I couldnt be bothered to find the previous post on this topic ]

I could buy those fuckers brand new for $200 CDN each. Do they suddenly have Antique Value or what?

Get drunk at punk show and go buildering in Doc Martins and tight ripped jeans.

quote: Originally posted by jon: I have had to disable the latest threads feature which is used on the front page. I believe this is what is causing the problems. Nobody ever uses that anyways, do they?

I have climbed 1200m of ice (and snow) in the last 2 weeks Calf workouts. There were some short Rockies style icefalls formed up there too on melt from snow patches. Bet they are buried under freshiez now. Chilliwatts has freshiez to 4500' today.

quote: Eric Dumerac, Barry Blanchard and French UIAGM Phillipe Pellet. They put up a new route on the Emperor Face in 3 days during a timely weather window. Lucky Bastards - well done! Bubba finally makes it up!

Make this one STICKY oh moderators

Dropped rock off pipeline bridge to hit floating stick in Capilano Canyon, just as a kayaker came around the corner in the canyon and rock missed him by 2 inches SPLASH....

im page topping at you teabagger

rapped off two desert varnish plates in the infamous solar slab descent gully. the ropes did not reach the next ledge so we broke off another varnish plate from a nearby face, wedged it in a crack, slung it, and rapped off that to the ledge. if you come to my SLIDESHOW NOVEMBER 6 at GRANDVIEW SCHOOL IN VANCOUVER I might just show a picture of that!

quote: Originally posted by snoboy: quote:Originally posted by fern: this is kinda like the Odin's Ice story - don't going skiing liberty ridge any time soon that dru don't ski What's the Odin's Ice story?? I still have Fern's 'garbage can skis' Looks like you guys get to Ski The Freshiez on Microwave Tower run soon

Here is a picture of Steve and Don topping out on Plutocrat.

They got the pix from topping out on couloir on. The other film is safe in my jacket pocket. But I lost the good sequence of Steven wigging out as he climbs up a sheet of dinner plate ice to the top-out. Also the cool profile shot of Plutus from Crazy. And a few nice sunset pix of the Bendor range and some good scrambling pix and summit shot of the Elastoplast Bandage summit register c. 1954. I guess I should have carried the pack around with me even though it was full of smelly gear. Hindsight is always 20:20.

Interestingly enough, I read in "Sensory Exotica" by Howard C. Hughes, that when they built the Stealth Bomber they made it invisible to radar but didnt know it was also invisible to sonar. That is until, they left it parked outside the hangar one fine desert night, and in the morning it was covered with dead bats that had flown into it because it was "invisible". Sort of like Wonder Woman's invisible plane. Anna, are you really Wonder Woman or what?

Cock tha hammer Cock tha hammer its time for action....

If only my car had been broken into in Squamish instead of Vancouver, there might be a greater than 1/100000000 chance I will ever see any of my stuff again.

Where is Ray Borbon and the brown coiler bomb in that picture of armaments. Quote "I dook upon you from a great height"

Maybe its short for Mount A Goat?

West Buttress of Dungeon?

In the sniper case... from Jamaica... wazzup Erik? Note Campsite Number. [ 10-28-2002, 03:39 PM: Message edited by: Dru ]