From the first reports of Big Lou sightings I knew this forum wouldn't let me down. I remember the launch party for Mariah Magazine in Chicago when I actually stood next to Henry schmoozing with Royal, but was unable to get anywhere near the star attraction who gave the A-list crowd a thrilling slide show on his expedition to K2, the one which overcame many unspeakable ordeals on the approach march alone, only to be defeated high on the mountain when a high-altitude porter had a bad case of worms. Triumph and tragedy; Big Lou a legend to rival Greek myth. You are so right that those of us who are nonlegends, or less, nonentities, will scatter like leaves when he comes.