olyclimber

came across this paper when looking up this info: http://mountainsandminds.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Taylor-Mapping-Adventure.pdf I started to read it but I have to get to work. not sure what the point of it was, but seemed like it could be interesting (to someone who was looking for a distraction at least)

@Kurt_Fickeisen is that a relation to you making the AAC report?

Great pictures, thank you! Looks like a great time out in the hills.

1945 http://thirdstbooks.com/seattlehs/sbroindex45.html

I'm not sure if Bob last lived in Edmonds, WA and would be ~91 today. Looks like he passed in 1998.... https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/robert-k-byhre/82081192

That ad also helped buy a Seattle Mountain Rescue truck: http://www.seattlemountainrescue.org/ref/truck history 1996.pdf

Big Four did a number on Bob http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13196401801/Washington-Cascades-Big-Four-Mountain

fixed it! great TR @Bigtree

thanks for sharing that @W Mark.

http://time.com/3898371/alex-honnold-dean-potter-climbing/ http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1122068/CLIMB-and-PUNISHMENT-An-Open-Telegram-to-Alex-Honnold a couple links to throw some gas to the fire

just need to get some acid

Thanks for sharing this info. I actually, like your way of expressing the opinions and sharing the information.

Who are the geologists on here? @G-spotter

Looks like alphabet soup

Found in SE AK.

just going to have to agree to disagree there. you are picking and choosing what is related and connected to support your argument...that or you are completely missing the point: no matter what your path in life, there will be risks. as @Choada_Boy link shows, there is even risk in sitting on your ass and doing nothing all day. and people will not stop making "stupid" decisions just because you told them to. who in the hell thinks paragliding is a smart thing to do you adrenaline fueled risk junkie! it also seems like you are over investing in the idea that you are somehow in control in the self-will of others, or that they are particularly interested in your assessment of the risks they take. I know I'm personally doing so by continueing this conversation with you! It has been a very thoughtful and interesting to see different points of view on the topic. in this country in particular, self-will and individual choice are bedrock to the human psyche. any affront to this is usually not received well.

A bit of levity: The story of David Lee Roth in Yosemite.... https://www.thoughtco.com/rocker-david-lee-roth-skyscraper-3972248 http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=78334&tn=0&mr=0 paging @kevbone

you also usually don't hear of climbing being classified as text book addiction though. the whole "died doing what they love" thing...well that i think depends on your outlook on life and death. as has been pointed out several times in this thread already, life is fatal. we all go, and most of us don't get to choose when or why. "died doing what they love" is something not something that dead people say...its what the survivors say when they are trying to cope with the loss of a friend or a loved one. it just sounds better than the alternative. it does seem a bit silly, but people cope how they can. What will you do when the Risk Gestapo show up to take away your paragliding equipment because someone else deemed it too dangerous a sport?

@Water yes we will! I think we just need to make the tools to do it. We actually had something simliar before, but I think we can make it better than what we had. And I think we just need help in cleaning up the trip reports in general. Where they are missing pictures, can we get the pictures back in? I've actually been able to manually fix a few really good TRs.

I imagine getting drunk could fit under denial.

cheamclimber

https://dps.alaska.gov/dailydispatch/Home/Display?dateReceived=3/14/2018 12:00:00 AM Location: Mendenhall Ice Field Type: Search and Rescue Dispatch Text: UPDATE: On 3/13/2018, weather cleared and search assets were able to be deployed. The chartered Coastal helicopter, with Juneau Mountain Rescue members on board, was able to reach the north face of the Mendenhall Towers. An intact anchor rope was seen at the top of an ice shoot on the 4th Tower. Two climbing ropes were also seen in a crevasse midway down the 4th Tower. The ropes match the description of the gear carried by Johnson and Leclerc. Due to the circumstances, Johnson and Leclerc are presumed deceased. Due to continuing significant avalanche danger and safety hazards, recovery efforts are not feasible at this time. Next of kin for Johnson and Leclerc have been notified. Missing person files have been entered into the missing persons clearing house for both Johnson and Leclerc. The Alaska State Troopers would like to thank our search and rescue partners along with businesses and member of the community that donated food and supplies to support the volunteer search personnel.