Thinker Posted May 28, 2003 Posted May 28, 2003 Return to Everest event "Be among the first to see exclusive photos and hear exciting stores from Jim's historic return to base camp. You also have the opportunity to win limited edition 'Return to Everest' apparel." ugh.............. Quote
hikerwa Posted May 28, 2003 Posted May 28, 2003 You can also look forward to purchasing: The Big Jim Bedding Collection, Dining Sets, Limited Edition Serving Set, Everest Golf Shirts (featuring the Return to Everest Official Logo), Twill Mountaineering Pants and Jacket...... Quote
Dwayner Posted May 28, 2003 Posted May 28, 2003 big jim....also can be known by the title that typically follow his name in the media: FACME: "first American to climb Mt. Everest". Big deal, I say. This guy did no pioneering, following in the footsteps of Tenzing and Hillary TEN YEARS LATER. This guy has been made a "hero" as a result, and for forty years. But who hears of his fellow American buddies who followed a few days later: Barry Bishop and Lute Jerstad or those two cool cats who at the same time pulled off one of the boldest climbs in mountaineering history: Tom Hornbein and Willy Unsoeld on the West Ridge of Everest? Not so many. If you ask me, it should have been BIG LOU on the summit! - Dwayner Quote
JoshK Posted May 28, 2003 Posted May 28, 2003 I find the first <insert nationality> to <insert some accomplishment> stuff bullshit. As far as I'm concerned he was just another guy who climbed everest, and like you said, 10 years after the first climb. Touting the fact that he was the first american to do it simply highlights the fact that someone of another nationality did it first, not that somehow this was a great accomplishment on a global scale. Quote
rbw1966 Posted May 28, 2003 Posted May 28, 2003 Some of the smaller, more nationalistic countries find it very significant when one of their brethren achieves glory. I tend to agree with Josh. Quote
Szyjakowski Posted May 28, 2003 Posted May 28, 2003 Dwayner said: If you ask me, it should have been BIG LOU on the summit! didnt he freeze his eyeballs which kept him from getting higher or was that the K2 expedition? Quote
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