scott_harpell Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 touching your Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 If it has bolt guns and nitro packs then I'm there. I thought I heard something about Joe Simpson getting lowered by another partner after another major injury a while after that book was written - but this time prior to the actual lowering the uninjured partner apparently looked Simpson in the eye and handed him his knife... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 the event you mention is in "Dark Shadows Falling", in the Himalaya, Manaslu maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Cool. I'll have to check it out. I am going to start a "Stump Dru" thread in honor of your encyclopedic knowledge of all things climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norsky Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 But it's a true story as told by a climber, so keep your suspension handy - you never know when you might need it. You are all suspended! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 saw a long feature on this last night on hbo...the climbing scenes are fukn incredible... i've read the book. what i don't get, after watching the hbo thing, is this supposed controversy. it's a truly inspiring story in its own right, but i feel that they're somehow trying to sup it up somehow. i mean, who really could question yates' actions? how the hell is cutting the rope to a terminally fucked person uncool? i guess i'd feel the "controversy" which is alluded to frequently is worthy of mention if i could find just one person (who doesn't have their head up their ass - eliminating most here) who feels simpson got a raw deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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