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Don't miss one of Doug Scott's only 2 stops in Canada this year- this is a rare

opportunity, in support of a good cause!

 

British pioneering mountaineer Doug Scott is in town with a brand new slideshow,

Sacred Summits - Sacred Moments. Scott was the first British person to climb

Mt. Everest by the notoriously difficult South West face, and holds the record

for the highest bivouac ever survived without oxygen (8748m) along with climbing

partner Dougal Haston.

 

His climb of the Ogre in Pakistan has also become legendary after he broke both

legs in a fall and was forced to crawl down over a number of days with his

horrible injuries. Doug Scott has recorded dozens of first ascents and has

summited over 40 peaks all over the world without oxygen since the Ogre episode.

He was made a Commander of the British Empire, and in 1999 received the Royal

Goegraphic Society Patron's God Medal.

 

The Sacred Summits presentation will cover mountaineering topics and the

challenges of changing the world of alpine tourism into one that treats porters

on expeditions more ethically. Climbs to be covered include Everest SW Face,

Kangchenjunga North Ridge, Shivling East Pillar, and Carstenz New Guinea.

 

Today, Doug Scott devotes his life to hlpiing the people of Nepal through his

charitable organization 'Community Action Nepal'. For the August 6th

presentation, there will be no speaker fees. All funds from the Sacred Summits

slideshow will go towards a rescue and medical post for mountain and trekking

porters in the Everest region that is a joint project of Community Action Nepal

and International Porter Protection Group. Tickets are $10 at the door - cash

only - and the show starts at 7pm. There are numerous door and draw prizes, and

the event is sponsored by Mountain Equipment Co-op.

 

Sacred Summits: Friday, August 6th, 7:00 pm, HR Macmillan Space Centre

Auditorium (1100 Chestnut St., W of Burrard St. and N of Cornwall St.) Admission

$10 at the door.

 

 

Doug Scott is the guy who told Greg Child "You'll never find enlightenment on a full stomach" on their 2nd day without food on Shivling yellaf.gifcheeburga_ron.gif

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received the Royal

Goegraphic Society Patron's God Medal.

 

 

There's no question the guy's amazing, but isn't getting the Goegraphics "God Medal" kind of over the top?

 

Were previous God Medal winners Reinhold Messner, Walter Bonatti and John Bachaer?

 

 

And I bet you thought no one reads your stuff.

 

 

 

I do. grin.gif

 

And BTW, thanks Dru. cool.gif

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i just cut and pasted that from a spam MEC sent me and added the enlightenment on a full stomach quote. I didn't even read it myself blush.gif

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I just did a google search for "doug scott slideshow seattle" and the first two hits were cascadeclimbers.com pages that have nothing to do with doug scott or slideshows and I have posted on BOTH. blush.gif Freaky.

 

Anybody know if he is doing a slideshow in Seattle too?

 

...holds the record

for the highest bivouac ever survived without oxygen (8748m)...

 

Didn't Babu Sherpa sleep on the summit of Everest?




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