Dru Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 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. And BTW, thanks Dru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 4, 2004 Author Share Posted August 4, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 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. 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 4, 2004 Author Share Posted August 4, 2004 yeah but that was a planned camp not a forced bivouac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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