rr666 Posted September 23, 2002 Share Posted September 23, 2002 It's been a bad year in the mountains. mt rainier One more reason to always wear your helmet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrible_ted Posted September 23, 2002 Share Posted September 23, 2002 Don't fool yourself. The only function a helmet serves when you get hit in the head by a (reportedly) "basketball-sized" chunk of whizzing rock is to limit the excessive brain-splattering on other party members. It's not that I don't wear one in a majority of cases, it's just that falling rock needs to be dealt with by avoidance, not protection. Even then, I think it's the mountaineering equivalent of having someone in the oncoming lane steer into you... -t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILuvAliens Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 I love my helmet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 "Aye Lad, I luv me helmet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 [ 09-23-2002, 06:31 PM: Message edited by: gapertimmy ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 Mr. Ted, I like the autosig: "I helped Harry fix her papers, Mr. Martins. Not the sort of thing I should confess to a stranger, but you have to break the rules sometimes. Humanity's a duty. Cigarette, Miss Schmidt? Keep the pack." The kind of dialogue you just can't buy anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salbrecher Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 Another person killed climbing with Wickwire....hmmmm. What are the odds of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizard_brain Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 This guy was apparently no slouch...he had quite a resume... Ed Hommer And from Amazon.com... Since he was a boy, Ed Hommer had dreamed of becoming a bush pilot in Alaska, but just as his wish was coming true at the age of 27, a nightmare harshly intervened. In December 1981, while flying a chartered plane, Hommer and three passengers crashed into the side of Mount McKinley. For five days the men huddled in the shell of the plane enduring serious injuries and subzero temperatures while fierce storms thwarted attempts to rescue them. By the time they were reached, two of the men were dead, including Hommer's brother-in-law Dan. Hommer ended up losing both of his feet above the ankles to frostbite. And, for a time, he also lost his will to live, succumbing to bitterness and alcoholism, even turning away from his wife and young daughter, who was born just days after his rescue. But after realizing that "Flying was as much a part of me as my legs," he decided to bury his self-pity and get back into life, working to earn his license again and eventually becoming a full-time pilot for American Airlines. But flying again was only half the battle. He needed to confront the mountain that almost killed him in order to feel whole again. So, using high-tech prosthetics, Hommer began running and cycling to get in shape in order to climb Mount McKinley, a feat he achieved in 1999 after one failed attempt. In this inspiring memoir, he writes honestly about all that he lost and gained during the 20 years it took to fully recover from the crash. "I was born into the outdoors," he writes, and it was to the outdoors that he returned in order to be born again. --Shawn Carkonen [ 09-23-2002, 07:26 PM: Message edited by: lizard brain ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence_Sitter Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 wow...truly tragic... could have been anyone of us... jsut wrong place at the wrong time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salbrecher Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 "could it be there's no such thing as a coincidence" Mel Gibson in "Signs" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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