fenderfour Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 Pretty cool stuff: http://ww2.whidbey.net/dzane/Writings/fatemplate.html Quote
barjor Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 What a great story from a a time when men where real men and not gore tex covered punks. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 "creepers" - what a funny name for crampons! Quote
Fairweather Posted August 6, 2005 Posted August 6, 2005 If you can find a copy of "Mountain Fever" by Aubrey Haines, buy it! It has this story, as well as many other first-person accounts of early Rainier climbs. You won't be able to put it down. Â Another book, that shares some of the stories in the above, is "Island in the Sky". I think The Mountaineers published it. Not as good, but it may be easier to find. Quote
knelson Posted August 6, 2005 Posted August 6, 2005 Last I checked, both Amazon and B&N had the Haines book. Think it's been republished. Â -kurt Quote
Norman_Clyde Posted August 6, 2005 Posted August 6, 2005 (edited) It has been republished, I have a new edition. It's a great read, like Fairweather said. Rainier is a treasure trove of mountaineering history. Edited August 7, 2005 by Norman_Clyde Quote
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