wfinley Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Watch your language!! http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/tracing-a-climbers-footprints-in-cyberspace/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Good, the world will finally see what miscreants we really are. Hello world!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 shit! 107 folks currently viewing the oregon forum - how you gon' get noticed for your command of fine swear-words over here in the lame-o climber's board forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Phil Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/tracing-a-climbers-footprints-in-cyberspace/ Having "climbed" and "hiked", I would argue that the fundamental distinction between climbers and hikers is ego. If you encounter someone in boots with an outsized opinion of his accomplishments on a mountain - you've met a climber. -Posted by Peter Reese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Anyone see trask's post in there :lmao: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 "Well, I’m a WI5-6 hiker, so how does that fit into your argument? — Posted by Trask" I love Trask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 man - i'm hoping "ice-slut" gets mention in the ny times too - gotta love the avalanche of folks w/ 1-20 posts showing up in the hood thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 There were 37 people in the Oregon forum at 5:30am today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimZam Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 The portal page was on ABC w/ Charles Gibson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Look at me Mom!! :moondance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Is it the fact of east coast climbers lost in the west that makes this such a national story? Is it that it follows so closely on the Kim family ordeal also in Oregon? Seems like this is getting much more attention than the usual rescue/accident incident. Which of course is not to suggest that it's ever less than a huge event to the friends and family of the folks involved, or that climbers are ever less than concerned when these things happen, it's just odd to have such a bright light so narrowly focused on our humble abode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Off, Perhaps because it's winter....which is a more unsual time for this sort of thing (getting stuck on the summit of Hood anyway). And Christmas is right around the corner...and 'tis the season for stories of people getting lost and (hopefully) reunited with loved ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfinley Posted December 14, 2006 Author Share Posted December 14, 2006 Is it the fact of east coast climbers lost in the west that makes this such a national story? Is it that it follows so closely on the Kim family ordeal also in Oregon? Seems like this is getting much more attention than the usual rescue/accident incident. Climbing accidents have been front page news since the Everest debacle. Anyone can get lost in the woods, but getting pinned down in storm near the summit of a peak... that's sexy! Stay tuned for the ABC's "High Altitude Rescue - The Mini Series" this spring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 It's the unseen and speculated drama of who is where - more than just a simple accident. The media likes it because it has a lot of narrative elements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enelson Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 wait, what happened? someone is lost on hood?????!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gslater Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Good thing Timmay got the site all spruced up and refreshed just in time for its big 15 minutes of national fame... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Not the first time NYT has tapped this pit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 definetly b/c of the kim thang - that was a great story in that it had all the elements of a movie, man vs. nature, epic survival, hope, salvation and then tragedy thing and the media was already in a frenzy over that and still doing details on that story when this one broke - and this story also has those uber-dramatic elements as jordop mentions - its a tidy story in the sense that it lacks the moral complexity or total boredom of an iraq story, or politics, or any of the other crap that's more important in the grand scheme of things but not so interesting to actually sit down and watch. it'll be a much better story if our boys come down from it in the end to make a tv-movie of the week and turn into spray-dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye69 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 (edited) as bad as you miscreants are, you have a lot of experience to offer. perhaps they should show some of the spray threads, that'd impress em... Edited December 14, 2006 by hawkeye69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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