tvashtarkatena Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 (edited) For those among us who have lost friends in the Alaska Range, I offer these photographs of the Climber’s Memorial in Talkeetna, Alaska. My apologies for any omissions; I only photographed the names of people I met or knew personally. Edited June 17, 2008 by tvashtarkatena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dt_3pin Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 (edited) . Edited June 17, 2008 by dt_3pin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 a very sombering place. Not that it should matter, but the names with ages less than 30 years old seemed to make me more sad. There is a pair of 19 year olds in the memorial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 i didn't let myself go there until after i came back from the mountain, and only then after a pitcher or 4 at the west rib Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 who did you know in 1995? I was on the mountain not too far away when those three died, and started up the hill just after one guy died. saw one guy from france get helicoptered off too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 Scott Hall. He was one of my students during my Mountie days. Really great guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knotzen Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 who did you know in 1995? I was on the mountain not too far away when those three died, and started up the hill just after one guy died. saw one guy from france get helicoptered off too. To this day, I miss Scott Hall. A fun, warm-hearted guy. I learned to climb with him, and Jimmy Hinkhouse was on the first alpine climb I led, Ingalls in the Stuart range. It was so hard to accept that they were just--gone. The two of them, and Thomas Downey, who I didn't know, died that spring while climbing the West Buttress. IIRC, it appeared that they climbed into a crevasse to wait out a storm, and were buried by snow or glacier debris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Scott Hall. He was one of my students during my Mountie days. Really great guy. Talked to those guys several times as we were ascending Denali. Nice people. We were also practicing on a weekend on Mt. Rainier with the three of them too. We all came across a blind climber on Rainier who eventually climbed Everest--we were all wearing goggles in some tough winds and this guy wasn't and was retying his boots without looking down. We all felt kinda wimpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetBoss Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I knew Scott, Jim & Tom intimately - to this day I think of them often. RIP Brothas I love and miss you guys deeply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couloir Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Thanks Tvash. Brings back memories of Mizuki...something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaredSilly Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Sadly, I have several friends on that board all of whom are buried on Denali or over on the Ruth. However I have not visited it - not sure I want to. In Zermatt there is a climbers section of the local cemetery that is very sobering especially if you read some of the epitaphs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 So that's where you've been. RIP Brian and Mizuki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletor Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I'd encourage anybody in the area to visit the memorial. I've been twice, once during a tourist stop in Talkeetna and once before climbing Denali. Not only is it extremely moving, i think it helps climbers gain perspective on what they're doing. You just take things a little more seriously after seeing that list. There's also a lot of famous graves there of bush pilots and climbing legends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faster_than_you Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Sadly, another name will be added to the memorial... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinsanity Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I had the good fortune of meeting Jimmy Hinkhouse and Scott Hall in 1993. In 1994, had a failed Rainier summit attempt with Jim, but a couple months later, summited Rainier for the first time, with Scott as leader of my rope team. Great guys. I'll never forget 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faster_than_you Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 In ref to my last post, check this out. http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/457854.html http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369838_denali08.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Sadly, another name will be added to the memorial... Make that two. see wfinley's posted article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khumbu Climber Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 This is sad and sobering. I drank to them on my last visit to Talkettna. I'll drink to them again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtguide Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Thanks so much for your post; it's indeed a very moving and beautiful place,and seeing this brought back in a rush the thoughts and feelings I had when I was there in 2003. I also have several friends whose graves are there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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