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[johndavidjr]

Clif Maloney, the 71-year-old husband of Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) died yesterday while on a mountain climbing expedition in Tibet, the congresswoman's office has confirmed.

 

UPDATED: The Navy veteran apparently died after reaching the summit of Cho Oyu, the world's sixth-highest mountain at 27,000 feet, about 10 miles away from Mt. Everest. He had previously tried and failed to summit the mountain, whose name means "Green Goddess" but succeeded on Thursday, with the help of a sherpa and a trained mountain guide, according to a report circulated to Maloney's family and friends, obtained by POLITICO.

 

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0909/Rep_Maloneys_husband_dies_in_Tibet_.html

[genepires]

sorry to hear about that. But wow, getting after it being 71 is really ambitious and cool. I hope to be half the man he is when I am 61. or even 51. or even now.