Gary_Yngve Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 "the father of high-altitude medicine", led American K2 expeditions in 1938 and 1952 he gave a talk at UW about five years ago.. he told a funny story how he convinced the DoD to let him study the effects of altitude in a pressure chamber to predict the potential effects on high-altitude mount.. err.. pilots http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090929/NEWS02/90929008/Climber--researcher-Charles-Houston-dies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 wise sir do not grieve it is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning for every one of us living in this world means waiting for our end let he who can achieve glory before death when a warrior is gone that will be his best and only bulwark and to die is far different than what anyone ever supposed and luckier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Age 96. Nothing wrong with a long life well lived, we should all be so lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluka Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 A life well-lived... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arentz Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 He embodied a lot of what I value in mountaineering and in medicine. Cheers to a life that inspired many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfinley Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 wise sir do not grieve it is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning for every one of us living in this world means waiting for our end let he who can achieve glory before death when a warrior is gone that will be his best and only bulwark and to die is far different than what anyone ever supposed and luckier While you get bonus points for choosing the Seamus Heaney translation - there's nothing to avenge here. Dr. Houston lived a long rich life that most only aspire to. RIP Doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 wise sir do not grieve it is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning for every one of us living in this world means waiting for our end let he who can achieve glory before death when a warrior is gone that will be his best and only bulwark and to die is far different than what anyone ever supposed and luckier While you get bonus points for choosing the Seamus Heaney translation - there's nothing to avenge here. Dr. Houston lived a long rich life that most only aspire to. RIP Doctor. it's my standard posting for deaths - if i might be so poetic, perhaps the best way to avenge the work of the grim reaper, who in this case was relatively merciful, might be to spend a big old day out in the hills? the heaney version s! i've kinda hit a terminal point where i can't memorize past about the 1000th line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtree Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Gary, your linky is buggered, but this one appears to work: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090930/NEWS02/909300310/Doctor--climber-Houston-dies-at-96 Houston was an impressive guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCamKenny Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 wise sir do not grieve it is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning for every one of us living in this world means waiting for our end let he who can achieve glory before death when a warrior is gone that will be his best and only bulwark and to die is far different than what anyone ever supposed and luckier Oh boy... I thought you saved that stuff for bivys and long approaches? RIP, Doc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndavidjr Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Durned Eastern'er......must'a been some sorta creep... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluka Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 A great piece on Bill Moyer's journal about Charlie Houston including an interview and some old footage Houston shot himself on his expeditions... http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10092009/profile2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindude Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Thanks for posting, Iluka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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