JasonG Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 A friend turned me on to his new site: http://carlosbuhler.wordpress.com/ Making all us dads out there look mighty bad. Sheesh. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kukuzka1 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 The guys in his 50s! theirs still hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 and to take as many pictures as he did on those routes, wow. Whenever I am stressed about my or my partner's lead, I sure am not taking many photos. Nerves of steel . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoffster Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 What brand of tools are they using? I remember a similar one with belay device in its head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 http://www.e-climb.com/ Carlos is part of the e-climb team. He'll also demo their tools for you in Canmore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 Those are some wild looking tools. Dane, you tried them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summitchaserCJB Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Wouldn't be surprised if he had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Carlos is a big fan. But then Carlos can climb most stuff with a club and a nail through it when he is in the mood. The e-climb stuff feels good with some innovative engineering. But to be honest I was a bit put off by the cosmetics so passed at the chance...and happy with my rather plain jane Nomics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) I work with a woman who was one of Carlos' professors at Huxley College. She was a climber herself and remembers Carlos as being very interested in climbing at the time and said he was a nice young man. There is a photo of Carlos on the summit of Mt Everest with a 'Huxley' flag hanging in the Huxley College main office. Edited April 24, 2010 by danielpatricksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBo6 Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I'm pretty sure its a picture from K2. Spacing out meeting with an adviser the other month was made a lot more interesting with that picture. According to Wikipedia he is one of only 66 WWU students to receive the "Distinguished Alumni Award" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 You could be right, I saw it 15 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Poulton Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I work with a woman who was one of Carlos' professors at Huxley College. She was a climber herself and remembers Carlos as being very interested in climbing at the time and said he was a nice young man. There is a photo of Carlos on the summit of Mt Everest with a 'Huxley' flag hanging in the Huxley College main office. He also wrote a cool piece. "interpersonal and group dynamics as a function of Mountaineering stress" (or something titled like that) It's in the B-Ham college library....he climbed a variety of different Cascade Volcanoes with diffent groups and took notes on key functions that pertained to the self and the group....just do a database search for Carlos Buhler and you'll find it up there....at least it was there in 2001. It's a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 [shameless namedropping] I've known Carlos for over 15 years now, and have climbed with him on a few occasions. I have never met a more modest, personable, caring, and truly genuine human being in all my 50 years on this planet. The guy is simply top notch; no other way to describe it. Years ago, he sent me postcards from his NR K2 trip right after we climbed together at Lightning Dome, while I was laid up in bed for a week because of an OTJ worker's comp back injury. It got me out of bed that much faster. He did a fundraiser for CWMR a couple of years ago in Yakima for practically nothing (I think all he wanted was his gas covered). He encouraged my climbing to no end. I can't say enough great things about the guy. Oh yeah, he has mad climbing skilz, too. [/shameless namedropping] From the fundraiser... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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