ZimZam Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 RIP Maurice Herzog. Obit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 popular wisdom's said for a long time old boy was a raging asshole - new thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Uh, lots of ambitious people are assholes? I know, that's not a new thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 raging assholes don't get sympathy, yes? was just wondering if this was something i was supposed to feel all sad over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 raging assholes don't get sympathy, yes? was just wondering if this was something i was supposed to feel all sad over... Â Good on ya, I hate it when people hate a guy until he's dead, and then talk about how great he was. The fuck? People are weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 don't get me wrong, i've not spent much time mulling my thoughts over on olde-boy - i read a book which layed him out as quite the cock-sucker, and looking into it, didn't find much to dissuade me from the original impression - as a history type, i'm quick to concede the liabilities of impressions like this though - him being french, of course, i'm preconditioning to be pissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Didn't he basically have no fingers or toes? That's bound to turn someone into an idiot. I read his book as a kid and found it inspiring, that's for sure. 93! He sure had a long run of it, there's something about a guy that's hard to kill that is admirable at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crux Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Other comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 That first one-star review is a great piece of work. Conquistadors of the Useless trumps Annapurna any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 agreed, i read them in that order too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstach Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 OMG...a climber with a Manhattan size ego! Like thats never happened before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.