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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 05/07/2005 : 9:58:26 PM
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Karen and I have a "former cousin" Bob, (it's a long story!) (and not to be confused with our beloved Konabob!), who is in the final stages of his acclimation for a final ascent on Mt. Everest.
We have begun to try to keep track more closely, as the final ascent approaches.
and with some news stories about some expeditions being affected by avalanches, well it's not routine.
Even with the numerous expeditions on the mountain this spring, it's extreme tourism.
We'll check on his progress tomorrow...I'm not navigating the Everest news link correctly tonight...but we heard his voice the other day on a satellite phone transmission.
Bob Guthrie (a bay area volleyball friend who transplanted to Boulder) has summited the highest mountain on every continent...except Everest.
I believe he is part of the:
Everestnews.com
summitclimb05
but maybe I've gotten something twisted. I believe their expedition is coming through the Tibet approach...
apparently one of the less extreme routes...
But after reading about some expeditions struggle and tragedy with the recent avalanches...
we'll I'm not taking it for granted...besides, it's a pretty inspired venture.
...go Bob.
And you're still our favorite cousin. (He tends to show up at our parties about the time we're in our pajamas!) But he's a great supporter of all who chase music and other dreams.
So here's to all of us in the chase.
So cuz', you're in our thoughts and prayers...we're sending out Good Vibrations as High and as far as we can.
I'll check the links tomorrow if anyone has some curiosity about our Cousin and this adventure.
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 05/09/2005 : 06:51:17 AM
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If your thinkin' about some Tibetan slack key...
check out...
everestnews.com
check under expeditions, summitclimb 05, being run by Ryan Water(s?)
Acclimation continues...they try 1st summit ascent in about a week.
And I thought 14ers were a challenge...
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slkho
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 05/10/2005 : 1:32:41 PM
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SWWWEEEEEEeeeet! Best of luck to Bob, on Everest. I would kill to climb 8000 meters. Your right, there are a unusual number of avanlaches this year. I'll be Nepal in '06 with an opportunity to climb a 5000, and 6000 meter peaks...can't wait.
Bob' probably climbing the standard route on the big E. The icefall, parts of the Lhoste face will be dicey this year. The Cwm is always a bitch with lipstick at any time.
At least where Gordon lives, you get a crack at the 54 14ers,(one-a-weekend...must be nice) all we have is pathetic Mt. Whitney :-(, the rest of Californias 14ers are walk-ups. (sigh!)
Climb High!
Aloha,
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 05/17/2005 : 12:33:17 PM
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Cousin Bob is at advanced base camp...
going for the summit with a group of 4 on May 21..
Let's get our Tibetan prayer flags up and flying.
everestnews.com/summit climb 2005.
Our friend's name is Bob Guthrie...
winds have been hitting 80 mph...
Safe journey and prayers...sushi in Boulder when you come home.
Aloha,
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slkho
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 05/17/2005 : 2:04:18 PM
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I actually have some prayer flags, also some of those monk chimes thingee's. Wish Bob all the best. Keep your laces tight and eyes on the trail.
-slkho |
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 05/23/2005 : 4:33:35 PM
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Well...
We don't know for sure...
the windows are very limited this year, and we don't believe that Cousin B was in this group of 4 that ascended...but we'll keep our fingerpicks crossed.
No matta...he reached advanced base camp at 23,000 feet, and perhaps a little more.
That's high even by Boulder and Santa Cruz standards.
We'll buy the sake...come on home.
Acclimating is quite a production...they go up and down for weeks between different level camps...and Bob had arrived a couple days later than some of the others...
This will still be higher than any peak he's climbed, and he's peaked the highest mountain on ALL the other continents...including Antartica...
See ya soon.
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 05/24/2005 : 11:10:33 AM
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I have a good friend on Denali right now, too. trying to summit. On a clear day we can see the summit from here (180 miles away) and the past few days the whole mountain has been obscured from our view by clouds over there...clear enough here. But, as most large mountains, and especially large free-standing ones like Denali, it makes it's own weather.
He had asked me to go with him. No, thanks Greg, I don't even like putting roofs on houses. Still, best of luck to him and to "Cousin Bob" |
Karl
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2005 : 8:56:35 PM
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So at last report Bob turned back after some illness at 24,000 feet.
We figured that's it, but there is a rumor Cousin B will stay till early June when another short window in the weather is predicted.
But No matta Bob, summit or not...come on back safe...the sushi is getting cold.
and the sake's getting warm.
Karl, good luck to your friend on Denali.
My friends tell me I live in Denali. |
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2005 : 10:40:04 AM
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Bob's in Bali...R and R time.
No summit, but no matta...
Congrats for courage.
g |
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slkho
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 06/07/2005 : 04:49:40 AM
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Congrat's to Bob. 24,000 foot level on the big E is no mean feat. It is still quite an achievement. Remember too, he was ferrying loads up & down to help establish camps. Your literally climbing Everest several times over when factoring total elevations for aclimatizing, betweens ABC and camp III, IV.
You need a "big pair" just to do that.
-mountaineer slkho |
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Puna
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 06/07/2005 : 06:13:12 AM
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Originally jested by slkho
You need a "big pair" just to do that.
Doesn't that increase the loads that you have to schlep up the mountain? Especially if you have the brass ones.
E kala mai
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slkho
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 06/07/2005 : 12:47:59 PM
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LOL..nope.
Its so cold, they retreat to their own warm spot. Don't know if they're even missing after a while. ha ha
Karl up in the Frozen North can attest to that I'm sure.
BRRR-r-rrrr,
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 10:12:05 AM
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Rik,
Right you are.......just as mythical as no-see-ums when the temp drops below -20
Don't know much about the brass ones, but i do know from hundreds of games that it really does take leather balls to play rugby. |
Karl
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 10:18:02 AM
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OK, so they are made of pigskin and filled with air. I've got a pair of old ones up on a shelf at home. Ooooooh, that doesn;t sound good. Well, i don't use 'em any more, me being over 60, and the air has sort of leaked out and they are sort of withered and pruned out. Still, they make good conversation pieces, and, as with any sport, the older i get, the better i was
Speaking of mountains, my friend also backed down on Denali last month. Seems he was with a guide who pulled tow of the lcimbers into a deep crevasse in an attempt to "speed things up a little". My friend decided this was not the guy to follow up the hill. But he had a great time, and as Rik told me in an email, summit is optional, getting back down is mandatory. |
Karl
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Auntie Nancy
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 06/08/2005 : 11:27:21 AM
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| And if you freeze your FINGERS off, you won't be able to play ki ho'alu. If anything else freezes off, no worry, no one will notice. |
nancy cook |
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 10:40:21 AM
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Auntie Nancy,
Thanks for the encouraging reply.....I think |
Karl
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