"Because it's there."

[Peregrinator]

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_legnatd0Xz1qcaov0o1_500.jpg

Gah! That has to be the Lhotse Face. What a suckfest that must be.

 

[thør]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lerzgbI2at1qars1bo1_500.jpg

Allen Steck

 

[thør]

http://azuma-asobi.com/images/Dick-Fred-Allen-2002.jpg

Dick McGowan, Fred Beckey, and Allen Steck (2002 - Berkeley)

 

[Peregrinator]

http://azuma-asobi.com/images/Dick-Fred-Allen-2002.jpg

Dick McGowan, Fred Beckey, and Allen Steck (2002 - Berkeley)

What a great shot! How fun would it be to listen to those three guys tell stories?

 

[thør]

What a great shot! How fun would it be to listen to those three guys tell stories?

Maybe they taped some?

 

[Peregrinator]

Maybe they taped some?

Possibly. I'm sure the AAC probably has an oral history library. At least I hope to hell it does.

 

[southcaligirl]

I've never felt that way about a penis. I don't want to fuck a cock, I want to fuck a man.

there have been times in my life i've felt like this about penis.

conquer and climb all over "because it's there."

 

[Byron In Exile]

I've never felt that way about a penis. I don't want to fuck a cock, I want to fuck a man.

No, fucking a man is common.

You want to be here:

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_legnatd0Xz1qcaov0o1_500.jpg

 

[thør]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/197_9757.jpg

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lexuetgyE21qe6m4ko1_400.jpg

 

[thør]

“Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.”
— Edmund Hillary

 

[thør]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lezwopJzBl1qzrsj4o1_500.png

 

[Peregrinator]

“Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.”
— Edmund Hillary

There are a few glaciologists who might give Sir Ed the lie on that one.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lezwopJzBl1qzrsj4o1_500.png

Awesome. Looks like the South Pillar of ...

is it Nuptse? No, wait...

That route that Bouchard and Ritchie attempted. I can't remember the name offhand. Scary shit, that.

 

[thør]

Awesome. Looks like the South Pillar of ...

is it Nuptse? No, wait...

That route that Bouchard and Ritchie attempted. I can't remember the name offhand. Scary shit, that.

Mugs Stump at 22,500' on the West Face of Gasherbrum IV, Karakoram, Pakistan, in July 1983. [Photo] Michael Kennedy

 

[Peregrinator]

Mugs Stump at 22,500' on the West Face of Gasherbrum IV, Karakoram, Pakistan, in July 1983. [Photo] Michael Kennedy

Oh, that's Gasherbrum IV. I think I was thinking of Gasherbrum V? I dunno. One of them has an amazing pillar/ridge line that I'm not sure anyone has climbed yet.

 

[thør]

Not like it was Ceti Alpha 6.......

 

[Peregrinator]

Not like it was Ceti Alpha 6.......

Not hardly. I'm thinking that would be more gear-intensive.

 

[thør]

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lez4t8HOvu1qc28ejo1_500.gif

 

[thør]

Just an Update

Despite gusting winds that knocked him off his feet a couple of times, Minnesota adventurer Lonnie Dupre is making slow but steady progress in his effort to become the first person to make a solo ascent of Mount McKinley in January.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4v4KxEmqwIY/TSzkTNSvUDI/AAAAAAAAADE/eEJajYwDWEc/s320/Live+jan11+porraitladder.jpg

http://lonniedupre.com/

 

[Peregrinator]

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lez4t8HOvu1qc28ejo1_500.gif

That is one heart-in-throat terrifying ridge. Is it Hunter, maybe?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4v4KxEmqwIY/TSzkTNSvUDI/AAAAAAAAADE/eEJajYwDWEc/s320/Live+jan11+porraitladder.jpg

http://lonniedupre.com/

Egads. Some people!

For the uninitiated, that ladder he's dragging is to catch him if he falls in a crevasse.

 

[trysail]

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lez4t8HOvu1qc28ejo1_500.gif

Gulp. Um, er, uh, ... can you say "cornice?" It's stuff like that ( and icefalls ) that will make anybody believe in the randomness of life and pray to the god Murphy.

When you look back at something like that, you can't help but think, "It's a good thing I didn't know." Y'all are "nucking futs."

 

[Peregrinator]

Gulp. Um, er, uh, ... can you say "cornice?" It's stuff like that ( and icefalls ) that will make anybody believe in the randomness of life and pray to the god Murphy.

When you look back at something like that, you can't help but think, "It's a good thing I didn't know." Y'all are "nucking futs."

Yeah, that's quite a ridge. I see your "Gulp," and I'll raise you a "puked in my mouth a little."

 

[Luk]

belongs here?

http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/23568/surfers+in+alaska+ride+waves+for+an+astonishing+five+miles/

 

[thør]

That is one heart-in-throat terrifying ridge. Is it Hunter, maybe?

I don't know......It's one of those places I'd like not to be. Yet, a pretty picture.

 

[thør]

http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/23568/surfers+in+alaska+ride+waves+for+an+astonishing+five+miles/

Damn locals.........

 

[thør]

“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
— Edmund Hillary