I spent a week on Mt. Washington in Feb '78 with 5 friends and an instructor in winter mountaineering technique. Tented near the Harvard Hut so we could go indoors to cook our food without gloves on (temp ranges from -20° F to +5°F). A healthy dose of the instruction involved anecdotes about people who just weren't thinking, who were fatigued, and/or were clueless as to climbing and survival techniques. That environment needs to be treated with respect.
Great shots Mark - particularly wash-2. stan On Nov 26, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >>> More snaps from yesterday's adventure: >>> >>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lisa-2.jpg >>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-1.jpg >>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-2.jpg >>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-3.jpg >>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-4.jpg >>> All very good. I like the last one, reminds me of why i dont climb. > > In that last picture you'll notice a guy on the far left. When we > reached that spot he was stuck at a point just about where Lisa is in > that shot. He'd frozen up with fatigue and panic and we had to get his > pack and trekking poles from him and hand them down to his buddy > below. Then he was able to climb back and make a successful descent. > Pretty spooky moment because we were still quite high at that point. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
