Renowned Mountaineers, Feeling Peaky?

[VSBfromH 74]

Mike Westmacott

 

"The last British climbing member of the first team to conquer Everest has died at his home in Cumbria".

[Magere Hein 1,400]

Sometimes that peaky feeling can take a long time:

 

Hikers on the Aletsch glacier in canton Valais have discovered the remains of up to four people, which are believed to date back to the 1920s.

 

I'll send the expression "a radius of 50 square metres" to our Department of Cruel and Unusual Logic.

 

regards,

Hein

[maryportfuncity 10,645]

...and sometimes feeling peaky can be sudden onset. Bad day all round in the Alps;

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18809144

[maryportfuncity 10,645]

Now confirmed that one of the Alps dead is Roger Payne; former top official of the British Mountaineering Club and quite likely to get proper obits.

[time 8,596]

Now confirmed that one of the Alps dead is Roger Payne; former top official of the British Mountaineering Club and quite likely to get proper obits.

 

Nope, not got him. (Neither has anyone else).

[VSBfromH 74]

Patrick Edlinger

 

Not sure whether to file here or under "ironic deaths". Frenchman considered "the god of free-climbing" has died aged 52 after falling down the stairs at his home.

[charon 4,943]

Renowned French climber Maurice Herzog @ 93 http://tensport.com.au/news/newsarticles/-French-conqueror-of-Annapurna-dead-at-93.htm

 

Maurice Herzog, the French climber who conquered Annapurna in the first recorded ascent of a peak above 8,000m, has died aged 93, the French Climbing Federation said Friday.

Herzog led the ascent of Annapurna in 1950, reaching the Himalayan peak's summit without oxygen along with compatriot Louis Lachenal in a feat that caused a sensation around the world.

The achievement was eclipsed three years later by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's conquest of Everest.

But Herzog went on to become a government minister, a member of the International Olympic Committee, a businessman and a best-selling writer of books on climbing.

[angryGreatness 96]

Ian McKeever, Irish mountaineer who had climbed the Seven Summits, has died attempting to climb Mount Kilamanjaro at the age of 42.

 

Out of all the ways to die on a mountain, McKeever was struck by lightning.

 

http://m.rte.ie/news/touch//2013/0102/kilimanjaro-tanzania-death.html

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

The last member of Sir Edmund Hillary's expedition, George Lowe, dies.

[time 8,596]

The last member of Sir Edmund Hillary's Lord Hunt's expedition, George Lowe, dies.

[charon 4,943]

Yuri Yudin @ 76 ......

 

 

 

Very notable as he was the sole survivor from the infamous Dyatlov Pass Incident, much loved by conspiracy theorists.

 

http://uatimes.com.ua/en_read_news.html?itemid=126318

 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Alyssa Azar might be one to keep an eye on: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-08/teenage-girl-trains-to-become-youngest-to-conquer-everest/4806980

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Bloke manages to dig himself out after being buried under snow for six hours, only to die later: http://www.abc.net.a...alanche/5027362

 

The tour was apparently an illegal one, so no doubt the agency that organised it will be snowed under with complaints...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll get my coat.

[time 8,596]

Ian McNaught-Davis, mountaineer and BBC broadcaster, dies aged 84.

[maryportfuncity 10,645]

Dunno how you'd prounounce his name but...Janush Kurczab won't be pronouncing it any more:

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Kurczab

[Magere Hein 1,400]

Dunno how you'd prounounce his name but...Janush Kurczab won't be pronouncing it any more:

Paging Dr RadGuy.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Dunno how you'd prounounce his name but...Janush Kurczab won't be pronouncing it any more:

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Kurczab

....but...but he was also a former Olympian! Oh the anxiety of where to properly post the obit....

SC

[maryportfuncity 10,645]

 

Dunno how you'd prounounce his name but...Janush Kurczab won't be pronouncing it any more:

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Kurczab

....but...but he was also a former Olympian! Oh the anxiety of where to properly post the obit....

SC

 

 

More significant as a mountaineer than Olympian, which is why I put him here.

[maryportfuncity 10,645]

So, just an idea, like...

 

With a few mountaineers still stranded up high Himalayan peaks why hasn't some enterprising online video service not started linking live mobile phone footage in there. getting regular reports, bringing in online traffic to watch the spectacle unfold and using a few of the resulting dollars gleaned from advertising and the online - who gets voted to freeze to death - viewer response to contribute to the rescue efforts?

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Eastern Washington University Professor Anna Dvorak was climbing on the Elephant’s Perch rock formation with a partner when she fell around 1:30 p.m. According to a news release from Custer County Search and Rescue, she sustained extensive injuries to her head and face.

Her partner, with the help of another climber, lowered her to a rock ledge, where they began performing first aid. Army Air Guard and Idaho Mountain High Angle Rescue teams were dispatched from Boise. However, because of the remote location, the rescue team wasn’t able to arrive until late in the afternoon.

Her partner and the other climber started performing CPR and rescue breathing. However, she died just after 6 p.m.

SC

http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jul/11/ewu-professor-dies-in-climbing-accident/

 

I'm picturing giving CPR to a perso what suffered extensive injuries to the head and face.

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

2015 DDP pick (unretained for this year), Glen Dawson dead at 103.

 

Here he is (far right) after completing the first ascent of the East Face of Mount Whitney back in 1931:

 

[Guest Droosy]

Eastern Washington University Professor Anna Dvorak was climbing on the Elephant’s Perch rock formation with a partner when she fell around 1:30 p.m. According to a news release from Custer County Search and Rescue, she sustained extensive injuries to her head and face.

Her partner, with the help of another climber, lowered her to a rock ledge, where they began performing first aid. Army Air Guard and Idaho Mountain High Angle Rescue teams were dispatched from Boise. However, because of the remote location, the rescue team wasn’t able to arrive until late in the afternoon.

Her partner and the other climber started performing CPR and rescue breathing. However, she died just after 6 p.m.

SC

http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jul/11/ewu-professor-dies-in-climbing-accident/

 

I'm picturing giving CPR to a perso what suffered extensive injuries to the head and face.

Anna Dvorak - must have been of Czech ancestry and after seeing her pics I can say she was very pretty as are most of the Czechs

[Paul Bearer 6,101]

Sixteen year old mystery now solved. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36184777?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook

[Sir Creep 7,070]

A total aside, but why have we got this AND a Sir Edmund Hillary category? Happily explain the differences and nuances with a smile on your face and love in your heart. Thanks.
​SC

​OK now.....

A former Royal Marine who was recently engaged has been killed in a climbing accident in the French Alps.

Duncan Potts, 28, died on Wednesday as he climbed the Dent du Geant mountain in the Mont Blanc range near Chamonix.

He was with his friend, Luke Stevens, when a rock came loose in his hand and he fell around three metres.

Despite a mountain rescue team reaching him after Mr Stevens called for help, Mr Potts died at the scene.

SC again

[msc 18,438]

A total aside, but why have we got this AND a Sir Edmund Hillary category? Happily explain the differences and nuances with a smile on your face and love in your heart. Thanks.

​SC

 

​OK now.....

 

A former Royal Marine who was recently engaged has been killed in a climbing accident in the French Alps.

Duncan Potts, 28, died on Wednesday as he climbed the Dent du Geant mountain in the Mont Blanc range near Chamonix.

He was with his friend, Luke Stevens, when a rock came loose in his hand and he fell around three metres.

Despite a mountain rescue team reaching him after Mr Stevens called for help, Mr Potts died at the scene.

SC again

 

Hillary became a Deathlist selection, and each of the 50 every year get their own personal thread. He was a successful hit in 2008.