Here’s a quick story about Warren MacDonald, a climber who lost both legs due to a fall in Northern Austrialia. He was scambling over a rock while looking for a place to go to the bathroom. The rock face he climbed over broke, and he was trapped. Since then (1997), he has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and El Capitan. He continues to challenge himself, taking up ice climbing and environmental causes.
The rescue of three climbers on Mount Hood has led some to suggest requiring every Hood climber to have the Mountain Locater Units. State Rep. John Lim introduced a bill to require it. The columbian editorial In Our View: Climbing Wisely suggests climbers don’t want to use the MLUs because it would reduce the thrill, but a comment already protests that characterization. Both are worth a read.
It looks like there’s a climber on Survivor. Michelle Li is the latest climber to land on the island. She mentions wanting to boulder in New Zealand, not a bad choice at all. She talks a bit about it on her interview, but it’s not enough to make me watch the show. If they had climbing all the time, maybe.
There was another climber on Survivor, Dave Johnson. I didn’t watch that one either.
You can be a High Rise Exterior Maintenance (HREM) professional. The photo of the crew cleaning the exterior shows you get good lucks at some interesting buildings. Read more in ”
Rappelling hi-rises squeaky clean.” Lately the more interesting articles about climbing have been coming from outside the US, except for the plug-in car oven .
