About Over four years ago, I read “Touching the Void” and I was always intrigued by situation hikers find themselves in and the incredible things they do to stay alive.
This blog is about learning from other people’s mistakes, so you don’t make the same ones.
“Better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat”
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Who: Yoshito Usui of Japan, creator of “Crayon Shinchan”
Where: Mount Arafune, Japan
His mistake: He took a fall off a cliff. It’s unclear how it happened.
What happened: A cartoonist was reported missing on September 11 after he told friends that he was going on a solo hike on a mountain. Eight days later, another climber found [...]
Who: A 26-year-old man from Portland
Where: Mt. Hood, Oregon
His mistake: Wrong place, wrong time
What happened: A man was taking an ice and rock class with a non-profit mountaineering group when a large boulder started tumbling down above him. The boulder hit the climber and sent him on a 10-foot fall down the hill to an [...]
Who: A male climber
Where: Mt. Rolleston, New Zealand
His mistake: It’s unknown
What happened: A climber and his friends were climbing in Arthurs Pass. One of the climbers fell into a crevasse, but his mountaineering partner was unable to rescue him. Instead, the man hiked down the trail to get help. By the time rescuers arrived [...]
Who: A 22-year-old male
Where: Renclusa, near Benasque, Huesca, Spain
His mistake: Looks like a simple fall
What happened: A 22-year-old climber and his 20-year-old friend successfully climbed to the summit of Renclusa. While on the peak, the older climber fell 30 meters and suffered severe head trauma.
His climbing partner radioed for help. His partner was unable to [...]
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