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Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 27, 2015 - 03:47pm PT
If there was only one mountain summit you could step foot on, what would it be?

Mine is Cho Oyu.


EDIT

Though Denali, Alpamayo, Trisul, Baruntse, Fitzroy, Ama Dablam would not go amiss.
crankster

Trad climber
Feb 27, 2015 - 03:54pm PT
TYeary

Social climber
State of decay
Feb 27, 2015 - 04:00pm PT
There are many, but this immediately comes to mind......
TY
labrat

Trad climber
Auburn, CA
Feb 27, 2015 - 04:10pm PT
Mt Aspiring
New Zealand
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 02:12am PT
Crankster and TLeary, what peaks are, those, I do not recognize them, but they look great.

Okay T Hocking, you want Lembert, here's ya'.



Note the Forrest swami belt. I have upgraded to a Black Diamond harness, more comfortable.

I have only really loved two women in my life, Marie Keane (born in Co Wexford lived in London since age 5) and Jennie Wright (neé Kavanagh) my love who I miss, a Dub (Dubliner), stuck in a nursing home (for now at least).



Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 02:43am PT
More on Marie and Jennie, Marie, 14 years my junior, and I were kept apart by the British authorities, work papers problems on my part. Last I heard (2001) she was married and living in London.

Jennie, a young five years older than I am, in a nursing home (Korsakoff's Syndrome) and I miss her big time. BIG TIME. She was a ballerina (Honours in Ballet, Royal Academy of Dance, London, 1969, one of the top schools in the world). Jen will never climb, but I don't care. I miss her. Mediation meeting on March 9 with the mediators and the social workers. I will get her back in our lives, so she can walk the beach and smell the sea, see her beloved giraffes in Dublin Zoo, go to her beloved Nice (France) and San Francisco.

Photos to come. I would give up my dream of Cho Oyu if Jennie was back by my side.
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 02:59am PT
Yes, Randisi, I can see now. Everest would be nice to "bag". K2, that is a tough cookie.

Tough Cookie. Maggie Thatcher. I was a journalist in London for nigh seven years.

August 1989. Number 10 (Downing Street). Maggie, the senior press officer, a press officer, a senior aide, an aide.

And me on the other side of the table.

She tried "interviewing" me.

I came out alive.

I'd rather climb K2 than face (well, she is dead isn't she) her again.
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 03:59am PT
North Face of Everest, that is my goal, and Cho Oyu.

K2? I am a wimp, wimps do not attempt K2.
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 05:52am PT
Jaysus DMT, that looks tough, any water?
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 06:13am PT
Dingus, whatever your real name is, hide behind your "avatar". It seems to me that you are one callous person. Prove me wrong.

I was climbing along the rock off of Highway 108 before… well, not before you were born I'd imagine.

I have my troubles. Do you have your own troubles?

EDIT

Over the years, many of your posts Dingus are irreverent and poke fun at people you do not know. Are you sure this is the forum you want to be on?

It is your soul Dingus, look inside it. I have my own, most recently. I saw good and bad. I am adjusting, learning. I'll be 60 next year, and I still have not figured it out, so to speak.

Good luck and best wishes to you Dingus.
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Feb 28, 2015 - 06:50am PT
Patrick.....7000 meter peaks offer more beauty, tougher summits, better technical climbing and no guided mob scenes.
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 07:01am PT
Thanks Jim. I am not in pursuit of big mountains. Would be nice though.

I just want Jennie back in my care. As it is, that is like a 5.13 off width.
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 07:20am PT
Dingus, who is the old coot?

Luv' ya' buddy, even though we have not met.

Jim, Donini, you are an inspiration.

And you too Guido (Joe).

I try. To be a good climber. A good sailor.

Jennie is not with me. I miss her tremendously.

http://www.movinglives.org.

My "section" is under Immigration Status.

But look at "Anna's" situation (Human Trafficking), she has had it rougher than any of us.

How she survived? Fair play to her.

I can go on, but I am crying.

I miss Jennie.

Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Feb 28, 2015 - 11:02am PT
The next one, because since each one could be the last one, you're always making the o.p's choice!
My latest peak lust, discovered on this morning's trail run, befor it started to snow..


But speaking of Lembert dome & the NW books;

My daughter Nat on an ascent of it, with Dr Hartouni and myself a few years back.

Patrick have no fear, Dingus is the real deal. (Both of them are, in fact.) he has a real name, but I knew him first as Dingus, and that's how I usually refer to him.

He' s just a few years younger than us. (The other Dingus a few years older) I've climbed, skied and generally hung out with him. If you had heard his spoken word offerings at either of the Brutus of Wyde memorials, you would know what a warm, sincere, insightful person he is.

I wish I could help with your troubles, we all do, but we're here to listen and offer vibes.

The 60th birthday of those of us born in the year of the monkey (12x monkey) is said to be a big deal, my atheist Chinese sister in law told me so!
We firemonkeys from contra costa gotta watch out for each other
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 05:38pm PT
Thanks Jay. Words of wisdom, I could use those, as the hand I have been dealt is not the one I wanted. I have chosen poorly.

I know I met you at the rocks on Mt Diablo back in the early 1970s.

I imagine Dingus is one cool dude.

Good pic of your daughter. I do not have children. Sort of wish I did. Well, maybe in Spain in 1982, but I don't think so.

To you, Dingus, Jim, Joe and all, safe climbing.

EDIT
And yes to the Year of the Monkey, 1956 rules, sort of, kind of, well, let's make the most of it.
zBrown

Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
Feb 28, 2015 - 06:19pm PT
Olympus Mons, on Mars, is the largest and highest mountain in the visible Universe. Rumoured to be much higher than Mt. Everest. {The central edifice stands 21 kilometers (around 13.05 miles/approx. 68897 ft) high above the mean surface level of Mars.}

Price you have to pay is rather steep though.

Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 11:11pm PT
Those lower walls look steep enough.

I think the right hand side looks doable.
local

Social climber
eldorado
Mar 1, 2015 - 05:42am PT
TYeary

Social climber
State of decay
Mar 1, 2015 - 02:59pm PT
Patrick, That was K2. the ultimate mountain's mountain. But I really think what Jim said is correct, 6 and 7k peaks offer the most aesthetic climbing on the most beautiful summits!
TY
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Mar 1, 2015 - 03:33pm PT
Olympus Mons, on Mars, is the largest and highest mountain in the visible Universe. Rumoured to be much higher than Mt. Everest. {The central edifice stands 21 kilometers (around 13.05 miles/approx. 68897 ft) high above the mean surface level of Mars.}

Olympus Mons, "the largest volcano in the Solar System," still holds mystery and might not be a volcano at all. Although about 25km high it's 600km wide, so you'd gain just a couple of meters in height for every ropelength you ran horizontally. Scarcely uphill walking, though you'd end up pretty high. Too high to see the base of the mountain from the summit, it would be lost in the curvature of the planet.

Commonly drawn with huge vertical exaggeration, which looks more dramatic than a 4% slope. This picture is at least 10x, probably more.


Try out 10x vertical exaggeration on any pic of an earthly mountain and you'll get something amazing.
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