Donald Thompson
Trad climber
Los Angeles,CA
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Unfortunately they could not get permission to walk up the valley which led to the mountain!
I wonder if the centralized authority which originally granted them permission was responsible for this or it was in fact some local authority in the vicinity? And I wonder on what grounds they denied permission to the valley?
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Donald Thompson
Trad climber
Los Angeles,CA
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why does every mountain have to be climbed?
Because its there,of course.
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Donald Thompson
Trad climber
Los Angeles,CA
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Thanks. I might just do that out of sheer curiousity.
Not tonight however. And I shall report back in due course
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Bruce Kay
Gym climber
BC
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quite the cast of characters on that thing back in the eighties!
The Bhutanese are no dumbies, it seems.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 3, 2011 - 06:54pm PT
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Thanks everyone, especially Ed and Jan, for your contributions. I've learnt a bunch of stuff.
Namche Barwa was long the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, at the east end of the Himalayas, in the great bend of the Tsangpo. IIRC, the Japanese climbed it some years ago. Bet it wasn't cheap, and definitely hard to get to.
Nanga Parbat, at the west end of the great ranges, rises from the Indus River to the summit, something like 7,000 m in 15 km, and it's similar at the other end. Serious topography.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Bhutan actually gets most of its revenue for providing hydro electric power to India. The reason they charge tourists and climbers so much is to keep the riff raff away. The prime minister is quoted as saying they've seen what happened in Nepal and don't want to repeat that.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Himalayan people say that if you want your children, livestock or crops to grow, you worship the mountain gods. If you are concerned about your next reincarnation and the quest for enlightenment, you pray to Buddhist gods.
There have been a number of cases in the Himalaya where local people prevented climbing in spite of official permission since they believe it angers the gods who then cause misfortune for the surrounding locals. When Tasker and Boardman climbed the lower summit of Tseringma/Gauri Shankar, they stopped 30 feet short of the summit and bowed to the goddess and no ill effects were reported (See Boardman's book, Sacred Summits).
However, a couple of weeks after Roskelly trampled around on the highest summit of Gauri Shankar, a glacial lake on her flanks burst and the ensuing flood in Rolwaling killed one woman and seriously injured two others and they've been having glofs ever since. They've also been petitioning the Nepalese government to put Tseringma off limits ever since.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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What Mountain Am I? I'm some obscure little boulder that isn't worth climbing.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2011 - 11:22pm PT
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Should we have another contest sometime soon? It seems that time of year.
Don't forget, you can start your own contest.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 19, 2012 - 10:01pm PT
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I shall report back in due course
I wonder when Donald will report in? Is he busy walking his border collie - more accurately, is the border collie busy walking him?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 19, 2012 - 11:27pm PT
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What!? You've been posting to political threads again, haven't you?
HAVEN'T YOU?
FOCUS, man! Think like a border collie, laser eyes on the target, undivertable.
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Donald Thompson
Trad climber
Los Angeles,CA
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Jan 19, 2012 - 11:33pm PT
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Wait...now I can see...its clear now, my focus is returning...and what do I see.... indivertible as undivertable
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
It does not pay generously to be "aware".
especially Ed and Jan,
Hey it was I that picked the mountain.
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