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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 23, 2012 - 11:23pm PT
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Here's one from the archives. A period account of the first ascent of Aconcagua written by Edward A. Fitzgerald the expedition leader which appeared in McClure's Magazine October 1898.
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murcy
Gym climber
sanfrancisco
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Jun 24, 2012 - 01:02am PT
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Wow, thank you, Steve!
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jun 24, 2012 - 12:05pm PT
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Great, Steve!
A year later, the book comes out:
Some neat photo's in the book:
Nice map:
When we climbed the big windy pile of dirt a few years back, we went up the Rio Vacas valley and camped at the Casa de Piedra (neat shelter built into the side of a overhanging boulder). I'm kickin' around in the dirt down hill from the campsite...and up pops an old cartridge.
I'd heard that a couple of fairly famous U.S. outlaws had robbed a train in or near Mendoza back in 1905 or so. Escaped over the mountains. Butch Cassidy favored a .44-40 pistol.
Cartridge headstamp is pre Remington, which, dates it. Rare to find old metallic cartridges as they were picked up and reloaded....
Fun to ponder...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 25, 2012 - 01:01am PT
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Bump for globetrotting Swiss guide Matthias Zurbriggen. Fascinating character.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 25, 2012 - 01:15am PT
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Thanks, Steve - very nice!
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aguacaliente
climber
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Jun 25, 2012 - 03:35am PT
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Very Burly.
Alcohol stoves up to 19,000 feet and a wood fire for tea at 21,000, inadequate boots, altitude sickness - some tough dudes here.
Was this the highest mountain climbed at the time? Wikipedia's list of first ascents suggests so - not surpassed until Nanda Devi. I'm curious about the history of understanding altitude sickness; some of the symptoms are obviously described, would they have known that it was specifically related to altitude and not just exhaustion and cold?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 25, 2012 - 02:48pm PT
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Thanks for the catch Anders.
The missing pages are now in place.
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Nohea
Trad climber
Living Outside the Statist Quo
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Jun 26, 2012 - 03:49pm PT
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Good stuff! I enjoyed the story and what Brian added, sitting in a van down by the river reading climbing history is a great way to pass an afternoon.
Thank you and Aloha,
Will
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 30, 2012 - 02:14pm PT
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Five score bump...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2016 - 07:16am PT
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Bump for aspiring mountaineers...
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Stewart Johnson
Mountain climber
lake forest
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Feb 26, 2016 - 05:01pm PT
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exellent!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 27, 2017 - 04:55pm PT
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Bump for simpler days when just getting up and down alive was more than enough.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
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May 27, 2017 - 06:06pm PT
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Love it! Thanks for posting. I have many memories from that mountain.
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