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PSP also PP
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 5, 2016 - 12:04pm PT
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Saw on face book that he had a heart problem on a climb and evac'ed to Katamandu operated on and OK.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Best wish to him & his Family.
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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From Conrad's Facebook page:
On the morning of the 16th of November 2016 while climbing on Lunag-Ri, a peak in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal, I experienced an acute coronary syndrome. My climbing partner David Lama of Austria and I were six pitches up the climb when I experienced severe chest pain. Realizing this was not a pulmonary or cerebral reaction to altitude, we immediately rappelled. Having never experienced anything of this nature I immediately understood this as a time critical health situation. We called for a helicopter and with the help of our Sherpa friends I was evacuated to Kathmandu.
Within 9 hours of the incident I was in the cardiac care unit of Norvic International Hospital. Dr Bhutta performed an angioplasty and removed the obstruction. This procedure is very time sensitive as the heart can fail, experience fibrillation or loose muscle. Dr Bhutta installed a stent in my heart and kept me in observation for three days.
I would like to express my gratitude to my climbing partners, our Nepali staff, the medical teams at the CIWEC clinic, Norvic Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. The kindness my family has extended is heart warming. I am forever thankful.
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Central Valley, CA
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Wow! Glad you are on the mend, Conrad!
Welcome to the stent club, my friend.
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Levy
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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My best wishes in you having a speedy recovery. You got places to go, things to do, etc..
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couchmaster
climber
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The guy still has the best of hearts, even if it has a few technical issues. My best to Conrad, he's clearly a world class human being and will still be one a long time after he hangs up his crampons.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Blessings sent - Candle lit.
Respect, Inspire, Anchor
Be well get well
Wishing you
Health & Greatness.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Phew....gripping.
Glad he made it to the hospital.
Scary, scary stuff when you read about someone so uber fit.
Susan
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Geez, you really cheated death on that one, Conrad!
Now that you're old and everything, why don't you come and climb El Cap with me sometime? We can make a Geriatric Ascent.
Cheers, eh?
PtP Pete aka Big Wall Parvenu
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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Jesus Bro, Glad your still with us.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Conrad! Best wishes for a speedy & complete recovery. We'll drink the "Here's to Cheating Death" toast to you tonight.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Glad you made it off that thing!!
Heal up well Conrad.
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Conrad glad you made it out of there and that the doctors took care of you!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say... oh my, :O ...i will join in with your
friends that know you, and share, too:
SO very glad for you that you got help,
and had a chance to get through all this...
prayers for more 'getting well' and continuing onward...
god bless...
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Sheesh.
If it can happen to Conrad Anker I guess it can happen to anyone in their 50s.
Maybe I'll dial it back some.
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Best wishes Conrad. You have been extraordinarily kind to others and I hope you get paid back with a speedy recovery as it sounds is already underway.
Matt
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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best wishes going out to you Conrad
so good to hear a happy ending!
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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I did an Adopt-a-Crag day with Conrad in Colorado(The Canal Zone) in September. Conrad was so full of energy taking on one task after another and swinging a Pulaski like there was no tomorrow. That's the Conrad we want to see back in the saddle. Here's sending you best wishes!
As an interesting side note, Jon Cardwell was with us there as well. He mentioned that he was going to Yosemite for the first time ever and wanted to know what routes he should do. I was strongly advising him(a bit tongue-in-cheek) to stay away from Steck-Salathe while Conrad was telling him it was a must-do. We went back and forth on the merits(!?!?!).
For those of you who don't know Jon Cardwell, this summer he did the 13th known ascent of Chris Sharma's Biographie/Realization(5.15a) at Ceuse. My guess is that he would have had little problem with any route he attempted in Yosemite.
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