Michael Reardon MIA???

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healyje

Trad climber

Portland, Oregon

Jul 14, 2007 - 01:54am PT

Bummer all the way around...

Nefarius

Big Wall climber

Fresno, CA

Jul 14, 2007 - 03:23am PT

The search has resumed....

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0714/kerry.html

I'm with Ron. When is this sh#t gonna end?!?! Hopefully Mike swam to the closest sunny island and is sipping margaritas and mai tais as we speak. Surely he can free solo the sea, as well...

I'm not sure about anyone else, or even why, but when this crap happens it effects me. I've known a number of the people who have died in the last year, some of them fairly well, and it's for obvious reasons that I feel the effects of those passings... Yet, even when it's a climber such as Michael, whom I've never met, I still feel the effects and great sadness and emptiness. It's more than the sobering that comes with the reality of what we do. It's almost as if I know them as well as my passed friends and my heart hearts for the loss and their loved ones. Others must feel this way, or maybe I'm just some weird, sentimental person. It's an amazing bond we all share in this crazy sport.

I'm heading out at 7:00 am tomorrow morning for some time on the rock. Everyone be safe tomorrow.

Cheers!

Jaybro

Social climber

The West

Jul 14, 2007 - 03:56am PT

Well put, nef, I never met MR and only vaguely followed the controverses, but I was really bummed to read this about his vanishing. Charlie and Todd I knew fairly well, so of course their exits hurt, but it moves me when things look bad for anyone I've heard even the littlest, about.

I'll be working on climbing safely tomorrow as well, if I get some sleep, first, anyway.

be careful out there, everybody!

Brian

climber

Cali

Jul 14, 2007 - 08:41am PT

I'm in Chamonix and the news just got to me. Hoping for a good outcome. My thoughts and prayers are with Marci and the family.

Brian

Patrick Sawyer

climber

Originally California now Ireland

Jul 14, 2007 - 08:52am PT

It was Reardon and the search is continuing this morning. Details are sketchy though, but it does not look good at all.

The water off the coast is cold but not as cold as the Irish Sea for example, as the Gulf Current keeps the waters off southwestern Ireland fairly warm (by some standards). Still, even if he was conscious in the water, he wouldn't probably last any longer than three hours.

It does not look good at all.

EDIT
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0714/kerry.html

This news item was about ten minutes ago.

Apparently he didn't fall while climbing but was struck by a wave or slipped on some seaweed, according to various reports.

Richard

climber

Bend, OR.

Jul 14, 2007 - 09:04am PT

Hey Mike

I hope you get to read this! Now get your ass up here and lets drink that bottle of wine we've talked about.

Good thoughts going your way!

Richard

justthemaid

climber

Los Angeles

Jul 14, 2007 - 09:51am PT

I'm totally shocked as well. Michael is a local here and a really nice guy.

I really hope this is some terrible mistake.

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Jul 14, 2007 - 10:29am PT

You kick yourself when in retrospect a lost opportunity is apparent.

On the sunday morning after Climbfest I passed up an invite from Mike Anderson, Pete Takeda, and Michael to go work on some virgin rock and instead hung with Jeff and Greg.
Although seeing Greg again after 16 years was great and our conversation was very inspiring, when the others came back it came to light we could have pulled off the "instant route evolution".

How classic would it have been if I had soloed a new route on aid, then belayed by Pete Mike A had freed it, and then Michael had third classed it?

Wheatus

Social climber

Jul 14, 2007 - 11:01am PT

The authorities are still looking for him. It does not look good.

A witness said, "he was standing on a ledge after completing a short climb when he was struck by a wave and slipped."

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0714/kerry.html

Brock

Trad climber

RENO, NV

Jul 14, 2007 - 11:13am PT

Mike! Hope you are okay.

Many a time climbing next to you in Malibu!

God Bless!

Patrick Sawyer

climber

Originally California now Ireland

Jul 14, 2007 - 01:18pm PT

Just watched the television news report on the 6:00 news. His friend, Con Moriarty, was with him when it happened. He said Michael was hit by a 'rogue' wave and knocked on his back and slid down into the water.

Navy divers are going to start looking for him in addition to the life boats.

It would be a miracle if he is alive, but here's hoping.

Jacob

Trad climber

yucky valley

Jul 14, 2007 - 01:23pm PT

this is very sad new's. ive only met mike one time but i had dinner with him and a few others after a long day of climbing but he was a very down to earth guy and even offered to go climbing with a young punk like myself.

i hope they find him alive, my best wishes to his family

rockermike

Mountain climber

Berkeley

Jul 14, 2007 - 01:43pm PT

Very sad news. Nefarious said it well above. Sad not only for Michael and his family, but it also makes one aware of the intrinsic sadness of our condition here on the earth. We strive, sometimes heroically for meaning only to come up short and feeling empty.

I must add though, sometime in the last couple of months (maybe reading the "who will free solo el cap" thread) it distinctly went through my mind that one morning I will sign onto Supertopo only to find out that Potter or Reardon or any other of our superheros will have made their one fatal mistake. Now its true. Ironic that it wasn't actually a climbing fall.

Again, very sad.

v10gripper

Boulder climber

Joshua Tree, CA

Jul 14, 2007 - 02:16pm PT

Thats not irony, it just sucks... best wishes and positive vibes for mike, family, and friends.

addiroid

Big Wall climber

Long Beach, CA

Jul 14, 2007 - 02:21pm PT

Very sad. I met Mike before all the controversy, and have enjoyed listening to his stories over the years. Everybody who doubts his claims certainly cannot doubt his energy and love for climbing and his family. Here's to hoping he is found soaked and shivering on a little ledge somewhere ready to write a great story about it after kissing his daughter and wife!

Good luck dude!! Tread water like you solo!

Jello

Social climber

No Ut

Jul 14, 2007 - 02:44pm PT

One force of nature - Michael Reardon - swept off his feet by another force of nature - a "rogue wave". Michael is a rogue, too. I pray he can defy these long odds and return home to his wife and daughter.

Come on, Mike, stay with us! We've only begun to learn what you can teach us.

-Jeff

Misha

Trad climber

Woodside, CA

Jul 14, 2007 - 03:21pm PT

WTF Mike! Come back safe and sound.

Patrick Sawyer

climber

Originally California now Ireland

Jul 14, 2007 - 04:40pm PT

Nothing new, they are still searching.

It doesn't look good. I didn't know the guy but he gave a slide show presentation here in Dublin in January for Outsider magazine. I didn't make it but some other climbers I know and climb with did go. They said that he was frank and honest about the controversy that surrounds him.

Reardon's wife Marci and his 13-year-old daughter were flying overnight to Ireland and are set to arrive in the morning.