Everest climber helps avert Cat-astrophe

[isostatic]

The simplest solution would seem to be to tie a rope to a basket, put some fish of other cat treat in the basket, lower it to the cat, wait for the cat to jump in, and then use the rope to raise the basket with the cat.

But, of course, this is a climber's site!

[Alpinist]

Getting back up would have been just as easy. As long as you have a good handhold and it's not eroding dirt on the edge, then that would be simple enough.

I think it's a reasonable statement that very very few 60+ year-old women have the finger and arm strength to do a legitimate pull-up on a chinning bar at the gym, let alone one hanging from fingers on a broken concrete ledge.

No argument. I did state earlier that a younger/stronger climber would not need a rope if he/she was comfortable with heights.

The simplest solution would seem to be to tie a rope to a basket, put some fish of other cat treat in the basket, lower it to the cat, wait for the cat to jump in, and then use the rope to raise the basket with the cat.

But, of course, this is a climber's site!

OR - we could have tied a rope around your foot and lowered you down head first. You're not very heavy...

[isostatic]

OR - we could have tied a rope around your foot and lowered you down head first. You're not very heavy...

No personal attacks, please!

[Diggler]

Anybody who mocks/critiques the techniques of a caring lady who saves a cat with any kind of seriousness needs to get a life. And if you haven't climbed an 8000-m peak, you probably have no idea of how difficult it is to function at that altitude. Props to her for saving the cat, using safe techniques, & to summiting Everest (& the others).

[MoapaPk]

Getting back up would have been just as easy. As long as you have a good handhold and it's not eroding dirt on the edge, then that would be simple enough.

I think it's a reasonable statement that very very few 60+ year-old women have the finger and arm strength to do a legitimate pull-up on a chinning bar at the gym, let alone one hanging from fingers on a broken concrete ledge.

I would heartily agree. I can still do at least 23 good pullups, with full extension. But doing pullups from a bar is one thing; doing them against a vertical wall, with a likely rounded edge, is quite another. And once you have pulled yourself up as far as you can, you have to swing one arm into a mantel (mantle!) position and do a one-arm pushup with your full body weight, if you want to top the wall. That's not easy.

Long before the rotator cuff tear, I used to do pullups on a heavy-duty metal door in a room with a 15' ceiling; I'd swing the door open and hang against it. The top of the door was about 7.5', and I'm just 5.5' high (I'm guessing the woman in the video is about this height). Occasionally I would try to get to the top of the door from the pullup position, but the door was so thick that I wasn't guaranteed success, as I couldn't simply hook my hand over the edge.

[Mark Straub]

"Last May Kay also became the second oldest American woman to summit a peak in the Himalayas called Everest."

Wow. Just wow. I'm not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but it's pathetic wording either way.

I think it's cool that she rescued the cat. The boots were total show though.

-Mark

[BLong]

She is tenacious too! She reached the summit of Everest on her 4th attempt.

[sneakyracer]

Why is she wearing mountaineering boots? Was that what she was running in? Seems like she wanted to put on a show.

Hahaha, I was just thinking the same thing. It seems she is wearing a pair of La Sportiva Wmn's Trango S EVO GTX's boots!

[JasonH]

Anybody who mocks/critiques the techniques of a caring lady who saves a cat with any kind of seriousness needs to get a life. And if you haven't climbed an 8000-m peak, you probably have no idea of how difficult it is to function at that altitude. Props to her for saving the cat, using safe techniques, & to summiting Everest (& the others).

+1

[isostatic]

I still think the method with the basket was better!

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewto ... 9&start=22

[TheOrglingLlama]

[Gak Icenberg]

TOL, I was just wondering what happened to you. Hadn't seen you around. Maybe I just haven't been to the right forum/topics/etc.

[TheOrglingLlama]

[jonesa37]

Just my 2 cents, I don't want to sound like an asshole but looking at her climbing resume she must have tons of money to pay for all those summits, not as legit as climbing them yourself, I know some of those require some guidence. But stating that she is some amazing climber is not a legitmate claim. Many people that are guide are drug up the mountain. To accomplish something like the seven summits by your own methods, planning and drive should be applauded, not this...

Props to saving the cat though...nice way to do your civic duty

[MoapaPk]

I don't want to sound like an asshole

Then...?