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... on Mt Baring in Washington. And then arrested. :lol: Doh!

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/base-jumper-rescued-arrested-11331049

The Bush administration had planned to celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service with a "Centennial Initiative-2016." This was essentially a big construction project, an updated version of Mission 66. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_66). Not my cup of tea.

The Obama administration quietly stopped the program and took down the website and links. They've rolled out an alternative:

http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/

The professed idea is to ...

Once again sad news out of the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. US mountain guide Tyler Anderson was on a Mountain Madness guiding trip on Yanapaqcha

The article is in Spanish, but it appears that he fell in a deep crevasse due to a collapsed snow bridge.

http://www.larepublica.pe/archive/all/l ... 2/todos/12

RIP :cry:

Because grizzlies aren't the only animals in Yellowstone . . . .

There's a long dispute in Montana about bison who wander outside the park in winter. Local ranchers would love to see them removed (killed). Literally thousands of Yellowstone's bison have been killed in the past decade. For the perspective of a radically pro-bison group, see http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/.

Supposedly the ranchers are worried about bison carrying brucellosis transmitting this ...

K2 hero Gerard McDonnell anniversary: Silver Shield gold medal in memoriam

http://explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=19552

http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=18038

I just finiished reading the AAC's annual report. These are some items that struck me:

1. As in past years, rappel and lowering errors were abundant (rope too short, no knots in ends of rope). A recurring error on 2-strand rappels was failure to thread rope to anchor at middle mark resulting in rapping off uneven ends.

2. High experience level doesn't preclude basic errors ("a seasoned climber was lowered off the end of his ...

http://www.katu.com/news/local/99698079.html

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/836120-falling-goat-hits-hiker-off-mountain-in-50ft-fall

It's only two months ago that I witnessed what a beautiful but dangerous mountain this is, and now this :-(

http://www.barrabes.com/revista/noticia ... lecen.html

RIP

A nasty one for those involved.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-na ... ing.Death/