tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post7129611508450715649..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: "Last seen climbing": Reading on Himalayan MountaineeringChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-68322062172319486682011-03-12T19:41:19.619-07:002011-03-12T19:41:19.619-07:00Darrell--I rented the Nova episode called "Lo...Darrell--I rented the <i>Nova</i> episode called "Lost on Everest" about the Mallory-Irvine recovery expedition. Not sure if that is what you meant, but it's good.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-61696817935427151142011-03-05T22:06:52.068-07:002011-03-05T22:06:52.068-07:00Social snobbery and climbing is a living room elep...Social snobbery and climbing is a living room elephant. Anderson Bakewell SJ, my old friend, who was with Tilman on Everest, was not just a priest and a scientist-- he kept his copy of the Social Register under his .45 Colt auto. Betsy Cowles, the woman on the same expedition, was also of "good breeding", as was Libby's dad. <br /><br />Climbers ten years older than me were mostly Dartmouth WASPS. A "half Italian" like me would have been dubious before the Alvarez generation in England...Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-2332429503086589292011-03-03T19:10:53.176-07:002011-03-03T19:10:53.176-07:00Pikes Peak Library District has a great video of C...Pikes Peak Library District has a great video of Conrad Anker giving a talk about his finding Mallory's body.Darrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-80077468012013520182011-03-02T22:12:39.649-07:002011-03-02T22:12:39.649-07:00That comment brought up a memory of a friend in 5t...That comment brought up a memory of a friend in 5th or 6th grade displaying at school a photo of Sir Edmund Hillary at his family's dinner table. Whatever the connection was, I don't remember, but I was jealous.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-73609867950385637752011-03-02T21:39:24.325-07:002011-03-02T21:39:24.325-07:00Sounds like my kind of book. And in the spirit of ...Sounds like my kind of book. And in the spirit of British one-upsmanship I can boast knowing George Mallory's grandson -- we were biology majors at SF State back in the 60s.Camera Trap Codgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11052159376463794204noreply@blogger.com