July 27, 2004

SO BEAUTIFUL, SO DANGEROUS




Out of respect for the Laird's infirmities we did not attempt the fearsome northern approach. I must admit I was relieved that we would not have to pick through the detritus of the Yamada expedition of 1998.

3 Comments:

Blogger JAB said...

If you recall, located near the Butress of Distress was the temporary ice bridge over the sulfurous lava chute - after the incident with the poorly placed snow-cache of oxygen tanks we can only thank Divine Providence for the asbestos inner tube the Laird spotted floating down the puddle of fire.

July 28, 2004 at 5:48 PM  
Blogger Viceroy De Los Osos said...

Yes, I ran into Yamada's widow at an English symposium on the rare sightless cave albatross. Fascinating stuff what. She confided deeply in me that Yamada had such a fear of high places that he insisted on sleeping sideways in bed for fear of tumbling off. He used high altitude mountain climbing to overcome this fear. Choosing the uncharted Northern Route was just like him. Sadly, he had no fear of large cats.

July 29, 2004 at 8:37 AM  
Blogger JAB said...

Quite. The vision of shreds of blue gortex in the tiger scat will always haunt me. But I like to think that Yamado, in a certain sense, lives on.

July 29, 2004 at 12:36 PM  

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