Courage on Friction Pitch...

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:29:06 +0000, Nick Hopton <[email hidden]>

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To anyone who might be interested, a story on the Boulder 'Daily Camera' web site about a climbing
trip that went wrong, big-time. To be concluded, I think.

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Or, as a tiny URL:

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I got interested and impatient ;-)

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To anyone who might be interested, a story on the Boulder 'Daily Camera' web site about a climbing
trip that went wrong, big-time. To be concluded, I think.

Hmm, I think this was written with one eye on the Hollywood potential.

"Above Friction Pitch, Sherika Thomas managed to stop her husband's slide. She pressed her hands on
Rob's chest and pushed him against the wall. One slip could have sent him tumbling off the narrow
ledge, down hundreds of feet".

Why's that then. Wasn't he belayed?

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In article <[email hidden]>, Nick Hopton <[email hidden]> writes

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To anyone who might be interested, a story on the Boulder 'Daily Camera' web site about a climbing
trip that went wrong, big-time. To be concluded, I think.

dailycamera.com0,1713,BDC 2419 2362312Open ↗ ,00.html

Or, as a tiny URL:

tinyurl.com36nooOpen ↗

Regards, Nick.

Sheesh. What a horrid writing style. It makes it a pain to read if you actually want facts.

Bernard Hill Selkirk, Scotland

Bernard Hill said:

Sheesh. What a horrid writing style. It makes it a pain to read if you actually want facts.

Agreed.

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Roy <[email hidden]> wrote

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"Nick Hopton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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To anyone who might be interested, a story on the Boulder 'Daily Camera' web site about a
climbing trip that went wrong, big-time. To be concluded, I think.

Hmm, I think this was written with one eye on the Hollywood potential.

"Above Friction Pitch, Sherika Thomas managed to stop her husband's slide. She pressed her hands on
Rob's chest and pushed him against the wall. One slip could have sent him tumbling off the narrow
ledge, down hundreds of feet".

Why's that then. Wasn't he belayed?

Maybe she was belayed, and he had unclipped to attach himself to the belay point. I don't know, I
didn't read it.

Barbara Cartland version: "With one bound, Sherika was by his side, pressing the man she loved
tenderly into a safe position".

Topshelf Magazine: Sherika sidled up to him on the narrow ledge and thrust her firm young body
against his, feeling his warm flesh through her flimsy Mountain jacket. "Are you pleased I saved
you?", she breathed, "Or is that your talc pouch in your pocket"?
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"Nick Hopton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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To anyone who might be interested, a story on the Boulder 'Daily Camera' web site about a
climbing trip that went wrong, big-time. To be concluded, I think.

Hmm, I think this was written with one eye on the Hollywood potential.

"Above Friction Pitch, Sherika Thomas managed to stop her husband's slide. She pressed her hands
on Rob's chest and pushed him against the wall. One slip could have sent him tumbling off the
narrow ledge, down hundreds of feet".

Why's that then. Wasn't he belayed?

Or was it just that Mills and Boon wouldn't pay for it otherwise?
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Roy said:

"Nick Hopton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

To anyone who might be interested, a story on the Boulder 'Daily Camera' web site about a
climbing trip that went wrong, big-time. To be concluded, I think.

Hmm, I think this was written with one eye on the Hollywood potential.

"Above Friction Pitch, Sherika Thomas managed to stop her husband's slide. She pressed her hands on
Rob's chest and pushed him against the wall. One slip could have sent him tumbling off the narrow
ledge, down hundreds of feet".

Why's that then. Wasn't he belayed?

It could be that the rope was blown through - a direct hit will heat metal such as a belay
plate/krab and that can melt off the nylon. not sure how likley that can be though.

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Bernard Hill said:

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To anyone who might be interested, a story on the Boulder 'Daily Camera' web site about a climbing
trip that went wrong, big-time. To be concluded, I think.

dailycamera.com0,1713,BDC 2419 2362312Open ↗ ,00.html

Or, as a tiny URL:

tinyurl.com36nooOpen ↗

Regards, Nick.

Sheesh. What a horrid writing style. It makes it a pain to read if you actually want facts.

Bernard Hill Selkirk, Scotland

Agreed. It was so bad I quit.

Katherine

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Roy <[email hidden]> wrote
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>"Nick Hopton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
>> To anyone who might be interested, a story on the Boulder 'Daily

Camera'

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>> web site about a climbing trip that went wrong, big-time. To be concluded, I think.
>>
>
>Hmm, I think this was written with one eye on the Hollywood potential.
>
>"Above Friction Pitch, Sherika Thomas managed to stop her husband's

slide.

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>She pressed her hands on Rob's chest and pushed him against the wall. One slip could have sent
>him tumbling off the narrow ledge, down hundreds of feet".
>
>Why's that then. Wasn't he belayed?
>
Maybe she was belayed, and he had unclipped to attach himself to the belay point.

Ah yes. The Clint Eastwood school of mountaineering.

They were accompanied by an Orang Utan??

More useful than Clint Eastwood.
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Paul Rooney <[email hidden]> wrote

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Gordon said:

Roy <[email hidden]> wrote

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Hmm, I think this was written with one eye on the Hollywood potential.

"Above Friction Pitch, Sherika Thomas managed to stop her husband's slide. She pressed her hands
on Rob's chest and pushed him against the wall. One slip could have sent him tumbling off the
narrow ledge, down hundreds of feet".

Barbara Cartland version: "With one bound, Sherika was by his side, pressing the man she loved
tenderly into a safe position".

Topshelf Magazine: Sherika sidled up to him on the narrow ledge and thrust her firm young body
against his, feeling his warm flesh through her flimsy Mountain jacket. "Are you pleased I saved
you?", she breathed, "Or is that your talc pouch in your pocket"?

Ha ha! Not a Mills & Boon fan, surely, Gordon?

Nope, but I used to grab a bunch of them from the library for my mother- in-law at one time.
Eventually she started complaining that she had read some of them before, so I had to start putting
her initials in the front sheet along with all the other old dear's marks. ;-)
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Roy said:

Ah yes. The Clint Eastwood school of mountaineering.

Much better Clint (The Eiger Sanction) than Sylvester Stallone (Cliff Hanger).

But now we have touching the void to fill our screens.

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Martin Richardson said:

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On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 22:54:32 -0000, Roy wrote:

>Ah yes. The Clint Eastwood school of mountaineering.

Much better Clint (The Eiger Sanction) than Sylvester Stallone (Cliff Hanger).

But now we have touching the void to fill our screens.

I'm going to see that tomorrow :-)

It's great - and imagine the suspense if we didn't know that the outcome.

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Roy said:

Ah yes. The Clint Eastwood school of mountaineering.

Much better Clint (The Eiger Sanction) than Sylvester Stallone (Cliff Hanger).

But now we have touching the void to fill our screens.

Have we? I had to travel 50 miles to a 'minority interest' cinema to see it. Are you saying it's out
on video/dvd?

Bernard Hill Selkirk, Scotland

Bernard Hill <[email hidden]> wrote

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But now we have touching the void to fill our screens.

Have we? I had to travel 50 miles to a 'minority interest' cinema to see it. Are you saying it's
out on video/dvd?

It isn't on 'at a cinema near me'.

I don't think it can possibly be as good as the book, but it would make a good documentary for TV.
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Bernard Hill <[email hidden]> wrote

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But now we have touching the void to fill our screens.

Have we? I had to travel 50 miles to a 'minority interest' cinema to see it. Are you saying it's
out on video/dvd?

It isn't on 'at a cinema near me'.

I don't think it can possibly be as good as the book, but it would make a good documentary for TV.

It's an excellent *complement* to the book. It is a Film Four production and *is* a documentary
format. The 2 authors recite the course of events in normal "talking heads" format and then the film
cuts to actors performing those events.

The things which it gives which were not in the book were, for me:

a) the sense of excitement in the start of the climb
b) the feeling of the storm
c) the complexity of the crevasse. My imagination in the book had it as a much simpler place!
d) ditto for crossing the glacier on the way back. The search for a route between crevasses which a
walker on 2 legs could have strode or jumped across.
e) the harshness of the moraine when you're trying to crawl.

As I say, it in no way replaces the book: it amplifies it in ways which books are weak, and the book
fills in details omitted from the film.

Bernard Hill Selkirk, Scotland

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Bernard Hill said:

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>On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 22:54:32 -0000, Roy wrote:
>
>>Ah yes. The Clint Eastwood school of mountaineering.
>
>Much better Clint (The Eiger Sanction) than Sylvester Stallone (Cliff

Hanger).

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But now we have touching the void to fill our screens.

Have we? I had to travel 50 miles to a 'minority interest' cinema to see it. Are you saying it's
out on video/dvd?

It will be..

Was it worth the trip?

Without doubt.

I took my 25-year-old son who's not a climber or even walker, but who is an avid film fan. He said
it's the best film he's seen all year and he found himself thinking about it for days.

As you watch it you find yourself saying "this *actually* happened". To contrast with a normal
fictional disaster film!

Bernard Hill Selkirk, Scotland

Bernard Hill <[email hidden]> wrote

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The things which it gives which were not in the book were, for me:

a) the sense of excitement in the start of the climb
b) the feeling of the storm
c) the complexity of the crevasse. My imagination in the book had it as a much simpler place!
d) ditto for crossing the glacier on the way back. The search for a route between crevasses which a
walker on 2 legs could have strode or jumped across.
e) the harshness of the moraine when you're trying to crawl.

As I say, it in no way replaces the book: it amplifies it in ways which books are weak, and the
book fills in details omitted from the film.

Thanks for the description. Now I would like to see it.

As for the excitement, as I read the book, (in about two or three sessions), the pain in my leg
was excruciating, and the only reason I put the book down was that I was perspiring, and my
stomach was in knots.
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Roy <[email hidden]> wrote

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"Nick Hopton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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To anyone who might be interested, a story on the Boulder 'Daily

Camera'

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web site about a climbing trip that went wrong, big-time. To be concluded, I think.

Hmm, I think this was written with one eye on the Hollywood potential.

"Above Friction Pitch, Sherika Thomas managed to stop her husband's

slide.

Quoted message said:

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She pressed her hands on Rob's chest and pushed him against the wall. One slip could have sent
him tumbling off the narrow ledge, down hundreds of feet".

Why's that then. Wasn't he belayed?

Maybe she was belayed, and he had unclipped to attach himself to the belay point.

Ah yes. The Clint Eastwood school of mountaineering.

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On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 23:11:39 +0000, Gordon <[email hidden]>

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Roy <[email hidden]> wrote

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"Nick Hopton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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To anyone who might be interested, a story on the Boulder 'Daily Camera' web site about a
climbing trip that went wrong, big-time. To be concluded, I think.

Hmm, I think this was written with one eye on the Hollywood potential.

"Above Friction Pitch, Sherika Thomas managed to stop her husband's slide. She pressed her hands
on Rob's chest and pushed him against the wall. One slip could have sent him tumbling off the
narrow ledge, down hundreds of feet".

Why's that then. Wasn't he belayed?

Maybe she was belayed, and he had unclipped to attach himself to the belay point. I don't know, I
didn't read it.

Barbara Cartland version: "With one bound, Sherika was by his side, pressing the man she loved
tenderly into a safe position".

Topshelf Magazine: Sherika sidled up to him on the narrow ledge and thrust her firm young body
against his, feeling his warm flesh through her flimsy Mountain jacket. "Are you pleased I saved
you?", she breathed, "Or is that your talc pouch in your pocket"?

Ha ha! Not a Mills & Boon fan, surely, Gordon?

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