Originally posted by Astafas
Here's another pic with me. I'm the guy to the right leaning against the wall. Didn't make it to the final but was really satisfied with getting the bronze anyway.
Nice pic Astafas, and many congrats to the broze medal
posted by SLeep
How did he cope?
Surprisingly well although, as I mentioned above, he was struggling. He made all the summits are craters we went for though, and he was very proud afterwards, for good reason
He had no previous experience at all of mountains, and Kamchatka is a very hard place to start for a beginner since it is not a place suited for tourism. There are no paths in the wilderness, the terrain is very difficult also on flat land. The level of oxygen in the air is much lower than normally because of all the vulcanoes, so an altitude of 2000 m/6500 feet where nobody normally feels the altitude, is comparable to almost double the height, where most people feel the height.
Oh that is so shockingly romantic, stop it CE you might stop my being cynical about everything Taking risks and brains...not a particularly good combination
If you ever meet a women you feel so happy together with so it feel like you could die the next minute because life is so rich, stick with this woman, stalk her to the end of the world, because that is true love
And I'm not even a romantic, it happened anyway
Takings risks examining brains is a much better combination, now I don't risk anybody's life, I only risk to work 1000nds of hours totally in vain, and making a fool of myself and destroying my prof's good name
I have learned to focus on the excitement you get out the unknown, rather than at putting your life at stake. I think that's a more mature way of finding kicks
That is something that interested me about climbing mountains like K2, is the reason challenge or the scenery, at least with easier climbs you get the scenery and you don't have a grave fear for your life. I am sure that the fear of death also precipitates a certain adrenlin rush
For all people I know who has either considered or even done moutains like K2 or Everest, it's the challenge. For some, it's like any sport, for others, it's a feeling of power, of being "conquerers". For me, it was absolutely the challange and the adrenaline, I used to be a real adrenaline junkie at the time. But as one of my friends who was a professional alpinist once said: "All climbers come to a point where they stop climbing. If you are lucky, you stop because of injuries or because you marry or start a family. Otherwise, you stop because you die."
When I quit the alpine climbing after my knee surgeries, I decided to change over to climbing and hiking mostly for scenery only. It was hard in the beginning and I did some stupid things, but today, I only do it for the scenery and get the adrenaline rushes from other aspects of life
Sounds like my kind of guy
We used to fight every time I was going away, he hated my different interests.
Best i can do is Pen-Y-Fan (Attachment) not quite a crater in Russia Congrats to Mr Elegans for even trying to keep up
From the picture, it looks like quite a hike, and a beutiful place. I will certainly go there and check it out
Mr Elegans thanks you for the appreciation
I do, although that has been flagging recently, i must get back on the path to success, i will probably play tonight. Actually the most demanding thing i have done recently was play snooker, we played 3 frames and i was completely knackered, there is just so much walking around and all the stretching is surprisingly tiring. Of course i did win those three frames
Of you did, I assumed as much
Your playing pool is good, it still involves different kinds of movement, which is necessary for all us with still sitting jobs.
