Climber injured and stranded on Humboldt Peak

Threads related to Colorado mountaineering accidents but please keep it civil and respectful. Friends and relatives of fallen climbers will be reading these posts.
Forum rules
Please be respectful when posting - family and friends of fallen climbers might be reading this forum.
Locked
User avatar
colopilot2002
Posts: 150
Joined: 7/2/2006
Trip Reports (0)
 

Climber injured and stranded on Humboldt Peak

Post by colopilot2002 »

Climber is stranded above 12K on Humboldt Peak, see brief story on 9news.com.

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=69460
User avatar
sdkeil
Posts: 243
Joined: 8/4/2005
14ers: 58  32 
13ers: 367 8
Trip Reports (3)
 
Contact:

Post by sdkeil »

Hmmmm I hope this isnt what I think it is about. USAKeller and TalusMonkey went to climb Humbolt this weekend. I think TalusMonkey is 38 and neither are answering their cell phones. Let us all hope for the best.
Ass: (noun)
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
CODave
Posts: 475
Joined: 7/26/2004
14ers: 58  2 
13ers: 61 1
Trip Reports (31)
 

Post by CODave »

sdkeil wrote:Hmmmm I hope this isnt what I think it is about. USAKeller and TalusMonkey went to climb Humbolt this weekend. I think TalusMonkey is 38 and neither are answering their cell phones. Let us all hope for the best.
I was just thinking the same thing, but I never heard if they were for sure going up there. I assume they did go? I also tried their cell phones.
User avatar
skwid
Posts: 197
Joined: 5/15/2006
14ers: 11 
Trip Reports (0)
 

Post by skwid »

I bet you it is them... and I find it funny that you all have eachother's cell phone numbers...

Who ever it is stranded above timber line with a disolocation sounds like one shitty way to spend a night...
User avatar
doumall
Posts: 666
Joined: 7/28/2004
14ers: 58  58  22 
13ers: 71
Trip Reports (83)
 

Post by doumall »

Wow, hope everything ends up well. Spending an unplanned night out in winter conditions is not fun, I have done it, but I cant imagine having two dislocations to go with it.
User avatar
Jcwhite
Posts: 1203
Joined: 2/27/2006
14ers: 58  55  13 
13ers: 54 3 1
Trip Reports (56)
 

Post by Jcwhite »

Last I heard from her, she said they were going, hopefully this turns out alright, I too have spent the night out and it sucks!!
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming WOW! WHAT A RIDE."- Hunter S Thompson
User avatar
Kate
Posts: 125
Joined: 5/19/2006
14ers: 5 
Trip Reports (0)
 

Post by Kate »

let's all pray and hope for the best --
User avatar
Bean
Posts: 2757
Joined: 11/2/2005
14ers: 45  45  10 
13ers: 9 4
Trip Reports (27)
 
Contact:

Post by Bean »

Holy F, hope he comes out of this ok.
Last edited by Bean on Tue May 08, 2007 5:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
jimlup
Posts: 903
Joined: 7/13/2006
14ers: 27  1 
13ers: 8
Trip Reports (3)
 

Post by jimlup »

Yeah, the chances of it being anyone else are pretty low. I hope they are OK and coming down with the SARS team right now.

Send warm thoughts!
"Just because you have the gear does not mean that you are a Mountaineer!" My daughter's cynical comment about my hobby...
ascent+descent=fun
Posts: 298
Joined: 9/28/2006
Trip Reports (0)
 

Post by ascent+descent=fun »

they are definately in my prayers...i dont even know them and I am worried...
User avatar
Floyd
Posts: 1072
Joined: 7/16/2006
14ers: 58 
13ers: 100
Trip Reports (35)
 

Post by Floyd »

My thoughts are with whoever is on the mountain but even more so if it turns out to be TalusMonkey and USAKeller. Its odd, I've never met either but I feel like I know them from this forum. If anyone gets an update either first hand or through more news stories, please post.
User avatar
mainpeak
Posts: 306
Joined: 7/15/2006
14ers: 13  2  1 
13ers: 9
Trip Reports (0)
 

Post by mainpeak »

A mental down sleeping bag, bivy sack, and hot drink going out to them. Hope their OK.
Locked