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Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
I am so sorry to hear this. My sincere prayers and condolences to this man's family and friends.
May God carry you through this time of loss and grief.
May God carry you through this time of loss and grief.
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Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
My condolences to his family and friends.
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Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
Praying for those who knew him. Hate to hear this.
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Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends. Just terrible news.
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Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
First my thoughts and prayers to the family of the deceased.
As someone who climbed Jagged last year (Aug 2012) I am particularly interested to know exactly where the climber fell. The presumption is the party did not use ropes, which we too judged to not need.
Apart from the section (Class 3 on sound rock) above the top notch, the lower pitches take off ledges; clearly one can roll off them, and I guess this happened.
As someone who climbed Jagged last year (Aug 2012) I am particularly interested to know exactly where the climber fell. The presumption is the party did not use ropes, which we too judged to not need.
Apart from the section (Class 3 on sound rock) above the top notch, the lower pitches take off ledges; clearly one can roll off them, and I guess this happened.
Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
I don't think this is the place to discuss specifics of the accident.
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Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
'Wyoming Bob' was a classic, historic, and heroic member of the climbing family.
His humor, experience, and instruction is sorely missed
My trust is yours, my friend
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His humor, experience, and instruction is sorely missed
My trust is yours, my friend
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Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
How sad, I didn't realize it was Wyoming Bob. This past couple of weeks has been terrible. I know it comes "with the territory", but to see a couple very experienced climbers die the past couple weeks (in addition to Terry) is disheartening. On the member peak checklist, Wyoming Bob had climbed all 58 14ers (100+ 14ers in total). Steve had climbed all 58 and nearly 500 14ers in total. SJ Ron
Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
I too didn't realize this was "Wyoming Bob" until now. Wow…he is a very respected member of this community.DRH wrote:'Wyoming Bob' was a classic, historic, and heroic member of the climbing family.
His humor, experience, and instruction is sorely missed
My trust is yours, my friend
I've read many of his trip reports over the years:
http://www.climbingwithbob.com/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
He too will be sorely missed.
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Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
Wow. Another fallen legend. I have always loved Wyoming Bob's TRd and posts. I was a bit worried that's who it was going to be.
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Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
Wow, when I saw that this was the Wyoming Bob, my heart sank. I had been reading his trip reports for years. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it.
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Re: Jagged Mountain Accident
Wow, it's really sobering when somebody with that much experience and skill is taken.
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