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Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:04 am
by El Scooter
R.I.P. Derek - my thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:17 am
by milan
So sad to read this. Rest in peace Derek.
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:43 am
by James Dziezynski
Incredibly sad... peaceful thoughts to Derek and his family.
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:01 pm
by broncotw
RIP brother...... Seems like this has been a horrible climbing season thus far......
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:01 pm
by csmcgranahan
More difficult news. Condolences to family and friends from both my family and I.
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:10 pm
by Man Jerk
I need some help from the 14ers community. I will be workinv on setting up an account for dereks family, but I want to hold some type of fund raising event but I have no idea where to start. Can anyone give me any ideas?
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:12 pm
by IHikeLikeAGirl
So sorry Ian for what you and Ed witnessed. Sorry for the others on the mountain too...I can't imagine....
Deepest condolences to Derek's family and friends. Rest in peace Derek.
- Valerie
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:27 pm
by TakeMeToYourSummit
First & foremost - R.I.P. Derek - your family & friends are in our prayers.
Kudos to the climbers immediately on scene & the tireless rescue/retrieval workers for limiting this to a single life lost.
I viewed North Maroon from the summit of Pyramid on Sept. 5th... trying to wrap my head around the route to the top. Knowing I'd had similar feelings viewing Pyramid's route from Castle/Conundrum... it was the next Elk I looked to tackle. After the news of this tragedy coupled with waking up to find the snowline near 11,000 in Snowmass - the decision was made: my Elk season is over.
All it takes is one wrong move to end it all - be careful up there everyone.
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:36 pm
by smrcka
RIP climbing brother...sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Many thanks to those on the scene and the SAR folks.
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:45 pm
by bighornmonkey
Rest in peace, brother!
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:47 pm
by mtree
Reading about this horrible tragedy was downright chilling.
RIP Derek. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.
Re: Climber Deceased on North Maroon Today.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:36 pm
by ryguy79
Very sad to see this. I didn't know him well, but I climbed and skied Little Italy with him and some of my climbing partners were good friends with him.