surf&ski
12-13-2004, 10:27 PM
Just a heads up on a great show on the history channel called "ultimate survival"
Lots of ice climbing and pinkham notch, check it out if you can. Will post times of replay if i can find em.
summary from histoy channel.com
On the surface, the gentle slopes of Mt. Washington seem tame. But this New Hampshire mountain has a ferocious weather pattern that equals any in the Himalayas. Mt. Washington has the highest recorded wind velocity in history at 231 mph, and more than 100 climbers have died on its slopes. Hugh Herr was a mountaineer skilled enough to challenge Mt. Washington's dangers. At 17, he was considered one of the world's best rock climbers. On January 23, 1982, he and climbing partner Jeff Batser set out to test Hugh's sense of invincibility against the intensity of Mt. Washington. This is the story of what happens when a fearless climber challenges a ferocious mountain. Today, a professor of biomedical engineering at Harvard and MIT, Dr. Herr explores new horizons in technology to help others with disabilities and his goals are now aimed higher than the tallest mountain.
Lots of ice climbing and pinkham notch, check it out if you can. Will post times of replay if i can find em.
summary from histoy channel.com
On the surface, the gentle slopes of Mt. Washington seem tame. But this New Hampshire mountain has a ferocious weather pattern that equals any in the Himalayas. Mt. Washington has the highest recorded wind velocity in history at 231 mph, and more than 100 climbers have died on its slopes. Hugh Herr was a mountaineer skilled enough to challenge Mt. Washington's dangers. At 17, he was considered one of the world's best rock climbers. On January 23, 1982, he and climbing partner Jeff Batser set out to test Hugh's sense of invincibility against the intensity of Mt. Washington. This is the story of what happens when a fearless climber challenges a ferocious mountain. Today, a professor of biomedical engineering at Harvard and MIT, Dr. Herr explores new horizons in technology to help others with disabilities and his goals are now aimed higher than the tallest mountain.