A Sad Day.
October 3, 2002 12:25 PM Subscribe
A Sad Day. Sometimes it
seems like all the people I admire die before their time. It's a long list: Dan
Eldon, Ned Gillette,
Ciriello, Galen
Rowell, Alex
Lowe, Dan
Osman, (plus many others), and now: Goran
Kropp, died a few days ago. "The Crazy Swede" became famous for
riding a bicycle from Stockholm to Everest, climbing it solo and without oxygen,
and riding back. This story is told in Ultimate
High:My Everest Odyssey.
R.I.P. I rember reading about him in one of those many everest books and thought he was one crazy man.
posted by trillion at 12:52 PM on October 3, 2002
posted by trillion at 12:52 PM on October 3, 2002
Reading the posted article, I'm not sure what to make of the accident. I am a climber (though not a good one, nor have I climbed in the area where Goran died) and I wonder about how an experienced and badass climber "zippers" every single piece of protection that he placed on the way up. When I climb, I always think about how nobody ever dies from equipment failure, they always die from user error. Ropes don't break and carabiners don't fail. People just don't do it right. I can't tell if Goran was being sloppy or was just unlucky.
Either way, I'll think of him when I'm climbing this weekend.
posted by zpousman at 1:21 PM on October 3, 2002
Either way, I'll think of him when I'm climbing this weekend.
posted by zpousman at 1:21 PM on October 3, 2002
zpousman, I see many "experienced and badass" climbers willing to climbing above small sketchy gear.
The posted article is misleading. The article states Kropp was on a sport route, but then details how he placed protection in the cracks. Which is an indication that he was actually on either a trad or aid route, not a sport route. The Canadian climbing magazine Gripped has picked up the story, but provides little additional information. A sad day.
posted by gruchall at 2:36 PM on October 3, 2002
The posted article is misleading. The article states Kropp was on a sport route, but then details how he placed protection in the cracks. Which is an indication that he was actually on either a trad or aid route, not a sport route. The Canadian climbing magazine Gripped has picked up the story, but provides little additional information. A sad day.
posted by gruchall at 2:36 PM on October 3, 2002
ig, I'm mouring Ned and Galen tremendously as well. Galen was my inspiration for color nature photography and Gilette went to my college and I thus I always followed his exploits.
Sadly Marco Siffredi also recently disappeared on Everest.
posted by gen at 4:30 PM on October 3, 2002
Sadly Marco Siffredi also recently disappeared on Everest.
posted by gen at 4:30 PM on October 3, 2002
People just don't do it right. I can't tell if Goran was being sloppy or was just unlucky.
The same question has been asked about Osman.
posted by PMcCann at 9:27 PM on October 3, 2002
The same question has been asked about Osman.
posted by PMcCann at 9:27 PM on October 3, 2002
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