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The book signing yesterday was pretty cool. The author talked about the history of Sherpas and the mountains in the Himalayas and stuff..it was so weird hearing about the stuff I read about a lot haha. After she talked it was the Sherpa's turn, Chhiring Dorje (pronounced cheering). He had a very heavy accent so it was hard to understand him..but he talked about how the seracs collapsed and severed the fixed ropes. He had to free climb down the ice and encountered another climber, Pasang Lama. He was stranded cause he gave another climber his ice axe..that part of the mountain would have been practically impossible to climb down without an axe. Chhiring told him to clip onto his belt and Pasang was like "no it's too dangerous!" Chhiring then said "either we get lucky and climb down together or we don't and die together." That was so touching! So Pasang clipped to his belt and they climbed down together. Chhiring had his axe with him and showed us how he climbed with it. Way cool haha. He is a legend in the Himalayas..he has summited Everest at least 12 times. I talked to him after the presentation..he is so nice! Sherpas are some of the gentlest, nicest and loyal people and he showed it. He signed my copy of the book and his picture in the other book of the K2 disaster I brought. I asked what mountain he last climbed and he said Everest in May. Wow haha. I also got the author's signature and she told me to add her on Facebook so I did haha. So crazy..I never thought I'd meet a famous mountaineer, much less in Fairbanks! That just made me so happy :D

Today I checked Facebook and saw the author had added me back and had suggested other mountaineers to friend..then I saw another famous mountaineer who was also on K2 that day, Wilco van Rooijen, had requested to be my friend!! Oh my..that's just awesome haha. I hope I get more famous mountaineering friends ;)


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The author (Amanda) and Chhiring
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Chhiring with his trusty ice axe ;)
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Yayy :D
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Day 84: A picture of the cutest thing you've ever seen
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One of them haha

Day 1: A picture of yourself with 15 facts about yourself
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Day 84: A picture of the cutest thing you've ever seen

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Day 100: A picture that means a lot to you
Day 101 THE FINAL PICTURE: A picture of yourself with 20 facts that no one knows about you

Date: 2012-08-04 07:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foxydanish.livejournal.com
Wow that's so amazing! Haha that's crazy that the last mountain he climbed was Mt. Everest OMG. That's SO cool that you got to hear Chhiring tell his story and that you got to meet the author, AND get a signed copy! Very exciting... ALSO very cool that you got a friend request from a famous mountaineer! OMG awesome day haha.

Date: 2012-08-07 06:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lemau.livejournal.com
Wilco van Rooijen... Now there's a name I haven't heard in a while. I had to look the guy up to see if he scaled the K2 or Mount Everest (Turns out it's both, repeatedly, but he was in the news for scaling the K2 at the time). One of the few Dutch proper mountaineers. :3

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