I'm convinced all the mountaineers have known each other at some point haha. I put Anatoli's name into Amazon and a couple of Joe Simpson's books came up (I'd read them before too..but somehow didn't remember). In one book he talked about Anatoli on Everest in 1996 and in the other HE MET ANATOLI AND HE SIGNED JOE'S COPY OF HIS BOOK OMG SO JEALOUS. Joe sad Anatoli was nice and he too thinks he was one of the best and strongest mountaineers. Aw yeahh. It feels like I'm struck by lightning when I think about him speaking in English (or even Russian..but English more). Even if it was halting broken English..that just made it even better. :P What's wrong with meeee? Haha (this post was really hard to write cause I'm so happy and fangirly I can't concentrate..omg haha *blushes*)

( Day 7 - Something you love )

Would you rather show up noticeably drunk on a national TV show or roaring drunk at your child's college graduation? Can I just not be drunk? Haha

Today's trivia: Queen Victoria's wedding cake had a circumference of more than 9 feet

I got another package from Dana! It's a Glacier National Park shirt..sweet! Haha *wears it tomorrow*

Joe Simpson, I love you but when you write your books you make yourself sound like an alcoholic. I swear it ALWAYS seems like he's drinking haha. Though he does have other good values I loved knowing about him (he doesn't have it in him to hurt people..aww)

( Day 90 - A picture of you wearing your favorite color )

Would you rather always have a little something stuck in between your teeth or always have a little dirt in your eye? Always have a little something stuck in between my teeth

Today's trivia: John F. Kennedy could read four newspapers in 20 minutes

Whoa..the producer of Touching the Void and The Beckoning Silence is one of the producers on I Shouldn't Be Alive! No wonder that show is so awesome haha. They should get Joe on it..his story would be perfect for that show

Dad came over and told about his trip to Hawaii (they stayed on Maui). They walked up to a volcano's crater (it's not active anymore), saw whales, stumbled upon a nude beach (HAHA), stayed in a huuuuuge hotel room, etc. Soooo jealous. He better take me next time :P

( 11. Post a picture of a country you would love to go to )

Would you rather get pickle juice in your eye or lemon juice in your paper cut? Lemon juice..I like being able to see

Today's trivia: The world's oldest known song, written on a clay tablet, is about 3,400 years old

This is "Brown Girl in the Ring" by Boney M. It's the song Joe Simpson got stuck in his head when he was trying to get back to Simon. Joe said he HATES it but I really like it haha. It's so catchy and addictive but it gets stuck in my head REALLY easily. I love the comments too..most of them are about Joe haha (Like this one: "Oh man, almost died listening to this song, repeating in my head over and over and over and over and over again in my head when I was just inches from base camp. Oh God, the humanity")

It's dad's 63rd birthday today..hope it was good haha

( Day 28- Mischievous Face )

I shall also post Touching the Void here. Joe Simpson = awesome


The first guy is Joe, the second is Simon and the third is the guy who joined them randomly haha

( the rest )

Awhile ago in the bookstore I found this book totally by chance..it's called Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. Joe and his partner Simon were climbing a mountain and Joe fell and shattered his knee. Simon lowered him down the mountain..but then he lowered him over a huge crevasse. Simon couldn't hear him cause there was a storm and he had to cut the rope. Joe survived his fall through the crevasse, dragged himself over the glacier and the moraine, past a lake and back to camp. It was an amazing story. There was a documentary made and I got to see that when mom and I were looking through the movies on Netflix. That made the story even more amazing. Recently I read another of Joe's books called The Beckoning Silence. Part of it was about his attempt at climbing the Eiger in Switzerland. He also talked about a group of people in the 30s that tried to summit the North Face of the Eiger (it had never been successfully summited before). They were Joe's inspiration to mountain climb (their story is also told in The White Spider..which I'm totally gonna read). Reading that made me fascinated with the Eiger. The Beckoning Silence was made into a documentary as well and I found it on Youtube! I watched part of it yesterday. It's AWESOME..it's sooo good. It talks about the group of people from the 30s and has reenactments of them climbing. It also shows Joe climbing the Eiger and him talking about his fascination with the mountain. There's something about watching it that makes it all the more awesome. I'm totally posting it here when I finish watching it. I'm so glad I found that book at work..Joe Simpson is awesome :D

They want to raise my rent to $330 instead of $235. Failll

( Day 11- Crying Face )

Would you rather have an ugly wart on your big toe for two weeks or a big pimple on the tip of your nose for three days? The pimple..even though those kind are the most painful kind. If you accidentally touch your nose..owww

Today's trivia: NASA invented the DustBuster