Comments on: Confirmed: Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa Going For Mt. Rainier Speed Ascent Record On Saturday http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/08/14/confirmed-lhakpa-gelu-sherpa-going-for-mt-rainier-speed-ascent-record-on-saturday/ Mt. Everest to The Poles: Exploring Adventure One Trip At a Time Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:00:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ama http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/08/14/confirmed-lhakpa-gelu-sherpa-going-for-mt-rainier-speed-ascent-record-on-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-2432 ama Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:07:50 +0000 http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/?p=1185#comment-2432 [...] mountain and returned to Paradise, WA in just 4 hours, 49 minutes, and 35 seconds. Lhakpa Sherpa, whhttp://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/08/14/confirmed-lhakpa-gelu-sherpa-going-for-mt-rainier-spee...AMA Inc.AMA Inc. Home ... The extended enterprise consists of remote branch offices, mobile workers, [...] [...] mountain and returned to Paradise, WA in just 4 hours, 49 minutes, and 35 seconds. Lhakpa Sherpa, whhttp://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/08/14/confirmed-lhakpa-gelu-sherpa-going-for-mt-rainier-spee…AMA Inc.AMA Inc. Home … The extended enterprise consists of remote branch offices, mobile workers, [...]

]]> By: Jason A. Hendricks http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/08/14/confirmed-lhakpa-gelu-sherpa-going-for-mt-rainier-speed-ascent-record-on-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-2419 Jason A. Hendricks Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:26:43 +0000 http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/?p=1185#comment-2419 Here's the deal-- Everyone is fully aware of the unofficial record on Mt. Rainier--I have talked about this continuously. You want to keep caling out faults to all the climbers who are taking part in this event. If that is your motivation, you live a sad life. Everytime I run a piece associated with Mt. Rainier-here you come...yet YOU NEVER GIVE YOUR NAME. You want to speak publicly and discourage someone or prove it is wrong...here is a suggestion...go out and do it yourself. I am closing the comments to this and all future posts related to these events--go find new ground for your theories and quit wasting my time. Jason A. Hendricks Editor Here’s the deal–

Everyone is fully aware of the unofficial record on Mt. Rainier–I have talked about this continuously. You want to keep caling out faults to all the climbers who are taking part in this event. If that is your motivation, you live a sad life. Everytime I run a piece associated with Mt. Rainier-here you come…yet YOU NEVER GIVE YOUR NAME. You want to speak publicly and discourage someone or prove it is wrong…here is a suggestion…go out and do it yourself.

I am closing the comments to this and all future posts related to these events–go find new ground for your theories and quit wasting my time.

Jason A. Hendricks
Editor

]]> By: comments http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/08/14/confirmed-lhakpa-gelu-sherpa-going-for-mt-rainier-speed-ascent-record-on-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-2410 comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:16:27 +0000 http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/?p=1185#comment-2410 Lhakpa Gelu's email addresses are listed at this story about him on his website. Lhakpa and his boss Jerry Mika have been contacted, a friendly challenge put to both of them for Lhakpa to have complete time-verification for his Saturday Rainier attempt. Neither have responded. http://www.supersherpas.com/blog/2008/08/13/supersherpas-lhakpa-gelu-sherpa-trying-to-set-new-world-speed-record-on-mount-rainier/ EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SATURDAY RECORD ATTEMPT IS PUBLIC, EXCEPT THE CLIMB ITSELF, WHICH APPEARS WILL LIKELY BE COMPLETELY SECRET. Strange. From the article you copied from the supersherpa website: "A press conference and victory celebration is scheduled for 9 AM at Paradise, on the south slope of the mountain." Why not a press conference at the START AND FINISH OF THE CLIMB. And people to time him at the start, summit, and finish. Rainier has a history of highly untrustworthy speed "records" and Everest as well (note the vicious dispute that happened between Lhakpa and Pemba Dorji in the past about their record claims). Lhakpa Gelu’s email addresses are listed at this story about him on his website. Lhakpa and his boss Jerry Mika have been contacted, a friendly challenge put to both of them for Lhakpa to have complete time-verification for his Saturday Rainier attempt. Neither have responded.
http://www.supersherpas.com/blog/2008/08/13/supersherpas-lhakpa-gelu-sherpa-trying-to-set-new-world-speed-record-on-mount-rainier/

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SATURDAY RECORD ATTEMPT IS PUBLIC, EXCEPT THE CLIMB ITSELF, WHICH APPEARS WILL LIKELY BE COMPLETELY SECRET.

Strange.

From the article you copied from the supersherpa website:

“A press conference and victory celebration is scheduled for 9 AM at Paradise, on the south slope of the mountain.”

Why not a press conference at the START AND FINISH OF THE CLIMB. And people to time him at the start, summit, and finish.

Rainier has a history of highly untrustworthy speed “records” and Everest as well (note the vicious dispute that happened between Lhakpa and Pemba Dorji in the past about their record claims).

]]> By: comments http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/08/14/confirmed-lhakpa-gelu-sherpa-going-for-mt-rainier-speed-ascent-record-on-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-2408 comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:10:44 +0000 http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/?p=1185#comment-2408 You didn't comment on the time-verification issue. Why? You didn’t comment on the time-verification issue. Why?

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