300+ "Doug Hansen" profiles | LinkedIn I'm looking forward to the next hub in the series. readings & links. Outside the eight paying clients, there were also three guides, two of whom perished in a blinding blizzard that struck the summit on May 10th. As Krakauer reports, "a brief conversation ensued. I guess those endless mail deliveries paid off in getting Doug in shapebetter shape than I've ever been in. All ages are as of 1996. John Hansen from Australia (Gondwana Land) on November 01, 2015: A wonderful but tragic story, Mel. Thanks for reading! I worked with Doug@ the Kent Post Office for several yrs. People enjoy taking polls and surveys. The South face of Everest, the side climbed by Doug Hansen as a member of Rob Hall's Adventure Consultants team. There was always a lot of fun, a lot of smiles, a lot of subtle, wry jokes that you had to know him for a little while before you'd get the hang of it. And those people are, I think, very important to humanity actually, because they do change people by the way they conduct themselves in the world, by the way they give to the world, by the way they invite people into growing, to become bigger through daring, through, in Scott's case, adventure. He survived and eventually recovered, but lost his nose, right hand, half his right forearm, and all the fingers on his left hand to frostbite.[29]. He could make the worst situation seem funny -- just sarcastic humor like you can't imagine. If you get a chance see the movie Mike. Hall's Sirdar, Ang Dorje Sherpa, and other climbing Sherpas waited at the summit for the clients. Thank you. [24], Near midnight, the blizzard cleared sufficiently for the team to see Camp IV, some 200m (660ft) away. I appreciate you dropping by. After this time, Krakauer noted that the weather did not look so benign. The Adventure Consultants' 1996 Everest expedition, led by Rob Hall, consisted of 19 people, including eight clients. Douglas Keith Hansen, 58 - Lees Summit, MO - MyLife.com I feel very strongly that you should remove this poll of pointing fingers! Hansen, who owns Hansen Mountaineering and has already attempted to reach the 29,028-foot summit once, said he's getting calls from all across . [45], After the Wind: 1996 Everest Tragedy, One Survivor's Story, 1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest, List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest, List of people who died climbing Mount Everest, "Climbing Veterans Call Everest Deaths Inevitable", "Apa Sherpa Full Biography - Apa Sherpa Foundation", "David A. Sowles Memorial Award American Alpine Club", "The Real Story of Sandy Hill Pittman, Everest's Socialite Climber", "U.S. climber, thought dead, rescued from Mount Everest", "Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa's response to Krakauer's article", "Anatoli Boukreev's response to Krakauer's article", "Summit Journal '96: Scott Fischer Returns to Everest: Anatoli Boukreev response", "Summit Journal '96: Scott Fischer Returns to Everest: Reply from Jon Krakauer", GlaxoSmithKline: On top of the world Acclimatisation, "Explorers' Last Words and Technology: From Robert Falcon Scott to Rob Hall", "Bodies to come down in Everest clean-up", "High Winds Suck Oxygen from Everest: Predicting Pressure Lows Could Protect Climbers", "Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa killed in Everest avalanche", "REVIEW: Dallas Opera's stunning world premiere of 'Everest'.
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