"Hey brother, you're not fat dude, you're just bomber!"
- Karl Baba, reassuring Geoff on his % of body fat
There are still a lot of opportunities. I won’t let them go… 
As the late Wolfgang Güllich used to say, the best part of climbing is when you meet with your friends to have a drink and talk about climbing
“We think the missing climbers may be at 4,500-5000 meters altitude, which is good news, since they can survive at such altitude,” said 14 x 8000er Carlos Carsolio, currently coordinating the rescue work for Andres Delgado and Alfonso de la Parra. The two Mexican climbers went missing two weeks ago on Changabang, Indian Himalaya…
Source: MountEverest.net
Yamile, Mary, Ana and I teamed up for dressing as the Powerpuff Girls and Professor Utonium:
Mexican climbers (both of them Everest summiteers) Alfonso de la Parra and Andres Delgado are reportedly missing on Changabang (6,864m), Indian Himalaya.The climbers last made contact via sat-phone from the mountain on October 13. “Alfonso called me and told me Andres and him were just back from a wall where they had been stuck for several days,” Alfonso’s wife Leny Quintana told a Mexican radio Station. “They said they were OK although tired. Then communication went off, and I’ve never heard of them again.”
I know Andrés from many years ago (he’s a good friend of my brother and of many other climbing friends) and I’m sure he and Alfonso are strong enough for surviving in extreme himalayan conditions. I hope we get better news about them soon. Our fingers are crossed.
Source: MountEverest.net
We couldn’t enjoy a great sunset due to the amount of clouds, but at least we spent a nice time with our friends
Todd Skinner, the Lander, Wyoming-based climber whose free climbing accomplishments spanned more than twenty years and two dozen countries, was killed yesterday, October 23, while descending fixed ropes on the Leaning Tower in Yosemite Valley. The accident occurred in the company of partner Jim Hewitt. Further details are lacking as we go to press…
Source: Alpinist Magazine.
Last night, at the Mountain Film Festival I badly twisted my right knee and got a little but painful torned ligament. Now I’m taking care of it. I hope this doesn’t ruin my plans for the upcoming weeks…
This year has been an unfortunate one for all of us 
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Taken from Alpinist #14
