Wednesday evening I had the pleasure of attending a fantastic slide show put on by climbers David Gottlieb and Chad Kellogg. David has been one of the head mountain rangers at Mt Rainier for years and is a friend of a friend. Chad has all kinds of crazy climbing records. I think he held (or maybe still holds) the speed record for climbing Mt. Rainier. He has attempted the speed record at Mt Everest twice. Climbing solo. These guys just got back from putting up a new route in Himalayas. They climbed for like 55 hours, over 40 rappels, 30 food bars each, eight thousand meter peak, = ridiculous, resickulous, redonkulas! These guys are the super athletes of the world, and they live right down the street. (sort of speak) Check out David Gottlieb's blog: http://alpineextreme.blogspot.com/
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