Saturday, June 10, 2006
HeroesDaniel Mazur, of Olympia, Washington, set aside his second trip to the top of Mount Everest, to save a fellow mountaineer who was given up for dead by his own team. Mazur is a climbing guide and had two paying customers with him when they came across Lincoln Hall just two hours from the summit on May 26. Hall's team thought he died the previous day and abandoned him on the slopes. When Mazur found him, Hall was just sitting there without hat, gloves, sleeping bag or tent. It took Mazur and his group four hours to help Hall out of his predicament, giving him food, drinks and oxygen, and assist him in the return to base camp.
Just two weeks earlier, a British climber, David Sharp, collapsed from lack of oxygen about 1000 feet into his descent from the summit. About 40 climbers are believed to have passed him without stopping, unwilling to jeopardize their own adventure. Sharp, an experienced mountaineer, was doing a solo climb. He was on a well traveled route when he apparently ran out of oxygen soon after reaching the top. Based on climbing logs, dozens of people must have crossed his path but ignored him except for a group from New Zealand that stopped briefly, gave him oxygen and continued on. Sharp was found dead the next day.
The second hero is Michael Rubin from Coral Springs, on the edge of the Everglades in Florida, who jumped into a pond to rescue his 6-month old golden retriever from the jaws of an alligator. Rubin was taking Jasmine for a jog one morning last month. The puppy was running free ahead of Rubin when he heard her yelp, and realized that the 7-foot alligator had snagged her and was flipping her over. Rubin got in on top of the alligator and started punching it furiously in the head until he was finally able to pry the puppy away. Jasmine was rushed to the vet for treatment, but except for a few cuts and puncture wounds, is now in good condition.
Here's to you, Daniel Mazur and Michael Rubin, my heroes of the day.
- posted by Woofwoof @ 9:32 AM
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Hurrah! Mazur, especially. Climbers seem to have the "heck with you" attitude, especially at Everest. Not my cup of tea. Since I drink coffee.
Hey WoofWoof,
I must bark that Daniel did the right thing. Good for him. He can have one of my Greenies.
I do have a problem with Mr. Rubin. He must have read or heard about the attacks on joggers by gators. He should have had Jasmine on a short leash. There are times for off-leash runs but that was neither the time nor place.
A side note-dogs can not be controlled while on retractable leashes. Today my human and I saw a human tryin' to stop his little dog from runnin' all over the place. The dog was on a retractable leash and the human had a coffee cup in his hand. It was quite comical but it could have been dangerous if they were on the sidewalk next to a busy street or joggin' in the Glades.
Woof!
Freda
I must bark that Daniel did the right thing. Good for him. He can have one of my Greenies.
I do have a problem with Mr. Rubin. He must have read or heard about the attacks on joggers by gators. He should have had Jasmine on a short leash. There are times for off-leash runs but that was neither the time nor place.
A side note-dogs can not be controlled while on retractable leashes. Today my human and I saw a human tryin' to stop his little dog from runnin' all over the place. The dog was on a retractable leash and the human had a coffee cup in his hand. It was quite comical but it could have been dangerous if they were on the sidewalk next to a busy street or joggin' in the Glades.
Woof!
Freda
John,
You have to be a little nuts to want to travel 29,000 ft anyway. Vertically.
Anonymous,
Thanks. I think we've met.
Freda,
He admitted that he wasn't thinking. But anyone who cares so much about his dog that he is willing to wrestle with an alligator is cool by me.
You have to be a little nuts to want to travel 29,000 ft anyway. Vertically.
Anonymous,
Thanks. I think we've met.
Freda,
He admitted that he wasn't thinking. But anyone who cares so much about his dog that he is willing to wrestle with an alligator is cool by me.
I'd heard the climbing stories, but missed the saving-dog-from-alligator story! Wow. I'd like to think I'd do the same for any one of my crew.
Connecticut,
It's all for a good cause, so it's alright.
Stacie,
I think your dogs would have attacked the alligator and made it dog meat.
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It's all for a good cause, so it's alright.
Stacie,
I think your dogs would have attacked the alligator and made it dog meat.
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