Friday the 13th--Meet Lucky Luke!

Published: Fri, 12/13/13

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Happy Friday the Thirteenth!

Join me Saturday, December 14, 2 pm at Aunties Bookstore in Downtown Spokane.

Meet Mountaineer Kay LeClaire and learn about the courage and commitment it takes to climb Mt. Everest. We'll be signing copies of JOURNEY TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD. If you can't make it, order the book on Amazon and I'll send you an autographed bookplate. Signing up for this newsletter put you in the running to win a free copy in the drawing December 15.

Meet Lucky Luke!

Dog Makes Climbing Mount Everest Look Easy

Leaving Everest Base Camp, the first stretch toward the peak takes climbers through the Khumbu Ice Fall. In 1.62 miles they gain two-thousand feet in elevation, snaking over deep crevasses and between tall seracs, which are huge columns of ice towering overhead.

Climbers (and stray dogs like Lucky Luke) cross the crevasses on a luminum ladders strategically placed early in the season. We don't know how long Lucky had been climbing up and down the ladders en-route to Camp 1. He earned his nickname due to the fact he had not yet fallen.

Near vertical walls fall away to a drop of a hundred feet or more. Some mountaineers refuse to look down into the abyss. Kay LeClaire took a peek between rungs. The ice is a beautiful blue, but one must not gawk for long.

More climbers die in this ice fall than any part of South Col route up Everest.

Lucky Luke climbs ladder in Khumbu Icefall

New Video

The latest History Matters video posted on YouTube features the Makah people of Washington's Olympic Peninsula and their history as whalers. Click here to watch video.

If you didn't catch my new PURE GRIT book trailer, see it here.

Photo of the Week

Kay LeClaire practicing ladders at Everest Base Camp, getting ready to attempt the climb to the summit. JOURNEY TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD includes more than a hundred photos from mountain climbs all over the world.

Ladder practice at base camp on Mt. Everest

Are You Mentally Strong?

Thanks to JD Grigware for sharing this article on Facebook. Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People Avoid

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