murrays 0 #1 January 11, 2008 TIME article.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #2 January 11, 2008 C'est la vie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #3 January 11, 2008 88 years with the things he achieved is an amazing study in survial and overcoming the odds. Rest well Sir Edmund Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #4 January 11, 2008 QuoteC'est la vie. Non...c'est le mort. RIP, Sir Edmund.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #5 January 11, 2008 Mine is still correct. It's the only possible ending. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #6 January 11, 2008 I read one of his books a couple of years ago, what a great guy he was! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #7 January 11, 2008 Quote Mine is still correct. It's the only possible ending. True...but mine was still better!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #8 January 11, 2008 What a sad day for New Zealand.R.I.P .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #9 January 11, 2008 R.I.P. Ed' & Tenzing Norgay Did a great job (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,158 #11 January 11, 2008 Because it was there.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #12 January 11, 2008 He would tell a great story of why there was only ever a photo of Tenzing at the summit... When asked, he would say that the Top of Everest was probably not the best place to give someone their first photography lesson (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #13 January 11, 2008 Quote Because it was there. Lets see him come down from THIS mountain!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hungarianchick 0 #14 January 11, 2008 Great man, great life, farewell Sir Edmund! "I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #15 January 11, 2008 To be perfectly honest when I saw that he had died my first reaction was "wait, what? He was still alive?" Which is crass, but I just hadn't heard anything about him in a while. He really did accomplish some great things in his life, though.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
