tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381818808983196453.post2218549943699104085..comments2024-03-28T07:16:45.124+00:00Comments on Those Who Dared: The Boardman Tasker prizeRichard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381818808983196453.post-50130394238324859522018-11-23T11:25:51.672+00:002018-11-23T11:25:51.672+00:00Thanks for posting the useful information to my vi...Thanks for posting the useful information to my vision. This is excellent information,.<br /><a rel="nofollow">hotels frankfurt oder</a> Jim Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659702631249428576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381818808983196453.post-44159089644595115572012-11-28T01:14:52.901+00:002012-11-28T01:14:52.901+00:00Thanks Richard - Kangchenjunga article published 1...Thanks Richard - Kangchenjunga article published 11 November 1979; Kongur on 15 November 1981.Theanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381818808983196453.post-28087866602680648312012-11-27T17:15:46.729+00:002012-11-27T17:15:46.729+00:00Hi Thea. Thanks for the tip and will see what I ca...Hi Thea. Thanks for the tip and will see what I can find...Richard Nelssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381818808983196453.post-51961193444896329292012-11-25T00:58:09.456+00:002012-11-25T00:58:09.456+00:00Good to read something about Boardman and Tasker. ...Good to read something about Boardman and Tasker. Richard, Pete Boardman also wrote articles about Kangchenjunga and Kongur for the Observer magazine. Any chance of a trip to the archive to scan them?Theanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381818808983196453.post-49886828395929559482012-11-16T13:28:52.583+00:002012-11-16T13:28:52.583+00:00Many thanks for your comments. Interesting about t...Many thanks for your comments. Interesting about the 'deep freeze' line. As you probably know, Pete Boardman and Joe Tasker prepared for the Changabang climb by spending a night or two - hammocks suspended from the ceiling - in a meat packing factory's deep freeze. <br />RichardRichard Nelssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381818808983196453.post-13643042139457842722012-11-15T13:20:49.030+00:002012-11-15T13:20:49.030+00:00Thanks for posting that. I was at that talk which...Thanks for posting that. I was at that talk which Pete Boardman gave at Stockport Grammar School - I was a pupil there at the time - and remember it as if it was yesterday. He described trying to sleep in his climbing gear and sleeping bag on the summit of Everest as 'like you spending the night in your pyjamas in a deep freeze'. Earlier I had met his parents, who were very elderly, at my great Uncle's house - possibly my great Uncle's ninetieth birthday party? They were friends. I always wondered how his parents came to terms with Pete's disappearance Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02873157602415481625noreply@blogger.com