[MtnClimber]

I met Jim Whittaker at a slide show he was doing in Boulder. I had him autograph his autobiography “A Life on the Edge”. It has his famous quote “If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much room”. Messner is amazing. I have never met him. Another good climbing book is “Annapurna” by Maurice Herzog. I have an autographed 1st edition of it!

[hellbender]

I think I read Annapurna many years ago. All I now remember is the part about the aftermath of his frostbite, in which maggots were part of the treatment. Sounds revolting, but the bugs really are useful in situations like that.