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Icy conditions hinder search for [Australian government] minister
Australian Broadcasing Commission ^
| 31 August 2009
| By Simon Lauder
Posted on 08/30/2009 11:43:00 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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To: naturalman1975
Good news. And at least he didn’t fly to Argentina to meet with his mistress.
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posted on
08/31/2009 5:53:29 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: naturalman1975
no frostbite or anything?
42
posted on
08/31/2009 5:57:21 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com)
To: GeronL
No details yet - I think after two days in near freezing rainy conditions, they may be defining ‘alive and well’ reasonably loosely - as long as he’ll be OK without major medical intervention, that’s good enough.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:00:03 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: GeronL
He’s well enough to have walked from the helicopter to an ambulance at least, though he didn’t look all that steady on his feet.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:02:36 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
Just reported. He’s been sighted by chopper, alive, no further details yet.Excellent! Link to his story when it appears plz. I'll toss a beer to his good health!
45
posted on
08/31/2009 6:11:35 PM PDT
by
roamer_1
(It takes a (Kenyan) village to raise an idiot.)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:31:31 PM PDT
by
Sparko
(Obama & czars: castrating Congress, perverting the Constitution, and emptying our wallets)
To: roamer_1
it sounds like he is pretty geared up and knows the score - If he is dug in, there is a good chance he is alright ... Many thanks for your kind and encouraging message - and you have been proved right. Tim Holding has been found alive, and reasonably well.
It is great to see a news story have a good ending.
To: naturalman1975
Australian Minister Tim Holding reported found ‘alive and well.’That's good.Perishing on a (presumably) snowy mountain in freezing temperatures...alone...can't be a particularly fun way to go.
To: MrsEmmaPeel
I wasn’t talking about Australia, I was talking about here. It should be warming up in Australia now, as it gets colder here, but it should be as cold as this. [brrrr]
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posted on
08/31/2009 7:16:22 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Alas Babylon!
I do indeed hope he’s okay; maybe he’s just slipped off for some incommunicado love nest action.
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posted on
08/31/2009 7:29:13 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: naturalman1975
Thanks.
Gotta love the Aussies, A tough and friendly lot...
51
posted on
08/31/2009 7:31:43 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 222 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: null and void
Gotta love the Aussies, A tough and friendly lot...Ones I've met were right bastards.
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posted on
08/31/2009 7:41:46 PM PDT
by
Stentor
(.)
To: naturalman1975; Fred Nerks
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posted on
08/31/2009 8:09:46 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Good news! I held off making a comment, thought to myself, he's going to walk out of there and say, hey, what's all the fuss about?
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posted on
08/31/2009 8:53:58 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(DON'T LIE TO ME!)
To: BlackVeil
I was supposed to be on Feathertop that same weekend but changed my plans when I saw the weather forecast was poor.
He failed to bring with him basic ice equipment (ice axe and crampons) to prevent slips and uncontrolled slides even though the forecast was for severe icing conditions.
As an experienced mountaineer, I’m not in the least surprised that he ended up down the side of a ravine he could not get out of.
He would not be the first Australian I’ve seen take unnecessary risks on a winter bushwalk.
Let this be a lesson to Aussies: Respect the ice.
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
09/01/2009 5:59:42 AM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: naturalman1975
Interesting, I live higher than Mount Kosciuszko by about 150’.
Hope this fellow comes out alright.
To: Tijeras_Slim
And it looks like he did.
To: SunkenCiv
My bad. :-(
BTW - Farmer's Almanac says its going to be a rough winter.
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posted on
09/01/2009 6:15:43 AM PDT
by
MrsEmmaPeel
(a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
To: rogue yam
also monitors count pixels from the opposite corner!!
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posted on
09/01/2009 8:41:15 AM PDT
by
rahbert
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