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Google exec among hundreds dead from Nepal earthquake
NY Post ^ | April 25, 2015 | 6:29pm | Bill Sanderson

Posted on 04/25/2015 5:03:29 PM PDT by 9thLife

An adventuresome Google executive who once dated TV star Sophia Bush met a harrowing death on Mount Everest in a a series of valanches triggered by Saturday’s giant earthquake.

Dan Fredinburg, of San Francisco, was the only American confirmed by Saturday night to have died in the tragedy.

He died from head injuries when the avalanche slammed into his base camp, according to family members and a statement from Jagged Globe, the mountaineering company that organized his summit attempt.

“Today I, and so many of my loved ones, lost an incredible friend,” said Bush, who starred from 2003 to 2012 in The CW network show “One Tree Hill.”

Feinberg also helped start Save the Ice, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about global warming “through adventurous campaigns and events around the world,” according to its website.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: die; fredinburg; google; nepal; valanches; whatnoselfies
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To: tcrlaf; All

Per Twitter, Base Camps 1 and two were “Destroyed”. Many Sherpas left, heading down the mountain to find their own families.

Sounds like a real cluster.


61 posted on 04/25/2015 6:32:02 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: 9thLife

The loss of life all around is sad and tears families apart. By in large, the people affected are strong family oriented and hard working. They just live in a part of the world where landslides and earthquakes are common and deadly. Our prayers even as most are Hindu, Buddhist and other.


62 posted on 04/25/2015 6:33:43 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: 9thLife

Any relation to the Fredinberg that had a conservative radio talk show?


63 posted on 04/25/2015 6:37:36 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: tcrlaf
Twitpic from an Indian Student who was at the base camp when the avalanche hit. He tweeted four photos, the other three show the devastation.
64 posted on 04/25/2015 6:37:44 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

Look at all the crap strewn all over. Sounds like Mother Gaia lost it.


65 posted on 04/25/2015 6:41:14 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: tcrlaf

That’s an amazing pic.
Bad timing - this hits just when everybody is there for the climbing season.

I just finished the book by Jamling Tenzing Norgay (son of the guy who climbed Everst with Hillary). Highly recommended.


66 posted on 04/25/2015 6:44:22 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

“Too much global warming? Too little?”

Aren’t they blaming earthquakes on fracking now?


67 posted on 04/25/2015 6:50:25 PM PDT by PLMerite ("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
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To: Cementjungle

Karma overdose I would say.....the organizing company’s name Jagged Globe is also one which would give one a pause before using their service.


68 posted on 04/25/2015 6:51:47 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Save the Ice, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about global warming “through adventurous campaigns and events around the world,”

Call me cynical, but something tells me that "charity" scam was paying for his trip to Everest.

69 posted on 04/25/2015 7:01:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 9thLife

Never was much for climbing beyond small trees.. rock walls , cliffs, nyaaaaa.. add to it . all the gear.. the cold,, nyyyaaaaa...

RIP to those that did.


70 posted on 04/25/2015 7:05:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: telstar12.5

That may be true, but I bet he’ll still cast at least 20 ballots for (insert demorat name here) in 2016.


71 posted on 04/25/2015 7:05:29 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Making harmless people defenseless, does not make dangerous people harmless)
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To: tcrlaf

Mother Nature doing a facelift..


72 posted on 04/25/2015 7:05:56 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: 9thLife

You are a real piece of work noobie


73 posted on 04/25/2015 7:08:40 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: 9thLife

Isn’t it to early in the year to climb Everest?


74 posted on 04/25/2015 7:21:38 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
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To: Jeremiah Jr
Fredinburg headed the privacy team for Google X, a semi-secret research lab that develops new Google products. Three other Google employees accompanying him on the expedition were safe, the company said.
75 posted on 04/25/2015 7:27:26 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: SVTCobra03

Oh lol at the blasphemy. You are not needed to guard the streets of heaven.


76 posted on 04/25/2015 7:43:23 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Catmom

Their poverty is so quaint and nostalgic.


77 posted on 04/25/2015 8:00:01 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Huskrrrr

Some pointed out that she’s a ‘rich’ widow. I don’t know the truth of that, but I do know that not having a dad is bad for kids.


78 posted on 04/25/2015 8:01:40 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: 9thLife
"Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer is a genuinely frightening account of a disastrous 1997 Everest expedition. That mountain has many ways to kill people.

As for this thread... Celebrating death is ugly.

79 posted on 04/25/2015 8:10:28 PM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: 9thLife

Good for the Sherpas for going on strike. Native peoples often know a lot more about local conditions than heads up their fundaments know it all ambitious foreigners.


80 posted on 04/25/2015 8:18:26 PM PDT by libstripper
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