sardog1
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This piece about a racer who disappeared during the Mount Marathon Race in Seward, Alaska is worth a read:
The Last Man Up
This is now one of my favorite descriptive sentences: "Gravity tugged patiently, waiting for its chance."
I know a guy (a world-class climber at one time) who fell and suffered a serious fracture during the race one year. The diagnosis was an easy one for the expert orthopedic surgeon at the scene. Problem was, surgeon and patient were one and the same ...
The Last Man Up
This is now one of my favorite descriptive sentences: "Gravity tugged patiently, waiting for its chance."
I know a guy (a world-class climber at one time) who fell and suffered a serious fracture during the race one year. The diagnosis was an easy one for the expert orthopedic surgeon at the scene. Problem was, surgeon and patient were one and the same ...
