Which Mountain to die on (was: Just curious)

[spencer]

Katahdin wins yet another superlative.


You people all sound so old...

go out and hike your favorite mountain.

spencer

 

[Bobby]

If I have to die in the mountains I don't really care which one; just let it be a few yards from the trailhead. I'd like to spare S&R the time and effort of a major litter carry.

-dave-

I'm with Dave on this one. I just hope that SAR doesn't charge my family by the pound.

 

[ghassert]

This is a fantastic thread!

I am another who "doesn't want to go on the cart" (Monty Python rules!)

I'm not taking this lightly, but in lieu of the Monty Python quotes, I just couldn't resist:

If you die on the mountain, how are they going to "bring the machine that goes "BING"?

 

[Dr. Dasypodidae]

This is a fantastic thread!

A few thoughts...

We ALL die, but very few choose their own death. I am another who "doesn't want to go on the cart" (Montey Python rules!), but that is out of my control. What's IN my control is living and experiencing all I can, while I can. We do not take any physical items with us when we pass on, but I am banking on taking as much "experience baggage" as I can gather... (just ask my wife!)

I also don't ever want to be a burdon to anyone, so I hope to never die either on a mountain or in a nursing home... but such as life, we don't always get to choose our destiny...

Guy Waterman at age 67 on (North) Lafayette, Brad Washburn at age 96 at home (assisted-care living), Hermann Buhl (who?) much younger on Chogolisa in Himalaya; all LIVED exceedingly well, IMHO.

 

[chinooktrail]

Now that my dad has passed from this world (I was sitting by his side, holding his hand, alone together in the room at the hospice, just like I promised him) I plan on hiking the Bigelow's and spreading some of my sister's and some of his ashes up there. I would GREATLY prefer to have them by my side, rather than in my heart, but alas, you can not choose these things. Some selfish deity has chosen them for us.