tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post2251223124357021104..comments2024-03-27T16:13:21.245-07:00Comments on Bob McKerrow - Wayfarer: We knocked the bastard off ! ( A Sir Edmund Hillary quote)Bob McKerrow - Wayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832128768908667724noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-4156193549402155712014-11-04T16:39:37.322-08:002014-11-04T16:39:37.322-08:00vvoakleyseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221561593432696548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-91392625826059126472010-03-20T10:25:48.549-07:002010-03-20T10:25:48.549-07:00Hello. And Bye.Hello. And Bye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-43958331218618622352008-06-27T11:44:00.000-07:002008-06-27T11:44:00.000-07:00Kia ora BobWhen I think of mountain climbing, my f...Kia ora Bob<BR/><BR/>When I think of mountain climbing, my first thought is that of the Kiwis. They have this natural flair for mountain climbing. I think of Sir Edmund Hillary and Mount Everest. Your blog on the mountains in South America has broaden my horizon on mountaineering that has all the classic trappings of the Everest mount. Wow! your memoirs of climbing the mountains in the Andes provided the most delightful read. The pictures are profound. I do like reading the epic journeys on the mountains and my imagination goes wild...what if this or that had happened. But then again, these guys of steal have demonstrated certain characteristics that are bound to bring them success and at such a youthful age. Wow!, risk takers indeed. Thank you Bob for this trip down memory lane and I'm happy that you are here in the flesh to tell...most delightful read and I await the continuation of your epic journey 40 years ago across the mountains in South America.Paterika Hengreaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09296611217840599396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-46623858587091863202008-06-06T18:35:00.000-07:002008-06-06T18:35:00.000-07:00Dear MarjaI am pleased you enjoyed the photos and ...Dear Marja<BR/><BR/>I am pleased you enjoyed the photos and the little adventure we did.<BR/>Acclimatising to altitude affects people differently as your brother found out, it can effect some people badly. We slowly accimatised and after a week above 5,000 metres, we drop down to the lower valleys and recharge our batteries. The New Zealand climber Peter Mulgrew was part of a scientific expedition which lived at high altitude in the Himalaya for months in 1960 and then attempted a high summit. They had spent too long at high altitude and Mulgrew got frostbite and had both legs amputated. We were eight years after Mulgrew's expedition and learnt from papers written by Griff Pugh on acclimatisation for altitude.<BR/><BR/>Your beautiful gift arrived at my daughter's house and I look forward to seeing it next month.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/><BR/>BobBob McKerrow - Wayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832128768908667724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-22357028904060582942008-06-06T18:24:00.000-07:002008-06-06T18:24:00.000-07:00Kia Ora JamieThanks for your feedback. Eclectic is...Kia Ora Jamie<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your feedback. Eclectic is a delightful word with a sound Greek origin eklektikos. As I said to Robb generally I am a person who prefers dreams to memories, planning the next trip, pouring over maps and getting lost in a world of dreams as to where my wanderlust will take me. Look foward to seeing you in Indonesia soon. Safe travels<BR/><BR/>BobBob McKerrow - Wayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832128768908667724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-70136022185918329112008-06-06T18:13:00.000-07:002008-06-06T18:13:00.000-07:00Kia ora RobbThanks for your feedback. I remember s...Kia ora Robb<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your feedback. I remember singing a song at high school with the Opening lines <BR/>" Forty years on when afar and asunder, Parted are those who are singing today...."<BR/><BR/>I prefer dreams to memories but sometime it is good to reflect, even is somewhat self indulgently.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I was fortunately being introduced to the NZ bush shortly after I learned to walk (we lived near a 150 acrea swath of native bush in Dunedin) and at 17 graduated to the high mountains. We NZ are indeed fortunate having such a huge playground of sea, rivers, lakes, bush, deserts, grasslands, high country and mountains. I was the only South Islander on the 1968 Peruvian expedition, the other having cut their teeth in the Tararuas, Ruahines and Ruapehu. These guys talked around the campfire in the Andes talking about northern crossings in winter and similar winter trips in the Ruahines and going up Sawtooth ridge glazed with ice. Paul Green, Ken McNatty, Al Higgins, Dick Cowan and Pete Goodwin were 'hard me', tougher than nails. 18 hour days were normal. They could make or fix anythying and when we got into difficult situations, they were calm, innovative and their survival skills were amazing.<BR/><BR/>I am sure you hear as you said " those ghostly voices on the wind of the Ruahine, all those who have traversed it before me, or cullers holed up in a hut on a freezing winter night, they are still there."<BR/><BR/>Enjoy the weekend<BR/><BR/>BobBob McKerrow - Wayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832128768908667724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-43396872555916535232008-06-05T17:54:00.000-07:002008-06-05T17:54:00.000-07:00The photo's are absolututely stunning. You guys su...The photo's are absolututely stunning. You guys supposed to be in the history books as wel. What a great adventures. <BR/>My brother did a little bit of climbing in the Andes and had altitude problems and other problems. It isn't easy to these things.Marjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-82926589591326487432008-06-05T15:44:00.000-07:002008-06-05T15:44:00.000-07:00Kia ora Bob, Another awesome entry to your epic a...Kia ora Bob,<BR/> Another awesome entry to your epic adventures. Love the photos mate! I think the writing of your success and why, simply embodies so much about this wonderful place, New Zealand, and the people who play amongst its offerings. Most of your party, as you write, started simple, in the bush, or places like the Ruahine, to gain both a love and appreciation of such places. And, of course, the challenge of youth calling you to more interesting places. I feel honoured to be able to call New Zealand my home, to hear those ghostly voices on the wind of the Ruahine, all those who have traversed it before me, or cullers holed up in a hut on a freezing winter night, they are still there.<BR/>Kia ora Bob!<BR/>Rangimarie,<BR/>RobbRuahineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398484733805119294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199830678971482883.post-57955337695425614082008-06-05T04:57:00.000-07:002008-06-05T04:57:00.000-07:00Kia ora Bob,Love the eclectic nature of your stori...Kia ora Bob,<BR/><BR/>Love the eclectic nature of your stories, one day reflection, one days boys own adventure...got me rushing to google earth to check out the area, bit different from the information you had back then aye! Although of course not too much of this technology can help you much when you are up there actually in the mountains.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing this stuff. <BR/><BR/>JamieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602741689946125871noreply@blogger.com