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Losing a Fellow Climber

May 22nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Mountaineering - Alps

Levi Szabo's last pictureIt’s been quiet here in the blog. One reason is the good weather – I’ve been out on the rocks or doing stuff around the yard… This weekend it’s kitesurfing, for a change…

I’ve meant to post this week, but bad news hit. Wednesday. Fellow friend and climber, Levi Szabo died in the Nepalese Himalayas on Manaslu (8154 meters) whille descending to C4. Extremely tired, he slipped on relatively easy terrain and couldn’t regain his control after a slide and went over a 500 meter cliff at 7300 meters.

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