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07-01-2004, 12:07 PM

In article <admuse-86C5A4.07283001072004@netnews.comcast.net>,
admuse@modiaone.net wrote:

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> There was a swede but I can't remember his name. And this guy sailed a
> 21 foot boat that he built himself to india. Then he took out of the
> boat a bicycle, rode the bicycle to the foot of Everest (I may have the
> mountain wrong but it was a significant one) and climbed it solo.
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> Kurt

following up my own post. I did remember wrong. He used no boat but
rather bicycled from Stockholm to Katmandhu and then climbed Everest.
His name was Goran Kropp and he died a few years ago climbing in
Washington State.

07-01-2004, 12:07 PM	#16 (permalink)
admuse@modiaone.net Posts: n/a	Re: UniMan Gutting It Out: Needs New gear In article <admuse-86C5A4.07283001072004@netnews.comcast.net>, admuse@modiaone.net wrote: > > > There was a swede but I can't remember his name. And this guy sailed a > 21 foot boat that he built himself to india. Then he took out of the > boat a bicycle, rode the bicycle to the foot of Everest (I may have the > mountain wrong but it was a significant one) and climbed it solo. > > Kurt following up my own post. I did remember wrong. He used no boat but rather bicycled from Stockholm to Katmandhu and then climbed Everest. His name was Goran Kropp and he died a few years ago climbing in Washington State.