{"id":113388,"date":"2015-04-08T15:22:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T21:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-resident-will-discuss-1991-everest-expedition\/"},"modified":"2015-04-08T15:22:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T21:22:37","slug":"mancos-resident-will-discuss-1991-everest-expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-resident-will-discuss-1991-everest-expedition\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos resident will discuss 1991 Everest expedition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The presentation is Friday, April 10 at 6 p.m. at the Mancos Public Library.<\/p>\n

St. Onge and an American team sponsored by the American Alpine Club embarked from Katmandu, Nepal, and joined up with a team of porters for the monthlong journey to the summit. Acclimating to the high altitude, establishing various basecamps, and traversing back and forth through the treacherous Khombu Icefall, St. Onge and the team encountered numerous challenges before several members triumphantly reached the summit of the highest peak in the world (29,028 feet).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe weather was terrible,\u201d St. Onge said. \u201cWe experienced 200 slides.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, the weather was so bad, few teams were successful.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was back in the day that you had to have a real climbing resume to get on Everest. You couldn\u2019t just buy your way on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis wasn\u2019t a guided trip,\u201d he said, noting that te team of eight climbers carried their own gear.<\/p>\n

St. Onge hopes to be the first of many locals to present in the \u201cLife Is An Adventure\u201d series. He said there are lots of locals with great stories to tell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really want this to be the kickoff for a forum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is an Adventure\u201d will meet monthly and will be an avenue for people to tell their stories and share them with Mancos, St. Onge said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will help the community get to know each other,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

St. Onge is an avid outdoor adventurer. His climbing experience includes seven expeditions in the Himalayas with successful summits of Himalchuli (26,000), Island Peak (29,300), Lantang, Yala 1 and Yala 2. He has also climbed mountains in Africa, South America, Scotland, Alaska, Pakistan and the United States. In addition to mountaineering he competed in kayaking, canoeing and sailing. After retiring from a career as an orthopedic specialist, Rick has taken up dog sled racing as his most recent pursuit.<\/p>\n

He and his wife, Kate, currently operate Galloping Husky Ranch on the outskirts of Mancos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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