Hugh Herr is one of the most intelligent people ever.

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Brandon-

climber

The Granite State.

Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 29, 2018 - 10:45am PT

The dude is doing groundbreaking work. Chapeau, Monsuier Herr.

Really nice piece on NPR right now. Thanks for everything, Hugh.

High Fructose Corn Spirit

Gym climber

Dec 29, 2018 - 11:08am PT

Brandon, many if not most here are not interested in how intelligence or science or technology might enhance human performance or the human spirit. Chances are, your post would garner more attn on Pinterest.

McHale's Navy

Trad climber

From Panorama City, CA

Dec 29, 2018 - 01:51pm PT

LOL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Herr

SteveW

Trad climber

The state of confusion

Dec 29, 2018 - 01:58pm PT

Hugh has done a bunch since his near death experience on Mt. Washington.
There are a lot of amputees out there that are thanking him.

Happiegrrrl2

Trad climber

Dec 29, 2018 - 05:39pm PT

Here,here,Hugh Herr! His work has changed the lives of a LOT of people for the better.

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Dec 30, 2018 - 05:47am PT

annothernickname.. You obviously don't know the mountain. Its killed about 150 people. Hugh was also 16yrs old when that sh#t went down. We all do stupid sh#t when we are 16. I for one know that it is simply pure luck that I did not get myself or someone else killed at that age... he did face tremendous backlash for the consequences of that day. Hugh then went on to give a tremendous contribution to society.

phylp

Trad climber

Upland, CA

Dec 30, 2018 - 06:22am PT

Another Nickname, my husband’s response to your comment is also “that’s bulls$&t”. He an a partner also got lost the weekend after Herr, in a whiteout, after doing the same route. He and his partner spent the night out and in the light of the morning, found themselves to be a couple hundred yards from the road. They stumbled into the hut just as rescue personnel were gearing up to head out to try to find, or recover them.

He says the topography is very broad and it’s very easy to head into the ravine.

EdwardT

Trad climber

Retired

Dec 30, 2018 - 09:09am PT

High Fructose Corn Spirit

Gym climber

Dec 29, 2018 - 11:08am PT
Brandon, many if not most here are not interested in how intelligence or science or technology might enhance human performance or the human spirit. Chances are, your post would garner more attn on Pinterest.

How myopic.

Thanks for posting, Brandon.

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Dec 30, 2018 - 10:32am PT

Keep in mind that Hugh wasn't even twenty years old at the time and not an experienced alpine climber. His partner was even less experienced.
Pick up a copy of Second Ascent by Alison Osius if you actually want to know the real story. Just disregard the portion when Alison writes about me declaring Hugh finished as a climber because I never said any such thing only that I didn't know whether Hugh could find anything else in his life to replace climbing. I turns out that he didn't have to and was back at it two years later leading routes like the Fish Crack that he had failed on before he lost his lower legs to frostbite.
Hugh suffered heavily with the inadequate and primitive prosthetics that were available to him at the time and applied himself admirably to bettering his own situation and that of the rest of humanity. Another human being lost their life endeavouring to save his and that blood debt has made Hugh a very serious and determined man. He is an old soul and has led a consequential life. I am proud to be his friend and mentor early on.

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Dec 30, 2018 - 01:29pm PT

I get that they totally screwed up. Its kind of like kicking a dead horse at this point to go off on that. Certainly he has at least INMOP atoned himself. I do believe he was only 16 years old at the time? The only time that I met him was in the mid eightys and he was a very sincere person at that time.

divad

Trad climber

wmass

Dec 30, 2018 - 01:48pm PT

a relatively constricted area with well-known fairly simple geography

I'd say that you haven't been there in abhorrent conditions before the GPS era. I admit to being there in such conditions where I couldn't recognize up from down, north from south, and visibility was limited to the inside of my goggles. That I still have all of my toes is simply a matter of luck.

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Dec 30, 2018 - 02:04pm PT

Yeah, we all agree AN is a horse's patoot.

I heard the piece on NPR.
Fascinating!

"No more disabled people"

I remember when Kyle Copeland wanted to open a small climbing gear shop in his house but could not because there are some "climbers" who could not ascend the three steps to his door.

Todd Eastman

Social climber

Putney, VT

Dec 30, 2018 - 03:00pm PT

MH notes:

I wonder if he/she/they could post positively about something or someone? It would be a nice change.

Agree!

TradEddie

Trad climber

Philadelphia, PA

Dec 30, 2018 - 03:18pm PT

I've been in zero-vis, freezing, with gusts strong enough to blow me over in the White Mountains in SUMMER! We sought shelter at the Madison Hut, and after finding the signpost announcing that we had reached the hut, it took us several more minutes to actually find the building thirty feet away!

Kudos to anyone who endures an unplanned night out in Winter up there.

TE

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Dec 30, 2018 - 03:27pm PT

Well Anders, maybe he's not that bad,..

Oldfattradguy2

Trad climber

Here and there

Dec 30, 2018 - 06:19pm PT

I was in new paltz as it happened when gunkies were mobilizing to head north to help, I was told my skis would not fit and didn’t see the logic of the drive north without them to travel in that terrian, I was one of very few in the area that had spent time in avy terrian. I can’t actually remember who if any of us gunkies went north and how much help was added to the effort.

Let’s also take the time to remember Albert Dow ( if I remember his name right), who I did not know, who lost his life in an avy during the search.

Word amoung the locals who knew him was, “well he’s kind of go for it” , it did not surprise folks that he would have headed up past the end of the technical climb with so little clothing.

Many of us have done dumb things at that age and also are lucky to still be here,let’s be positive and not fault him for that.

My 2 cents: Regardless of what went down, his recovery is an inspiration, many would have not done the same. His addition to the world of artificial limbs is awesome and many have and will continue to benefit.

Todd

johntp

Trad climber

Little Rock and Loving It

Dec 30, 2018 - 06:26pm PT

You might be the dumbest person in the world.

But what I'd like to ask is this thread drift makes no sense. The OP is about Hugh. I have no beef with AN or BJ. I can joust with them but it serves no point.

Let's get back OT.

I guess what I'm saying BJ and AH is lets just drop it. I didn't mean to get into this thing. It got started and rolled down the hill.

Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber

Out Of Bed

Dec 30, 2018 - 06:37pm PT

oldfattradguy2-Todd-Yeah, I was wondering when one of us might chime in.
I was in New Jersey but can tell some of the tales from our mutual old friends' versions
& then from later on when we rallied to get him back out...

Then this thread train wreck & deletions from 41 posts to 33 edits! now its down to 29 posts nice and manly boiz, but it was entertaining.

I tried, electronically, to be in touch with Dr. Herr in the last month or so, to no avail. (not a surprise) knew the boy that was before, and the man who had to grow up overnight, his abilities on many fronts have always been nothing short of astounding.

there are all sorts of things that can be said, yes Albert Dow thank you for giving sorry that you were taken away from a community that loved you,

Hugh has been known for many things since his big mistake. He was always driven & remains so to this day.
(his picture in the link rgold supplied in the following post might give some, some ideas.)

To put to much stock in the puff pieces that come out from year to year is to ignore that they come out from year to year... it says something, that is all you need to know.(A Climber, so not a surprise to another Climber)

Why hammer a teenage mistake?
He is a complex human being who has many demands made on him.
The way he carries his burden with grace is as inspiring as his accomplishments. He has not wasted his 2nd chance.