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TwistedCrank

climber

Ideeho-dee-do-dah-day boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom

Jul 25, 2011 - 11:14am PT

The most interesting man in the world is a woman.

Inner City

Trad climber

East Bay

Jul 25, 2011 - 01:11pm PT

Not nearly that interesting but ENFP I am!

Karen

Trad climber

So Cal urban sprawl Hell

Jul 25, 2011 - 01:42pm PT

Peter, I do not find him interesting and I bet he is an ESTP, too superficial for my taste, it's all show~ no real substance.

I'll take a deep thinker, Socrates type over him any day:)

Gal

Trad climber

a semi lucid consciousness

Jul 25, 2011 - 03:52pm PT

Karen, you have another kindred spirit here on ST, me be ENFP.

Thinking about who is most interesting man... not sure yet my opinion. And thinking about most interesting woman too.

Anastasia

climber

hanging from an ice pick and missing my mama.

Jul 25, 2011 - 04:13pm PT

My husband... I really mean it too. He's an MD, competed in sailing, shooting, wrestling at University of Michigan, sailed internationally, worked a year in Nepal, loves Mountaineering. Speaks several languages, has been in more places in the world than anyone else I know. He can fix "anything." Is an air medical volunteer with the Sheriff's Department, has the most interesting and diverse friends, can handle any situation "calmly," scuba dives with sharks, can handle living in the most primitive environments, he drives like a bat out of hell and... Well, the biggest is that he somehow can handle me.

I tease him whenever the Dos Equis commercials go on that it's about him.

Peter Haan

Trad climber

San Francisco, CA

Jul 25, 2011 - 05:04pm PT

Karen, we be spoofing here. The guy is just a phenomenon and the New Yorker does a fun job on him.

Tobia

Social climber

Jul 25, 2011 - 05:27pm PT

My dad. He did nothing spectacular in a worldly sense; But he certainly made my life interesting while he was in this world.

Wayno:

When working in the valley the first time. (1978) I had a girlfriend for a brief period whose father was an astronaut, "Rusty" Schweickart, who flew in Apollo 9. Interesting man indeed, he fascinated me. He had this look in his eyes that said he had seen things few people ever see.

He came to Yosemite to visit his daughter and we went backpacking and at night he would lay there and point out constellations and tell the story of how they came to be. He seemed to know all of them.

edit:
RokJox: you speak the obvious... of course he had to know the constellations... the point was having an astronaut give you a personal guided tour of the night sky.

EdBannister

Mountain climber

13,000 feet

Jul 25, 2011 - 06:44pm PT

Ben Franklin
Eric Reynolds
Tom Frost
Claus Benk
Nando Curtoni
Phil Warrender
Charles Cole

Russ is clearly the most curious.

dogtown

Trad climber

JackAssVille, Wyoming

Jul 25, 2011 - 10:56pm PT

Hugh Hefner comes to mind. How does an out of shape old man pull off having a foursome every night with three fine women?

Q- Ball

Mountain climber

where the wind always blows

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2011 - 11:10pm PT

Mntmun- you posted a picture of Tom Brokaw. Funny story- dad just called and was just fishing in a very remote area of the Bahamas and helped out a few folks he ran into that day (he got them into the bonefish). They invited him to a fishing club for dinner. He showed up and Tom B. walked up to him and said "I've heard you are someone I need to talk too!" Pretty interesting I guess?

Q- Ball

Mountain climber

where the wind always blows

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2011 - 11:59pm PT

Curious if a simple criteria can be developed to decide a running list on why someone should be considered the Most Interesting Man in the world?

It is odd that using a very popular add, as a title, makes some folks see sexist remarks. God help you. I love the pigmies in Africa!

Mtnmun

Trad climber

Top of the Mountain Mun

Jul 26, 2011 - 12:09am PT

Good story Q-Ball, your Pop must be having a blast.

Q- Ball

Mountain climber

where the wind always blows

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 26, 2011 - 12:33am PT

Mtnmun- Dad is still a blast! He prefers the USA now, considering he has sampled it all. He doesn't give stories away. He will tell but you have to ask.

Ever hear of the natives on North Sentinel Island? He went to shore there and built a big fire in the mid-sixties. Only knowing that the old pilot books warned ship-wrecked mariners that natives were hostile. "That was written a long time ago" he thought. He was attacked by 200 warriors with bows and arrows that evening.

When the big Tsunami hit Thailand/Indonesia and India a few years back (2004?), dad's first comment was, "I bet it didn't get the Sentinelize"

I saw a picture in TIME magazine, from a chopper, just after the quake of a North Sentinel warrior firing an arrow at it! Dad said, "good for them, they still got it"

survival

Big Wall climber

A Token of My Extreme

Jul 26, 2011 - 01:21am PT

Tony Bird

climber

Northridge, CA

Jul 26, 2011 - 10:14am PT

men are not interesting, but cheers to fred becky anyway. what will jon krakauer look like or be doing if and when he lives to 88?

Peter Haan

Trad climber

San Francisco, CA

Jul 26, 2011 - 10:36am PT

Q-Ball,

from Wikipedia;

The local government (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) has recently stated that they have no intention to interfere with the lifestyle or habitat of the Sentinelese. Although the island is likely to have suffered seriously from the effects of the December 2004 tsunami, the survival of the Sentinelese was confirmed when, some days after the event, an Indian government helicopter observed several of them, who shot arrows at the hovering aircraft, with the apparent intent of repelling it.[4]

North Sentinel Island is home to a tribe of indigenous people, the Sentinelese, whose present numbers are estimated to be anywhere between 50 and 400 individuals. They reject any contact with other people, and are among the last people to remain virtually untouched by modern civilization.[3] Because there has never been any treaty with the people of the island, nor any record of a physical occupation whereby the people of the island have conceded sovereignty, the island exists in a curious state of limbo under established international law and can be seen as a sovereign entity under Indian protection.

First friendly encounter ever with N. Sentinelese:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaPYwlXOTzQ

Mtnmun

Trad climber

Top of the Mountain Mun

Jul 26, 2011 - 10:42am PT

How did your dad survive the attack Q-Ball? This is getting good. ;^)

If you mention a most interesting person, please tell us why you feel that way about them.