FNB’s Rick Moe alerted me this morning to this brief blurb in yesterday’s Strib Travel section (I’ve added the links):
Mike Farris, a biology professor at Hamline University in St. Paul, was attempting to climb K2 with six others when an avalanche roared down the mountain in the Pakistani Himalayas last Friday, resulting in the deaths of at least 11 climbers. He reports in his blog that he helped in the rescue attempts and was back at base camp as of last Sunday. While the rest of his six-climber team heads home, Farris, 52, has decided to stay behind, hoping to ascend K2 when conditions are favorable.
Mike’s web site has a link to his blog. See this blog post for details on why he’s going to make the attempt.
See this other blog for details on his original team’s successful summit and subsequent departure after the K2 tragedy (Wikipedia link) last week.
The Strib’s Ultrafit column back in April was about Farris.
The Strib’s Chris Welsch talked to Mike last night. “He was suffering from food poisoning and exhaustion.” See Welsch’s blog post from 9 am this morning. He also talked yesterday to Mike’s wife, Kathy Shea, who’s a biology professor at St. Olaf.
Mike’s blog post from yesterday: A worthless update.
Chris Welsch reports that Mike Ferris
Mike Farris is back home. I chatted with him in the Blue Monday this morning. He’s still piecing together the string of events that contributed to the K2 tragedies this summer.
His new book, The Altitude Experience, should be available shortly.
Mike Farris was on MPR’s Midmorning show this week, talking about the K2 tragedy:
Mike Farris is now planning to climb Mt. Everest in April and May.
Feb 13 Nlfd News article: Northfield man’s K2 trip marked by deaths of 11 fellow climbers.