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by Kostik
Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:24 am
Forum: Sport
Topic: blue tick marks
Replies: 139
Views: 81061

Re: blue tick marks

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Got blue chalk?
by Kostik
Mon May 31, 2010 5:47 pm
Forum: Climbing Community
Topic: climber's 5 y.o. daugther injured in rock fall, needs help
Replies: 3
Views: 1911

Here is an update. Zalia's brain swelling is receding. She moved her fingers and attempted to open her eyes. The good news is that apparently there are no bone fragments in the brain, only swelling. She is in one of the best hospitals in Turkey. Since human brain swells during plane liftoff and land...
by Kostik
Fri May 28, 2010 5:44 pm
Forum: Climbing Community
Topic: climber's 5 y.o. daugther injured in rock fall, needs help
Replies: 3
Views: 1911

It is capitalism now in Russia. They don't have universal medical coverage anymore as they used to have in the Soviet Union. Their insurance company was paying until today. The policy is expiring as of now. They are facing several weeks of ICU in Turkey, plus surgery and can not transport the girl b...
by Kostik
Fri May 28, 2010 1:10 am
Forum: Climbing Community
Topic: climber's 5 y.o. daugther injured in rock fall, needs help
Replies: 3
Views: 1911

climber's 5 y.o. daugther injured in rock fall, needs help

http://sharmenhope.com/zaliya/index.php Briefly, World Cup champion Salavat Rakhmetov from Russia was climbing in Turkey. He dislodged a large rock, which hit his 5 y.o. daughter Zalia. She is currently in coma in a hospital in Turkey. Her hand was amputated and she still has bone shards in her brai...
by Kostik
Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:50 pm
Forum: Climbing Community
Topic: Accident at Darkside sat.
Replies: 105
Views: 65047

DriskellHR wrote:I only counted 3 that had been clipped (I may have missed counted but i really dont think i did. But it was busy up there at the time)
I heard that Mike was above bolt 4 when he fell. Did he skip a clip or the rope unclipped itself from the 4th draw?
by Kostik
Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:57 pm
Forum: You suck! I suck! Everything sucks!
Topic: Boycott the China Olympics?
Replies: 32
Views: 583

Voted no. Olympics is for athletes, not for Richard Gere or Steven Spielberg to feel good about themselves. Second, if you free Tibet now, there's gonna be a massacre. Tibetans are no angels. They'll slaughter or expel 20 mln ethnic Chinese who currently live in Tibet. Just like Gandhi's idealistic ...