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#218188 - 07/23/03 02:45 PM
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enthusiast
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What about Mt. Berge? Was that the original name?
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#218189 - 07/23/03 02:58 PM
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Sick Spray Bird
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Who or what is Mox anyway?
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#218190 - 07/23/03 03:01 PM
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 10/25/00
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leejams said:
What about Mt. Berge? Was that the original name?
Nope. Was Mt. Berge named after the fellow who died on Mt. Baring? I don't have my Beckey books with me to check.
Here's a big hint on the first question. Both peaks were named by the Ptarmigan climbing club.
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#218192 - 07/23/03 03:14 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Dru said:
Who or what is Mox anyway?
As I recall, Beckey wrote, "The wimsy of this appelation is lost on those who know the area." So, even he doesn't know.
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#218193 - 07/23/03 03:28 PM
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Registered: 07/26/02
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#218194 - 07/23/03 03:31 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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PONCHO&LEFTY said:
As for Q #1 Elsbeth????
Yup. What was the other peak called? And what are they called today?
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#218195 - 07/23/03 03:46 PM
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enthusiast
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Can't figure out second peak, but the first is Jberg.
How about Formidable aka Daider.
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#218197 - 07/23/03 04:09 PM
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enthusiast
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The other question with the name thing Muelefire Peak?
I remeber in one of Becky's books reading a description of a peak named after a climber and him calling it rare and can not for the life of me remember what mountain: any help?
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#218198 - 07/23/03 04:14 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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PONCHO&LEFTY said:
Can't figure out second peak, but the first is Jberg.
How about Formidable aka Daider.
Right. The Ptarmigans called Mt Formidable "Daiber" after Ome Daiber, one of their mentors. Mt Johannesburg they called "Ellsbeth" after Ome's first wife, who died in a plane crash. Ome remarried in the early 1940s and his widow Matie still lives in the Seattle area.
I believe the name Formidable was applied by Hermann Ulrichs before the peak was climbed, so Beckey and Co. retained it, since it came first. Johannesburg is an old mining name.
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#218199 - 07/23/03 04:17 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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The other question with the name thing Muelefire Peak?
I remeber in one of Becky's books reading a description of a peak named after a climber and him calling it rare and can not for the life of me remember what mountain: any help?
Right. Muelefire was the peak I was thinking of, named after John and Irene Meulemans and Joe and Joan Firey. All but Joan are still living.
I think the other peak you're thinking of is Keyes in the Monte Cristo group. I forget the story behind that one.
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#218200 - 07/23/03 04:22 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Dru said:
Ya, but that doesn't answer my trivia question 
You got me there. But is it a fair trivia question if you don't know the answer either? 
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#218201 - 07/23/03 04:28 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Its rare to give a peak a name after a climber?
There was a climber who died on Mt. McKinley in 1995. The Washington Geographic people named a peak after him I believe in 1999. Where is this peak located? (Many of you might be surprised.) What is the name?
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#218202 - 07/23/03 04:40 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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P.S. I know the answer.
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#218203 - 07/23/03 05:25 PM
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enthusiast
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Lowell_Skoog said:
I think the other peak you're thinking of is Keyes in the Monte Cristo group. I forget the story behind that one.
Thank you I can sleep tonight.
MOX=Metal Oxide
Probably has nothing to do with the name Mox.
Hinkhouse peak near Ingalls Peak. Named after Jimmy Hinkhouse founder of a sobriety based mountaineering group who died on Denali in '95.
Edited by PONCHO&LEFTY (07/23/03 05:46 PM)
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#218204 - 07/23/03 06:14 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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PONCHO&LEFTY said:
Hinkhouse peak near Ingalls Peak. Named after Jimmy Hinkhouse founder of a sobriety based mountaineering group who died on Denali in '95.
Cool! I never heard about this. You stumped me.
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