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By Co Mack
From Wyoming
Jun 25, 2008
Damn! I look good :)

Paul Duval was killed yesterday in a rapping accident. Condolences to his friends and family. See the following for more info.

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/06/25/news/top>>>>>
By Nate Oakes
Jun 25, 2008
~2000' above Boulder.

My condolences as well to Paul's friends and family.

I'm probably just stupid, but... how did he fall while rappelling if he "had more rope than he thought?" Did he lose control of the rappel device and take a groundfall?
By Mark Nelson
From Coniferous, CO
Jun 25, 2008
In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth. <br /><br />The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve. <br /><br />After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only "orphans" that could be found quickly, were a litter of weaner pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger.<br />

71, geeze
By MikeP
From Arvada, CO
Jun 25, 2008

hats off - i hope i'm still spry enough to be out climbing and such when I'm 71!
By Co Mack
From Wyoming
Jun 25, 2008
Damn! I look good :)

Nate, I think it was a typo if you look at the title and reports from yesterday said the rope was short of the ground. Not positive though.

By Scott M. Mossman
Jun 25, 2008
Messing around in RMNP in winter, climbing 5.7 in rubber snow boots and ski gloves.

I think I read on supertaco that he thought he had doubled the rope based on a mark that he thought was the center mark. Apparently there was more than one mark on the rope.
By Bob D'Antonio
From Superior, CO
Jun 25, 2008
Ute pass

I met Paul back in the early 70's in the Gunks...he was a very cool guy who just loved to climb and split his time between the Needles and Mexico after retirement. Paul was a very experienced climbers with about 40+ years under his belt.

Really sad news.

By Scott M. Mossman
Jun 25, 2008
Messing around in RMNP in winter, climbing 5.7 in rubber snow boots and ski gloves.

http://needlesclimbers.blogspot.com/2008/06/news-from-needle>>>>>
By Tim Stich
From Colorado Springs, Colorado
Jun 25, 2008
Looking down from Notchtop

Scott M. Mossman wrote:
I think I read on supertaco that he thought he had doubled the rope based on a mark that he thought was the center mark. Apparently there was more than one mark on the rope.


Which is why I won't ever mark anything other than the middle. Man, that's a drag what happened.
By Ed Wright
Jun 25, 2008

This is terrible news indeed. Paul was a dear friend of ours and will be sorely missed. Our condolences to Karen and the rest of his family and friends. And yes, even at 71 he could outclimb me any day.
By Mike Krowka
Jun 25, 2008
Climbing at Rincon Wall.

Terrible news.
By Trent Bradford
From Provo, UT
Jun 26, 2008
Swinging Bridge over the San Juan River

I never knew Paul, but he is an inspiration to me. I always worried that age would detract from climbing. I didn't know people like Paul existed. Now I have hope. Thanks, Paul.

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