Ed Viesturs LbNA #57528
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Add Location| Owner: | Martini Man  |
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| Plant date: | Apr 10, 2011 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Greenbush |
| County: | Sheboygan |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | TJ_Mich |
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| Last found: | May 2, 2020 |
| Status: | FFFF |
| Last edited: | Apr 10, 2011 |
Last found/checked: 10-APR-11
Distance & Time: 5.1 miles; 2.5 - 3 hours if finding all 3 Everest boxes on the loop.
Terrain: Dirt trail through mostly wooded area with some typical moraine inclines & declines.
Starting Point: Picnic area on K.M. Drive, about midway between Hwy 67 and Hwy T.
We created 3 Everest-themed boxes for the Dead of Winter II event in Rockford, IL on 15-JAN-11. The boxes were only temporary plants at the event, so we have now found a permanent home for them. You can look for 1, 2, or all 3 boxes on the trail loop that is the color of Wisconsin’s state flower.
Ed Viesturs is America's leading high altitude mountaineer, having climbed many of the world's most challenging summits, including ascending Mount Everest seven times. He recently completed a 16-year quest to climb all 14 of the world's highest mountains (above 8,000 meters) without the use of supplemental oxygen. In doing so, he became the first American and the 5th person in the world to accomplish this. He reached the summit of his 14th peak, Annapurna, on May 12, 2005.
Viesturs was born in 1959 and grew up in the flatlands of Rockford, Illinois, where the highest objects on the horizon were water towers. His parents were immigrants - his father, a mechanical design engineer from Latvia; his mother from Germany - who arrived in the early 1950s.
After some beginner's rock climbing at Devil's Lake, Wisconsin, Viesturs left the Midwest for the University of Washington in 1977 and inaugurated a long-running obsession with Mount Rainier. "I could see it from my dorm window, and it became my focus," he says. "I was maniacal about it. Every weekend, I'd bum a ride or hitchhike, rain or shine, just to be on the mountain."
He eventually landed a job as a guide with Rainier Mountaineering Inc., then began a four-year period combining veterinary studies at Washington State University in Pullman and guiding during the summer. After becoming a vet in 1987, Viesturs practiced in two clinics run by friends who reluctantly gave him months off at a time to climb in the Himalayas. Finally, his absences were too long and too frequent, and he was forced to choose: be a vet or be a climber. He chose the mountains.
From http://www.edviesturs.com/about
From the small parking lot, head towards the pit toilets. You’ll soon see two trails to the southwest – although Everest is certainly icy, your journey today is not on the IAT. Take the multi-hued path instead.
Ignore the pink & red diversions and continue your trek onward to pass the “Camp” 1 marker and then a different hued “Camp” 3. Watch for a large rock pile on your right, probably the result of an avalanche from the summit. Perhaps the wooden post a bit further along was planted to mark the demise of another climber? However Ed took a break at the rock pile. He can be found on the southern half of the backside, sheltering under a small white rock located between a sapling and a pink/red rock. Please return him carefully to his resting place so he is safe from marauding muggles.
If you are tired, you may retrace your route to return to your vehicle. However if you have the stamina required of an Everest climber, continue on to find Crevasse!
http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=57527&boxname=Crevasse!
We would appreciate an email to let us know how the box is. Thanks!
Distance & Time: 5.1 miles; 2.5 - 3 hours if finding all 3 Everest boxes on the loop.
Terrain: Dirt trail through mostly wooded area with some typical moraine inclines & declines.
Starting Point: Picnic area on K.M. Drive, about midway between Hwy 67 and Hwy T.
We created 3 Everest-themed boxes for the Dead of Winter II event in Rockford, IL on 15-JAN-11. The boxes were only temporary plants at the event, so we have now found a permanent home for them. You can look for 1, 2, or all 3 boxes on the trail loop that is the color of Wisconsin’s state flower.
Ed Viesturs is America's leading high altitude mountaineer, having climbed many of the world's most challenging summits, including ascending Mount Everest seven times. He recently completed a 16-year quest to climb all 14 of the world's highest mountains (above 8,000 meters) without the use of supplemental oxygen. In doing so, he became the first American and the 5th person in the world to accomplish this. He reached the summit of his 14th peak, Annapurna, on May 12, 2005.
Viesturs was born in 1959 and grew up in the flatlands of Rockford, Illinois, where the highest objects on the horizon were water towers. His parents were immigrants - his father, a mechanical design engineer from Latvia; his mother from Germany - who arrived in the early 1950s.
After some beginner's rock climbing at Devil's Lake, Wisconsin, Viesturs left the Midwest for the University of Washington in 1977 and inaugurated a long-running obsession with Mount Rainier. "I could see it from my dorm window, and it became my focus," he says. "I was maniacal about it. Every weekend, I'd bum a ride or hitchhike, rain or shine, just to be on the mountain."
He eventually landed a job as a guide with Rainier Mountaineering Inc., then began a four-year period combining veterinary studies at Washington State University in Pullman and guiding during the summer. After becoming a vet in 1987, Viesturs practiced in two clinics run by friends who reluctantly gave him months off at a time to climb in the Himalayas. Finally, his absences were too long and too frequent, and he was forced to choose: be a vet or be a climber. He chose the mountains.
From http://www.edviesturs.com/about
From the small parking lot, head towards the pit toilets. You’ll soon see two trails to the southwest – although Everest is certainly icy, your journey today is not on the IAT. Take the multi-hued path instead.
Ignore the pink & red diversions and continue your trek onward to pass the “Camp” 1 marker and then a different hued “Camp” 3. Watch for a large rock pile on your right, probably the result of an avalanche from the summit. Perhaps the wooden post a bit further along was planted to mark the demise of another climber? However Ed took a break at the rock pile. He can be found on the southern half of the backside, sheltering under a small white rock located between a sapling and a pink/red rock. Please return him carefully to his resting place so he is safe from marauding muggles.
If you are tired, you may retrace your route to return to your vehicle. However if you have the stamina required of an Everest climber, continue on to find Crevasse!
http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=57527&boxname=Crevasse!
We would appreciate an email to let us know how the box is. Thanks!