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Ranking in 7summits list, either CP or K | : | 166 |
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Ranking in Carstensz Pyramid list | : | 0 |
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Ranking in Kosciuszko list | : | 128 |
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First name | : | Edward Oner (Ed) |
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Family name | : | Diffendal |
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Gender | : | male |
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Country of origin | : | USA |
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Date of Birth | : | 1969-07-06 |
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Name of first summit | : | Kilimanjaro |
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Date of climbing the first summit | : | 1993-09-15 |
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Name of final summit in Carstensz list | : | xxx |
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Date of final summit in Carstensz list | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Name of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | Kosciuszko |
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Date of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | 2006-02-09 |
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Date of climbing Kilimanjaro | : | 1993-09-15 |
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Date of climbing Elbrus | : | 2005-09-06 |
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Date of climbing Aconcagua | : | 2002-12-31 |
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Date of climbing Denali | : | 2004-06-03 |
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Date of climbing Vinson | : | 2005-12-15 |
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Date of climbing Everest | : | 2005-05-31 |
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Date of climbing Carstensz Pyramid | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Date of climbing Kosciuszko | : | 2006-02-09 |
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Climbed Carstensz Pyramid? | : | No |
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Climbed Kosciuszko? | : | Yes |
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Total time including Carstensz Pyramid | : | xxx |
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Total time including Kosciuszko | : | 12y,147d |
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Age when finished with CP | : | xxx |
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Age when finished with K | : | 36y,218d |
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Website | : | http://www.diffendal.com |
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Additional Info | : | Kilimanjaro route: Marangu (Coca Cola)
Kilimanjaro Partner: Beth Van Schaack
Elbrus route: Normal route with direct variation
Elbrus partners: Solo
Elbrus remarks: From the barrels in a day
Aconcagua route: Polish Glacier Direct
Aconcagua partners: Solo
Denali route: West Buttress
Denali Partners: John Street, John Hilstrom
Vinson route: Normal with ridge traverse
Vinson partners: IMG expedition: Dave Hahn, Justin Merle, Bill Burd, Carlos Vallejo, Nancy Norris, Steve Maxwell, Paul Torrence.
Everest route: South Col
Everest Partners: Rex Pemberton, Da Sonam Sherpa
Everest remarks: Part of the unguided IMG expedition
Kosciuszko route: Normal, from Blue Lake
Kosciuszko partners: Solo
climbing_bio:
Other notable climbs:
Ranrapalca (Northwest Face)
Chopicalqui (Normal, 23hrs car to car)
Artesanraju (Normal)
Tocclaraju (Normal)
Rainier (Kautz)
Longs Peak (Casual Route, 5hrs)
Mount Aspiring (NW ridge)
El Cap (x4: Nose, NA, Zodiac, Muir to TD solo)
Half Dome (x2 Regular 16hrs)
Whitney (x3, solo East Face, 6hrs 20min car to car)
Shasta (x2, snowboard descent)
Russell (Western Front 10c)
North Palisade (U Notch solo)
Lunar Ecstasy(solo)
Moonlight Butress (solo)
Prodigal Son (9hrs)
Space Shot (8hrs)
Touchstone Wall (6hrs)
Personal bio:
I think climbing offers very different things to different folks. In one of the trip reports on my site (www.diffendal.com) I struggle with why I climb. Once, while sitting atop an easy climb one winter day in the Valley I made the following discovery. For what it’s worth, it’s the best I can figure.
Climbing for me is about spiritual epiphany. I like the mechanics, the challenge, the communion with the outdoors, the camaraderie with other climbers, but all that is not IT. The thing that keeps me climbing where other pastimes have grown boring is that it can generate a moment, a point in time where the Ki becomes absolutely still, where the turmoil of job and relationships, future and past, uncertainty, tension and stress all stop for a minute, all come to a silent agreement to go away, to flow from the self as the tides recede from the beach, leaving smooth flat sand of the soul.
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