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Tomaz Humar Rescued in 2005.

Alpinest Tomaz Humar made a call Monday by satellite phone and said he was injured while climbing 23,710-feet (7,227-meter) Langtang Lirung, high in the Himalayas. According to news reports heavy snow is making a search difficult.  At the moment the search goes on.  There is an interesting backstory behind Tomaz and his career that is worth a look as well.  In 2005 he was rescued on Nanga Parbat’s infamous Rupal Face by helicopter.  I came across this very interesting article from National Geographic Adventure that tells us more about Tomaz Humar and looks at how “adventure blogging” has effected climbing. Something we often talk about in Sea Kayaking as well.  Let’s hope rescue teams find Tomaz soon.

* Update 11/15/05: It is reported today that Tomaz Humar has passed on.  Our thoughts go out to his family.