It entails a lot of disappearing acts into under-discovered . He and Hinkley both generously responded to a flood of well wishes by directing friends to a website set up for the benefit of their friend Bean Bowers, a revered climber and alpinist who is fighting cancer: www.beanfever.com. For me it was worth the risk of dying, he said in Chin's documentary about the film, called Meru. He suffered a shattered vertebrae and a cranial fracture. Call 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ/WV/PA/IL) or 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN only) or 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA only) or 1-800-522-4700 (CO Only) or TN REDLINE: 800-889-9789. They performed a flawless extraction and got him out of a tough backcountry location in short order, probably saving his life and certainly preserving his compromised neck and back.? High-altitude Himalayan climbing is the most dangerous sport in the world, far eclipsing bullfighting, speed racing, alligator wrestling, big wave surfing and base jumping combined. NatGeo expedition hunts for 1924 climber's body in Woods himself tried to remind everyone at his post-Masters presser that, I didnt get hit by a bus, as Ben Hogan did in 1949. Rock climber Renan Ozturk reminisced on an expedition in the Burmese Himalayas . Those dirtbag days I certainly miss and romanticize in the context of life these days that is chocked full of airplane travel, events, emails, and social media. He'll have to wear a neck brace for the next three months and possibly have rehab after that, but that's a small price to pay for life.". Bob Eisenhardt, the incredible New York City-based doc editor who did the final edit, kept emailing me asking if there was footage missing because every clip was so short and seemed cut off. Doctors are expecting a full recovery - hopefully in time to be at the World Premiere of his terrific film, Towers of Ennedi.In 2009 . [3], ztrk attended Colby College, then transferred to Colorado College after his sophomore year.