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10月25日付、「ABC」ニュースに掲載されたAPの記事より。
ロープだけを使って、急な岸壁をよじ登る「フリー・クライミング」のエキスパートとして世界的に有名なロック・クライマー、トッド・スキナー(Todd Skinner、47才)が、カリフォルニア州ヨセミテ・パークの岸壁から落下して、死亡した。
谷底から3000フィートの岸壁を登ったこともある彼だったが、この日は500フィートの高さから落下した。
彼は世界26か国で300以上の岸壁に最初に登頂した人物であり、現在、もっとも有名なロック・クライマー。
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御冥福をお祈りいたします。
ABC News
Rock Climber Falls to Death in YosemiteRock Climbing Legend Falls to His Death While Completing New Route Up Rock Face in Yosemite
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. Oct 25, 2006 (AP)— A renowned rock climber was killed when he fell 500 feet after taking a new route up a rock face, a park spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Todd Skinner, 47, was rappelling when he fell to his death Monday on Leaning Tower, Adrienne Freeman said. It was not immediately clear why he fell, but park officials planned to investigate.
Skinner, of Lander, Wyo., was celebrated for having climbed hundreds of rock faces from Yukon Territory to the Himalayas using a technique called free climbing, in which climbers use no artificial aids except for a rope to protect against falls.
He was the first to free climb a now-famous route on El Capitan, a granite monolith in Yosemite that rises 3,000 feet from the valley floor, according to his Web site.
Skinner, who wrote "Beyond the Summit," claimed to have set climbing records in 26 countries.
"Someone might have climbed a peak or a crag or a cliff before, but never the way Todd Skinner did," said fellow climber Hans Florine. "His mission was to be the first person to free climb all the biggest faces in the world."
Skinner and his party were climbing near Bridalveil Fall, one of the park's best-known waterfalls, Freeman said.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2604247&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
世界の山々と彼の写真を見てください。
http://www.toddskinner.com/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/speakers/profile_skinner.html
ie=UTF8&keywords=Todd+Skinner&tag=chuvashiaportal&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1
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