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Remembering Chris Boskoff
Hard to imagÂine it was ten years ago that ChrisÂtine Boskoff and CharÂlie Fowler died in the remote mounÂtains of Tibet. On a recent trip to Nepal, Kili SherÂpa and I remÂiÂnisced about her, how they met, which was a series of coinÂciÂdenÂtal meetÂings in ranÂdom places in the EverÂest region, and our amazeÂment of how time flies.
2016 was a year full of such markÂings of time; it was ten years since Chris passed and twenÂty years after Scott died on EverÂest. PerÂhaps overÂshadÂowed some by Scott’s legaÂcy and largÂer than-life perÂsonÂalÂiÂty, Chris also led her life to its fullest, someÂwhat more quiÂetÂly I supÂpose, but no less remarkÂable. She was at the time conÂsidÂered the preÂmier female high-altiÂtude climber of the world, with no less than six ascents of 8,000-meter peaks.
And as much as she began to shun the limeÂlight towards the end, which for so many reaÂsons had already sent her in a traÂjecÂtoÂry of fame, she chose to climb for herÂself, in more of the true spirÂit of mounÂtaineerÂing; that of self-disÂcovÂery, psyÂchiÂcal chalÂlenge, immerÂsion in the natÂurÂal world, and a conÂnecÂtion to mounÂtain culÂtures. It was a life to be notÂed! ThinkÂing about you Chris.
PostÂed by Mark GunÂlogÂson
Please take the time to read some accounts of Chris below and some stoÂries of the draÂma that unfoldÂed with her and Charlie’s disappearance.
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