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Josh
Brown - The Appalachian
Dr.
Andrew Koch, professor of political science and criminal justice, speaks
during the International Relations Association-sponsored “War on
Terror” forum held Thursday evening in Plemmons Student Union.
Assault on America: One
month later
Kristin
Davis - Academic Affairs Beat
Differences
of opinion arose among several of the seven panelists who discussed
issues of terrorism, religion and United States foreign policy in an
International Relations Association-sponsored “War on Terror”
forum Thursday night.
The forum, designed to explore the one-month interlude following the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, featured professors of political science,
criminal justice, philosophy and religion, sociology and ROTC.
Each panelist was allotted 10 minutes to address his or her selected
issue, but some ran to 25 minutes. The panel discussion was followed
by a question-and-answer session.
Dr. Alan Hauser, philosophy and religion professor, detailed Christianity
and Islam, and attempted to explain the bombings in Afghanistan.
Hauser called Osama bin Laden “twisted,” disguising “international
thuggery and mass murder as religious fervor.” Bin Laden, whom
the Bush administration has pointed to as the prime suspect in the terrorist
attacks, has no regard for human life and will not stop until the western
world has fallen, said Hauser.
Drawing a parallel, Hauser said, “It is foolish for me to try to
reason with a man slashing at me with a knife or trying to rape my wife.”
A recent poll released by Newsweek stated nine of 10 Americans surveyed
support the current military action in Afghanistan.
In an attempt to describe life for women in Afghanistan, Hauser said
to females in the audience, “Do you realize all of you would be
subject to being shot because of the way you are dressed?”
Hauser also addressed the religious facets of the terrorist attacks
and the world’s responses. It was a mistake to call the United
States a Christian nation, since the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
protects the freedom to practice any religion, he said.
Christianity and Islam both share a “long, deep heritage of peace
and war,” said Hauser. Christ is called the Prince of Peace and
Islam teaches humility, he said.
But during the seventh century, Islam was “spread by the sword,”
and the Christian Crusades killed thousands of Jews and Muslims, said
Hauser.
During the question-and-answer session, Dr. Jawad Barghothi, professor
of political science and forum panelist, responded to Hauser’s
sentiments: “I am tired of people attacking Islam.”
Barghothi said Islam was a peaceful religion and criticized Hauser’s
comments. Hauser later said Barghothi had “grossly misunderstood”
him if the political science professor saw him as attacking Islam. Hauser
also said Barghothi was not as objective as possible and history clearly
describes the force of Islam in the seventh century.
Barghothi addressed terrorism and attacked the American media and foreign
policy.
He called terrorism “a war of the poor and oppressed against a
powerful state.” The environment must be there for the terrorists
to rise up, he said.
Barghothi asserted there was no information available in the United
States to inform people of events in the Middle East. “To the minds
of Muslims, the land of Muhammad is under occupation,” he said
in reference to the existence of U.S. military troops in Saudi Arabia
since 1990.
“You cannot convince Muslims that this war isn’t against Islam,”
said Barghothi. He added that no evidence of bin Laden’s guilt
had been provided to some of the Arab nations or the public. Barghothi
called the association between the Middle East and the United States
a “master-slave” relationship.
Barghothi also criticized the U.S. government for warning the media
against broadcasting bin Laden’s taped messages earlier in the
week.
Government officials feared hidden orders to terrorists inside the United
States, and asked news stations to use discretion.
Dr. Andrew Koch, assistant professor of political science and criminal
justice, echoed some of the same sentiments. Koch, who lived in Islamabad,
Pakistan, in 1994, called U.S. foreign policy “hypocrisy,”
where the government attempts to buy off some countries in the region
while providing protection for others. Those countries that cannot be
bought are bombed, Koch said.
“No wonder the American public is stupefied by drugs and television,”
said Koch.
Senate motion calls for permanent removal
Anthony
DeBetta - Faculty Senate Beat
Faculty
Senate is currently working on a motion to enable faculty members to
permanently remove students whom they feel pose a legitimate physical
threat to faculty and staff members.
The senate is reviewing Appalachian State University’s policy concerning
violent threats conveyed to faculty members by students.
The motion was sparked by what some faculty members say is a noticeable
increase in violent types of incidents over the past 10 years and by
specific incidents targeting faculty members in recent months.
Barbara Daye, dean of students and associate vice chancellor, said there
is a policy already in effect for dealing with these kinds of situations.
“You can request that a student leave your class.
You also have the right to exclude the student from class activities,”
she said.
Daye defended the current policy. “A faculty member has the right
to feel safe in the classroom, but the student also has the right to
due process,” she said.
Dr. Gale Weitz, associate professor of art and chair of Faculty Senate,
said the issue is meant to ensure that faculty members can teach in
an environment where they feel safe.
Weitz defended the motion. “The senate is not trying to get around
due process, but the teacher has the right to get out of that feeling
while the case is being reviewed,” she said.
Weitz said the pending motion targets “students that physically
or verbally threaten a teacher to the point where they feel their life
is threatened.”
Dr. Stephen Simon, professor of history and chair of the Academic Policy
Committee, introduced the legislation at the senate meeting last Monday.
He said the current policy does not do enough to ensure faculty safety.
“If a faculty member in any way threatened a student, he or she
would be fired. Tenure does not protect that kind of behavior,”
said Simon.
Dr. Paul Gates, assistant professor of communication and vice chair
of Faculty Senate, agreed, saying, “We are looking out for the
safety of faculty. When it escalates to a verbal or physical threat,
it needs to be handled in a different way.”
Daye said under the current policy, faculty members have the right to
call university police or report the student to judicial affairs.
Faculty members perceive the current policy as inadequate and plans
to consult with the Office of Judicial Affairs, Academic Affairs and
university attorneys to reexamine the current policy, said Weitz.
Weitz said faculty members want a policy that conforms to practice.
In turn, Faculty Senate will want a motion that gives faculty members
the right to bar a student from class while the case is being investigated
by the university and proper authorities, said Weitz.
Security
heightened at water treatment plants
Sean
Oakley - Town of Boone Beat
In
response to the increased threat of terrorism, security around Boone
has been heightened significantly.
Lt. Tom Redmond of the Boone Police Department said police “have
stepped up patrols, focused on specific locations and put in several
new security measures.”
Redmond said he had been in contact with the FBI and the State Bureau
of Investigations, both of which kept him informed of any new information
relevant to the security of Boone.
One of the major areas of concern, especially with the recent threat
of chemical or biological terrorist attacks, is the Boone Town Water
Treatment Plant.
Larry Esenhour, supervisor at the plant, said an attack on the water
system “is not as easy as it sounds. The water has a diluting effect.”
Esenhour said the chlorine found in the town water has a tendency to
kill chemicals. He said it would take an extremely
large amount of chemical or biological agents to be able to affect citizens
drinking from their faucets.
“We keep a close check on the water,” stated Esenhour. “There
are alarms that would go off if the pH changed.”
Still, Esenhour reported there had been many steps recently implemented
to assure the complete safety of the town water supply.
“We are more careful of who comes in and when,” said Esenhour.
“The town police keep a close check on the plant; they are also
more aware of the possible threat to the water system.”
“We have tried to think through everything they could do to this
plant,” said Esenhour. “There’s just never a guarantee.
Though it’s crazy to say this, we try to think like a terrorist.”
Esenhour wanted to assure the Boone public that the water system is
safe and that much attention has been given to the threat of terrorism.
While there are roughly 14,000 people supplied by the Boone water plant,
Appalachian State also operates its own treatment plant. “We have
taken extra security precautions in co-operation with the campus police
to ensure the safety of the ASU water system,” said Larry Bordeaux,
Appalachian Physical Plant director.
Appalachian State Police Chief Gunther Doerr said the department has
been working under heightened security since the Sept.11 terrorist attacks.
Officials have been reviewing policies, plans and procedures, he said.
“A big concern is when we have large events and making sure there
is adequate security,” said Doerr.
The University Police have also been in touch with the FBI, said Doerr.
“There have been no direct threats against the university or any
of the university property.”
Easley:
Initiative targets underage drinking
John
T. Bennett - Editor-in-Chief
North
Carolina first lady Mary Easley said Appalachian State University officials
now have the ability to use planning and coalition building to combat
problems caused by underage drinking after being selected to participate
in a statewide initiative.
“As a lawyer who has spent many, many years in the courtroom putting
people behind bars – and also defending them – I know an astronomical
number of those lives were derailed because of drugs and alcohol,”
said Easley.
The keynote speaker at Thursday’s kickoff breakfast for the Red
Ribbon Campaign, a national anti-drug and anti-alcohol campaign, Easley
pointed to the Collaborative Alcohol Management Project for University
Success (CAMPUS), a 10-university effort launched in August by the N.C.
Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Inc., as a
mechanism to lessen the effects of high-risk drinking on campuses across
North Carolina.
Public and private colleges and universities across the state were considered
for the CAMPUS grant program.
As one of the 10 institutions selected, Appalachian State University
received an $8,000 grant to fund planning efforts to assist university
and community officials in addressing the effects of alcohol use, according
to a release issued by the Governor’s Institute.
“Coalition members will initiate actions to address off-campus,
high-risk drinking issues through community forums and round table discussions
with law enforcement, students, property managers and campus officials,”
according to Appalachian’s official CAMPUS grant summary obtained
by The Appalachian late last week.
The summary states the coalition will use the forums to plan and implement
improvements in enforcement, safety, policy and prevention procedures.
In addition to those efforts, the Appalachian CAMPUS coalition also
plans to enact a freshmen-targeted social norms media campaign to correct
misperceptions of campus-drinking norms, according to the summary.
Dale Kirkley, coordinator of the Alcohol & Drug Assistance Program
and a Wellness Center counselor, said one of the primary strengths of
the CAMPUS initiative is the training it will allow
members of the Appalachian CAMPUS team to obtain.
“This team will go through a total of three days of intensive training
about the kind of strategies … we know do work in the area of prevention,”
said Kirkley, touting the three-day session as environmental management.
The Substance Abuse Services Section of the N.C. Department of Health
and Human Services and the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention provided the funding for the CAMPUS grants, according to
an institute release.
“And I am very hopeful [Appalachian State] will do some great things
with that money,” Easley said.
The
Appalachian holds ‘Take Over The Mountain’ contest
Staff
Reports
The
Appalachian is holding its first Take Over the Mountain Contest, featuring
prizes from area businesses.
First prize will be a limo ride for four from Air Haven Limousine and
Tour Service to the Homecoming football game against the University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga Oct. 27, four $10 coupons for dinner at
Casa Rustica (excluding alcohol and tip) and four tickets to the Comedy
Zone.
The second-prize winner will receive four tickets to the Nov. 8 show
of Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart’s Bembe Orisha at War Memorial
Auditorium of the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Bembe Orisha features
Afro-Cuban percussion music.
The third-place winner will receive two free CDs from Fat Cats Music
and Video.
The purpose of the contest is to illustrate the interconnection between
Appalachian State University and Boone, said Mark Saunders, manager
of the business office of The Appalachian.
Contest forms can be found in The Appalachian on page 3 of today’s
edition and will also appear in the next issue Oct. 25.
The drawing will be held Friday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m.
Completed forms must include students’ names, ASU boxes and a phone
number where contestants can be reached Oct. 26 between 8 p.m. and 9
p.m.
Forms can be dropped off in boxes located outside the Student Publications
Office or on the main floor of Plemmons Student Union.
All entries must be received by Oct. 26 at 3 p.m.
SGA
vote on Liberty legislation pushed back two weeks
Sarah
Newell - SGA Beat
The
Student Government Association vote regarding a resolution supporting
any administrative decision to terminate or not renew Appalachian State
University’s athletic contracts with Liberty University will be
delayed two weeks, said SGA Rules Committee Chair Patrick Cash.
The bill is being pushed back because a lengthy debate is expected on
Senate floor. Such a timely discourse would not be possible at tonight’s
meeting because another bill is slated for introduction, and Chancellor
Francis T. Borkowski will also be in attendance to address the body.
Those two agenda items could cause the meeting to run too long for ample
debate on the Liberty bill, said Ian Mance, a senator representing Appalachian
Heights.
Mance co-authored the bill with Paul Funderburk, a senator representing
Winkler Hall.
Some members of SGA are concerned that the Rules Committee is not prepared
to screen a bill of this size, said Mance.
The bill was written in response to comments Liberty Univeristy Chancellor
Jerry Falwell made concerning the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, insinuating
pagans, abortionists, feminists, gays and lesbians, the American Civil
Liberties Union and the People for the American Way are partly to blame
for the attacks.
Currently, Appalachian State plays Liberty in football, men’s and
women’s tennis, and men’s basketball.
Moreover, Mance will be out of town the following Tuesday (Oct. 23)
and the bill cannot be voted on without the presence of the author.
“We also want to delay this bill for further research,” said
Cash.
“We want to make sure that we have a good product to send to the
administration one way or another. There are really no time constraints
on the bill, and it’s important for us to make sure that we get
it correct.”
“Ian and Paul did the research for the bill, but it’s the
Rules’ [Committee] job to validate the research done initially,”
said Cash. “We’ll be looking at the cost versus benefit, wording,
financial figures, how professional the bill appears to the administration.
We’ll also call Roachel Laney, the director of Athletics, again,
to verify information, and if there’s any wording or information
that can’t be backed up, we’ll tell the authors to fix it.”
“We also wanted this bill delayed so that senators can better inform
their constituents. This also allows for more time for the RSAs to debate
the topic,” said Cash. “The bill was also tabled because it’s
the first piece of highly controversial legislation, and we have new
senators that need to be properly trained.”
“Paul and I were ready to present this [bill] Tuesday. We’ll
probably go do some Q & A’s at a few RSA meetings if we’re
asked to, but we don’t expect the bill to change much at all, if
any.
“We had considered adding another quote to the bill in which Falwell
said that the United States got what it deserved, but we decided to
just mention that in front of the Senate, instead,” said Mance.
Mark J. Miller, an SGA Rules Committee member who staunchly opposes
the bill was not available for comment at press time.
Unessential
spending frozen as state orders more budget cuts
John T. Bennett - Editor-in-Chief
Appalachian
State University officials said Thursday all unessential-spending measures
will remain frozen for two weeks after North Carolina lawmakers ordered
the state-supported institution to slash 4 percent from its 2001-2002
base budget.
Dr. Harvey Durham, vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, said during
the 14-day spending moratorium, the university will only release dollars
for measures in which an invoice already exists to pay utility bills
and to purchase classroom and laboratory equipment.
“Anything it takes to keep the instruction going at the university
… we will continue to [fund] that,” said Durham Thursday at
a meeting with college deans, department chairs and other faculty members.
Durham said the 4-percent reduction would force university officials
to eliminate approximately $3.5 million from the institution’s
$84.9 million state-allocated budget.
This second round of cuts was deemed necessary by North Carolina lawmakers
to offset a decline in state revenue collections, a figure down some
5 percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.
It also comes only two weeks after the N.C. General Assembly included
a 2.3-percent budget reduction for Appalachian State in its $14.5 billion
state-budget package.
Durham stressed this latest 4-percent cut is a one-year surcharge and
not a permanent reduction in Appalachian’s annual state funding.
But he left the door open to the possibility the General Assembly could
remove the temporary tag.
The surcharge label means the $3.5-million sum Appalachian must trim
from its current spending allotment should return to the school’s
coffers by July 1, 2002, when the state issues fiscal year 2002-2003
funding allotments to each UNC system institution, said Durham.
Durham also told the assembled faculty that the additional reduction
was not a surprise.
“We expected additional cuts, just not this soon and not this much,”
said Durham.
After surviving the September reduction without eliminating any current
employees, Durham stressed university administrators will approach this
latest budget crunch with the same strategy used in implementing the
initial 2.3-percent reduction.
“We are still going to try to get out of this without anyone losing
his or her job,” said Durham.
While university budget-cutters will make avoiding the termination of
current faculty members their primary objective, Durham advised departments
and colleges to temporarily cease efforts to fill any vacant position
they are currently attempting to fill until the next fiscal year.
“Unless someone has been hired, [the position] is frozen,”
said Durham.
Appalachian State Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs Jane Helm said
state lawmakers have yet to provide them with any guidelines on how
to proceed in executing Wednesday’s 4-percent cut.
“The only thing we have been told is that I will find out on Tuesday
[today] how we will go about implementing this 4 percent cut,”
said Helm.
Helm said all North Carolina budget officers would be in a state monetary
limbo until implementation instructions are handed down from Raleigh.
Durham echoed Helm’s statement, saying university officials were
all but left stumbling in the dark in regards to how to implement the
4- percent reduction.
Easley administration haults renovation/repair projects
Along with the 4-percent budget reduction, Gov. Mike Easley and his
administration placed all state renovation and repair projects on hold,
an order issued to state agencies late Wednesday.
Dr. Clyde Robbins, Appalachian State director of Design and
Construction, told The Appalachian in an exclusive interview following
the meeting Thursday that no project currently underway on the Appalachian
campus will be halted as a result of the mandate issued by the Easley
administration.
Robbins also said the list of projects included in last November’s
$82.3-million Higher Education Bond Referendum will not be affected
by the hold and are slated to continue as planned.
Among the repair and renovation projects that will be delayed as a result
of the administration’s order include improvements to the ventilation
systems in Wey Hall and Farthing Auditorium, the fire alarm system in
the B.B. Dougherty Administration Building and a new roof the university
planned to add to the Kerr-Scott Building, said Robbins.
The Rivers Street bridges behind Varsity and Broome-Kirk gymnasiums
will also be delayed until the next fiscal year.
“We are about to make those bridges for automobile traffic only,”
said Robbins.
Robbins said the Easley administration order would create future obstacles
once university officials are allowed to move forward with the aforementioned
projects, a problem that will also plague its 15 UNC system sister institutions
as well as every other state agency.
“If you have to go another year and if you don’t keep working,
you get behind,” said Robbins. “And, it costs more that next
year to fix those problems than if you started them now. This will affect
the whole state infrastructure system.”
Paul
Sherar - Chief Photographer
Members
of the ASU Greek community shuffle through the tailgate buffet line
prior to the Mountaineers’ 27-18 loss to GSU Saturday.
Game day measures exclude Greek events
Carrie
Baker - Greek Beat
Appalachian
State University’s enforcement of the no-drinking policy at home
football games did not greatly affect the Greek tailgating events Saturday.
Before every home football game, participating Greek-lettered organizations
set up individual tents on Duck Pond Field for tailgating events. “Everyone
is responsible for a certain spot,” said Interfraternity Council
president Trip Coyne.
“We haven’t had problems in the past. There are normally two
officers at tailgate. There is nothing unusual today,” he said.
Coyne said the policy for tailgating states that no open containers
of alcohol are allowed on Duck Pond Field.
“Everyone is usually good about following the rules,” said
Coyne.
Dr. Greg Blimling, vice chancellor for Student Development, said to
the best of his knowledge there would be no extra enforcement at the
Duck Pond Field events. “ALE [Alcohol Law Enforcement] officers
will be on campus during the day and how they choose to police the area
is up to them,” said Blimling.
Blimling said Greeks have been expected to police the area themselves
in the past with no extra enforcement from University Police.
“Greeks have done an extra good job in policing the area themselves,”
said Blimling. “They have done a great job in the past, and I have
no reason to believe that this effort will not continue.”
During events held prior to Saturday’s football game versus Georgia
Southern University, several fraternity and sorority members said they
noticed more ALE officers than usual policing the area.
“Cops came by the tent three or four times since 1:30 [p.m.],”
said Kappa Alpha Order member Matt Doolittle. “It’s kinda
ridiculous. People know the rules and should be able to follow them.”
Doolittle said he felt the extra ALE enforcement was an “invasion
of privacy.”
Other members felt nothing had changed. “I haven’t really
noticed a difference today in enforcement,” said Kelly Tucker,
Sigma Kappa member. “We talked about it in a meeting, and campus
police said they didn’t worry about fraternities and sororities
because we have our own set of rules.”
Recreation
center awaiting approval
Robyn
Dailey - Business Affairs Beat
Appalachian
State University officials plan to build a new recreation center with
total costs currently approximated at $20 million, said Joe Carter,
director of University Recreation.
It will be built on Bodenheimer Drive below Mountaineer Apartments,
a site that is currently occupied by tennis courts.
“[The courts are] rough. There needs to be something done with
them,” said Carter.
Plans are formulated for the construction of six new, lighted courts
at the far end of Kidd Brewer Stadium near the restrooms, he said.
The new courts would be finished sometime between April and June 2002,
he said.
‘We are looking at probably going ahead and breaking ground in
the spring,” said Carter.
He said the earliest the ground could break for the recreation center
would be next July.
The center’s site has changed three times, due to environmental
reasons and financial concerns.
The initial plans called for the facility to be erected on Duck Pond
Field, which was protested by the Student Government Association and
dismissed by Chancellor Francis T.
Borkowski, said Carter.
The university then planned to build the recreation center on the mountain
behind the Quinn Center.
Once plans were drawn and costs were weighed, they realized that simply
clearing and leveling the land would take up almost the entire budget,
said Carter.
The new site will allow officials to keep the center close to the middle
of campus, said Carter.
Funds for the project will come from student fees, said Dr. Gregory
Blimling, vice chancellor for Student Development.
“Buildings like this are funded by indebtedness fees,” said
Blimling.
Indebtedness fees are generated when the university borrows money in
a municipal bond from the state and works to pay it back, usually for
the next 30 years, he said.
Student fees over that period of time will pay for the bond.
“It would be less than $75 a semester,” said Blimling. “That
would be my best guess at this time.”
The North Carolina General Assembly, the University of North Carolina
system Board of Governors and the Appalachian State Board of Trustees
are currently reviewing the recreation center
proposal, said Blimling.
The project will move ahead only when university administrators find
out the legislature and both boards have approved the new center.
Viesturs
climbs to Boone with tales of adventure
Chris
Bohle - Multicultural Beat
Numerous
tales of heroism and adventure were recalled when world-renowned mountain
climber Ed Viesturs spoke to the Boone and Appalachian State University
communities in Farthing Auditorium Wednesday night.
Viesturs, who has reached the summit Mount Everest five times, is generally
regarded as America’s most accomplished high-altitude mountain
climber.
Being born and raised in the exceptionally flat state of Illinois, however,
did not help to nurture Viesturs’ blossoming love of the mountains.
“I figured that if I wanted to pursue [mountain climbing], I was
going to have to get out of Illinois,” said Viesturs.
Viesturs decided to attend the University of Washington in Seattle,
where the Cascade Mountains, including impressive Mount Rainer, surrounded
him.
Mount Rainer would turn out to be Viesturs’ training ground, as
he was given a job as a guide leading people up and down the mountain.
Viesturs climbed the 14,410-foot peak 187 times in his guiding career.
“The job was great because it not only got me started in climbing,
but also helped to refine my people and problem-solving skills,”
said Viesturs.
Viesturs’ was lucky enough to be invited on an Everest expedition
in 1987. In the end, though, he and the rest of the expedition had to
turn around 300 feet from the summit due to inclement weather.
“That first attempt [at Everest] was very discouraging to come
so close and not make it,” said Viesturs. “But the weather
just was not cooperating and turning around was the right choice.”
The climber was given another opportunity to summit Everest three years
later and was successful on his mission. “Finally making it to
the top was just unbelievable,” said Viesturs. “It
was an amazing feeling of accomplishment.”
After he conquered Everest, Viesturs began climbing other Himalayan
peaks, bagging the second-, third- and fifth-highest mountains in the
world shortly after his Everest success.
Viesturs’ is the only American to summit 12 of the 14 of the world’s
8,000-meter peaks (roughly 26,000 feet in elevation) – without
supplemental oxygen.
He has two more left to climb. Viesturs calls his attempt “Endeavor
8000.”
Viesturs was also involved in the Everest disaster of 1996, when inclement
weather and poor decision-making led to the deaths of several of Viesturs’
close friends.
Viesturs teamed up with David Breashers that year to film a movie that
would be made for IMAX entitled “Everest,” a task that necessitated
the hauling of a 40-pound camera up and down the mountain.
“The Sherpas [natives who often assist climbers] were the unsung
heroes with that camera,” said Viesturs. “If it wasn’t
for them, we would have not got it to the top.”
The IMAX expedition proved to be a success, one of few in 1996, one
of the deadliest years in Everest history.
Several books were written about the disastrous events, including “Into
Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer and “The Climb” by Anatoli
Boukreev.
“The Krakauer book is the definitive guide to that year’s
events,” said Viesturs. “Many of the guys did not like the
way Anatoli was handling himself, and some of the accounts in his book
seem a little skewed.”
Viesturs has put the events of 1996 behind him, though, as he focuses
on completing “Endeavor 8000.”
“This
spring I will climb Annapurna [in Nepal] and then I will probably climb
Nanga Parbat [in Pakistan] the following year, completing my mission,”
he said.
For more information on the climber, visit his Web site at edviesturs.com.
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