Aconcagua & South America 2004

Hi Sam,
Following your exploits with interest:don't scratch those mossie bites now.

Hope you remembered to chuck in some rope, as looking at the pictures of the mountain it looks very slippy. Having said this who would you tie it to?

Hopefully some group or other will ask you to join them...but don't start arguing with them now.

As for Lisk's car I think I paid for the engine and tyres.

Hi Menzies...hope you are well.

cheers ian mac
 

Hi Sam,
Following your exploits with interest:don't scratch those mossie bites now.

Hope you remembered to chuck in some rope, as looking at the pictures of the mountain it looks very slippy. Having said this who would you tie it to?

Hopefully some group or other will ask you to join them...but don't start arguing with them now.

As for Lisk's car I think I paid for the engine and tyres.

Hi Menzies...hope you are well.

cheers ian mac
 

Bit late with my comments since it's Tueday, 7th Dec today but you will be pleased to hear at all that I managed to work out this computer thing and even managed to post a comment. Glad to hear all has gone well although as they say sounds like the best is yet to come.

Look forward to hearing at some stage how it is all working out. Take care

A close friend
xx
 

Dear Sam,

$200 would buy new skis, boots, jumber and a fish supper. In addition the fly paper looks steeper than that mere pimple you're strolling on.

Wait till the management at Glencoe discover that you paid money to walk up a mountain, they'll be after you for hefty arrears for the lift tarrif dodging over many years. Never the less good luck and keep up the despatches and remember you're a womble.

Gordon and family.
 

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of his involvement in the governance in Congo for
thirty-two years, the government of today is after the
family. They have claimed all the familyÆs wealth and
now president Mobutu is dead and the family is on
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of my sister Mrs. Zamia Sese-Seko not minding the
consequences, but hoping that you would understand our
predicament hence the need for your urgent assistance
and co-operation.
My aim of contacting you is to crave your indulgence
to assist us in securing some funds, into your trusted
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incidentally is the part of the family wealth.
Fortunately with my immediate assistance, and contact,
we were able to deposit the money (cash packed in
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when the whole situation will be calm. However this
security company does not have any knowledge of
content of the deposit, because it was done in the
guise that the trunk contains precious stones. But
owing the great risk we run presently due to the new
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Climb every mountain, search high and low
Follow every byway, every path you know.
Climb every mountain, ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream!

A dream that will need
all the love you can give,
Every day of your life
for as long as you live.

Climb every mountain, ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream!

Julie
 

Gay Expedition Ready To Climb Highest Mountain In Western Hemisphere

(Campton, New Hampshire) Six hearty souls are readying to scale Argentina's Mt. Aconcagua. At an elevation of 22,840 feet, it is the highest mountain in North, Central and South Americas; and the highest outside of the Himalayas.

Located near the Chilean/Argentinean border, the ascent to the summit offers stunning views of the Andes mountain range. The "stone sentinel" rises approximately 4,000 feet above its neighboring peaks and truly dominates the rugged Andean landscape. A non-technical climb, it involves using the Vacas Valley route to establish base camp at Plaza Argentina (13,800 feet). From base camp the expedition will establish four camps; the highest at White Rocks (20,600 feet) to lauch their summit bid. The hardest part of the summit climb is climbing up the Canaleta, an 800 foot rock scree described by some as a veritable nightmare.

This will be the second time a gay expedition has attempted to reach the summit.

The first, ended in disaster, when a Scottish heterosexual encountered one of the group attempting to rummage through his personals. Jack Offard suffered a broken nose and now holds the record for the quickest decent of the mountain from the north ridge to Playas des Incas. His assailant, caught on a handheld Video 8 camera, was last seen tramping through the mist reproducing what was thought to be animal noises. Later analysis of the tape by S. American police assisted by the FBI, established that this was, in fact, a victory song in a largely unknown dialect. FBI are interested in hearing from anyone who might be able to identify the broken words “salt-coats, fair or fare and fishes”.

Reuters 12/14/04
 

I was born under a wandering star
in the second council house of Stonedyke
removed from the belly of my ma
and raised on milk and Pernod
So just lie back and think of Scotland
Because I slid down bannisters
for judges and bannisters
reader's wives' husbands
with toothless decay
I've been GBH'd and ABH'd
for a packet of B & H
I've been taken
and I've been driven away
I was fornicating
before I could read or write
and now I can't stop, sir
I graduated from the Universty of Life
and the school of hard knocks, sir
And my telephone is always ringing
and my number is triple-X directory
call 0898 treble three
Talk dirty to me
Oh come on all ye unfaithful,
joyful, triumphant and pathetically weak
I've been Amsterdamned, Reeperbahned,
wham bam no thank you mammed
If the spirit is willing
then the telephone's cheap
And if you want to step outside love
you step outside love with me
You can step outside with me
And if we ever meet again
Don't know where
and I don't care when
I'm gonna help you with you're sickness
like a Jehovah's Witness
you'll be born again
and again, and again
Just lie back, close your eyes
and think of Scotland
and what Scotland's done for me