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Posted by Andrew Engelson at Oct 10, 2007 05:00 PM |
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Mike GauthierMount Rainier's lead climbing ranger, Mike Gauthier, has seen a lot.

He was one of the few people left in the park when last fall's storms battered Mount Rainier with 18 inches of rain in a 36-hour period. He's been to the summit of Rainier more than 170 times, and he's the author of Mount Rainier: A Climbing Guide. He's led mountaineering expeditions around the world, from Denali to Aconcagua.

And he's been struck by lightning. Three times.

"Gator," as Mike is commonly known, will be be giving what should be a fascinating lecture, "Mount Rainier Stories: The 2006 Flood, Major Rescues and Adventures on the Mountain," at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle on Thurs. Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10-15 and more info can be found here.



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Gauthier's involvement in record fraud

"I was saddened to hear of your Mike Gauthier's involvement in knowingly promoting your friend Chad Kellogg's proven fradulent 1998 Rainier speed record-claim. You tried several times to deceive Bill Wright (author of "Speed Climbing"), including lying to him saying that the Ranger on duty timed Chad and that Chad went to essentially the summit (just a few feet from the top). It was very strange dishonest contrived testimony to support your good friend, while knowing he lied. It was sad you couldn't accept the legitimacy of his own written entry in the Ranier summit register, photo copied and linked here www.extremeforum.net/forums/mountaineering/60164-hoax-art...
where he wrote in his own time. It appeared very easy for you to find explanations to try to explain away the impressive proof against Chad. Even to ignore the years of money offers to Kellogg to do a timed speedclimb of Rainier, including $5000 in 2005 and 2006, and again this year to come.

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Chrisj on Feb 24, 2008 10:12 PM

Chad Kellogg

It was sad you couldn't accept the legitimacy of his own written entry in the Ranier summit register, which caught him with lying. Photo copied and linked here http://tinyurl.com/2l46zq
where he wrote in his own time and REVEALED TO THE CLIMBING COMMUNITY THAT HE LIED, as later he told the press a time that was about 1 hour faster.

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Chrisj on Feb 25, 2008 09:23 PM