No heroes any more

[hobbitboy]

Ok then, so here's the question, who are your heroes? Personal or Public, real or fictional, sporting or....er....not, maybe even bushcrafti.....
I'll get the ball rolling,
Dan Osman - legendary climber and free faller, took everything he did to the limit.
My Papa (mum's dad) - as true an Englishman as you could hope to meet, apparently its from him I get my sense of adventure.
Lance Armstrong - nuff said!
Hobbits everywhere!!!!!
Plenty more but I dont wanna take all the post.......

 

[sargey]

well if we're talking woodcrafti, then obviously nessmuk, (woodcraft and camping) jj rowlins, (cache lake) and rm patterson, (dangerous river)

more recent heroes would be ranulf fiennes and dr mike stroud.

cheers, and.

 

[arctic hobo]

Sir Ranulph gets it for me too. Other than him, every primitive tribe you care to name.

 

[Squidders]

Dan Osman - legendary climber and free faller, took everything he did to the limit.

He took it to the limit alright... he lept off a bridge and swung into a tree, all fairly terminal really :roll:

One of mine is a climber though, George Mallory - a pipe smoking nutter who really had no fear... attempting Everest in 1924 in what ammounted to a smoking jacket "because it's there". Again, terminal but worth it, he'll live on forever.

My uncle Clive who died of cancer 3 years ago - even when he was as low as he could be, in constant pain and close to death, he helped other people with cancer come to terms with everything at the end.

Leonardo DaVinci - Took thinking to new levels, invented without limits and thought about things nobody in his life time understood. i'm not with all the garbage about the code or whatever but he was 300 years advanced of most other humans in thought.

 

[arctic hobo]

He took it to the limit alright... he lept off a bridge and swung into a tree, all fairly terminal really :roll:

One of mine is a climber though, George Mallory - a pipe smoking nutter who really had no fear... attempting Everest in 1924 in what ammounted to a smoking jacket "because it's there". Again, terminal but worth it, he'll live on forever.

Mallory in fact walked most of the ascent naked. God knows why...
It was never found out out whether he reached the summit, if so he beats Hillary by quite a lot. Bodies were never found, but one solitary spoon was discovered near the top.

 

[Squidders]

Mallory's body was found... 600m from the top... they found an unpaid bill for his boots (top bloke) but they didn't find his camera.

I'm not sure about if he made it or not, I don't think anyone ever will be.

 

[ronsos]

bill tillman pioneer lightweight mountaineer,brummie stokes everest climber,ex sas,survival instructor,tom weir and other working class scots ,who during the depression in the 30;s took to the hills of scotland,mike tomkies wildlife writer and photographer,but most of all anyone who despite all the pressures of life,gets out in the wilds and regains that sense of wonderment and joy about the world we had when we were kids.

 

[Kim]

I'm not sure if I've got anyone I'd class as my hero...I tend to find people pretty amazing on an everyday basis, let alone those who 'push themselves to the limit'.

Jacki Chan's pretty cool... :shock:

 

[arctic hobo]

Mallory's body was found... 600m from the top... they found an unpaid bill for his boots (top bloke) but they didn't find his camera.

My mistake

 

[nameless]

thats an easy one well two anyone first being tom crean antartic explorer from an irish farm in anascul and secondly Sir Ernest Shackleton from kerry

 

[tomtom]

im related to Sir Ernest Shackleton woohoo.. and he was a bit of a legend i reckon!

well am i the first to say ray is one of my heros...???

mind you i have a whole list of them..
Ray Mears,
Benadic Alan
Ranulph Finnes
Ansel Adams
JRR Tolkien
Leonardo DaVinci

 

[Wayne]

Sir Richard F Burton top explorer.
John Muir.
Edward Abbey.
Les Hiddins.
Carlos Hatchock (sp) Marine Sniper.
Takamatsu Ninjutsu practioner sadly missed.

 

[leon-1]

Sir Richard F Burton top explorer.
John Muir.
Edward Abbey.
Les Hiddins.
Carlos Hatchock (sp) Marine Sniper.
Takamatsu Ninjutsu practioner sadly missed.

Nice guy, very well respected and missed by friends colleagues and students alike :biggthump

 

[Buckshot]

Carlos Hatchock (sp) Marine Sniper.

Was he the guy in Nam that wore a white feather in his hat, even when on patrol?

 

[CLEM]

The only one that i can think of at the moment is Thor Heyerdahl.

 

[ChrisKavanaugh]

Jack Burns, The one eyed horseman who appears in various guises in Edward Abbey's THE BRAVE COWBOY, THE MONKEYWRENCH GANG, HAYDUKE LIVES! and finally GOOD NEWS! His solitary ride into the heart of Tucson and taking a potshot at the distant Boss with Colt SAA expresses my utter disgust with authority.

 

[arctic hobo]

Was he the guy in Nam that wore a white feather in his hat, even when on patrol?

Yes he was: he was also the guy who advised the book about the Kennedy assassination from a sniper's perspective. Never read it myself but I have heard it is brilliant.

 

[C_Claycomb]

Elmer Keith - Cowboy, firearms writer, and designer of the .44 Magnum.
Peter Hathaway Capstick - Professional Hunter, writer.

 

[leon-1]

Yes he was: he was also the guy who advised the book about the Kennedy assassination from a sniper's perspective. Never read it myself but I have heard it is brilliant.

That's not too surprising, the man was possibly the most brilliant natural talent of his time in this field.

He had something that most people have not got, a pure instinct and patience. His abilities and strength as a person made him a legend with forces personnel the world over, I don't think that many would or could contest that.

Heroes and villains I keep close to home, heroes have always been the people that I have learnt most from, they don't need trademarks or books, they have always been helpfull and informative in what I do and pretty much never seek glory in any way shape or form.

I wish I was the same at times, a note that all can reflect on, keep your heroes close, you know them better.

 

[Justin Time]

I don't think I do heroes, but bushcraft wise there's quite a few people round here who who I respect immensely and always find myself learning from their words and actions... don't want to name names to save embarrassment