2013.06.09 登山家康拉德-安克
Released On: 09 Jun 2013Available for over a yearKirsty Young's castaway this week is the mountaineer Conrad Anker.
Some of us choose a life in I.T. or event planning - Conrad Anker has opted to swing from a nylon stepladder 19,000 feet up a cliff with a dose of trench foot and a wedge of stale cheese for supper. It may seem an odd way to spend one's life but it's his way.
One of the world's elite climbers he's credited with a long list of first time ascents. He's also summited Everest three times. During one renowned climb he discovered the icy corpse of the legendary George Mallory who had perished along with Sandy Irvine as they tried to scale the peak - in nothing more than hobnail boots and tweeds - in 1924.
When he isn't exploring the far corners of the world's wilderness he's at home in Montana with his wife Jennifer, the widow of his best friend Alex Lowe, who was killed by an avalanche that narrowly missed Conrad himself.
He says of his life, "Most people are so risk averse. The world is full of couch potatoes ... we climbers should get government stipends for keeping the risk-taking gene pool alive."
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发布日期：2013年06月09日发布时间：一年多以前
克尔斯蒂-杨本周的弃儿是登山家康拉德-安克。
我们中的一些人选择了从事信息技术或活动策划的生活--康拉德-安克尔选择了从19000英尺高的悬崖上的尼龙梯子上荡秋千，并以一剂战壕脚和一块陈年奶酪作为晚餐。这可能看起来是一种奇怪的生活方式，但这是他的方式。
作为世界上最优秀的登山者之一，他有一长串首次登顶的记录。他还曾三次登顶珠穆朗玛峰。在一次著名的攀登过程中，他发现了传奇人物乔治-马洛里（George Mallory）的冰冷尸体，他和桑迪-欧文（Sandy Irvine）在1924年试图攀登该峰时，只穿了一双蜗牛皮靴和斜纹软布，不幸丧生。
当他不去探索世界荒野的遥远角落时，他在蒙大拿州的家中与他的妻子珍妮弗在一起，珍妮弗是他最好的朋友亚历克斯-洛的遗孀，亚历克斯-洛在一次雪崩中丧生，而康拉德本人则险些丧生。
他在谈到自己的生活时说："大多数人是如此厌恶风险。这个世界充满了沙发土豆......我们登山者应该得到政府的津贴，以保持冒险基因库的活力。"
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