OUTDONE - On Wednesday, Nepalese mountaineer Apa Sherpa broke his own record for most climbs of Mount Everest by scaling the world’s tallest peak for the 21st time.
Apa is leading an environmental expedition that plans to carry down tons of garbage left behind by past climbers. He lives in Utah.
On Monday, 82-year-old former Nepalese Foreign Minister Shailendra KumarUpadhyay
collapsed and died on the slopes of Mount Everest while attempting to become the oldest person to climb the world’s highest mountain.
Instead, he became the oldest Everest summit seeker to die on the peak.
Sea lion whipsangler for salmon
OUTMATCHED - After netting his son’s spring chinook salmon last week, a Portland angler was yanked into the Willamette River when a pinniped made a move to steal his catch, according to The Oregonian.
The sea lion yanked the 62-year-old retiree out of the boat and into the 51-degree water.
Clinging to the gunwale with his right hand, Jan Christopherson held fast to the net with his left but was no match for what likely was a male California sea lion, a species that can grow to 8 feet long and 850 pounds.
Christopherson wasn’t wearing a life jacket. His boots filled with water. He had to let the $150 net and the fish go. Also gone: His son’s G. Loomis rod and Penn reel, valued at about $500.
But catching salmon must have seemed like child’s play after that.
Sprague troutthrash angler lures
OUTCAST - Sprague Lake rainbows are so aggressive, they’re hitting angler lures with the impact of sea lions.
Even though they were using 10-pound leader, Jim Kujala and Dave Ross of Spokane Valley broke off three violently striking rainbows Wednesday. The largest they landed was 4.5 pounds, but fish up to 7.5 were weighed this week.
The lake’s water has reached an ideal trout fishing temperature of 55 degrees.
Tiger musky 2-Fer
FISHING - A 2-Fer tiger musky tournament is set for Saturday at Silver Lake and Sunday at Newman Lake.
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