| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 01 2006 : 8:12:03 PM
this is the 'beginning' of my Mt. Everest
Prayer Flags .. today .. i added silk ribbon streamers ..
now you are going to think me truly certifiably nutz when i tell
you my morning and evening ritual!
i have a 'prayer' bowl with different words written on circles
of paper: wisdom, strength, bravery, memories, stamina, stability,
joy, and about ten more 'wishes' .. and each morning and each evening .. i draw one of the 'wishes' from the bowl .. take it outside and do a 'tibetan whirling dervish' dance as i send this particular prayer on the wind .. to hank in the himilayan mountains to bless him on his journey.
this is the little sign i made and it is hanging by the
Prayer Flags
"Blessings blowing in the Wind ...
to guide each step your travels take you.
God Bless and watch over you and
bring you safely home to me."
OH .. and hank will be so touched by the great write-up he
got in our local town newspaper .. oh my goodnes .. he not only made the FRONT page .. but he was the HEADLINE!
please send a little 'safety' prayer heavenward in his name. xoxo
True Friends, Frannie |
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 07:54:09 AM
many years ago .. did you all ever see that wonderful movie "KING OF HEARTS" .. during the war .. a hidden bomb was left to explode in a small town .. and everyone had to 'flee the city' until bomb experts came in and found it ... at the last minute .. someone opened the gates of the 'insane assylum' .. and all the inmates were FREE .. and oblivious to death and destruction .. they took over the town .. and it was WONDERFUL!
yep! me thinks honey hunk and i would have done well in that town and hopefully have been the King and Queen of Hearts!
thanks for the sweet words miz catherine!
True Friends, Frannie |
| cajungal |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 05:07:58 AM
Amazing happenings!! Y'all are awesome! A couple of blood samples need to be taken of the two of you, Frannie, and a potion made for the rest of the world to take. Just think of all that would be accomplished.
Blessings
Catherine
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 04:58:28 AM
Frannie, have you hears from him? How is he doing? My goodness, cant imagine.How wonderful. Hes in our family's prayers for a safe & fun time.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 05 2006 : 7:00:38 PM
jan .. usually when he goes on these adventures on the other side of the world .. we say our goodbyes at the airport .. and are not in touch with each other t'il his plane hits the ground back in the U.S. of A. again!
he usually sends postcards .. but often makes it back here before the cards get here.
xo
True Friends, Frannie |
| theherblady |
Posted - Apr 05 2006 : 07:46:51 AM
Frannie~~Any word on HH? Will he be able to contact you while he is gone?
Jan |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 03 2006 : 08:42:03 AM
ha! luckily .. i have no neighbors .. but i bet the squirrels are eyeing this NUT very closely!
True Friends, Frannie |
| owwlady |
Posted - Apr 03 2006 : 08:12:18 AM
Frannie, my neighbors already think I'm nuts...when they see me twirling around in circles in my backyard they'll call the men with the straitjackets! Love your stories and the adventures you and your hh have...can't wait to hear the stories after Hank gets back. |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 03 2006 : 07:52:49 AM
ha! i about knocked myself out this morning with all the whirling and twirling! TRY IT! ahhhhhh YOUTH! honestly .. find 'yerself' a BIG OPEN space .. and try twirling five to ten times in one direction .. then reversing and going for another five to ten!
betcha' someone will be 'hafting' to pick your dizzy butt up offa' the ground!
let me know how many 'twirls' you can do before falling down!
True Friends, Frannie |
| theherblady |
Posted - Apr 03 2006 : 07:38:32 AM
Wow Frannie~~ What a nice article! Keeping Hank and you in prayer...
You guys have amazing stories I bet!!
Jan
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| sugarsfarm |
Posted - Apr 03 2006 : 07:14:26 AM
My goodness! Everest!!...Cant wait to hear stories and maybe even see some pictures! what an awesome adventure! I love your prayer flags, i too have a collection, but i might have to take up dancing the whirling dervish. Take care Frannie!!
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi |
| sonflowergurl |
Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 10:16:33 PM
Thanks for posting the article, that's so amazing! Can't wait to hear all about it in a few weeks! :)
The end will justify the pain it took to get us here. |
| junebug |
Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 3:08:51 PM
WOW Frannie, what a life!!! I love the prayer flags and will add Hank to my prayers so he will return to you safe and sound! Yes, write that book!
" Aspire to Inspire before you Expire"
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 1:20:42 PM
Good idea Frannie, because my [what is Frannie doing today file] IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL, A BOOK WOULD BE WELCOME, WITH PICTURES OF COURSE. So I will be right there with my check book when its done.
NANCY JO |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 1:07:08 PM
BETH .. HONEY CHILE' ... what i always say when the gurlfrenz ask when i'm going to write a book: THIS IS MY BOOK!
actually, i am indeed 'toying' with the idea of writing a book for the gurlfrenz .. about creativity .. thinking upon it and am talking with a coupla' gurlfrenz to join me in this endeavor. time will tell.
True Friends, Frannie |
| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 09:28:02 AM
oh my miz frannie, your hh is of the kind in which legends are born. how absolutely amazing. My cousin, Eric, is a geologist and professor at the University of Colorado. He and his wife often trek around the globe. Last summer they biked part of the tour de france route and loved it.
I will send Hank many prayers for his journey and safe return. I hope it is everything and more for him.
So my next question is when are you two going to write a book of your adventures.
Thank you for sharing so much with us here.
blessings
beth
I will put a prayer flag on my tallest tree for hank.
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 08:44:07 AM
thanks for all the sweet wishes and prayers gurlfrenz for "Mr. Frannie" also known as:
Handsome Honey Hunk Husband HANK ... he does take lots of photos on his journeys and i LOVE that he always keeps a journal .. one of the highlights of his return .. sitting and reading it to me (he often mentions missing me in them .. gawd love his heart!)
xoxo
True Friends, Frannie |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 07:44:09 AM
My goodness!!! I think I will be staying pretty close to the Grammy chair in my living room.Not crazy about high places, and wild critters that have never seen a person. but check everyday for Frannie adventures and Hank up dates.
NANCY JO |
| Horseyrider |
Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 05:01:52 AM
OMG, you weren't kidding!!! My brother is an instructor for a company called Outward Bound. He does similar things, but as far as I know the highest peak he's ever climbed is Qotopaxi (sp?) in Equador; that's like 17,000+ feet. (And while there, since he's trained in Wilderness Search and Rescue, he joined a recovery team and found a dead German climber. Really shook him.) He also tells some hair raising stories about sleeping in lashed together canoes in the Everglades surrounded by alligators, spelunking and going canoeing in vast underground lakes, the fragility of the tundra in the north, doing ropes courses in the jungles of Costa Rica, the various bugs, bears, snakes, and other critters encountered. He really enjoys these sorts of challenges, and he also won't do places with grizzlies! He's been all over the world, but he said he'd never do Everest. That's a lot of $$$!
When your hubby gets back, he'll have some great stories. And he's right about the nursing home; but tell him to take plenty of pics, or nobody will believe him!
I love the prayer flags! My cousin got me some horsey ones in Nepal years ago, made by the monks. What a sweet tradition! They can join my prayers for a safe trip and return for your Hank. When do you expect him to return? And when he does, I believe he can join you in the nut house. 
Prayers going up from Illinois too, Frannie! God bless both of you on the journey. |
| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 12:28:43 AM
Lordy Frannie, I totally agree with Diane. I so wish I had your boundless energy! I am so envious of Hank's trip. What a fantastic experience for him.
Di
http://www.daisyfarm.blogspot.com |
| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Apr 01 2006 : 11:58:54 PM
You and your husband make me feel tired just READING about all that you both do!! Frannie, honestly, you two amaze me and I barely know you.I will add prayers for Mr. Frannie's (ha...don't tell him I called him that!)happy ascent and safe descent.
PS Try NOT to put the man in the poor house while he is gone! |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 01 2006 : 9:28:52 PM
he'll be gone for six weeks. i'm not sure if our local paper has a web-site link .. it's the Greensburg Record-Herald .. Greensburg, Kentucky.
I'll 'quote the article' here:
Local Man to Climb Mount Everest
"The love of adventure and the outdoors inspires a year-long Green County resident to continually seek challenges.
He left Thursday on his latest, and perhaps greatest yet, when he departed for Nepal to climb Mount Everest.
(Note from me: he has gone on even scarier trips i think! -- Such as when he went to Africa and roamed around where the wild animals were and actually TIED himself in trees to sleep! And swimming with alligators in the Amazon!!!)
Hank Meshorer, 63, retired a year ago from his job as a special litigator with the U.S. Department of justice. His wife, Frannie, had found Cabin Creek Farm through a national magazine and told him they were moving to Green County.
(Ha! that is not EXACTLY how i put it to the reporter .. actually, i had to do a lot of begging and pleading and promising!)
"The couple were residing in Annapolis, Maryland and he had just bought a sailboat with plans to sail the seas after retirement. When he looked at Green County on a map, the first thing he wanted to know was how far away from Cabin Creek Farm was Green River Lake.
In the end it was close enough. One of his regular activities includes sculling at Emerald Isle Marina.
His Justice Deparment job was one where he often worked 20 hour days while on a case, but between assignments, he had time to explore the world.
In 1972 he reached one of the major destinations for mountain climbers when he scaled Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa.
But, his adventures are not just on the mountains. Past excurions have taken him into a weeks-long journey through the Amazon rain forest, canoeing at La Paz, Mexico and into the Alaskan wilderness, among others.
"Every two or three years, Hank does what I call his "macho man thing,' where he might be eaten by an alligator or something". Frannie said.
She said she went with him once on a trip to Alaska where he was working on a trial for the Deparment of Justice.
"I drew the line when he walked into the woods where I knew there were grizzly bears," she said.
Meshorer also enjoyes sports. He has played for rugby clubs around the world and each year he takes a 500-mile bicycle trek.
His regular workout regimen includes a five-mile run each day (through the forest). He recently exceeded 57,000 miles running. (Hank holds the 'record' for most miles run by a person at the Department of Justice Fitness Center).
He increased his running to help prepare for the Everest trip. He ran 15 miles for months, carrying 50 pounds of water, to get in even better shape than he was.
While on Mount Everest he will not go to the peak, he said.
"That would have cost an extra $75,000, which is several trips around the world," he said. "I couldn't justify that while there is so much left to do."
(HA! and BESIDES .. i'm gonna' spend that much while he's gone!!!!)
Instead his group, with a guide and five others he has never met, will travel to Base Camp 3 at 26,000 feet altitude.
But the climbers cannot just go directly to their goal. Climbers on Everest must face not only the elements but altitude sickness, which can kill.
(by the way .. i read that AVALANCHES are the major cause of deaths on Mt. Everest .. and LAST NIGHT i saw a show on a climb and they said that of all the climbers who go to the top .. ONE out of SIX dies!!!)
The climbers will ascend in stages, generally climbing 1,000 feet each day before descending to sleep. That schedule will help them get acclimatized and overcome altitude sickness.
(which can kill within hours!! .. i think that scares me the most!)
Other dangers the climbers will face on the mountain include 200 mile per hour winds, heavy snowfall and seemingly bottomless crevasses.
They will begin their ascent to Base Camp 3 on April 20.
Meshorer said the attraction is to find that of which he is capable.
"To test myself," he said. "There is an element of danger. It's physical. And to be able to say I have done it."
Meshorer, who is a grandfather, and will become a great-grandfather in the fall, said part of the challenge of dangerous journeys is the ability to recognize one's limits. And, ultimately, that is what life is all about.
"Half the fun is getting prepared and then staying within yourself," he said. "I feel like when I get to the home for the aged, I want to be able to say I did things."
His wife trusts him to do just that, and would have it no other way.
"I have concerns, but I'm not worried," she said. "he's living life and that's what makes him happy."
The actual journey to Base Camp 3 will take ten days, if all goes well. Meshorer will spend about 6 weeks in Nepal, getting accustomed to the altitude.
Meshorer, who is from Boston, is an ex-marine and a Vietnam veteran. On his trips he enjoys not only the physical and mental challenges, but also studying the local wildlife, cultures and people. His next adventure will most likely be a trip to Antartica."
True Friends, Frannie |
| sonflowergurl |
Posted - Apr 01 2006 : 8:29:10 PM
That's really neat Frannie, and I'll keep him in my prayers. How long is it supposed to take? Is there a link to your local paper? That is so awesome!
The end will justify the pain it took to get us here. |
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