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Pat Hudley, long time climber fell on day 7 of the Sierra
Challenge.
http://highsierratopix.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9918#p74786

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This is such sad and tragic news. Pat was a gift to the human race, kind and genuine. My sympathy goes out to her family and loved ones.

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Our Sierra Challenge family has suffered a tremendous blow, and I will write more after I return from my Labor Day trip. Pat was a dear friend, a fellow traveller, a powerhouse. Her spirit will live on in the heights.

From my own piece, speaking originally of Andrea Mead Lawrence:

"We are women of the mountains, she and I... Indirectly, I stand on her shoulders, and she will ride with me. 'Mountains can be one’s old, wise friends,' she writes. Travel well, my friend. It is what we women of the mountains do."

All The Right Reasons

Climb Hard. Be Safe.
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"Some Eagles fly higher than others" I'm just glad I got to fly near you once, it was with great pleasure I got to share a summit with you. I know you were one of the "good people that touched so many lives", your spirit will live on in the rest of us that love the mountains.
Pat Hadley lifting off the summit of Mount Abbott on May 18th 2013, I look forward to meeting you again some day my friend, you were an inspiration to us all.

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I posted a suggestion on the WPSMB Autumn 2013 Group Climb topic. If not this group hike, then maybe organize a memorial hike for Pat on another day.

I read this today from 'orbitor' on High Sierra Topix... I was deeply moved.
"Thank you everyone for your thoughts and messages. It seems surreal to talk about Pat in the past tense; I find it hard to accept there will be no more talking, laughing, stories and advice from her. Pat's passing leaves a painful emptiness across many groups, from fellow climbers to the students she mentored, the entire school community to which she belonged and, of course, her family and friends. Eventually, all of us who knew her must find a way to move forward, but having Pat taken away from us so suddenly will surely hurt for a long time. Instances such as this make us question whether there really is justice in the grander scheme of things. Why would such a beloved human being, who impacted so many lives in a positive way, fall victim to the randomness and indifference of nature? I suppose philosophical questions must be answered by each person according to their own belief system, but based on the general reaction to the situation, it would not be an overreaction to say that Pat's death was a TOTAL SENSELESS LOSS or, to echo Deb's feelings, a damn shame.

I have been thinking of what we could do to honor Pat's memory. A friend who also knew Pat from recent trips (including the Williamson trip) said, "I guess one thing is to try to live life like she did—i.e., to the fullest with kindness, gratitude, thoughtfulness, and fortitude." I find his thought uplifting, and, for those of us who like to scale mountains, in complete accord with the conviction that we need to keep climbing. I'm sure that's what Pat would have wanted us to do. Lessons about safety and procedure are plenty, many learned the hard way through those who paid the ultimate price, and of course assimilating those lessons will be one of the top priorities. However, as we make our way toward the summits, I hope we do it with the certainty that Pat will be looking down on us from above, from a better place, and that when we get to the top, Pat's spirit will be all around us and IN us, so that we can continue carrying her goodness forth again and again."


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Updated info due to the parking and construction issues at the school.

Please note the revised time schedule.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Celebration of Life Memorial Service
Pat Hadley
September 28, 1958 – August 22, 2013

Please join us in celebrating her amazing life.
Valencia High School Gymnasium
Friday August 30, 2013
500 Bradford Ave. Placentia, CA 92870

Doors will be open at 1:00 for anyone who wants to browse the dozens of photo albums and other mementos of her life. There will be plenty of room and lots of seating. We’ll open the floor for sharing memories at 3:30 p.m. starting with her VHS family and then guests are encouraged to share their memories and experiences.

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Here is Bob Burd's Trip Report concerning the events of the day.

http://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_reports/diamond_north_1.html

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I am numb and I did not know Pat, but feel as I was a kindred spirit. I don't get to the mountains as much as I used to but I truly get the enthusiasm that Pat and all of you share in the mountains.

I dealt with a search involving an avalanche on Mt. Katahdin in 1984 and a few weeks later fellow members of the Maine Outing Club fell thousands of feet down the summit cone of Mt. Washington.

I am just as numb from reading Bob Burd's account as I was from incidents in which I was close to thirty years ago. My heart goes out to Pat and her family. The Hadley's seem like great people. Life is to be lived fully and Pat seems to have done that. Kudos to her.

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Very sad.....


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Even the best are at risk. Just the slightest slip and you're done.
Look at what happened to R.J. Secor on Baldy. Life is such an evanescent thing...


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