<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> <html><head> <title>Bob Broeking's "The White Spider"</title><meta content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <meta name="generator" content="CoffeeCup HTML Editor (www.coffeecup.com)"> <base target="_top"></head> <body bgproperties="fixed" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#ffffff"> <div align="center"> <center> <table bordercolordark="#800000" border="4" bordercolor="#800000" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="spider.jpg (7536 bytes)" src="images/spider.jpg" align="left" height="179" width="117"> </td> <td> <img src="images/whitespider.jpg" border="0" height="102" width="488"> </td> <td> <img alt="spider.jpg (7536 bytes)" src="images/spider.jpg" height="179" width="117"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center> </div> <p align="center"> <img src="images/Amflag.gif" border="0" height="81" width="100"> </p> <p align="left"> <strong> <font color="#804000" face="Tempus Sans ITC" size="4">Welcome.</font> <font color="#804000" face="Tempus Sans ITC" size="3">.. The name of this web site is derived from a spider shaped icefield high on the north face of the Eiger, a mountain that towers above the&nbsp; town of Grindelwald, Switzerland. Heinrich Harrer wrote a book by the same name that documents the first attempts on this alpine face. Harrer was a member of the first team to scale the face. I developed this .sig containing a fictional quote that many people ask me about... </font></strong> </p> <p align="center"> <font color="#400040" face="Tempus Sans ITC" size="3"> <strong>"I'll get the rope..." Anderl Hinterstoisser, North Face of the Eiger, July 19th, 1936... </strong> </font> </p> <p align="left"> <strong> <font color="#804000" face="Tempus Sans ITC" size="3">Hinterstoisser, a talented young climber attempting the first ascent, pulled in his rope after succeeding in a daring traverse that opened up the route to the summit. Unfortunately, a horrific storm blew in forcing a retreat but the traverse cannot be reversed without a rope in place. All members of the party perished...</font> <small> <font color="#804000" face="Tempus Sans ITC">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font> </small></strong> </p> <p align="center"> <strong> <font color="#804000" face="Tempus Sans ITC"> <small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </small>...it is now called the </font> <font color="#400040" face="Tempus Sans ITC">Hinterstoisser Traverse</font> </strong> <font color="#804000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font> </p> <p align="center"> <img alt="Hinter.jpg (22822 bytes)" src="images/Hinter.jpg" border="3" height="413" width="275"> </p> <p align="center"> <small> <small> <small> <font color="#400000">Photo by Paul Harrington</font> </small> </small> </small> </p> <hr color="#800000" size="4"> <p align="left"> <font face="Tempus Sans ITC"> <font size="4"> <strong> <font color="#800000">These are the major segments of this web site:</font> </strong> <font color="#000000"></font> </font> <font color="#000000" size="2">&nbsp;</font> </font> </p> <p align="left"> <a href="hikehome.htm"> <font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Hiking, Climbing and State High pointing&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></a> <font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">&nbsp; </font></p> <p align="left"> <a href="motorcycle.htm"> <font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Motorcycling - Long Distance riding on Honda Pacific Coast, ST1100, and Gold Wings</font></a> \\<br><br><font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"> <a href="http://whitespider.broeking.com/ham.htm"> <font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">KU3C HAM Radio&nbsp;Stuff&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;<font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp;</font></a> </font><font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS"> <img src="images/new.gif" border="0" height="16" width="32"> </font></p> <p align="left"> <font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"> <a href="http://whitespider.broeking.com/porschepage.htm"> <font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Porsche&nbsp;Stuff</font></a>&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;<img src="images/new.gif" border="0" height="16" width="32"></p> <p align="left"> <font size="3"> <a href="new.htm"> <font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS">What's new?</font></a>&nbsp;<font color="#400000" face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;<font color="#804000">&nbsp;<font color="#000000" size="2">&nbsp;<img src="images/new.gif" border="0" height="16" width="32">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font> </font><font color="#000000" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font> </font> </p> <blink> <hr color="#800000" size="4"> <p align="left"> <a href="http://whitespider.smugmug.com/" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">The Whitespider&nbsp;&nbsp;SMUG MUG Picture Galleries! &nbsp;</font></a> <font color="#400000" size="3">&nbsp;</font> <font color="#800000" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font> <font color="#800000" size="3">&nbsp; &nbsp;</font> </p> <hr color="#800000" size="4"> <p align="left"> <font color="#000000" face="Tempus Sans ITC" size="2">Copyright</font> <font color="#000000" face="Tempus Sans ITC" size="3">&nbsp; </font><font color="#000000" face="Tempus Sans ITC" size="2">1997-&nbsp; 2012 <a href="mailto:bob@broeking.com">Robert Broeking.</a> All rights reserved.&nbsp; Last Revised on&nbsp; </font><font color="#000080"> <strong>01.22.12 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong> </font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whw</p> <p align="center">&nbsp; <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/US/VA/Fredericksburg.html?bannertypeclick=big2"> <img alt="Click for Fredericksburg, Virginia Forecast" src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_cond/language/www/US/VA/Fredericksburg.gif" border="0" height="60" width="468"></a> </p> <p align="center">&nbsp; <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/US/WA/Seattle.html?bannertypeclick=big2"> <img alt="Click for Seattle, Washington Forecast" src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_cond/language/www/US/WA/Seattle.gif" border="0" height="60" width="468"></a> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://s08.flagcounter.com/more/WYuZ"><img src="http://s08.flagcounter.com/count/WYuZ/bg_FFFFFF/txt_000000/border_CCCCCC/columns_8/maxflags_40/viewers_0/labels_1/pageviews_1/flags_1/" alt="free counters" border="0"></a><br><a href="http://www.flagcounter.com/"></a> </p><p align="center"> <a href="http://cleardarksky.com/c/StffrdVAkey.html"> <img src="http://cleardarksky.com/csk/getcsk.php?id=StffrdVA"></a> </p> <hr width="85%"> <hr align="center" width="85%"> </blink> </body></html>