Qomolangma, Las Islas Abaco and The New Yerushalayim

Aaliyah Dana Haughton died on August 25^th two days after I bought her latest album. Peter Ganner, distinguished member of the AES and head of ORF studio technology died on May 23^th at 27,890ft on what we call the Mount Everest and the Tibetans call Qomolangma.

I read of Aaliyah's death while surfing the web and heard of Mr. Ganner's death while listening to my voicebox on vacation in Triest.

While I knew Ms. Haughton only through her music and the movie "Romeo must die" and knew Mr. Ganner personally from working together and against each other, it took me about a week to think and feel anything. Death is a harsh thing for the ones who stay alive.

Now as far as I know Aliyah meant to go up and Peter Ganner had walked up as far as anyone can. I think I do not like physical death in people I know any one way. Not at all.

Still if there is more than eternal sleep, I hope both of them found the New Jerusalem. I will keep good memories of these two people.

How it happened

Carlos Soria compartía permiso con un argentino, Juan Benegas, y un austriaco, Peter Ganner, que murió al descender por la Cara Sur: "Subía un poco detrás de mí y le ví llegar al Balcón. Luego no le volví a ver y me enteré de lo que había ocurrido cuando llegué al Campamento. Peter Ganner se cayó en el Escalón Hillary cuando se volvía sin haber llegado a la cumbre. "Fue muy trágico porque no murió, pasó allí la noche y, al día siguiente, alguien lo encontró todavía con un poco de vida".

"U.S. singer and actress Aaliyah was killed along with seven other people Saturday when a small Cessna passenger plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from the small airport at Marsh Harbour, the main town in the Abaco islands (Bahamas) bound for Miami, police said early Sunday. The singer was returning to the United States after completing filming of a music video in the Abaco islands, which are about 170 miles (270 km) east of south Florida."

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