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“The day I found out they found Ben’s body, I was on safari in Malawi. I watched the most spectacular sunset I’ve ever seen that night, sitting in a vast grassland with wild animals around and good friends by my side. It sounds like a lot of Ben’s friends and family felt this way and had a similar experience that night, but I nonetheless felt like he was watching the sunset with me that night, saying goodbye in his own extreme, spectacular, poignant way.” —Brigitte Zimmerman, maintainthelight.org down from the peak, rescuers speculate that the fragile ridge where they were walking simply collapsed. After Horne and Weiss were reported missing, stunned friends and family watched in disbelief as the search unfolded in real time. Climbing websites and listservs posted updates for friends and family. Har-Noy’s company obtained satellite imagery and employed crowd-sourcing techniques to try and find the two. [See sidebar.] On Saturday morning, July 28, Gary Horne received a call from the rescue coordinator. Their bodies had been found at the bottom of the mountain. Accompanied by Danan, the two flew to Peru to bring Ben home. SIX • MAINTAIN THE LIGHT Since Horne’s death, Gary has poured himself into creating maintainthelight.org, a memorial website dedicated to his son, named for a motto Ben adopted to honor his grandmother. One section pays honor to Horne by linking to dozens of heartfelt eulogies and letters as well as examples of Horne’s prolific writings, photos and academic work. The second part of the website conveys a mission: How can we who remain here on Earth ‘maintain the light’? On the website, friends commit to living into their strengths and hopes and to do something inspired by Horne. Playing the piano, serving God, connecting with people, viewing sunsets, participating in an Ironman competition, climbing, running, refraining from judgment and simply living life are some of the promises Horne’s friends and family have made. “Ben was deeply affected in his childhood by stories from people who said they had waited until it was too late, for whatever it was that mattered to them,” Danan said. “Ben did not wait. He was always setting goals, always training, in all categories of his life. Ben practiced his religion in the cathedrals of mountains and church pews and backyard BBQs and rock concerts and overcrowded buses in foreign countries.” The site’s content serves as daily inspiration for all those who remain deeply grateful for the example of Horne’s life. Full stop. ■ “Last year for my birthday, Grandmom sent me a card with a photo of Denali on the front. I climbed Denali for the first time 2 weeks after her death, still grieved. The emotion definitely spurred me to press on. A few years before she sent me a card of a lighthouse with the words ‘Maintain the Light.’ I do believe death is a part of life, and that her light can shine on through us.” —Ben Horne, June 23, 2011 TOMNOD: PULLING TOGETHER Though they didn’t know each other at Rice, Shay Har-Noy ’04 and Ben Horne ’02 had become acquainted while both were in grad school at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), ultimately forging a strong friendship based on their mutual love Shay Har-Noy ’04 of climbing in the Sierra Nevada. Har-Noy earned degrees in economics and electrical and computer engineering at Rice; at UCSD, he earned a master’s and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. His day job is CEO of Tomnod, a young tech company that provides distribution and analysis of current satellite images for a variety of clients. On July 25, 2012, Har-Noy got an email with a personal and urgent bent — good friends Horne and Gil Weiss, who had been mountain climbing in the Peruvian Andes, were missing. The team reached out to their professional contacts at DigitalGlobe and GeoEye to ask for archival imagery of the mountain. Tomnod (meaning “big eye” in Mongolian) requested that the next time the satellite passed overhead, it focus on the section of the mountain where Horne and Weiss had been climbing. Within a couple of hours, the team had received and processed the image and put it online, inviting friends and family to help search for clues in the snow patterns. On the map, images were flagged and marked after several people reached a consensus that they saw the same thing. Within 15 minutes, hopes soared when taggers identified three black dots (on the otherwise white snow) as rescuers headed up the glacier. “I was psyched,” said Har-Noy. “We were in go mode. I was thinking, if these guys are anywhere in this picture, we’re going to find them.” This flurry of excitement pervaded social media as family and friends clung to the possibility that the two were merely injured or stranded. Over the next four hours, more than 800 people logged in to scour small sections of the mountain’s image. Before a search plane took off for the mountain, Har-Noy sent the air and ground rescue teams detailed imagery of what they identified as the top four search locations. The ground team had independently arrived at the same conclusion, and the climbers’ bodies were found below their last tracks in the imagery. “Our efforts to find Ben and Gil really emphasize the power of timely satellite imagery and our technology in critical situations,” Har-Noy said. A devastated Pullharder community announced the death of their two dear friends on their website. “These are two of the finest climbers we have ever known … embodying the spirit of the mountains with everything they did. Many of us have had the honor of sharing in their love for the wilderness, and that lives on.” 40 www.rice.edu/ricemagazine
RICEOW L S.COM A Winning Season Rice Soccer Shares C-USA Regular-Season Title Sports With 11 wins, six losses and three ties, the Rice soccer team scored its best regular season record in program history. The winning season earned the team, under head coach Nicky Adams, a C-USA co-championship title with Colorado College. Rice was eliminated in the opening round of the C-USA Tournament. The Owls debuted a dynamic freshman scoring duo of Lauren Hughes and Holly Hargreaves, who combined for 19 goals during the season. Hargreaves and sophomore midfielder Quinney Truong were both named First-Team All-Conference USA, and Hargreaves was named C-USA Freshman of the Year. Hargreaves totaled 10 goals as a starter for all 21 games. She tied for seventh in the nation with six game-winning goals and ranked among the NCAA and C-USA statistical leaders in goals (10), points (23) and shots (76). The rookie scored a Rice record game-winning goal in four-straight games in September. Truong was fourth on the team in minutes as a starter in the midfield, playing 92 percent of the team’s total time. The Fort Worth, Texas, standout scored the gametying goal against Big 12 power Oklahoma and also had a goal on the road at University of Alabama at Birmingham. She assisted on game-winning goals in back-to-back games vs. Sam Houston State and Tulsa while maintaining a .400 shots-on-goal percentage. Seniors and team captains Julia Barrow and Lauren LaGro were named to the C-USA All-Academic team for success in the classroom and on the soccer field. Barrow has maintained a 3.92 GPA as an English major with a minor in poverty, justice and human capabilities. She led the Owls with four assists and rarely came out of a game, playing all 90 or more minutes 13 times. A three-time C-USA All-Academic honoree who has maintained a 3.87 GPA as a kinesiology major, LaGro started all 21 matches and helped the Owls to a share of the 2012 conference regular-season title. LaGro often was assigned to cover the opposing team’s top scoring threat. Overall, the Rice backline helped hold opponents to just 11.7 shots per game. Rice Magazine • No. 15 • 2013 41
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