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18 | July 28, 2016 | The winnetka Current faith
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Sunday Worship
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the summer, enjoy a 9:30
a.m. Holy Eucharist at
Maple Street Park.
Willow Creek North Shore (315
Waukegan Road, Northfield (847)
765-5000)
Cancer Ministry of Hope
If you or a loved one
has been touched by cancer,
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cup of coffee, sharing and
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Temple Jeremiah (937 Happ Road,
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Worship
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In Memoriam
JoAnne (Withrow) Eaton-
Morriss
JoAnne (Withrow) Eaton-Morriss,
82, died on
July 15 at her home in Port
Orange, Florida. Eaton-
Morriss was born on July
28, 1933 in Chevy Chase,
Md. to Marion and Edgar
Withrow and grew up in
Chevy Chase and Wilmette.
She graduated from
New Trier High School in
1951 and received a Bachelor
of Arts in education
from Duke University in
1955. Before having children,
she taught elementary
school in Pittsburgh. After
her children were older,
she returned to teaching
in Franklin, Pa., where
she taught remedial reading.
After moving to Port
Orange in 1983, Eaton-
Morriss was an insurance
agent with Mass Mutual
Insurance Company. She
had four children with her
first husband, James Whittit
Eaton II: Murray Elizabeth
(Eaton) Petrikis, Scott
Withrow Eaton, James
Whittit Eaton III and Bonnie
Jones (Eaton) Thomas.
On July 27, 2002, she married
Robert Morriss in Port
Orange. She loved tennis,
golf, bridge, Mah Jong and
was always working on a
crossword puzzle. She was
preceded in death by her
parents, Marion and Edgar
Withrow, her husband
Robert Morriss and her
son James. She is survived
by three children and their
spouses, seven grandchildren
and four greatgrandchildren.
A memorial
service was held on Friday,
July 22 at the Port Orange
Presbyterian Church. In
lieu of flowers, the family
requests donations be
made in her memory to the
Port Orange Presbyterian
Church.
Rudolph Herbert Gebner
Rudolph “Rudy” Herbert
Gebner, 77, passed away at
his home in Westmont on
June 22 after a long battle
with Parkinson’s disease.
He was born to Herbert and
Rose Gebner and raised in
Northfield, where he attended
New Trier High
School. After high school,
he enlisted in the United
States Air Force, serving
Sacred Heart Catholic Church (1095
Gage St., Winnetka (847) 446-0856)
Sunday Mass
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7:30, 9 and 10:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m.
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Road, Northfield (847) 446-8390)
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for four years in the role
of radar specialist. He was
married to Karen for 54
years. Gebner was a longtime
employee of Argonne
National Laboratory. He
had many interests including
boating, fishing and
photography. However, his
greatest joy was spending
time with his family including
four children and
nine grandchildren. He is
survived by his wife, sons
Kevin and Keith Gebner,
daughters Renee Gebner
and Robin Piraino
and grandchildren Justin,
Adam, Kailyn, Michael,
Aaron, Jenna and Benjamin
Gebner, and Nicholas and
Ashley Piraino. The family
held a private celebration
of life. Memorials can be
made to American Parkinson
Disease Association at
www.apdamidwest.org.
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one of whom was Billy
Nugent, who grew up in
Lake Forest and attended
Lake Forest High School.
Lumberg said Nugent literally
saved two lives of
individuals from another
team on the descent from
their May summit.
There also were professional
guides and Sherpa
who pitched tents for
the group, cooked, fixed
ropes, set ladders and carried
oxygen.
“We wanted to get there
feeling good and healthy
and focus on climbing and
bonding with our team,”
Lumberg said.
After flying into Lukla,
they had a 40 mile journey
to their base camp.
They stayed in teahouses,
each with a stove to keep
it warm and small sleeping
rooms.
One constant was working
with animals. Lower
down the mountains,
donkeys carried supplies
needed. Higher up, Lumberg
said they worked
with an animal that was a
cross between a cow and
a yak.
“All of the animals had
bells on them,” Lumberg
said. “It was comforting
to hear them.”
Another comfort was
being in the Buddhist environment.
“The Buddhist tradition
is always with you,”
he said. “As you walked
through the villages, there
are prayers carved into
rocks. Almost every day
we stopped at the monastery
and had tea. The
monks would be chanting
or praying. It puts you
into the mindset of climbing
the mountain.”
One of his highlights
was the blessing of the
Lama Geshi and receiving
a Buddhist shawl.
“You look at the mountains
and it seems impossibly
high, a little overwhelming
but you think
‘One day, one step at a
time,’” he said. “For the
next few days you are
walking through the Himalayas.
You continue
going up.
Base camp stands about
a mile long and takes
about an hour to walk
from one end to the other.
This was their home for
weeks. with Sherpa tents,
a cook tent, common dining
tent, communications
tent with Wi-Fi and their
own personal tents.
First up was the Puja
Ceremony in which the
Sherpa asked their mother
god for safety on the
mountain, forgiveness for
whatever damage they
may cause and permission
to climb safely. Sherpas
put their equipment on an
altar. Climbers are welcome
to do the same for
a blessing. Finally, prayer
flags are raised across the
camp, signifying the official
start of the climb.
Pimba Sherpa was Lumberg’s
personal Sherpa.
“He was my protector,
every step of the way,”
he said. “I couldn’t have
done it without him.”
There are four segments
to climbing the mountain
from their base camp.
The first is climbing
through Khumbu Icefall,
the most dangerous and
foreboding section of
the mountain. It involves
crossing the large crevices
on a ladder stretched
laterally from one side to
the other. Some of the ice
blocks are as big as a car
or small apartment.
“The ice fall looks like
a frozen waterfall,” Lumberg
said. “You have to
climb vertically to get out
of an icefall. You cannot
let your guard down.”
The climb is on a fixed
rope the Sherpa installed
from the bottom of the
mountain almost to the
top. There is another tether
connected to the mountain
and an anchor point
about every 30 feet. The
climber is always connected
to it via a harness.
They climbed as much as
possible at night with a
headlight.
The climb to the top
is not linear. It consists
of four rotations that are
necessary for the climitization
process, whereby
the body builds more red
blood cells to hold more
oxygen for the climber.
They start at base camp,
go to camp one, stay a
couple days, go up to
camp two through the
Icefall and back down to
base camp. Next is base
camp to camp two, spend
a couple nights, go up to
camp three briefly and
back down to base camp.
The expedition rests and
hydrates then up to camp
two and camp three where
supplemental oxygen is
needed, then back down
to base camp. The process
is repeated for camps
three and four, then the
final climb to the summit.
On May 19, the team
reached the summit of
29,035 feet. It was extremely
cold — 35 to 40
degrees below zero — with
strong winds. Lumberg
placed a flag there from
the North Shore Country
Day School, which his
children attended, but
took it home so it wouldn’t
litter the summit. He and
his team could only stay
for about 20 minutes because
they needed oxygen
and weren’t sure they
would have enough for the
descent.
The whole process
took eight weeks from his
house to Mount Everest
and back again.
“I wanted this adventure
to be an example
to my family and others
that if you have big goals
and aspirations, you can
achieve them,” Lumberg
said.