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Plaque for Paul Carr on Taipan 21-Aug-2003 At 12:32:46 AM Peter

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No offence to those departed, but when I die Im going to have a plaque placed in the centre square of the MCG, played there as a kid a couple of time, Sir Edmond will have his on Everest, and Mark Richards is planning a floating bouy at Bells. The guys who passed away in the Westgate accident can have little plaques along the white lines, and Bert Newton can have one at Ashley and Martin.

Silly isnt it, I am of the understanding that cairns are erected for lost souls due to climbing accident as there bodies are not normally recovered on the big mountains, any stunt like this cheapens the respect that is shown to these people. I think the climbing community should have this practice outlawed, maybe a perminant cairn in the carpark for those that lost thier lives on the face, but die elsewhere, put your memorial there.

As climbers, I cant see how Pauls teamates can allow such bullshit.