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[Climbing the classic 'Groove Tube' in Thailand]
Groove Tube, Fire Wall (6a)
Tonsai/Railay, Thailand

Adventurer, climber, astro-type: 'non-standard issue'. When not immersed with the MASCS instrument sequencing on the MESSENGER spacecraft, one can generally find him out and about, climbing something or seeking other adventures. Always, though, in search of that ever-elusive Ark, and dodging his dreaded nemesis, the Weather God...


Favorite Climbs to date (no particular order) :
Other things - hobbies, projects, fun things, etc:
The Adventure Library: And if you don't know what a given climbing term means...hey! an online climbing dictionary!


For grins and giggles, and other fun stuff, some People, Places, and Things around the Web...


[photo of Indy atop Mt Ypsilon]
Summit of Mt Ypsilon
Mt Ypsilon (13,514'), Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park, Colorado

Copyright © 1994 M Kochte, Baltimore, Md. All rights reserved (naturally)

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Mark 'Indy' Kochte (climb_md@yahoo.com)
Payload Specialist
The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
MESSENGER Mission
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MS 13N382
Laurel, Maryland, 20723
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