Where has Ralph been?

G. Michael Harris

Date

Name

Location

Comments

Feb 24, 2008

Rory Golden

Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Ireland

Titanic slipway

April 4, 2008

David Dolan

Westminster Abbey, London

above the graves of the David Livingston and Charles Darwin

April 4, 2008

David Dolan

Outside Royal Geographic Society, London

between the statues of Ernest Shackleton and David Livingtson.

April 11, 2008

David Dolan

Treetops, Tanzania

Where Elizabeth became Queen of England

April 14, 2008

David Dolan

At the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro at Amboseli Nat'l Park

Also present was Peter Kamwru, a Kenyan Presbyterian Minister

April 17, 2008

Rosaly Lopes and Bob Nelson

Vienna, Austria

From the top of the Ferris wheel at the Prater gardens

April 18, 2008

Paul Isley

Cairo, Egypt

Great Pyramid at Cheops

April 19, 2008

Haley Jackson

Took ashes down on the Alvin

off San Diego

May 2, 2008

Sarah Bansemer

Les Tuilleries Gardens, Paris

Sarah is the wife of Roger Bansemer, an artist who was in the Titanic 2000 expedition

May 4, 2008

Sarah Bansemer

Col de Pre near Beaufortain, France

At 1703 metres

May 5, 2008

Rory Golden

summit of Djouce Hill, County Wicklow Ireland

2,000 ft. Regular hike of Rory’s.

May 9, 2008

Valerie Moore

Texas

“Castaway” movie location, at the very end of movie

May 24, 2008

Haley Jackson

Took ashes on a zero-G flight

Flight out of Las Vegas

May 24, 2008

John Crellin

Isle of Man’s TT motorbike race. Ashes were carried during practice laps by John Crellin. Ashes then scattered by Sean O’Connell at the memorial to Joey Dunlop, a famous biker.

Rory Golden/Sean O'Connell arranged for this to happen. Newspaper article about it.

June 8, 2008

Rory Golden and Rosaly Lopes

St. Peter’s, the Pantheon, and the Colosseum, Rome

Behind a statue in St. Peter’s, in hole on the floor in Pantheon, over beast pit in Colosseum

June 13

Rosaly Lopes

Castel Gandolfo and Sistine Chapel, Rome

Castel Gandolfo is Pope’s summer residence. In an urn overlooking a beautiful lake. In crack on a shelf on the Sistine Chapel.

July 4, 2008

Krista, Darren, and Kaia Few

Fuji, Japan, into the wind and on top of lava rock

Would have been Grandma Pixley’s 96th birthday

July 4, 2008

Rory Golden

Friar Island, Connamara dive site, Ireland

In a bottle filled with fresh water, on a permanent dive 20 m down

July 22, 2008

Rory Golden

summit of Carrantuohill, Ireland’s tallest mountain

1050 metres

August 4, 2008

Rosaly Lopes

Saxon Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

13 m down, during same time as Tommy’s scuba certification dive. 6 month anniversary of RBW’s death.

August 4, 2008

Jim Dorsey and Pierre Odier

Altai, China/Mongolia border

By an ancient stone monolith that local people said was put there by Genghis Khan's army

Summer 2008 (various dates)

Mike Eastwood

Mike took Ralph flying on NASA ER-2 aircraft during various missions

Wide range of northern hemisphere locations

August 11, 2008

Haley Jackson

Ayres Rock, Australia

On top of rock

August 14, 2008

Krista, Darren, and Kaia Few

Badaling section of the Great Wall of China

During Olympic games

August 21, 2008

Paul Isley and Anatoly

Lake Baikal, Russia

During MIR dives on lake

August 28, 2008

Marie Martin and fellow shipmates

Lindessness Lighthouse, Norway

Ralph’s birthday

September 3, 2008

Rosaly Lopes

Beach at Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Opposite the Huis Ter Duim grand hotel

September 13, 2008

Rosaly Lopes

Capilano Canyon Bridge, North Vancouver, and Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada

From rope bridge over Capilano Canyon, and from boat mooring opposite Public Market in Granville island

Oct 5, 2008

Rosaly Lopes and Leo Bynum

Hang-gliding tandem flight off Marshall Hill, near San Bernadino, California

Rosaly took ashes in her pocket. San Bernadino was Ralph’s birthplace.

Oct 15, 2008

Zale Parry and Ed Stetson

Shark-diving off Guadeloupe Island, Baja

Released ashes in water with sharks.

Oct 13, 2008

Krista, Darren, and Kaia Few

Singapore river, by the Lion

October 23, 2008

Lynn Anderson

(aka Red)

“Somewhere In Time”

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Between the trees where Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) meets Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour) in 1912

November 9, 2008, early morning

Terri and Charmaine Roberts

Islanddreams, Efate Island, Vanuatu

Ashes were put on a model of the Titanic and let go in the ocean, by the beach at Islanddreams

Nov 19, 2008, early pm

Rosaly Lopes

On fountain by Clock Tower in Bern

Picture taken by Jeff Kargel

Nov 23, around 10 pm

Rosaly Lopes and Rory Golden

Eiffel Tower, Paris

From the top, over the Champs de Mars

Nov 24, around noon

Rosaly Lopes and Rory Golden

Notre Dame, Paris

By the feet of one of the gargoyles

Nov 24, around 5 pm

Rosaly Lopes

St. Julien Le Pauvre church, Paris

Behind a Virgin Mary statue

Dec 1st, 2008, 1:50 pm

Jim and Irene Dorsey

Chichen Itza pyramid in Yucatan.

At the foot of the pyramid

Dec 4th, 2008, 12:30 pm

Jim and Irene Dorsey

great pyramid at Tikal, Guatemala

From the top of the pyramid

Dec 23, 2008

Roger Raft

Nairobi, Kenya

Fairbanks Hotel swimming pool garden

Dec 24, 2008

Roger Haft

Rwanda

Volcanoes National Park in Virunga mountains, with chimps and gorillas

Dec 25-26, 2008

Roger Haft

Rwanda

Chimpanzee trek in Nyungwe Forest

Dec 30, 2008

Roger Haft

Ethiopia

In Lake Langano

Dec 31, 2008

Rob McCallum

Antarctica, summit of Webb island

Arranged by Don Walsh and Caroline Graham

Jan 1, 2009

Roger Haft

Ethiopia

Street market in Jinka and Mursi Mago National Park

Jan 5, 2009

Roger Haft

Ethiopia

Lake Tana (origin of Blue Nile) and Blue Nile Falls

January 7, 2009

Roger Haft

Ethiopia

Axum, Queen of Sheba’s palace

January 8, 2009

Roger Haft

Ethiopia

Lalibela, mule ride, and Monastery of Asheten Mariam

 

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