KOOL 98 » mountain http://98kool.com Lubbock's Greatest Hits of All Time! Sat, 18 May 2013 14:03:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Mountain's Leslie West Performs for First Time Since Leg Amputation http://98kool.com/leslie-west-first-show-since-leg-amputation/ http://98kool.com/leslie-west-first-show-since-leg-amputation/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:55:42 +0000 Joe Robinson http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=47317 Former Mountain guitarist Leslie West heroically rolled onto the stage of New York’s BB King Blues Club Tuesday night (Jan. 31) to perform in public for the first time since he was forced to have his lower right leg amputated as a result of diabetes complications.

]]> http://98kool.com/leslie-west-first-show-since-leg-amputation/feed/ 0 Rahav Segev, Getty Images Leslie West of Mountain Returns to Touring, Thanks to a Generous Gift http://98kool.com/leslie-west-returns-to-touring-thanks-to-a-generous-gift/ http://98kool.com/leslie-west-returns-to-touring-thanks-to-a-generous-gift/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:18:52 +0000 Shauna Wright http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=43720 After being forced to have his lower right leg amputated as a result of diabetes complications last year, guitar legend Leslie West, 66, was forced to cancel a tour — not because he was unable to perform, but because he didn’t have transportation equipped for a wheelchair.

]]> http://98kool.com/leslie-west-returns-to-touring-thanks-to-a-generous-gift/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images / Vehicle Production Group Leslie West of the 70′s Classic Rock Band Mountain Lost Part of His Leg http://98kool.com/leslie-west-of-the-70s-classic-rock-band-mountain-lost-part-of-his-leg/ http://98kool.com/leslie-west-of-the-70s-classic-rock-band-mountain-lost-part-of-his-leg/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:40:08 +0000 Landon King http://98kool.com/?p=7822 Legendary Mountain guitarist Leslie West remains in serious condition today at a Mississippi hospital. West had part of his leg amputated as a result of complications from diabetes. There's a bit of irony here. Read why on the next page.

]]> http://98kool.com/leslie-west-of-the-70s-classic-rock-band-mountain-lost-part-of-his-leg/feed/ 0 Amazon 'Tweeting' Has Been Taken To New Heights http://98kool.com/tweeting-has-been-taken-to-new-heights/ http://98kool.com/tweeting-has-been-taken-to-new-heights/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 15:50:11 +0000 Rick Taylor http://98kool.com/?p=6023 A guy sends a tweet from atop of Mount Everest. 

There's an argument about how technology has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, and how there are certain places where you just shouldn't whip out your phone.  But I'm not sure where this fits. 

Last week someone sent the very first Tweet from . . . the top of Mount Everest. 

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