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Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Wow. R.I.P. Nelson.
He tried to make the world a better place.
Most would agree that he did.
http://www.cnn.com/
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Mandela RIP. A human being of distinction. A life well lived...
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TwistedCrank
climber
Bungwater Hollow, Ida-ho
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The dude had sack.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Tutu sad.
One of the whitest hats ever!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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RIP.
Changed the course of history for the better for a whole lot of people.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Made it to 95 with all of those hardships.....good genes.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Jim,
You can say that again!!
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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He made the world a better place.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Not unexpected, but still very sad.
A great man has passed.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Watching the fall and fallen leaves being tossed by the wind outside my french doors. Whirling around, random beauty.
Words like creation, planet, creatures, life, human beings, love, hate, help, dedication and peace flow through my brain.
I admired Mandela and Martin Luther King and others. But I know in my heart each of us can be them in a microscopic way, impacting the world around us for good. But do we?
I don't know really, what RIP means. When you are dead, then what? I doubt the word rest applies.
Lynne
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Like the wind no one can see, but only observe its effects, I believe there is indeed an invisible world, Locker. We may continue to decompose, but who we are will always live on.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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I always liked that the Brits had a climb named Mandela cause when it went up on aid they thought it would take 30 years to be freed
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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A long walk to freedom. . .
rest easy, Mr. Mandela
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Agree he was a great man, at least as far as I know, but we shouldn't forget that no one is perfect, all humans make mistakes, and powerful people usually abuse their power to some extent and it's a mistake to just worship them blindly.
For example, wasn't his wife more-or-less a common criminal who was involved in the murder and torture of various people, and he used his power to protect her and cover up her crimes? This is just from memory; I didn't Google it, but I'm sure there was something going on.
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Gene
climber
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The 26 years he spent in jail would have destroyed most people. His was a remarkable life.
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ruppell
climber
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I usually refrain from posting in Obit threads. What a life is all I gotta say. Proud.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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He's in a better place now where he can hang out with his peers - Mahatma and Martin.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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wow. thought this was going to be a hi-desert chopping thread.
i thought you'd just beer spelled "Mandala."
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