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velvet!
Trad climber
La Cochitaville
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 18, 2017 - 10:47am PT
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“Silence buries someone deeper than dirt.” Niels told me after another friends fatal climbing accident. So here I am, shouting at the internet:
It is with the deepest of sorrow that we share the loss of Niels Tietze.
A self professed Luddite, he wasn’t much for the internet but those of us that knew him and climbed with him will forever feel his absence.
Thank you to YOSAR for bringing one of their own home last night.
Those if you who didn’t know him can get a glimpse of his light in this short film by Chris Alstrin
https://vimeo.com/135824574
I will write more when time and sadness allow.
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mikeyschaefer
climber
Sport-o-land
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Nov 18, 2017 - 11:39am PT
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This makes me really sad. Niels energy was off the charts. He really was a special man.
I'd always hoped to roped up with him at some point.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Nov 18, 2017 - 01:11pm PT
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Let's remember to tell those we love that we do,
make the most of every moment we have, (we have few),
and celebrate in that making our friends who would be with us if they could.
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E
Ice climber
mogollon rim
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Nov 18, 2017 - 02:38pm PT
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wtf
what happened? I was jus cillin with nils about a month ago.
one of the nicest guys ever
safe travels over the rainbow bridge friend
rip
EE
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crackers
climber
portlandia
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Nov 18, 2017 - 03:29pm PT
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Yep. Been talking to Libby.
F*#k 2017!
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WBraun
climber
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Nov 18, 2017 - 04:27pm PT
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Neils was a very good man ....
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Mom
Social climber
So Cal
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Nov 18, 2017 - 05:39pm PT
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Totally unaware of Niels passing, I put in a call to my ranger son this afternoon. He returned my call but by the tone & cadence of the “Hello, Mom. I .. “ spoken by him, I knew something close to his heart had happened. He went on to share that a ‘climbing buddy’ who had served on YOSAR WITH & FOR him had lost his life and that he and his wife, who has also worked YOSAR as medical staff, were on their way to bring him to the valley. “You know, Mom, he was at our house last week, hanging out, just chillin’ and talking world, climbing & SAR stuff. And now.... gotta go... we’ve got to get on the road and get him down here...”
My sincere and most heart felt condolences to Niels’ family, loved ones, climbing cadre, friends, buddies, and admirers. And especially his mother and dad if they are still with us. No family should lose their three sons to the granite and the chalk dust.
PS - Ed, Thank you for reminding us what is the most important part of our lives... there is the secret of life wisdom in your monologue, advise, admonishment .... if only that was somehow embedded in our genetic material so that it would be a natural daily occurance instead of a conscious have to be reminded part of who we are & what we do.
To all who climb, to all who love climbers and the sport may you be well, be safe, be blessed. Mom
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Slim Bob
Trad climber
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Nov 18, 2017 - 05:58pm PT
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Here he is on a run up to El Cap Spire, smiling, positive as ever!!
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ryankelly
climber
Bhumi
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Nov 18, 2017 - 06:45pm PT
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damn...dude was an inspiring climber
Heart goes out to all who loved that guy
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velvet!
Trad climber
La Cochitaville
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2017 - 09:04pm PT
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Slim Bob - that photo is perfection. He loved that route best of them all.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
West Slope of Powell Butte, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Nov 19, 2017 - 01:33am PT
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Damn! I owed Niels a huge debt as he bailed me out of a huge epic a few years ago. I’ll just have to pay it forward now by helping someone that’s in trouble.
Sure loved that guy. He will always be one of my heroes.
Thx Niels. You will be in my heart and live on in stories forever!
Plaid
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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Nov 19, 2017 - 05:34am PT
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Humble, encouraging, and wise. I am so sorry.
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kdc
Mountain climber
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Nov 19, 2017 - 07:09am PT
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Niels and I met in the Silencio Valley in Patagonia and became close friends. He was a rare soul, kind and true.
His quote "Silence buries someone deeper than dirt" comes from one of his favorite poems by Gegorgy Orr he shared with me once:
"Silence. Does silence
Make things vanish?
Or confirm
their disappearance?
Is the beloved
Who has died
Buried more deeply
By silence
Than by earth?
Even closed
And locked away
The Book whispers
About the beloved
In dreams. Still,
It's a whispering
Difficult to understand,
Impossible almost.
But if we find
The Book and open it,
If we find the poem
That is trying to find us,
The poem the beloved
Wrote and sent out
On the long journey
Toward our heart- if
We find that poem
It all makes sense
And the silence recedes
Before the beloved's
Quiet voice speaking to us."
Silence will not bury him, and he will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Nov 19, 2017 - 07:51am PT
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As a passing gust of wind , a schoking thing is here;
The resovior is empty, There are no more tears to shed
Agreat Man is dead
His heavy heart'd friends must trudge on
Heads bow'd against the torrent in saddness,
Against the torrent feet like clumps of lead
The paths shared now clouded, by shared memories and dread
How could one so bold and Vital
So stong of will and moreHow came this Tradgedy
Why is this ala' ways so hard to justify?
A climbers world is full of ghosts
Whos mortal coil shed,
have
we must always hope
Gone on to fly among us as we balance on the edge.
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cellardoor
Trad climber
berkeley,ca
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Nov 19, 2017 - 08:07am PT
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Nov 19, 2017 - 08:23am PT
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Noooooooooooooo
This sucks.
Niels was the "strong back, weak mind," that he said in a self deprecating way, that met us on top of Zod. Generous of spirit immediately extended an invite to beers.with the locals.
Had hoped.to return the favor one day as climbers do.
Rest well dear Valley Spirit
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Nov 19, 2017 - 08:31am PT
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Absolute heart ache.
This has been a horribly tough year.
May his family and friends find peace and serenity through their grieving.
Susan
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WanderlustMD
Trad climber
New England
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Nov 19, 2017 - 08:37am PT
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Very sorry to hear this.
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