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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Pull down Scott Cosgrove, like you ALWAYS DO!
Yafer, Thank You for that! i'm psyched to hear it!
THANKS EVERYBODY!
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Alison Rose
Boulder climber
Portland, OR
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Thanks for the updates...it's helpful for those of us who are far away.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Damn, just saw this. Get better Scott! Hope you recover quick and fully. Sending positive thoughts your way.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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I'm so sorry to read of this. Hang in there, buddy!
Hey there, say Neebee - we will try to gather tonight at the El Cap Bridge, and the Monkeys will send the power of healing [along with that of YHWH Rapha]
With respect and prayers,
PtL and PtP Pete
Edit; One little prayer with the monkeys in Curry
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TheSoloClimber
Trad climber
Vancouver
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Best wishes from your neighbours to the North.
It's always a bit of an eye opener when something like this happens to the absolute last person you would expect.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Hang tough Scott!
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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He's aware of his surroundings, responsive to verbal stimuli and attempts to open his eyes when asked.
This is definitely good news. The body can take a lot more abuse than the mind. Whatever the karma of this accident is, I feel much more optimistic after hearing this news.
I will join with Neebee and Lynne in a meditation.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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There's a lot of people pulling for you Scott! Hang in there!
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OR
Trad climber
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Cheers to Scott. Had a bit too much to drink tonight but thinking about the days working together in Berkeley and a hilarious day in the valley ending in failure and drinks.
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Twain Harte
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Best of luck, Coz.
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nah000
climber
canuckistan
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horrible to hear...
you can add one more fellow climber that is pulling for you...
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go-B
climber
Cling to what is good!
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Praying for you Scott!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, ptpp/pete...
say, as to this--great:
Hey there, say Neebee - we will try to gather tonight at the El Cap Bridge, and the Monkeys will send the power of healing [along with that of YHWH Rapha]
so very wonderful ideas, the joint-effort, in climber outdoors--yosemite the place of our hearts...
say, what time, am curious ... i just woke up...
had gone to sleep after the noon hour... is 10:47pm here now...
i will happily join in with you, too, if i can, and
lynnie and a whole bunch more...
now for scott:
say, scott, keep on pulling through the FRAMEWORK of the body'--and get the
inner-man working and hang on... it will all come together, again,
as you HEAL... hang in there...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Wishing the Coz Mon sweet, healing dreams. Not wanting this thread to drop, cause it might wound the warrior. Cheers along with prayers for healing, peace and more Cozzie. Hope to hear from Yo in the A.M. Scott.
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Burt
Social climber
Angelus Oaks, Ca
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Coz you son of a bitch, get up! You called me just weeks ago to pay your respects and console me about Brian, and we shared some laughs and some great memories. You guys are larger then life for so many of us that attempted to follow in your footsteps but never could. Your words the other week were so comforting, so honest, and so sincere. The true qualities of a person that makes them a cut above everyone else. Now heal up, so we can hear more of that honesty in your voice and in the climbing you leave behind.
KurtBurt
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Great to hear he's responding to stimuli. Something to start with certainly. It's gonna be a long road Scott, but you got this dude. Keep fighting bro. Never allow yourself to give up. No matter how much it hurts physically or mentally. You will heal with time, and effort!
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Scott, I really cannot add to what others have posted. Best wishes from Ireland.
EDIT
Being a med school drop out and a former EMT, but Scotty (if I may say that) responding to stimuli and verbal responses, Scott, you are on the road, but it may be a long one. Be prepared.
I was in a wheelchair for six months when I was ten after being hit by a car.
Injuries take time (let them), but if your mind is focussed and you have good support, and your desire is there, you'll be climbing again.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Peace and good wishes to you Coz, sorry you are hurt.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Just saw this. Praying for a good recovery.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Talked with Coz's co-worker who has been at his side since the accident first happened.
They were working in an airplane hangar, up a little more than 30 feet rigging a line to an I-beam type structure. It is not exaxctly known how, nor is it need-to-know for this discussion, but Coz fell out of the Condor Crane (a tall, cherry-picker kind of boom-arm hoist) and air-balled straight into the cement deck. By the looks of his injuries he broke the fall with a one hand and one leg - getting open (compound) fractures above one wrist and below one knee - transitioned into a face plant, basically shattering every bone in his upper face, including a ghastly open skull fracture - then body slammed, braking all kinds of ribs, etc. The doctors said he basically broke himself in two, with many internal breaks (ribs etc.) but astonisingly, no major organ damage, no spinal issues and aside from swelling on the brain, requiring a draniage tube/stint, no significant brain damage.
While critical, he is expected to "fully recover," though common sense tells us that his mobility will be compromised to some extent by his many injuries/fractures. So who knows how his recovery will play out, but it will, and that is a blessing in and of itself. Perhaps a miracle, seeming that paramedics were so concerned by the severity of his injuries they figured they were transporting a dead man to the hospital.
Doctors have already reconstructed his face, plated his skull and the plastic guys repaired he open wound. External fixators have been rigged up on his leg and arm. His face is twice it's normal size so he's appraently a horrible sight. They also fitted him with a trach to make breating easier owing to the swelling.
So he's all f*#ked up - but will aparently make it.
More as I learn it.
GO COZ!
JL
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