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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Material wealth and possessions mean nothing, because in the long run and in the end, it is the memories that our family and friends have of us, is all we have after we leave!
Long live the memories of lost loved ones!
While somewhat somber, that is the f*#king truth! But as a spiritual man, I find that we just traverse from one existence to another. It's sad to see our friends leave, but maybe they look back at us and smile and say, "Don't be sad, I'm o.k.".
But many would call me naive and misguided. But whatever....
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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this thread is so poignant and special. Climbers, on the surface can often appear tough and "devil may care-ish" however threads like this and Juan memorial threads peel surfaces WAY BACK and reveal the profound emotional depth and the willingness to open up the pain again. At the Facelift that emotional depth and sense of profound loss was palpable in the auditorium the night of the Yabo slides and Border Country movie. One of my favorite stanza's:
What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
I miss my Grandmother right now.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Is it OK if I just hug bluering, and don't kiss him? He's kind of furry.
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nita
Social climber
chica from chico, You can call me..mini moo.
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Mooser, I remember that picture of your brother,..remembering keeps their spirit alive. Thanks for starting this thread.
HighTraverse, It was nice to meet you at the facelift...I had no idea about your beautiful son..Sincere condolences... sending you a hug..
Too many of my friends, family members and pets have passed on to another realm...
But..
The first name that came to mind when i saw this post was.. Ouch.
It will be 2 years on the 16th of this month that he left us. Ouch passed away only two weeks after the Facelift,
yet he still managed to posted up some funny facelift cartoons just five days before his passing.
Allie had said "his hands shook and he was very ill."...Amazing man, i never met him..but..I sure miss him. Allie was lucky to have such a great dad....Love you *Ouch...
Always take the time to tell your friends that you love them...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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And oft, in the stilly night,
ere slumber's chain has bound me,
fond memory brings the light
of other days around me
RIP brother
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Anastasia
climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
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My mom in the days before her illness took over. She was 32 in this picture and a mother of two children. I always wondered what it would have been like to live with her before she became sick.
Now it's only been three months since her passing and it's already been a very long painful time without her.
AFS
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Oct 10, 2010 - 12:55am PT
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Very deep and thoughtful posts my dear ones...As we get on in years, and our friends and compatriots leave our side I can only feel blessed to have known them. I have to remember to cherish those that I have with me today.
Last shot I got of one of my greatest friends, Shawn Curtis, with one of my late Queensland Heelers, Katy...
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MH2
climber
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Oct 10, 2010 - 04:14am PT
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“Not one human being in ten million is really long remembered. For the mass of mankind absolute oblivion, like death, is sure. But what if it is? Should this indubitable fact affect injuriously the mortal life in this world of the ordinary human being? Not at all. For most men and women the enjoyments, interests, and duties of this world are just as real and absorbing, at the moment, as they would be if the enjoying, interested, and dutiful individuals could imagine that they were going to be remembered long on this earthly stage.”
“Isaac Watts did not exaggerate when he wrote:
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away:
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day."
From
John Gilley
Maine Farmer and Fisherman
By
Charles W. Eliot
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 10, 2010 - 06:48pm PT
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I was away from my computer for a couple of days, only to come back and find these very poignant posts from so many quarters. Thanks, all, for your comments, and thank you for posting your own remembrances. We are a multi-faceted bunch who carry our own experiences of joys and pains.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Oct 10, 2010 - 07:54pm PT
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Sorry about your Mom, Ana. It was refreshing to talk to you in Yellow Pines.
Keep being you!!!! You're a chatty gal, but I love ya. See you next year!!!!
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 11, 2010 - 12:50am PT
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Too true. All of it. Way too many to try and think of, all at once. Blessed are those memories.
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Oct 11, 2010 - 01:21am PT
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RIP, Dad. Michael Borghoff:
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Pennsylenvy
Gym climber
A dingy corner in your refrigerator
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Oct 11, 2010 - 01:27am PT
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LEB.....that is awesome and how I hope I will be.
Locker................................................
yur just a chip of the ol' block
locker
Social climber Oct 8, 2010 - 10:29pm PT
My Dad at 80...
He died five years ago at 89...
Patted a nurse on the butt and winked at me two weeks before he died...
All the way to the end...
LOL!!!...
Dude was COOL!!!...
Credit: locker
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I have been trying to prepare myself for the inevitable. My parents have hero status to me. 82 and 75 years old. They have done so much for us six kids. They lived their lives for us. Wish our generation could come close. Thanks for the thread Moose
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em kn0t
Trad climber
isle of wyde
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Oct 12, 2010 - 04:52pm PT
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Yesterday, after a great day of climbing at Granite Basin, I took some time alone to stand under a tall pine tree by a huge granite boulder twisted and sculpted by the wind, and recited the Indian Death Song that LEB quoted above. But I changed the words (as I always do), saying "you" instead of "I." I sense Brutus's spirit in such places, whether it's laughing in the distant rumbles of thunder, or soaring high above the clouds with the eagles.
Life is eternal, and love is immortal,
and death is only a horizon;
and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
~Rossiter Worthington Raymond
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Oct 12, 2010 - 05:32pm PT
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Beautiful, Em. Thanks for that.
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em kn0t
Trad climber
isle of wyde
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Oct 12, 2010 - 11:07pm PT
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Dingus,
as Brutus would say,
"Today's gift"
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 13, 2010 - 03:10am PT
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Thanks, Em and others. I didn't know Bruce well, having only met him at sushifest at St. George. He seems the sort of person whose spirit is always with you, particularly in the outdoors.
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