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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2011 - 04:33pm PT
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I slept last night, but (and don't laugh), I kept
waking up singing in my sleep. No joke. I had songs
running through my brain... I have two nice single
ladies on either side of my apartment. I hope I didn't
keep them awake! Here's another photo, just for fun...
And here's another:
Ok, and this one...
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Tobia
Social climber
GA
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Jan 10, 2011 - 08:32pm PT
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i have been taking melatonin as of late; it helps but i wake up right after dozing off or after an hour or two of sleeping.
I have gotten used to it; but when I get 6-8 hours every once in awhile I feel like I am waking up 25 yrs younger; sleep is such a refresher!
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jan 10, 2011 - 09:07pm PT
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Pat, those last three slides are wonderful.
The ducktail/Bermuda shorts combo is especially good.
And the color still pops on those -- my old slides have faded badly
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Jan 10, 2011 - 10:18pm PT
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Hi Tobia.....lynnie here. Nice to read your post. The awesome music posts you shared quite some time ago have been significant in my life. Amazing what music does for the heart, soul and mind. Maybe that would be a sleep enhancer for some. Peace and Joy to you Dude. Once more, thanks, lynnie
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 10, 2011 - 10:46pm PT
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Thanks Kerwin. Did you see my little video? You can go to my site and
play it, or should be able to. But those Bermuda shorts. Yes. I got them
for like a dime at some good will store. Barry Bates just sent me an
email saying he had vivid memories of a kid in some checkered Bermuda
shorts tearing up the rocks. Then we met, of course, and he and I were a real team at bouldering... Thanks, my friend. My new film is almost done, but
still struggling with it.
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Jan 10, 2011 - 11:19pm PT
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Bump for the great Bermuda shorts! They need to make a comeback. Forget carpenter's pants or pink Lycra.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2011 - 12:38am PT
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That's right, Lisa. I agree. A new movement. I might have those somewhere. They would be worth their weight in diamond.
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Jan 11, 2011 - 02:02am PT
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Pat,
Thanks for the share. I hope it's ok that I tweak a couple of your photos so I can see them a little better.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2011 - 02:06am PT
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jan 11, 2011 - 02:13am PT
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yeah, it's 11:47 PM in Flagstaff right now and I'm not the least bit sleepy. Sort of wired, actually.
Broke down today and got some sleeping pills from my doctor. Hopefully it's one of those full-on knockout pills that has you drooling on your pillow in minutes.
If you don't hear from me again in an hour, it worked!
EDIT: Ament, those photos are a true treat. Keep 'em coming! My favorite pic of you is the one where you're just absurdly ripped -- biceps bigger than my thighs -- and holding up a photo of bob dylan. Post it!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 11, 2011 - 02:20am PT
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Pat, have you got any photos of playing chess with John?
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2011 - 02:26am PT
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Jan 11, 2011 - 11:03am PT
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Pat, I spent 32 years,10 months, working graveyards.
I don't know what sleep is. I do know how to pass out. I have been off the graveyard shift now for about 3 years and still have trouble sleeping through the night. So please know, as you lie there staring into the dark, fumbling late night on the computer, burning the soup pot and just waiting for sleep; you are not alone.
TY
ps: nice shot of JB.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 11, 2011 - 11:12am PT
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You ever play chess with the Fish?
Definitely talk with a medical professional about medication. They have a lot of tools in their quiver that might help you get beyond these problems and back to the Important stuff.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 11, 2011 - 12:43pm PT
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Thanks, Pat - a nice photo of John. Wish I had one of playing chess with him.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2011 - 01:47pm PT
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Were/are you a chess player?
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Jan 11, 2011 - 02:10pm PT
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Great Photos!, I love the one of you with Dalke. When I first started climbing in Eldo in the summer of 72, using I think the 2nd edition of High Over Boulder, my mentor told me very sternly "stay away from Dalke 5.8's!".
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2011 - 02:21pm PT
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Yes, Larry was as good a free climber as there was anywhere in the
country, in most respects, aside from Gill, or Pratt in cracks, etc.
Larry was bad in off-widths. In 1967, I led a slew of 5.10 cracks in
the Valley, and Larry just couldn't do those off-widths. He would scrape
the skin off his knees. But then he and (if I remember) Madsen went up
and more or less walked up the Royal/McCracken route on Higher Yosemite
Falls. Larry's strength was face climbing... He never did work out or
do gymnastics, just had a natural gift.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 11, 2011 - 03:24pm PT
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Yes, I played quite a lot of chess in high school and university. In the mid 1970s I played a fair bit in the Valley, with John, Werner, and sometimes a ranger named John Caulkins. That's how I met John. I haven't played much since then, though I still have a board.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2011 - 10:18pm PT
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I made senior master on the Yahoo speed chess site, a pretty tough assignment (2450), and then I realized it was causing too much stress,
so I quit and have never looked back... Royal and I played a lot, quite a few correspondence games. I was playing a correspondence game once with a fellow in Arizona, and his wife wrote me and said he pulled off a house size rock and died. Wow. That game ended.
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