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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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May 11, 2006 - 08:04am PT
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Terrific photos - I'm seeing climbers everywhere....
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 11, 2006 - 09:47am PT
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climbers here
climbers there
climbers everywhere
climbers in my hair!
apologies for the silly thread drift mikeL.
but it was phun.
perhaps someone will take a crack at your querry now.
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MikeL
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 11, 2006 - 10:30am PT
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Wow, Tarbuster. Wow. Your passion and love are almost over-whelming.
This morning I was thinking of Apoc’s initial comment under my question, and I thought it could be a silly thing to ask climbers what a climber is, and the questions could also be almost impossible to answer. People say that you can only really understand a movement, culture, or community after it has had its time.
I get what you’re saying. There is something about climbing that reaches deep into your heart and soul. It’s art, even with all the science.
I came up with the questions from Crimpie’s thread about suicide. There was something about death, life, challenge, conflict, risk, living-in-the-moment running throughout that thread for me. Suicide is climbing or defines climbers? No, but there is some kind of fascination there, don’t you think?
Your pictures are great, man. I wish I began to climb 40 years ago, instead of 6. I feel that I’ve missed something in my life. In high school we used to rappel into canyons with hemp ropes thrown around trees, but it never occurred to me that I could climb those things.
MikeL
(P.S. A 2-year old shoulder impingement has reduced my climbing; it’s so depressing.)
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G_Gnome
Social climber
Tendonitis City
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May 11, 2006 - 11:58am PT
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Mike, get it fixed! It's not worth skipping the things you love. They can fix almost all that now days unless you just have no cartaledge left.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 11, 2006 - 01:00pm PT
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thanks mikeL.
i find, for me, being a climber is all about raw passion for life (people) and climbing is the pure, uncut, primordial vehicle.
i have a bunch of "climbing" poetry.
not one word of climbing.
pure love poetry.
get it?
but i love this piece, really an excerpt from the "Who's" "behind blue eyes tune" and you gotta here Daltry sing it:
When my fist clenches
Crack it open
Before I use it or loose my cool
When I smile
Tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool
And If I swallow anything Evil
Put your finger down my throat
And if I shiver
Please give me a blanket
Keep me warm any where you go.
(just posted it on the depression thread, because when i hear it, it invokes a strong feeling in me to face the abyss, mine, yours, and to be present, compassionate, helpful, committed.)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 11, 2006 - 01:20pm PT
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oops, i slipped into my photo bucket,
am now treading water, splashing about,
and some climbers are popping out.
bridwell:
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Tarbuster
climber
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May 11, 2006 - 01:21pm PT
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super taco's guyman:
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Tarbuster
climber
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May 11, 2006 - 01:23pm PT
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bvb's & joclyn's hanna:
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Tarbuster
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May 11, 2006 - 01:25pm PT
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eddie mo & rudi:
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Tarbuster
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May 11, 2006 - 01:28pm PT
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jennifer:
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Tarbuster
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May 11, 2006 - 01:30pm PT
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sue:
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Tarbuster
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May 11, 2006 - 01:36pm PT
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lynn:
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Tarbuster
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May 11, 2006 - 01:37pm PT
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TNT:
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Tarbuster
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May 11, 2006 - 01:38pm PT
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jane:
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Tarbuster
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May 11, 2006 - 01:42pm PT
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helga:
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Tarbuster
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May 11, 2006 - 01:43pm PT
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mike waugh:
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Tarbuster
climber
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May 11, 2006 - 01:45pm PT
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supertacoer jhedge:
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Tarbuster
climber
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May 11, 2006 - 01:46pm PT
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shelley & bobbi:
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Tarbuster
climber
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May 11, 2006 - 01:48pm PT
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too tall:
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Tarbuster
climber
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May 11, 2006 - 01:49pm PT
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fred:
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