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Leggs
Sport climber
A true CA girl, who landed in the desert...
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Sep 13, 2012 - 11:56am PT
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“Sit, be still, and listen,
because you're drunk
and we're at
the edge of the roof.”
― Rumi
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2012 - 12:19pm PT
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'Its a good day to die.'. I thought that was Henry the V. Lol. I guess a lot of people have said it.
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The Call Of K2 Lou
climber
Squamish
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Sep 13, 2012 - 12:44pm PT
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Always been a fan of T.E. Lawrence (AKA Lawrence of Arabia):
"Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible."
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splitter
Trad climber
Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Sep 13, 2012 - 12:52pm PT
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I can't believe someone is posting Pearl S. Buck.
That be me!
What an incredible woman! Over fifty novels. And numerous other phenomenal accomplishments! I would be content to have accomplished 1% of what she did! She won the Pulitzer Prize that year (1932) for "The Good Earth"
"Inspiring" indeed!
Worth repeating!
"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation!" ~ Pearl S. Buck
edit: btw, She was the living embodiment of that quote! Just check out her life & accomplishments on wiki for an example! Her Chinese name was Sai Zhenzhu (beautiful name).
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Sep 13, 2012 - 02:09pm PT
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"Det här är mina skogar, fast jag äger dom inte".
"Jag följer fågelstigarna"
Nitahå-Jussi.
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WyoRockMan
Trad climber
Flank of the Bighorns
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Sep 13, 2012 - 02:13pm PT
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"A life without cause is a life without effect." - Barbarella
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splitter
Trad climber
Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Sep 13, 2012 - 02:50pm PT
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"He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not." ~ Isaiah
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Gary
Social climber
Monza by the streetlight
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Sep 13, 2012 - 02:55pm PT
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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. -- Heraclitus
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 13, 2012 - 03:03pm PT
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Hej, Marlow, jag også följer fågelstigarna.
Could you introduce me to Jussi?
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2012 - 03:16pm PT
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"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!". Upton Sinclair
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splitter
Trad climber
Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Sep 13, 2012 - 04:09pm PT
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this one sounded like it was well worth investigating, so i gave it my best shot...
"At either end of the social spectrum lies a leisure class." ~ Eric Beck
edit: i dropped this quote on one of my psych professors during class one day, and she responded, "NO THERE IS NOT"! So I ask her, "Have ya ever been to Camp Four? lol
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Sep 13, 2012 - 04:19pm PT
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Reilly
Nitahå-Jussi was said to be the last wanderer at Finnskogen. He knew the woods well and took a job where he found it, when he needed it. He lived and worked for a while in the US, but returned to Sweden to take over the farm after his father's death. Someone had illegally taken over the farm and years of juridical trouble started. In the film "Finnskog and trollskap" we are following Jussi. The film made him "famous", as did the book that was written about him. The book carried his own name. He was still active as an old man - as you see from the picture. The film "Finnskog and trollskap" has finally reached dvd and is now to be bought.
In the film I can also see my great grandfather Lauritz who was among the men who waited at the border for the Swedes in 1905. He was a person worth his own film. A lot of stories are told about him.
Et annet sitat fra Jussi er at "Det er et knep ved alt" - med andre ord alt har sin løsning bare du finner knepet - så også i klatringen.... Lol...
I will check out Crusoe of Lonesome Lake by Leland Stowe.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 13, 2012 - 04:27pm PT
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Marlow, takk. You would love Crusoe of Lonesome Lake by Leland Stowe.
I just checked Amazon and there are only a few available at big bucks.
A pity as it deserves a re-issue. I guess I should take care of my copy.
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 13, 2012 - 04:29pm PT
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Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Kris Kristofferson & Fred Foster, but Janis Joplin sang it best)
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Gary
Social climber
Monza by the streetlight
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Sep 13, 2012 - 05:09pm PT
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There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. If he flew them, he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to, he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.
"They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly.
"No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried.
"Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian asked.
"They're shooting at everyone," Clevinger answered. "They're trying to kill everyone."
"And what difference does that make?"
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 13, 2012 - 05:47pm PT
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Yo Nutjob,
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Kris Kristofferson & Fred Foster, but Janis Joplin sang it best)
Funny you mention that one. The band that played for our Russian language school 'graduation' party in Leningrad in 1973, had been banned from performing for soviet audiences for singing that very lyric!!
Seemed strange then, and makes no more sense to me now.....
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Sep 13, 2012 - 06:35pm PT
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Rumi .... who is that guy, anyway? One of the inventors of facebook? If Mark Zuckerberg isnt paying him, he should be.
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Sep 13, 2012 - 06:44pm PT
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"So it goes..."
Kurt Vonnegut
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Sep 13, 2012 - 07:35pm PT
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"It seemed like a good idea at the time."
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