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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 18, 2012 - 10:41am PT
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Well, another one's gone,
another one's gone,
another one bites the dust.
Sung another son,
Sung another son,
You haven't been bored, I trust.
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Trying to put out something for everyone, like neebee said.
And now for something completely different. Did you know that en sespanol, el llama will carry your burden for you, but las llamas will burn your house down.
MP/The Llama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBaUmx5s6iE
Embrace the Fire, kids. I have, and am completely ready. SPF 99. Plenty of M&Ms, and Oaxacan Cheese. And several Bics. And some water. I am prepped, as they say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x3cf_W3YPE
But beware of the flare.
Tenga cuidado con las llamaradas solares.
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Gypsy
Social climber
NC
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Dec 18, 2012 - 11:00am PT
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Continued agility is why I do yoga and am a circuit coach at Curves; not to evade my responsibilities nor invade my son's need for privacy.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 18, 2012 - 11:28am PT
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THAT was beautiful. Seeing two men embrace in such a way is heartening. It shows something. Love and respect, mainly. They are brothers, right?
I got to thinking about evasion of responsibility. My heart's sore, but lighter having done so. My stepson has a family of four. I have met just the older two boys. At last I have opened a line of communication there and have accepted my share of the blame for having cut myself off from the step-grand-kids. I sorta hate that word--all kids deserve love, all kids deserve the same as any others, the stepithet should be discontinued.
I had so little to offer for so long now, it's all under the bridge now. Being part of the Taco family has helped this come to pass, I'm certain.
My idea is that I may be able to influence the two older ones, since they know me, to try to climb. Not to push, but to offer it. I've bought a brand new rope to that end. I don't want any kind of safety objections, or anything else, to come out of the mouth of their mom or dad. He was the skater, remember, and owned Bueno Boarding and influenced many kids himself.
Pie in the sky, I'm gonna die.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Dec 18, 2012 - 02:44pm PT
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speakin' of frogs
and miss mouse, bumble bees, lady bugs, and moths
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 18, 2012 - 11:30pm PT
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The best in the new year and God bless us, everyone.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 19, 2012 - 04:14am PT
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Ain't got a raisin,
Ain't got a clue,
All I know
Is you're crazy. too.
Mark & Ferdy/Marijuana Blues and Reds and Greens and Purples and zBrowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFOcaec3aoU
Pretenders/Goodbye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ds7gglUXf
Was George Anderson crazy? Was Batso?
ANDERSON DECEMBER 23, 1865 Mariposa Gazette (submitted by W Disbro)
At the county Hospital, on Thursday, Dec. 21st, G. F. ANDERSON, aged about 40 years.
George ANDERSON May 24, 1884 Mariposa Gazette ( submitted by W. Disbro )
Death of a celebrity,- In the Stockton "Independent" says; "George Anderson, a native of Melrose, Scotland, aged 47, and for a long time a resident in Yo Semite Valley, died there on the 10th inst., of acute pneumonia. He was a man of pluck and daring, being the first to climb South Dome, and it was to his skill and perseverance that it's ascent was made possible to others. He was latterly engaged in building a wide passageway from the floor of the Valley up to the Vernal and Nevada Falls, which, being cut in the side of the granite walls, required blasting most of the way.
G. Anderson at left, after slack-lining practice.
Goodbye
by Steve Earle
I remember holding on to you
All them long and lonely nights I put you through
Some where in there I'm sure I made you cry
But I can't remember if we said good bye
I recalled all them nights down in Mexico
The one place I might never go in my life again
Was I just off somewhere just to hide
But I can't remember if we said good bye
I only miss you every now and then
Like the soft breeze blowin on from the Caribbean
Each November I break down and cry
But I can't remember if we said good bye
I recalled all them nights down in Mexico
The one place I might never go in my life again
Was I just off somewhere just to hide
But I can't remember if we said good bye
Good bye
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 19, 2012 - 05:36am PT
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hey there say, mouse...
wow, thanks much for this info on george anderson...
i always enjoyed learning about him...
George ANDERSON May 24, 1884 Mariposa Gazette ( submitted by W. Disbro )
Death of a celebrity,- In the Stockton "Independent" says; "George Anderson, a native of Melrose, Scotland, aged 47, and for a long time a resident in Yo Semite Valley, died there on the 10th inst., of acute pneumonia. He was a man of pluck and daring, being the first to climb South Dome, and it was to his skill and perseverance that it's ascent was made possible to others. He was latterly engaged in building a wide passageway from the floor of the Valley up to the Vernal and Nevada Falls, which, being cut in the side of the granite walls, required blasting most of the way
say, just saw your email come in... works very veryyyyyyyyy slow, will see if i can get to it, now... and see if it will WORK...
i am still sewing, hand-sewed-blanket thing... :)
just made crabapple tapioca, :)
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Dec 19, 2012 - 05:52am PT
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...required blasting most of the way...
From everything I've read here on ST it strikes me that's exactly how most El Cap routes were conquered as well.
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Gypsy
Social climber
NC
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Dec 19, 2012 - 08:04am PT
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When Ariel was little, he had a pop-up book on dinosaurs (he called them disonores) and one of the pages said "Tyrannosaurus rex had arms so short he couldn't even scratch his chin".
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Gypsy
Social climber
NC
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Dec 19, 2012 - 08:06am PT
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Objects in this thread appear closer than they really are.
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Gypsy
Social climber
NC
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Dec 19, 2012 - 08:47am PT
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Since, as yet, we have no snow on the ground, I present you with this snowy egret to help you leap into the solstice (or the end of the world--whichever should come first)
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Gypsy
Social climber
NC
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Dec 19, 2012 - 09:06am PT
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Just read you post about Skeeter and Ron. I hadn't heard the name Skeeter in a long time. He was the one who showed me to my cave in Yosemite where I lived the winter of 71--guess you can "chalk" that one up to Skeet too
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 19, 2012 - 12:23pm PT
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Bingo! Another connection via recollection.
Did you realize George Anderson or John Muir may have taken a liking to that same cave? I don't think I'd find Jeff's old one very easily. I was only over there under the Sentinel four or five times, just because we didn't head there often to visit him--leave no trail, first rule, show no light, second rule, STFU, third rule. Don't feed Air-Wick, the local cave-dwelling skunk, ever, or he'll just want more.
Did I say Sentinel? I meant Washington Column or Inconceivable Buttress, probably. There's cave sites all over.
I loved the little TRex, Gypsy!
Bevin was absolutely terrorized by ET's poster on our wall, and I had to take it down...
neebee: Here's another snippet about George Anderson. There are two invlved in Yo Se Mite, one is buried in the pioneer graveyard near the Visitors' Center, but he is not the Half Dome pioneer. He must be buried in Stockton, is my guess. I have some info on that here someplace.
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