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MH2
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 24, 2009 - 08:10pm PT
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The Art of Suffering
Chopin
Śmingus Dyngus
Films by Marek Klonowski
okay, not quite all climbing-related, but appreciation-worthy
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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Feb 24, 2009 - 08:46pm PT
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on a climbing related note... the polish speaking dudes that show up at devils lake are quite frequently just bold as all getout. sometimes recklessly so. sometimes i'm seriously impressed.
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
Vacaville Ca,
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Feb 24, 2009 - 09:29pm PT
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Polish and proud!
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Place or Another
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Feb 24, 2009 - 09:55pm PT
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Bump for potato vodka and my friend, Polish Bob!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Feb 24, 2009 - 10:00pm PT
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James A. Michener's "Poland" was one of his best books written, IMHO.
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rockermike
Mountain climber
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Feb 24, 2009 - 10:06pm PT
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hey, can you put some footnotes for us idiots; I don't catch any of your references.
I searched for famous Poles; only three I've heard of , Chopin, Conrad, and the ex pope.
I have known a few very pretty Polish women. ha
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
Vacaville Ca,
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Feb 24, 2009 - 10:06pm PT
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OKRZYKI!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Feb 24, 2009 - 10:11pm PT
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rockermike, read the history of the entire people. I think Michener captured it well. An incredible nation that did their best and fought hard.
Know many of yo hate the religious stuff, and I am not into organized religion but, wasn't one of the more recent and good catholic popes from Poland ? Was it Pope John ? lrl
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Fletcher
Trad climber
here to eternity
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Feb 24, 2009 - 10:14pm PT
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How about Copernicus?
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Feb 24, 2009 - 10:43pm PT
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Maiden name; Andrea Tomaszewski;......those Polish Catholic Eastern bloc chicks RULE!.....I married one.......
Andrea Gordon
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Feb 24, 2009 - 10:47pm PT
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I rest my case : DD And she has the (can I say) nads to raise Todd, Beck and the tweens. :DD Jess jokin' Mr. Gordo.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 24, 2009 - 10:54pm PT
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hey there... say, back when i was studying languages... i always like writing the polish words... there long... and then i'd see how the cyrillic languages, had symbols for those very same sounds, so you wouldn't have to write them all out...
course, the cyrillic alphabet languages, have there OWN long words, so i reckon its a draw... :)
fun printed matter, though.... :)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 24, 2009 - 10:55pm PT
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hey there todd... say:
wow, thanks for the family history note... :)
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2009 - 11:18pm PT
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can you put some footnotes
1. Kinga Baranowska - interviewed in a movie I saw Sunday.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 24, 2009 - 11:54pm PT
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Growing up in Chicago I'm 'down' with Polaks; got a great sister-in-law for one. In my numerous dealings with russkies I have tried to explain amerrycans' penchant for polak jokes. This was completely beyond their ken as polaks represent all that is progressive and cool.
Slava Polakami!
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Fletcher
Trad climber
here to eternity
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Feb 25, 2009 - 12:46am PT
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And then there's Marie Skłodowska Curie.
Lot's of poles in Fletch's family.
Fletch
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Fletcher
Trad climber
here to eternity
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Feb 25, 2009 - 12:49am PT
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Back to climbing related: Wanda Rutkiewicz... hello!
Fletch
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2009 - 03:52am PT
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Euroford
bold like Pete Cleveland in the Needles or Tommy Deutschler leading Gill's Nose?
MrE
Polish Bob, for sure
Lynne
I read a large part of "Poland". They got attacked from north, south, east, and west, more than once, and I never even got to WWI. Does Poland hold some kind of record as a battleground?
Salamanizer
A Polish friend translates OKRZYKI! as "scream"?
Todd
I'll just shut up and appreciate.
neebee
I am told that spelling is simple for Poles whereas pronounciation is damned hard for non-natives.
Reilly
I wonder if this connects with the Poles at Devil's Lake
kunlun_shan
a good read
a selection (author Mark Synott):
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One time, Jan was heading up to climb a route on the Great Tower when he realized that several rangers were hot on his trail. The rangers, suspecting it was Muscat, called in for backup. Muscat was soon surrounded by 17 rangers carrying guns and walky talkies. But when they closed the noose, Muscat, and his dog, had vanished. To this day the rangers still can't figure out how he got away.
I've climbed with a lot of different people over the years, but I don't think I've ever met anyone with a greater passion for the sport than Jan Muscat.
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Fletch
Vanda Root-key-a-vitch: unstoppable
She was the center of the film on Polish Women Mountaineers, in which Kinga also appeared.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Feb 25, 2009 - 12:53pm PT
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Climbing related...
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Think: Ascent, Mountain, Alpinist... And soon... it will be here!
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Well, just ask!
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