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Note 44.271 MOUNT-L 271 of 517 CUPIDO::STRITAR "Andrej Stritar,IJS,(61)-371-321" 71 lines 7-DEC-1993 07:58
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Subj: Re: The Grand, climbing poetry, etc...

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Date: 03-Dec-1993
Posted-date: 03-Dec-1993

> It's from High Conquest by James Ramsey Ullman - a story about the initial
> attempts to climb Everest. It goes like this:
>
> "A man climbs because he need to climb, because that is the
> way he is made. Rock, ice, wind and the blue canopy of
> the sky are not all that he finds upon the mountaintops. He
> discovers things about his own body and mind that he has
> almost forgotten in the day to day, year to year routine of
> living. He learns what his legs are for, what the wise men
> of old meant by 'refreshment of the spirit'."
>

That's excellent. For me, that statement is definitely true.
Two years ago I totally changed my lifestyle and climbing was a
integral part of that change. Climbing totally changed my perspective
on life. I can't imagine life without it now.

> Sigh!!!! Maybe one of these days I'll get back out there for a climb
> or two!!!
>
> Fred Crooks
> Henderson Community College
>

Check this out Fred:

On Friday after our trip in the Tetons, we went to an indoor climbing
gym in Jackson Hole, WY. There we met what I call "a climbing bum".
His name is Dave. He climbed with us for a while in the gym and
invited us over to his pad to sleep that night. We went to his home
and talked with him for quite some time.

Dave is a interesting character. He moved to Colorado from the north
east when he was 18 because he wanted to ski. He did various
construction work and skied as much as he could. In his years in
Colorao he skied over 500 days and competed in skiing. He took up
rock climbing, ice climbing, and mountaineering. He started doing the
Colorado fourteeners in the winter. He has summited over 30 of the 50
or so of them. He climbed rock all over the US. He did Denali by a
land approach. The list goes on and on. I think over half of ten
years of time was devoted to outdoor adventures.

Two years ago he move to Jackson WY. He climbs summer and winter in
the Tetons. Lots of rock, ice and mixed routes. He was telling us
that as soon as his bank account gets reasonable large he is off to
climb every 5.9 rock climb with three stars on it in the US.

Does this guy has his priorities straight or what? Does he let things
like a job, higher education, or living in a shared apartment with 2
roommates interfere with his climbing? No way! He's devoted to it
body and soul. That's extreme even by my standards.

Willie Hunt

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