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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 8, 2010 - 03:07pm PT
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Tomorrow would've been my brother John's 54th birthday. We did a ton of climbing together from 1975 on, and played a lot of music together, too. He was always a bolder leader than I was in the earlier days, and some of the stuff he did still gives me shudders.
This picture was taken after he trudged up to belay me on some Space Wall routes at Donner. He got really winded and couldn't take too many steps without stopping, but he had a great time. Not much after this, he had a lung transplant that he wasn't able to pull through. But like those crazy run-out leads he used to do, he handled it with courage and focus.
I'm grateful for the time we did have. Anyone else out there remembering special people right now?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Most of us here on ST are old enough to have some huge holes in our lives that once were occupied by special people. Parents, brothers and sisters, close friends...
The only way I know of to deal with it is to cherish the memories and to be thankful for all the ways they made the world a better place.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Cheers, Mooser. Sorry about your bro.
I lost a climber gal-buddy not so long ago in a bizarre lead fall. Yeah, I still think of her from time to time. She was a regular partner for the local crag, Castle Rock State Park. I miss her.
Ishun and me in the Valley.
Here's the tribute thread I started for here;
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1026173&tn=0
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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That's tough, mooser. Nice to remember.
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SofCookay
climber
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Sorry for your loss, Mooser. I lost my sister 6 years ago - she was only 35. I miss her every day.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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I miss Woody too, Locker.
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pc
climber
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Nice post Mooser! Bump for your bro.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 8, 2010 - 08:00pm PT
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Thanks everyone. Wow...as Ghost said, "Most of us here on ST are old enough to have some huge holes in our lives that once were occupied by special people. Parents, brothers and sisters, close friends..."
I'm now finding myself grateful that this thread is affording some others of you the opportunity to share your remembrances, too. Thank you for the encouragement, and for giving everyone (including myself) another glimpse into your world.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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My son Adam
August 1995 to April 2008
Facelift 2007, reconstructing a plate for the Park Archeologist
Next day we climbed Pine Line with two good friends
Learning to Jumar December 2007
So he could put up his swing from an oak limb 20 feet off the ground.
I remember him every day and will for the rest of my life.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Yeah, Dingus, I wish I could have met Brutus. I'm comforted in knowing he made so many people happy though.
He was a good man from what I read and hear.
EDIT: Ah, man, High Traverse, I didn't know that. Sorry for your loss. I can't imagine...
Sorry, dude.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 8, 2010 - 08:39pm PT
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HighTraverse - I just can't find words for your post, other than...thank you for giving us a glimpse of your beautiful son.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Still think about and miss my father. He left us 15 years ago.
He proposed to my mom in the third grade, they were married 58 years.
She is now 95 in a Catholic nursing home.
And just two weeks ago, my dear friend Heinz passed away at age 75.
For seventeen years together, he taught me so much.
He was warm, kind, with an old world type civility. Wonderful man.
Losing people close to you is just awful.
Condolences to everyone else who has lost people close to them.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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He proposed to my mom in the third grade, they were married 58 years.
She is now 95 in a Catholic nursing home.
Wow! God bless them both. That's old school right there. Very cool too!
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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This thread is bumming me out, except for the quality people left behind to rekindle their memories of fallen comrades.
Best website ever.......I love you guys.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Kath, you're one of the peeps that make this place grand.
Keep the magic alive amongst us. It may seem trivial (to others) but your love of this tribe works.
I mean that too. Keep the magic alive, girl!!!!!
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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I've lost many people in my life who mattered more than I ever imagined.
I once thought I was whole, independent. I discovered I was a lot more selfish than that.
Parents, a child, two marriages, many friends well known to those here, have all gone under the bridge. Somehow I am still here, in spite of myself.
I love them all and miss them. I carry the burden of my own memory with me everyday. I wouldn't have it any other way. It would be less than human.
So take that grand advise; kiss them now. Right now. In the final analysis, we , the folks we love, are all we REALLY have. And we only have them NOW. Not yesterday nor tomorrow. Only now. So that is how I have learned to live, because the loss can be over whelming.
My heart goes out to all of us, for our collective loss.
But we are still here, so we have an obligation to act accordingly, to honor ourselves, thereby honoring those who are gone.
Sorry for the rant but this is a subject I feel deeply about.
Peace, Tony
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there all, say... oh my... this is always sad at these times.... but memories are needed to be shared, in order for wonderful folks to be good memories in the lives of those that never knew them, and had missed what they had to give... my mom and her sister, our dear auntie, to all comes to mind, and a few other lesser known incidents, from south texas, and a recent one in the emotional realm of someone dear to us... :(
but equally shared, sometimes, is our pain of others with losses, as even ekat has been feeling here, so i must add this too:
just being there, for friends, gets us over our losses, in powerful ways, and gives life to others...
i have a friend right now, with such overwhelming losses in her home, due to cancer, as to three members---i just thank god right now, that i have the free time, to be there for her... i really want to see her have joy again, and stability... she is fighting so hard to do so...
may the good lord bless our trails, with our needs, at this time...
thanks for sharing, by starting this, so many loved and wonderfl folks are not forgotten in our lives...
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Right now. In the final analysis, we , the folks we love, are all we REALLY have. And we only have them NOW. Not yesterday nor tomorrow. Only now. So that is how I have learned to live, because the loss can be over whelming.
Well said, Tony. We do our fallen buddies justice by continuing their spirit through our lives. Climb on, my friends. Climb on...
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R.B.
Big Wall climber
Land of the Lahar
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Material wealth and possessions mean nothing, because in the long run and in the end, it is the memories that our family and friends have of us, is all we have after we leave!
Long live the memories of lost loved ones!
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