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GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 28, 2012 - 12:38pm PT
I drift away from Supertopo, often for long stretches. And then back. My return is always because there is something or someone very particular that draws me, strong, despite all.

Today, it is Norwegian. His perspective is always breathtaking, his half-poetic prose always playful. He can merge the profound and the mundane, as he digs under the surface like his beetles in a log. He inspires. I can't begin to praise him properly with my own stumbling typing.

In many ways Norwegian shines brighter than all the many bright stars here. Here's to you, Norwegian, may you shine bright, easy, and long!

Cheers! (and I'm not even drinking, just drunk on life)

GO
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
Sep 28, 2012 - 12:40pm PT
Go Weeg! The Poet Laureate of supertopo.
rincon

Trad climber
SoCal
Sep 28, 2012 - 12:43pm PT
Dude needs a haircut.
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Sep 28, 2012 - 01:00pm PT
Norwegian is well connected. For øvrig er det en del blinde gærninger creating a lot of beautiful noise... Lol...
Dapper Dan

Trad climber
Menlo Park
Sep 28, 2012 - 01:12pm PT
I get a contact high any time I read his stuff...
bobinc

Trad climber
Portland, Or
Sep 28, 2012 - 01:17pm PT
His last post (involving the RV and the suspended tree) was particularly good. Almost all of his contributions are full value.
Largo

Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
Sep 28, 2012 - 01:47pm PT
mucci

Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
Sep 28, 2012 - 01:59pm PT
Your one of a kind Bro@!@!

Has an affinity for the groveling wyde.

Whoooop!!
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Sep 28, 2012 - 02:23pm PT
Ahh the weeg. He's a poet and he knows it. The only poster on ST whose posts i consistently have to read twice just to get a glimpse of what he is saying.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Tell us, does he speak in prose also? ;)
mountain dog

Trad climber
over the hills and far away
Sep 28, 2012 - 03:20pm PT
Norwegian, a True American he is.
MisterE

Social climber
Sep 28, 2012 - 03:27pm PT
Norwegian is our poet laureate, a true iconoclast, a great father, hard worker, and a great host.

He gave Skip and I a place to park our trailer for three days at Lover's Leap during our recent trip, and even took some time out of his busy schedule to lead us up Fantasia, a classic climb.

We appreciate Norwegian!

Norwegian the tree guy:


At the base of Fantasia (note the retro-cool shirt)


Weeg and MisterE happy at the top of Fantasia:

BLUEBLOCR

Social climber
joshua tree
Sep 28, 2012 - 03:29pm PT
Hey, he's a Strawbillie aye!
Dats Cool Right Dar!
BOOOWWWW!
BB
Largo

Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
Sep 28, 2012 - 04:13pm PT
Somehow I don't think Largo got it.
--


Mine post was a joke. I always read the Norwegian's poetry, all 100 proof of it.

JL
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Sep 28, 2012 - 04:26pm PT
There was something mighty about Largo's joke.
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Sep 28, 2012 - 04:31pm PT
I "got" Largo's post. I'm odd maybe.

Weeg is a great guy. He adds a really cool dimension to this group of characters!
Studly

Trad climber
WA
Sep 28, 2012 - 05:45pm PT
Hail to Supertopo's Silent Partner Poet Laureate barnyard mechanic and all around good guy.
cowpoke

climber
Sep 28, 2012 - 05:55pm PT
Huge fan of his many and varied contributions. Some of his prose goes over my head, but regardless of whether i "get it" or not, it always has a unique aura of words crafted by a gifted and kind spirit.

So, for the Nowegian cat, some prose that goes over my head, but I still dig the images...and, oh, that riff...skol!

Look for a while at the China Cat Sunflower
proud-walking jingle in the midnight sun
Copper-dome bodhi drip a silver kimono
like a crazy-quilt star gown
through a dream night wind

China cat

Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandana
like a one-eyed Cheshire
like a diamond-eyed jack
A leaf of all colors plays
a golden string fiddle
to a double-e waterfall over my back

Comic book colors on a violin river
crying Leonardo words
from out a silk trombone
I rang a silent bell
beneath a shower of pearls
in the eagle winged palace
of the queen Chinee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3q07YLBRc0
Killer K

Boulder climber
Sacramento, CA
Sep 28, 2012 - 06:00pm PT
Weeg kix ass from one tree guy too another HEADACHE!!!
MisterE

Social climber
Sep 28, 2012 - 10:12pm PT
BUMP!

Don Paul

Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
Sep 28, 2012 - 10:29pm PT
Norwegian gets my vote. Once in a while the poems seem to originate from a kind of suicidal drinking binge. But hey, no problem, I guess all art is born of suffering.
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