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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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May 21, 2010 - 02:18am PT
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I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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May 21, 2010 - 02:47am PT
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jbar,
You might want to edit your last post, to indicate that you are not Mark Robertson, and that you copied his writing from some other source?
[Edit:] Thanks for clarifying your post. And for finding and posting it.
Very tough for parents to experience the death of a child.
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climbrunride
Sport climber
Purgatory
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May 21, 2010 - 03:08am PT
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This sucks! My condolences to his family and friends. And a big thank you to his father, for being willing to share the account of the accident. It was very well written, so even a non-climber can understand.
It just doesn't make sense sometimes. I've taken similar falls, flipping upside down, and somehow escaped, ok. And this guy, on probably his first ever fall like that, gets the chop. It reminds me to appreciate every day, and everything I get to do in this short life.
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jbar
Mountain climber
urasymptote
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Topic Author's Reply - May 21, 2010 - 03:36am PT
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climbrunride - my thoughts exactly! I read accounts such as what happened to Josh and wonder if I have just been lucky. How many times have i dismissed a rope behind the leg because I knew I wouldn't fall and why do I rarely wear a helmet? Makes me briefly wonder if I should even head out the door Saturday to go climb. I also thought his father did an outstanding job with writing. He tackled multipitch, trad and the rating system all in one short paragraph.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 21, 2010 - 04:16am PT
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hey there jbar... say, thanks so very much for the post, that comes, even as we all have wishes, and or, praying for the best for his family,and for them to get through this hard trail...
thank you to the father, for sharing in the concerns of others, even others that may not have known his son....
it is a strange thing, this passing from this life, to another...
we can see, when in life, a so called accident, turned into something so
far more better, that we are shocked, amazed and near never get over, or
even want to.... but THIS is due to things were life, or loved ones
still go one living---but the huge vast change that happened, was so
powerful and powerfully seen...
with death, we never see this, as we are not on the other side, to see such things... so we ourselves do not know...
we only see the very sad bad part, (similar, as to the above story of bad things that turned to good)...
thus, maybe as this father says, there is something far more
wonderul that has come from the bad, that we will not see here... or that some may see here, but yet, it will still not make full sense...
loved ones and life, are just that fully and enormously more precious than anything we can imagine....
i remembered this, from when one of my dearest friends died, and i never saw her again... it was an unknown cancer, that had grown into two huge
tumors, inside her and no one ever discovred them, though she even had regular checkups.... and she loved the lord and prayed...
some reason, we dont always see...
thank you mark, for you letter about your son...
god bless...
:)
thanks, jbar...
say, the things that surface, when we all pray, etc...
:)
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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May 21, 2010 - 09:26am PT
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My condolences to the family and friends.
-Tom
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jbar
Mountain climber
urasymptote
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Topic Author's Reply - May 21, 2010 - 04:49pm PT
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I hate to keep bumping this stuff but I just got an email with more info about the accident for anyone who may be interested and I think any climber can appreciate what his friends and family did to honor him.
"Josh had forgotten his helmet in the car. It is difficult to get back to the car once scrambling or rappelling to the base of the climbs. All the routes are trad. The injury to his head was in the back near his ear, which could have been covered by a a helmet.
He was buried in his typical climbing clothes of a t shirt, knickers, sandals, with his climbing shoes, holding a knit cap. A friend of the family built his coffin out of wood with his rope for handles into bolted anchors. His family had the bottom of the coffin at the Ascension Climbing gym for people to write messages and the top at the memorial. The youth team made new team shirts with his picture on the back in his honor. It was standing room only in the church that held his memorial. He was much loved and touched many lives in his 19 years."
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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May 21, 2010 - 05:07pm PT
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I am so sorry for the loss felt by those who knew this young man. I lived in Georgia for seven years and climbed at the Gorge as often as I could. Mescaline Daydream was my favorite route there. What an amazing place. I cannot imagine what Josh's parents are going through. A sad day indeed. May their faith in God comfort and sustain them during this difficult time.
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Macronut
Trad climber
Fresno, Ca
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May 21, 2010 - 06:24pm PT
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I learned trad climbing at this place and this very route. Many fond memories with Micro and I here. Sounds like a guy I would of loved to climb and fellowship with. Someone who made the most of his 19 years making an eternal difference. My heart and prayers go out to Mark, family and friends. May all those who knew him and are grieving have a peace beyond understanding.
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Dirka
Trad climber
SF
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May 21, 2010 - 08:54pm PT
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Prayers to his friends and family.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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May 21, 2010 - 11:39pm PT
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WAS HE WEARING A HELMET, OR NOT?
I'm so very sad to hear this. Glad he was a Believer.
In Him,
PTP and PTL Pete
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 22, 2010 - 01:17am PT
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hey there say, jbar... thanks for sharing again....
you know, in life, all parts of the sharing are needed, as you never
know who is need of such deep heart-felt things to help them
get through in their lives...
thanks for passing the ripple, to reach out farthers...
ripples ALWAYS look nice, when done well...
:)
god bless...
:)
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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May 22, 2010 - 11:16am PT
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Clearly stated above he was not wearing a helmet.
Condolences to his family.
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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May 23, 2010 - 01:14am PT
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ever notice how you can (often so easily) tell who cares enough to simply read the post(s)-
... and who just wants to JUDGE
i mean really, what's the point, at this point, of that?
sorry to hear the sad news.
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