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Sir Donald
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Dec 20, 2012 - 11:51am PT
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My wife and I met on a chairlift 15 years ago - both as ski bums and full time climbers. Now we own and run an Organic/100% Grass Fed beef ranch in North Carolina and sell it all to Whole Foods - but we still sneak out to climb several times a month and a yearly trip to the desert thrown in.
240 Black Angus, 5 horses to work the herd with, 4 dogs to tag along, and two kids to do all the other farm chores. And - my 12 year old son climbs harder than I can now, just got his first 5.11b on real rock!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 20, 2012 - 12:01pm PT
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Sir Donald, I don't see much grass in that first pic.
Looks like a bunch of locoweed! ;-)
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Mees
climber
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Dec 20, 2012 - 01:22pm PT
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Nope, but I know lots of cowboys and more pretending to be. Both types have saints and as#@&%es just like every other group of people, say for example, climbers?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 20, 2012 - 01:40pm PT
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A little ditty about the life from Jerry Jeff Walker called Night Rider's Lament off of Ridin' High.
One night while I was out a ridin'
The grave yard shift, midnight 'til dawn
The moon was bright as a readin' light
For a letter from an old friend back home
And he asked me
Why do you ride for your money
Tell me why do you rope for short pay
You ain't a'gettin' nowhere
And you're losin' your share
Boy, you must have gone crazy out there
He said last night I ran on to Jenny
She's married and has a good life
And boy you sure missed the track
When you never come back
She's the perfect professional's wife
And she asked me
Why does he ride for his money
And tell me why does he rope for short pay
He ain't a'gettin' nowhere
And he's losin' his share
Boy he must've gone crazy out there
Ah but they've never seen the Northern Lights
They've never seen a hawk on the wing
They've never spent spring on the Great Divide
And they've never heard ole' camp cookie sing
Well I read up the last of my letter
And I tore off the stamp for black Jim
And when Billy rode up to relieve me
He just looked at my letter and grinned
He said now
Why do they ride for their money
Tell me why do they ride for short pay
They ain't a'gettin' nowhere
And they're losin' their share
Boy, they must've gone crazy out there
Son, they all must be crazy out there
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Dec 20, 2012 - 02:50pm PT
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I'm not, but the guy on the right looks like one. The horses are his, but in fact, he is a retired orthopedic surgeon.
Wind River trip-3 years ago.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - May 2, 2014 - 11:49am PT
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BumpidiBump
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Does running from the bulls in Spain count?
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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I never ran from the bulls in Spain, but I walked away rather quickly from this guy in WA.
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hubcap
climber
loveland co
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Apr 30, 2016 - 11:19am PT
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Walleye; I was a cowboy but have become civilized since moving to Colorado from Wyo back in the late 70's. I climbed here till the mid 80's then concentrated on building bridges and water plants. I'm retired and ready to be 20 years old again but I don't think that's likely. I still have the resistol hat that I got when I was 17. Here's a photo of me now. I'm slow on the uptake, sorry for the 4 year lag on my response.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 30, 2016 - 11:42am PT
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