mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Jul 10, 2012 - 08:33pm PT
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Thanks Neebee-i got your card.
You're very sweet.
I owe so much to so many people. I don't know where to even start.
Don!
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Heloise Pendagrast
Trad climber
Tahoe City
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2012 - 05:56pm PT
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Wow, Julio.
Masterful write-up. You've alway been a fine teller-of-tales (most of them largely exaggerated no doubt--especially the one about the writhing mass of rattlesnakes you had to jump across in J. Tree). But somehow I think there's a chance you are not exaggerating this tale of tales. I will check to be sure by tickling you under the arms when you get back to Tahoe.
I find the intelligence of our bodies and the intutive nature of the longtime climber to be most amazing. That part about just surrendering to the help that came is most amazing and probably helped save your life. So glad you are on the mend.
HP
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jul 11, 2012 - 06:03pm PT
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And those colored mechanical spiders did not a lick of damage to those cute dimples in Mastadon's cheeks!
We are saved.
Excellent write up Don. I mean, kind of scary, quite inspiring, and totally phantasmagorical-ish & out-there-like and stuff ... but excellent.
My favorite part was,
[... Other than what Ernie & SAR did and that surviving bit (with all that savvy emotional intelligence) and the Jane-taking-care of you and such ...]
... Was where you said:
There was a grey cat in the light fixture over my head
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jul 11, 2012 - 06:37pm PT
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Don, Holy Buckets, hijole. hairball.. what a vivid trip report...So damn Happy you are around to tell the tale... So damn Happy you are on a healing path...
Saludos..
Much Love to you.. and Jane.
The grey cat in the light fixture, brought up images of this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oRKvpZ7PjE
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jul 11, 2012 - 06:39pm PT
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There was a grey cat in the light fixture over my head.
You saw ceiling cat!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 11, 2012 - 06:46pm PT
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hey there say, mastadon.... glad you got the card okay!
was just checking up on a few threads tonight, and stopped in here...
been so busy with grandkids, and getting up early...
and--cleaning up summer cat hair, ;) from these
critters of mine, that i miss the ol' taco here...
:)
three cheers to you to keep getting well!
god bless!
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Jul 11, 2012 - 08:20pm PT
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Like to add my voice to the chorus of those saying "heal up well and fast". Thanks for the write up of the accident as well. How do you account for the fall?
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Jul 12, 2012 - 09:07pm PT
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Jaliscos at last!!!!!!
Carter brought a box of Jaliscos tacos to Mariposa.
The healing can finally begin!
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tom Carter
Social climber
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Jul 17, 2012 - 11:22am PT
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Rumor has it that Don will be in Tahoe this weekend?
PT is about to begin!
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the goat
climber
north central WA
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Jul 18, 2012 - 09:29pm PT
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Dare I say "ouch!" Glad to see you're back in the saddle.
Oh, by the way, I missed the picnic too, damn Seattle traffic.
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The Warbler
climber
the edge of America
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Jul 18, 2012 - 09:29pm PT
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Don,
I've been meaning to apologize for establishing the route that bit you. I was a reckless youth, and it seems you paid the price for my foolishness.
If I could do it over again, there'd be a bolt every body length.
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WBraun
climber
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Jul 18, 2012 - 09:32pm PT
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Damn Don
You had more tubes in ya then the cars I work on.
Looks like your foot in this photo.
I should have come down there and clipped my battery charger up to your big toe.
That would have woke ya up just so I could here those sweet obscenities screaming at me to prove you're still alive and kicking.
Best to you and heal well ....... :-)
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Jul 18, 2012 - 09:36pm PT
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Not.(Kevin) It is what it is, like everything.
The World is Fraught with peril. That too is as it should be.
It was your turn is how I see it. The Universe rolled snake eyes for ya.
Soon you get to roll again. We'll see how it goes, like always.
Cheers, Mastadon. I hope your feeling better & stronger each day.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 18, 2012 - 09:37pm PT
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Man, talk about getting hosed! They should clone you as a good healer!
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jul 18, 2012 - 09:46pm PT
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what?? Tommy's boy is grown up? Hold it, Tommy is grown up?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jul 19, 2012 - 09:34am PT
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wow--
the broken ribs alone would make for several very special weeks
you actually look pretty happy sitting up in that one pic
good luck with the pt
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Jul 19, 2012 - 12:48pm PT
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Kevin said: "Don,
I've been meaning to apologize for establishing the route that bit you. I was a reckless youth, and it seems you paid the price for my foolishness.
If I could do it over again, there'd be a bolt every body length."
LOL! ...
..wait, really? By tradition, it's your call, but those beautiful routes you put up have a tradition of their own as well. Some of it's a scary tradition too I suppose.
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The Warbler
climber
the edge of America
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Jul 19, 2012 - 12:57pm PT
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Just joking.
But I did feel a tinge of responsibility, verging on guilt even, when I heard my old buddy Don got beat up on Quicksilver. Justified or not...
I felt a little better when I read his description of the fall, and realized it was below the runout pitches.
I'm flying to Mammoth this afternoon to squeeze in a Tuolumne route - hope I can still climb.
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tom Carter
Social climber
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Jul 19, 2012 - 10:36pm PT
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Here is a photo taken yesterday of Nurse Diesel, Tarzan and Jane enjoying themselves in Tahoe.
A long road to 100%, but it sure beats the Big Dirtnap or ending up as "Droolius Ceasar".
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