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micronut

Trad climber

Nov 14, 2012 - 06:11pm PT

Good stuff Dingus. You have fortunate kids to have a dad so involved and stoked to be a dad.

Here's my opus to my teenage daughter. I have four and two more on the way hopefully soon. This planet needs good dads more than anything right now.

http://www.supertopo.com/tr/My-Finest-Trip-Report-Three-Days-Some-Cables-and-a-Dome-with-my-Kid/t11250n.html

Mark Hudon

Trad climber

Hood River, OR

Nov 14, 2012 - 06:15pm PT

Disco Ellen

Quilting Ellen

First day of High School Ellen

Gilroy

Social climber

Boulderado

Nov 14, 2012 - 11:52pm PT

Five girls out of one woman by three different men. Don't try to tell me the man determines the sex of the child. For nine years we had them under one roof until, like the independent women we raised them to be, they took off when they reached that age.

They all still call me Dad despite the facts of paternity. I couldn't be prouder. When they get together, it's a happening and people take note of the palpable buzz of sisterhood.

Fletcher

Trad climber

Fumbling towards stone

Nov 15, 2012 - 12:48am PT

F*#kin' A!!!!!!! DMT... that video said it all. Great music, great kids. But folks, watch it to the very end. There'll be a tear in your eye and you'll know why, despite what he might say, DMT is an awesome Dad. Those girls know the meaning of what it means to be alive, to really feel, for sure!

And good on all you dads!

Eric

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Boulder climber

bouldering

Nov 15, 2012 - 01:27am PT

Nice video dmt. That is gnarly, dude.

Fletcher

Trad climber

Fumbling towards stone

Nov 15, 2012 - 01:47am PT

I got a million and one kid stories... and counting as we speak. The three youngest were driving me nutz tonight. Mom is away on biz in NYC, but hey, I'm the primary caregiver round here. Goes with the territory and at the end of the day, I can't imagine doing anything different. Or wanting to do anything different.

My life is kind of like a sitcom. Each episode starts out normal enough, then something goes awry and mayhem ensues. Sparks fly. By the end of the segment, it's all hugs, rainbows and lollipops again... well, sometimes I trade the lollipops for single malt or Kentucky bourbon.... whatever gets ya through the day.

I ended up with four of these creatures. Not a weak personality amongst them. Since I was so shy and reserved in my earlier days, I guess somebody or something is providing some equilibrium. This is the full E-ticket baby.

I don't try to push them any one way. My grandparents tried to mold my dad and that was a disaster. My dad, as counterpoint, never really pushed us at all, so a lot got thought about, but not ever executed. One day, when my first was barely two and I'd just left her mom, I decided it was time to get the hell out of the cave. To stop thinking about doing it and to start just doing it. That was the beginning of my backcountry days, getting out discovering all kinds of new things that spoke to me. Interestingly, the virtual world had the voice of DMT back in those days on the radio.. wreck.climbing radio that is!

What I do try to do, is to expose them to a lot of stuff. They'll get the breadth of experience and eventually something will stick that they're passionate about. Part of that is showing them my own passions.

This includes backcountry stuff, but a lot more too.

Here is the gang in action:

Eric

Borut

climber

french

Nov 15, 2012 - 06:54am PT

Merci Dingus for this inspirational thread (Great vid, People!). Nicolas will always be my favorite climbing partner. Someday I'll have to put up an account of our early climbs. It's not that easy, though. Nicolas maybe you'll read this (I know, I know, there goes pops again on one of those...), well, you might remember that when we set off for that 'Slovenia 2000' summer of alpine trad (purdy, purdy), I had absolute confidence in your reactions. That's what I meant to say. We were successfull in each climb... so we had to keep going. Man, the weather wouldn't go bad and we went on and on... successfully. It was nerve, yes it was after all. I learned a lot. It's all about confidence. I mean life. Thanks son, and respect.

Borut