climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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No.. losing friends is far from funny..about as far as it gets.
Laughing at death however does seem better than crying all the time. It has it's place.
It can be a gift at times.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2013 - 07:03pm PT
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Well--there it is. I work with a real sanctimonious as#@&%e and I'd rather not be associated with his ilk.
If you have need to say it, so be it.
Just saying, that's all, just saying
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NoTokeRedKneck
climber
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Decade to next decades and dozens of times per year after the highest
shock load it's time for a beer.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Which is more important to you....when you die or how you die?
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Chinchen
climber
Way out there....
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WHEN for me.
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BooYah
Social climber
Ely, Nv
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Today is a good day to die.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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I'll pass thank-you
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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That's a little too soon
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LL LL
Sport climber
moving thru
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Gezzzz donini, that's quite a question ? How do you answer it?
I don't know if this address's your question, but my response is I would rather die doing something I love than "saving" myself for old age by living on the couch and never doing anything new, exciting or challenging.
Used to be a life wimp, now I'm a life liver.....well I mean I live....my livers fine....I think. :D liver lynne :D
As IZ would say, OOPS! I think I've spent to much time at the desk today and need some outdoor O2....getting silly.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2013 - 07:28pm PT
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Jim: lets rephrrase that "how we've lived". And how do we judge that? By experience? By success? Failure? Dodging bullets? Beats the hell out of me. You got your good days, You got your bad days.
Not sure if this applies: I had this student who got hit with a bad disease--she went from being a nice little kid to hanging on in a wheel chair and weighing about 45 pounds--The thing is she's a great person and she's making the most of what she was given. Her pleasures come from reading and study and she's making a go of it. She can't climb--fact is she can't even walk anymore.
Her future prognosis does not lend it itself to a long life but what are you gonna do? "Yer gonna Live- that's what--She knows she's on borrowed time and she is using every second! Watching the dignity that she carries with her is hard for me to explain- It is like an honor to have been able to witness it. Sounds corny but that's the best I got.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Without death, we'd never appreciate life.
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Chinchen
climber
Way out there....
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Dan, death is ugly. No matter how we look at it. Maybe that is why so many go the religious route. I think about it every night when I climb into bed and close my eyes. Some nights I just smile and feel gratitude for the days I have been given. Other nights I get angry.
Keep fighting the good fight. Your opinion matters.
Until you die.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2013 - 07:33pm PT
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made me laugh Chinch
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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People live the first half of life for success, and the second half for significance.
Event + Belief = Emotion, and we all have different beliefs (about death too).
Those are the only deep sayings I can come up with at the moment
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SicMic
climber
two miles from Eldorado
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It's hard to live unless you realize yer goan die. I've lost a lot of friends, but never my sense of humor. When I go, you can mourn if you must, but keep on laughing.
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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Heck;
Even climbing equipt comes with the warning,
"The use of this equipt could result in injury or Death.
Use at your own risk"
I usually use the quote when someone asks a question
on the forum that should really be asked to an instructor or a mentor,
in person and demonstrated.
I wonder if Actors get upset when they are told to "Break a Leg"
before going onstage?
:)
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2013 - 07:57pm PT
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break a leg indeed
made me laugh
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QITNL
climber
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You say "break a leg" before a performance because you can't say "good luck." Saying "good luck" in that context is incredibly bad luck. However after I broke my leg, that expression no longer rolled off my lips as it once did, to go hand in hand with hobo-dan's premise. But I still say it. I interpret "yer gonna die" similarly - as "good luck."
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locker
Social climber
FukUville
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