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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
1st star to the right & straight on 'til morning
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 16, 2006 - 05:54pm PT
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i have to stop looking at this site because it's making me mad that i can't go climb. so, i won't be chiming in for while. if you need to get ahold of me or would like to say hello, i'll be available the old fashioned way - email! stonetradition at hotmail dot com. (but i won't want to talk about climbing or my shoulder)
anyways, i gotta go study...
i wish you all well.
cheers,
t*strong
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scuffy b
climber
The town that Nature forgot to hate
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Oct 16, 2006 - 05:56pm PT
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Good luck, t*r. Keep your confidence up!
EDIT: I'm reminded of a taco along the McCloud River, October
1987. Also Chipmunk Flat, August 2006.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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Oct 16, 2006 - 06:34pm PT
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you should come visit chicago, its the mecca of all things non-climbing. there is nothing to tempt you here, i'd be happy to show you around.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 16, 2006 - 06:35pm PT
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You'll be back.
I've tried to quit this thang, it always lasts about 8-12 minutes.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Oct 16, 2006 - 07:08pm PT
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We'll be here, waiting.
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Slakkey
Trad climber
From a Quiet Place by the Lake
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Oct 16, 2006 - 10:57pm PT
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SS,
I cant climb either for the moment but, I still like it here. There are a number of people here on the DL. This does not mean that we still cannot enjoy climbing or posting here in the forum.
Interacting in this forum keeps me in touch with the climbing world.
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Jacob
Trad climber
yucky valley
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Oct 16, 2006 - 11:00pm PT
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i thought it was about a taco.... sounds dank to me mayun
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
1st star to the right & straight on 'til morning
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 17, 2006 - 12:00am PT
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i "dropped by" again to print out the shoulder thread because it has so much advice.
it's not that i don't like this website or the discussions. it's that looking at all the climbing related stuff, you know, on the sides, the threads, the ads for the books... is going to bug me... i know that i'll get upset about not being able to go climbing, so i'm trying to avoid that in the first place. hope that makes sense.
love, t*star
p.s. be nice to eachother
"i think compassion is one of the most beautiful attributes a person can have" - johanna jahn
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Oct 17, 2006 - 02:26am PT
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don't let the door hit your ass on the way out...
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
1st star to the right & straight on 'til morning
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 17, 2006 - 04:26am PT
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whatever, don't be a d*ck. every time someone stops posting everyone else is like, "where did they go" and wondering so i just thought it would be considerate to say nothing's wrong but i'm withdrawing for a bit, hellogoodbye!
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Oct 17, 2006 - 05:22am PT
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You'll find the absolute best Tacos at the little stands right on the street in Mexico. They're even better (and cheaper) when you get away from the Tourist Areas.
I've eaten Tacos at at least 100 Taco Joints in the U.S. (probably alot more than that) and not one of them can compare to an Al Pastor Taco from a grimy little out-door stand with no running water or refrigerator on a dirt Mexican sidewalk.
We're heading down for the Bullfights in TJ in May. Wanna go?
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Jacob
Trad climber
yucky valley
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Oct 17, 2006 - 09:37am PT
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" You'll find the absolute best Tacos at the little stands right on the street in Mexico"
i will never eat from a mexican food stand!! taco bell here i come
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 17, 2006 - 11:17am PT
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'Not teh 'git all counselor like Standing Strong,
But I kinda get yer drift bro; I been down lots and there was a time when I couldn't crack a climberin' magazoon cuz the distance just bugged me.
For me, thiz wacko cyberville thing is like that deal where you live at the crags (sans actual climbin') and where every moment is a social one, yer buddies and betty's always at hand for a laugh or two.
Back in the day, livin' in the valley, I could hardly find a moment to write home, because the social environment was so rich; I find it is much the same here.
Take a break, and like Jaybro said, we'll be here.
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kuan
Sport climber
CA
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Oct 17, 2006 - 12:05pm PT
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...you could just lurk, and make random remarks once in a while....
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leinosaur
Trad climber
burns flat, ok
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Oct 18, 2006 - 01:29am PT
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Taco Truck, Tahlequah OK -
double soft corn torts,
hot green salsa, avocado and a coupla radish slices?
very possibly bacon grease in the ground beef
all for ten bits
then again a fish taco or two I've had mighta topped 'em
but not for the price
good luck with the shoulder - my recent frequent partner's been out for a couple weeks with a trick shoulder, sux tryin' to decide when/whether to lay off . . . then his deer bow "misfired" and put him out for sure, and an arrow up high in the sky!
pax vobiscum peeps
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Oct 18, 2006 - 01:34am PT
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Wow, Okie-Mex!
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Mimi
climber
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Oct 18, 2006 - 01:36am PT
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Chill out kid. You're just frustrated cuz you're injured. Injuries totally suck. Studying is a good thing. Stay focused on that and you'll be healed and ready to climb in no time. You've got all winter to heal up and be ready next year sometime. Don't let it pain you; it'll only hurt more when you realize you shouldn't have walked away. From climbing that is.
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
1st star to the right & straight on 'til morning
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 18, 2006 - 01:45am PT
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i might peep sometimes. but i'm really trying not to. just school and i don't know what else for me. working at the ski hill up the road on weekends? that would be hella fun + free season pass.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 18, 2006 - 05:16pm PT
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The Hotel SuperTopia: You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave. (he he)
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
1st star to the right & straight on 'til morning
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 18, 2006 - 05:44pm PT
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don't reply to this thread! i am doing a great job of weaning myself - i look at the forum for a second and don't click on any threads. but then i saw someone replied to this and i was curious... dude!
and vishnu sure is punishing me. i can't figure out how to get my profile off that website and i've gotten some emails from men and their families and it's freaking me out!!! i DON'T want to get married and i don't want to keep getting scary emails from strange men from around the globe talking about weddings with me!!!!
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
1st star to the right & straight on 'til morning
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 18, 2006 - 09:09pm PT
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ryhang are you coming with us this weekend? if you're not, i'm going to be traumatized. you don't want me to be traumatized, do you?
p.s. i seriously want myself off that site. if i email you my password rob could you see if you could figure it out?
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maculated
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Oct 19, 2006 - 01:22am PT
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Hey! My shoulder thread kept SS here? Wow. WoooO! See, being a constant injury freak does the world some good (or bad, depending on your perspective).
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
1st star to the right & straight on 'til morning
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 19, 2006 - 01:30am PT
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well, i actually only saw my shoulder thread, but u have one too? where?! tell t*r. i want to save it like i did the other one.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Oct 19, 2006 - 01:35am PT
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good riddance, you bandwitdh-sucking wannabe.
p.s. actual climbing is a far superior use of your time than posting to teh taco.....
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
1st star to the right & straight on 'til morning
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 19, 2006 - 01:58am PT
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"p.s. actual climbing is a far superior use of your time than posting to teh taco....."
duh. thanks for your "help". BVB you have no reading comprehension skills - i have an injury. the fact that i went to climb despite that and other things just shows how much i love climbing and if that bugs you, you're just going to have to learn to deal with it. furthermore, wanting to be a climber is a great goal. climbing is fun.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Oct 19, 2006 - 02:08am PT
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lighten up, bro. that was what we call a "pimp", me jesting with you to keep your spirits up. plus, i kinda know the injury thing, and have worked through it, and continue to work through it, and will always be working through it...i've spend 4 months of the last 5 years in hospitals, 34 of those 120 days in ICU. i'm missing my right lung, have no meniscus in my right knee, have a huge pinch in my cervical spinal cord due to degenerative disease that makes my right arm numb from time to time, sh#t i could go on all day...you gotta want it, dude! suck it up and get back on the crags asap, babe! i'll be sending a good thought your way...
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
1st star to the right & straight on 'til morning
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 19, 2006 - 02:19am PT
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OH MAN. i'm sorry to hear of your medical problems. i know how hard that can be on a family and you and your family must be troopers for sure. i'm sorry you guys have to go through that.
you totally got me! i was like, seriously upset for a minute, cuz we'd always had friendly interactions. but then i decided not to be upset, and i'm getting ready to go out to the gym.
p.s. get better
p.p.s. your bouldering pics are cool.
p.p.p.s. i think i am going to climb easy this weekend with friends as a farewell-to-climbing so that i can at least have closure to it.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 19, 2006 - 11:44am PT
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Hey Standing Strong,
I've never had a shoulder injury but, like most of us, I've been down, down, and more down: I'm curious what your super low angle crag resources might do for you.
I've had a 9 year bout with pumped forearms, still have to use my right foot for all mousing acivities on the computer and leverage voice activated software when I can.
Here's what I'm gettin' at: yah, you gotta attend to shoulder stuff and a complete lay off, say 6 months to a year is not uncommon in terms of helpfulness whether you are surgical or not, but, but, like most of us, like you, I will not stop climbing completely, notwithstanding a necessary periodic cessation, I will not quit until I have to do tongue presses up 2 degree slabs.
The tuff bit often, with most injuries, at some point during the recovery curve is in maintaining the discipline to seriously moderate output, and figuring out how to stay on the rock in such a way that you keep other systems functioning.
While many other friends have quit climbing for hosts of non injury related life choice reasons, I've been unable to sustain even 5.7 for almost a decade, but dude, for a decade I've been the king of weekly multi-pitch 5.2 to 5.6 low, low angle slabs, even 4th class (stay away from rope handling of any kind and don't fall off). That has kept me well below a threshold of straining my arms, (way less than typing this note), and now that I am back on real 5.9, my "Rock Sense" is as tuned as ever, cuz I've never really left the game and I've had lots of tune in with the birds and rocks and trees...
Werd.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 20, 2006 - 01:23am PT
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Sorry T*R, I called you dude AND bro.
Whatever, you get the drift...
Heal up girlfriend.
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
1st star to the right & straight on 'til morning
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 20, 2006 - 01:31am PT
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It's cool! You are awesome Tarbousier.
"While many other friends have quit climbing for hosts of non injury related life choice reasons, I've been unable to sustain even 5.7 for almost a decade, but dude, for a decade I've been the king of weekly multi-pitch 5.2 to 5.6 low, low angle slabs, even 4th class (stay away from rope handling of any kind and don't fall off). That has kept me well below a threshold of straining my arms, (way less than typing this note), and now that I am back on real 5.9, my "Rock Sense" is as tuned as ever, cuz I've never really left the game and I've had lots of tune in with the birds and rocks and trees...
Werd."
Thank you for sharing your story. some people just don't get it, but you and a couple of others do, and that's refreshing.
This afternoon I drove out to the mokolumne and hiked to lake winnemucca. just a quick cute shortie before sunset, about 2.5 miles in to the lake. it was so pretty and peaceful. i did not see another soul, and it was rejuvenating to hike back in the hues of pink and purple unfolding as the sun set.
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