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Studly

Trad climber

Feb 22, 2017 - 06:23am PT

He posted a naked picture of Locker. And as you can imagine it wasn't pretty. ;) Joking, joking.... no one would ever want to see Locker naked.

rottingjohnny

Sport climber

Sands Motel , Las Vegas

Feb 22, 2017 - 06:32am PT

Naked picture of Locker...? Oh my word...Must have been wearing the blue accessory...?

Flip Flop

climber

Earth Planet, Universe

Feb 22, 2017 - 07:37am PT

If this was a real campfire then a few loudmouths would have gotten humiliated and thrown in the river. But instead they hide in their caves surrounded by guns and fancy imaginings and hurl fear-filled insults at the humanity that feeds them.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Feb 22, 2017 - 08:14am PT

You've missed nothing but tantrums, eKat.

Tangible evidence PS is still in good with the boss.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2328516&tn=2160

In other words, PS is 184% above normal for weeping and moaning but remains in drought stage.

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Feb 22, 2017 - 08:18am PT

Patrick was here a long time. Lame.

The lack of empathy around here is stunning. Mouse, you should know a thing or two about empathy.

Sport climber

Sonora Ca

Feb 22, 2017 - 08:21am PT

spreader bars was banned too

Russ Walling

Social climber

from Poofters Froth, Wyoming

Feb 22, 2017 - 08:23am PT

Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 20, 2017 - 07:47pm PT

I asked ChrisMac to delete my account, my profile, because truthfully, I cannot see what positive climbing posts at this date I can contribute to. But down the road, once I get my sh#t together, I will post again, climbing stuff.

Banning is a different animal... His account was deactivated.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Feb 22, 2017 - 08:34am PT

Survival, of course I empathize.

If I seem to be coarse in my attitude and it offended you, or others, I apologize.

Thanks for calling me on it.

And thanks for the explication, Russ.

I'm sorry he's in such a down state, too.

There.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Feb 22, 2017 - 08:37am PT

Banning is better than Beaumont cause its view of San Jacinto is better.

SC seagoat

Trad climber

Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone

Feb 22, 2017 - 08:56am PT

I wish he wouldn't have gone through with that.
I kinda thought he was equivocating about asking for the axe.
I hope he comes back.

Susan

Branscomb

Trad climber

Lander, WY

Feb 22, 2017 - 10:06am PT

I seem to remember some other people checking out of this little campfire...they cited that the sometimes nasty feedback didn't help their depression. Hard not to take the electrons on a screen with a grain of salt when you're severely depressed. Best of luck to Patrick Sawyer, I say. Hope it works out for ya.

zBrown

Ice climber

Feb 22, 2017 - 10:17am PT

madbolter1

Big Wall climber

Denver, CO

Feb 22, 2017 - 12:22pm PT

Like the Terminator, he'll be back.

Lynne Leichtfuss

Trad climber

Will know soon

Feb 22, 2017 - 02:13pm PT

Yes, DMT, I agree with you and now I'm sorry I tried to make a stupid joke....pun not intended.

canyoncat

Social climber

SoCal

Feb 22, 2017 - 03:40pm PT

He was a well meaning, but classic case of neurotic overshares. Between hearing about his real-time threats of suicide, his alcoholism, his "great love" who wants nothing to do with him, mental degenerative disease or not. While we only hear his side it's pretty clear that the nursing home is representing HER interests, not his, just as they should. Why anyone would think it was appropriate to share all these things is not for me to judge, but I do question the same old record which played over, and over, and over, ad nauseam.

It just makes me uncomfortable when people slide into mental disambiguation before our very eyes.

fear

Ice climber

hartford, ct

Feb 22, 2017 - 04:22pm PT

Well said Monolith....

monolith

climber

state of being

Feb 22, 2017 - 04:23pm PT

Sorry, I had decided to get stay out it.

But I will repeat, the love of his life has dementia, so trying to draw conclusions from her mental state is meaningless. Patrick took care of her and kept her out of a facility for a long time, till he was not allowed to, at great sacrifice. Some of you guys will be lucky to have someone like Patrick in the end.

dirtbag

climber

Feb 22, 2017 - 04:30pm PT

I wish him well.

Capt.

climber

some eastside hovel

Feb 22, 2017 - 04:58pm PT

I extended a hand to Patrick. I contacted him privately telling my tale of my father living in an assisted living facility for 13 years due to head trauma and finally passing away. I was genuinely being sympathetic. He came back on here ,publicly, saying someone had contacted him privately and told him to quit bitching and whining. I said NO such thing. I wanted to let him know someone else was in his boat. Hand was slapped. No longer extended.

Studly

Trad climber

Feb 22, 2017 - 05:10pm PT

Patrick's a good dude, and I think we have all tried to console him at one time or another over his trials in life. He's a tough Irishman living in Dublin, he'll be back.

BLUEBLOCR

Social climber

joshua tree

Feb 22, 2017 - 05:28pm PT

Banning is better than Beaumont cause its view of San Jacinto is better.

Hahahahaha. Wtfrick!

yeah, but the best view is from atop the dinasour(wish I had my pics).

Yury

Mountain climber

T.O.

Feb 22, 2017 - 06:40pm PT

Capt.

I extended a hand to Patrick. I contacted him privately telling my tale of my father living in an assisted living facility for 13 years due to head trauma and finally passing away. I was genuinely being sympathetic.

Capt.,
It's just a wrong way to show sympathy.
It was about you rather than about Patrick.
Please google on how to display a genuine sympathy.

Ken M

Mountain climber

Los Angeles, Ca

Feb 22, 2017 - 07:17pm PT

Capt.,
It's just a wrong way to show sympathy.
It was about you rather than about Patrick.
Please google on how to display a genuine sympathy.

Yury, you clearly have very little experience showing empathy, sympathy, and belonging. Sharing a similar experience is often very comforting to a person, to know that what they've gone through is not unique to them. People often think "no one can know what I'm experiencing", and find it a great relief to find that there actually are others that do.

Leave your google psychological expertise to those who actually do this.

Chaz

Trad climber

greater Boss Angeles area

Feb 22, 2017 - 07:43pm PT

yeah, but the best view is from atop the dinasour(wish I had my pics).

I got one.

Yury

Mountain climber

T.O.

Feb 22, 2017 - 08:37pm PT

Ken M

Yury, you clearly have very little experience showing empathy, sympathy, and belonging. Sharing a similar experience is often very comforting to a person, to know that what they've gone through is not unique to them. People often think "no one can know what I'm experiencing" ...

For some people sympathy is natural.
Other people need to learn it.
For example I would not want Capt. or Ken M expressing their sympathy to me in a way they believe it should be done.

This article by Susan Silk and Barry Goldman corresponds to my own experience:
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/07/opinion/la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407

crankster

Trad climber

No. Tahoe

Feb 22, 2017 - 08:38pm PT

Patrick, lova ya, dude, but you'd be doing yourself a favor by seeking mental health advice from a professional, not here..hope you come back fresh and reinvigorated.

caughtinside

Social climber

Oakland, CA

Feb 22, 2017 - 09:46pm PT

I never got tired of hearing about what he did in Yosemite in 1976. Zzz

Sport climber

Sonora Ca

Mar 1, 2017 - 09:40am PT

He looked back at a time when his limbs were lithe, his heart soared with possibilities. The walls glowed, beckoned. It was a joy, a treasure, a fiction. It warmed him on that foggy shore. Keep it shiny.

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Mar 1, 2017 - 10:07am PT

So many dicks.

Brandon-

climber

The Granite State.

Mar 1, 2017 - 03:13pm PT

Patrick's a good sh#t in my book. Stuff wasn't pretty in Ireland when he and I spoke on the phone a few years ago. He's got the best kind of heart and probably needs friends now more than ever, and also probably reads this thread. Lots of people here know each other only through this forum, and have known each other for a long time.

Be nicer.

guyman

Social climber

Moorpark, CA.

Mar 1, 2017 - 03:20pm PT

Patrick is a good dude, maybe a little weird-- but what climber is not?

I sure hope he returns to this shrinking campfire.

rbord

Boulder climber

atlanta

Mar 1, 2017 - 04:49pm PT

We've all got sh#t, and if it helps him to share his, ok. Maybe it helps us to hear it. Maybe not.

People's brains work the way they do, maybe differently than mine or yours. His brain wasn't one that rubbed me the wrong way, but if it did you, well that's how your brain works. Wishing him (and you) well!