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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 14, 2018 - 08:14pm PT
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The world is a wild place
Wanting to know, order and predict
I forgot
Tamed the dragon, walked him on a chain
And what of the California grizzly
I became the creature I feared most
Lost my soul to walls, machines and flashing lights on a screen
And faith in the world that gave me birth
But what of those memories deeper than the womb
If wind, of water, of rocks and sunshine
Bringing life to creatures big and small
And plants that clean the air we breathe
I walked on two feet and clambored on four
To the sounds of wind, of birds and a creek babbling through the woods
To the silence of a desert morn
Looked into the eyes of a cougar
And heart of a bear
And I remembered, with faith and soul
That the world is a wild place.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jun 14, 2018 - 08:18pm PT
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And it's hard to get by
Just upon a smile
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Jun 14, 2018 - 08:21pm PT
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Wild, nice work!
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WBraun
climber
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Jun 14, 2018 - 08:21pm PT
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Yes, ... the world is a wild place and it's very beautiful until the st00pid politards open their st00pid mouths ....
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Jun 14, 2018 - 08:21pm PT
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And entropy is the great equalizer and ender of all things.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 14, 2018 - 08:26pm PT
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Right on Werner!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jun 14, 2018 - 08:36pm PT
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A fine & magical 1st post on this thread.
Please play nice, even if you are a duckish curmudgeon.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jun 14, 2018 - 08:42pm PT
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Obscure Eliot
If you’re arachnophobic, I hate to tell you this, but spiders can fly.
Don’t panic—it’s pretty much only the extra-tiny ones that take flight, which is a behavior called ballooning. By releasing a bouquet of streamer-like silks, baby spiders ascend into the air to find new homes after hatching, and adult spiders do so to get around more easily and find mates and new food sources. Some have even crossed entire oceans using these silk parachutes to stay aloft on wind currents.
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Zay
climber
Monterey, Ca
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Jun 15, 2018 - 06:28am PT
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A wise man once taught me that a little imagination will lead me to good adventure.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jun 15, 2018 - 07:17am PT
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A journey taken or a journey one hopes for? The copulating ladybugs was a nice touch :)
Stylistically, I'm channeling a bit of Napoleon Dynamite here.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jun 15, 2018 - 07:18am PT
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Wonderful...made my morning!
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Trump
climber
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Jun 15, 2018 - 08:34am PT
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Nice!
The world is great except for the stuff I don’t like. Same goes for other people. As the Dothraki say, “It is known.”
Cheers knowers!
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Jun 15, 2018 - 08:53am PT
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Eliott/Kurt Smith. Eppi photo.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Jun 15, 2018 - 03:47pm PT
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The world has wild places. Great way to show it.
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L
climber
Just livin' the dream
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Jun 15, 2018 - 04:14pm PT
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I loved this so much.
Thank you, Eliott.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Jun 15, 2018 - 04:22pm PT
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This was the best- thank you for the Ace art- and the appropriate perspective- Takes some stones to put out some honesty
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nah000
climber
now/here
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Jun 15, 2018 - 05:36pm PT
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:)
thank you.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jun 16, 2018 - 08:31am PT
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A wild world indeed!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jun 16, 2018 - 09:14am PT
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Sheridan Anderson's thoughts on the subject.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 17, 2018 - 08:09am PT
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Nice work E!
And yes it is, even my living rom
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jun 17, 2018 - 09:12am PT
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jun 17, 2018 - 12:32pm PT
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Amazing!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 17, 2018 - 02:15pm PT
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"One more step and this flower gets it!"
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jun 17, 2018 - 08:55pm PT
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Listening to ducks splash as the tide goes down. Soon the other critters will venture onto the mudflats as they get exposed, and all with vie for a morsel of clam.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 18, 2018 - 06:41am PT
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Fun posts so far! Glad folks enjoyed it and that wild places are showing up here. Contactor - Ligers, yay and good on the Needles...just got back from Sherman Pass. Jeff - remembering Coz and his untamed spirit. Fritz - Sheridan Anderson! Jaybro - right on. Donini - :-). Kingtut - looks like ny locale! Hooblie - the wild things we do.
Loved that raccoon who went up the building in St Paul last week. She's my total heartthrob here.
Sister racoon, your indomitable spirit inspires. In the streets of the city, with hands like mine, you're chased and poisoned, and you overcome. You are wild, gritty and passionate. In the storm drains and crannies unseen, you protest. A bastion in nature's struggle with the hegemony of man. Undaunted by the concrete that smothers grass and trees and flowers - flowers that blossom love - you climb the buildings and squeeze through the cracks. You find the scraps discarded from careless excess and grow strong with shimmering brilliance watching from the shadows as machines and shoes pass by. And with that shining power you capture the essence of every creature yearning to be free and wild - climbing to heights with mice and ants and snails and birds...and with every blade of grass that fills the cracks in the road. Sister racoon in my heart I go with you.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6b1J7ArV0YE
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jun 18, 2018 - 07:21am PT
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The view from a previously unclimbed peak in Patagonia we did last summer. The background is largely still unexplored.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 18, 2018 - 07:28am PT
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So awesome Jim! Our world really is cool! Just wish we knew how to let it be her wild natural self more gracefully.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jun 18, 2018 - 09:38am PT
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A world no longer wild is a place I don’t care to be...do your best to help preserve our diminishing wild places!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jun 18, 2018 - 12:35pm PT
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E(lliot ?) wow! where can we read more? Just the best - imagination- artistic Abilities,Exquisite presentation
Trail?Trail!The light at the end of the wildThe Wild Still No sign of others passageA day will come when others come & playUntil then, my private Cathedral A privilege & a blessingFor me, there is a resplendence to this small place,
and A familiar face
A familiar Face? a winking Doninisaurs!
Salute, sir
Jim, Thnx for taking us along
I'm Sorry for some reason this layout makes me dizzy?(er)
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jun 19, 2018 - 03:08am PT
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Jun 19, 2018 - 05:02am PT
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Really beautiful, Elliot!
Thank you!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jun 19, 2018 - 07:16am PT
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Elliot.... thank you
A perfect way to get a morning smile 😊
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jun 28, 2018 - 11:04am PT
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Great thread. It reminded me of the drawings of Sigmund Kvaløy Sætereng:
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 29, 2018 - 12:15pm PT
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Marlow, those are such cool pictures!
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