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Skywonger32
Trad climber
Long Beach, Ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 6, 2019 - 07:45am PT
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Happy Birthday to Scott Cosgrove who would be 55 today. I had the honor of meeting Scott during what he would describe as the “toughest climb” of his life. He worked hard and always put forth a big effort during his rehabilitation recovery from his fall. He loved being a member of our tribe. Peace be with you Scott.
—Laura
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Laura,
Thanks for the reminder.
Just had a great visit to Josh wandering many of the favourite haunts and ended up over by Integrity where we had gathered in Scott's memory after the memorial at Todd's.
Scott's contributions from nigh twenty years ago still stand as some of the hardest routes in the park.
RIP Cozzy
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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TFPU
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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I had three long conversations with Scott during that rehab phase leading up to his untimely death. Each time he sounded much better. At a certain point, for a lot of us old climbers, it's all about the struggle of simply maintaining health, recovering from the inevitable physical blows and challenges of a declining musculoskeletal reality, and just pressing forward with what is. It gets pretty existential.
Thanks for posting up, Laura!
It's heartwarming to hear from someone who helped Scott navigate his path during that final stretch of his life.
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Happy Birthday Brother Coz miss ya big time!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Great thread and thanks! Scott you are not only remembered today, you will never be forgotten.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, Skywonger32...
this is a very sweet thing to do...
i myself, never knew him in person...
in memory of scott...
on your birthday you are not forgotten...
even by us, that only learned of you, here...
thinking of his family as well, at this kind of times:
i keep his mother and family in mind, many times and through
the holidays, as well...
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E Robinson
Trad climber
Salinas, CA
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Happy happy day of Coz!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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I tagged along with Jeff Constine a couple of times to visit Scott in rehab. Between our first and second visit he’d made a mountain of progress. While it was clear that he would be left with some problems from the accident, it never occurred to me that his life was still in danger. When the word came around, I was shocked.
Thanks, Laura, for pointing out his birthday to us. And as you said, Peace be with you Scott.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Camaron sholly
Gym climber
state of dispair
Jan 7, 2019 - 06:38am PT
Isn't he still dead? No he's not.....
He lives forever in some of our memories
Friendo....
Corless Coz in '84(?)as I'll remember him forever
foccit
I lost the whole post> i'll try to write a 2nd one
I hate that especially when it counts y'aLL HAVE SO STYGMATIZED MY WRITING THAT i TRY TO USE THE bs FIX-IT-ALL PROGRAM THAT THEN FAILS TO LOAD AND LOOSES THE WHOLE POST
expressly - no especially when, way back, on Gordo's floor,
I knew & cared enough & helped him write out 3x5 cards of his route descriptions for... >? is it Looks Scetchy? I think thats holyVoguls handle 'round here?
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Mill Valley, Ca
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Was there ever an updated and more specific cause of death? At the time R&I wrote:
Although the cause of his death is unknown at this time, friends and family of Cosgrove believe that he likely died due to complications from past injuries.
This is pretty vague. People of that age die of sudden heart attacks all the time, so I'm curious what "complications from past injuries" (if any) had anything to do with it.
RIP young man!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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I'm probably going to get this wrong on many fronts, but I'll give it a shot anyhow, without reading up on it.
Scott had a boatload of surgeries. Lots of times due to the mobilization of blood in different kinds of surgeries combined with the sedentary aspect of recovery, they have you on blood thinners to prevent deep vein thrombosis, or DVT. When I had my hips done, because a whole bunch of blood gets mobilized, they have blood standing by, and postsurgical protocol includes blood thinners and compression socks in the lower leg to prevent DVT. IIRC, DVT creates and releases blood clots.
Even people with injuries to their legs, like from a strong blow, can throw a clot. From that you can have a heart attack or a brain aneurysm. We think this is what happened to Doug Nidever after an injury to his leg from a fall ice climbing. People respond differently. I know a guy who had an injury to his lower leg and needs to be on blood thinners for the rest of his life. So Scott may have thrown a clot as an expression of a downstream risk factor from all the corrective surgeries.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Roy,
Thank you for articulating the most likely explanation for Cozzy’s untimely passing.
As far as I’m concerned, the fall he initially survived eventually killed him.
Respect.
PB
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Ditto.
Nice one Greg.
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Wildflower
climber
CA
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Jan 18, 2019 - 07:59pm PT
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Think of him so often.
Not a climber myself, but check this forum regularly just to know others still carry him in their hearts - it helps. Thank you!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 18, 2019 - 08:22pm PT
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In case it's not obvious, Jeff's picture posted above of Scott on TR at Tick Rock is after his accident. Jeff did a lot to help out his friend after the fall.
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gruzzy
Social climber
socal
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Jan 18, 2019 - 09:02pm PT
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Sounds like a life well lived
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 19, 2019 - 08:24am PT
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To bad he's not around anymore.
His rants were so funny ......
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shipoopoi
Big Wall climber
oakland
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Jan 19, 2019 - 10:50am PT
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party on scott
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