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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 31, 2007 - 04:51pm PT
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 31, 2007 - 04:52pm PT
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My right and left hand, Maren (left)and Anna (right) Ament, age 10 and 6. If you think they are lovely spirits, you should see their mother.
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L
climber
Alaska once upon a time
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Jul 31, 2007 - 04:55pm PT
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Those are some real cutie pies there, Pat!
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Jul 31, 2007 - 05:12pm PT
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The older one looks just like you from what I remember!
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Gene
climber
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Jul 31, 2007 - 05:17pm PT
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You, Sir, are blessed.
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Jul 31, 2007 - 05:20pm PT
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You might have something there Locker
Edit:
Those are some very cute girls you got there Oli
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 31, 2007 - 05:21pm PT
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Thank you, Gene. I know it only too well. They both have more natural talent in all sorts of ways than I ever dreamed of having.
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Kartch
climber
belgrade, mt
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Jul 31, 2007 - 05:49pm PT
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Nice looking kids there Pat.
Fine post.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Jul 31, 2007 - 06:08pm PT
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The kids are so cute, I'll skip the red eye jokes on Oli's. The rest look great too.
Peace
Karl
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 31, 2007 - 08:20pm PT
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Karl,
They stay up too late, like their dad.
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Ouch!
climber
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Jul 31, 2007 - 08:51pm PT
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Ouch!
climber
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Jul 31, 2007 - 08:56pm PT
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LOL! Ain't mine, Locker.
Take more wax than a thousand ears can produce to skin that little hirsute booger.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jul 31, 2007 - 09:10pm PT
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PMB & 46!!!
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Jul 31, 2007 - 10:03pm PT
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Nice post Oli.
I am certain that for those of you who have kids have a crudy day, it takes only a look at a photo like that to melt away the stress and put a smile on your face. What a great gift!
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TwistedCrank
climber
Luxury rehabilitation treatment facility in Boise
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Jul 31, 2007 - 10:14pm PT
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Pat: For a non-climbing post you sure tossed out a winner!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jul 31, 2007 - 10:33pm PT
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They do look like you Pat!
This could be a really great thread: post up yer little taquitos you rowdy Tacoans!
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 31, 2007 - 11:17pm PT
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When my thoughts get infected by the trash of certain creeps in this world, and when they and other rats start coming out of the walls, for no other reason than to demonstrate how correct we are in our assessment of them, I just think of Maren and Anna, and all that darkness just washes down into the sewer where it belongs. My daughters' teachers say my two girls are not only the smartest kids in their classes but, more important, the nicest people. That makes me very happy. Yes they both climb. The youngest is already quite the gymnast and flies up the rock like nothing. The older loves to climb also but is focused now on piano and songwriting... When I take them bouldering, it beats me up pretty good to try to keep up.
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Ouch!
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I hear where you are coming from, Oli. Nothing like the calming sustenance of beloved family when one is beset by those who would puncture the very soul of a man. Especially those so consumed by ego, they are given to incessant whining and name calling. You are surely blessed and one to be envied.
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WBraun
climber
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Locker said: your KID is CUTE too Ouch!...
WAXING might help though... Baawhhahahahaha that was funny.
Oli
Those are beautiful daughters, you are a proud dad.
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Ouch!
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LOL! Werner, Locker has a remark ready to fit any situation.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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My daughter, double major in music and philosophy, classical pianist and rocker. Her group is The Distraction---check 'em out on Myspace.
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WBraun
climber
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Hey .....
Now don't get me distracted.
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 1, 2007 - 01:52am PT
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Rich, shows how out of touch I am. I didn't even know you had a daughter. Email me your physical address, so I can send you something.
Pat
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sling512
Trad climber
Chicago
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My fam last week (day after my 30th). Little chunk is 5 months today and got his first toof on Saturday! My, my, time has started flying.
-sling
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TwistedCrank
climber
Luxury rehabilitation treatment facility in Boise
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The Little Twister holed up in a cave in Capitol Reef NP
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Great thread, Oli!
Unlike me, my son likes suits and ties--on occasion. His grandparents gave him this tux for Christmas, and he found the tophat in a hat store up in Leavenworth, WA.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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My two boys and me. Missing in the photo is my youngest Rachael.
We are lucky and blessed to have them.
Beautiful photos from everyone.
Great thread Pat...lucky man you are!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Hannah, my Chinese/American Neice, born on Cinco de Mayo, who learned the dradle song in her sufi preschool
-I have to use that line every few months
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Kartch
climber
belgrade, mt
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This pic has been posted before but I can't help showing the kid off.
He's almost 6 weeks old now.
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Ouch!
climber
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You know, I have almost come to believe that little children are a generic breed of humans unto themselves, apart from parents or anything else.
Some of the biggest jerks I have known had the sweetest little children you could hope for and when I was a kid, some of the meanest kids I knew were the preachers' kids.
Of course, we have been known to make a mess of our kids' lives as they grow and pick up our bad habits.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Lyddie, Ladd and I at the Livingston Roundup Parade. (shot by Nana Tiny)
Children sure are a gift.
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Tom the Cop
Sport climber
Northern Virginia
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Here's a couple of my favorite pictures of my daughter, MJ:
At about four months - always such a happy baby
Asleep with my Dad
At three years
Here are a couple from SushiFest a couple of weeks ago:
MJ and Oliver
At the Grand Canyon
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F.A. Heelhook
climber
The Lowlands of the East
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Even lurker's have fruits...err...I mean children
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d-elvis
Trad climber
977 Miles From Graceland
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Three Amigos
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Maxine, age 6.5. Seemingly born yesterday, to me.
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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My two boys bundled up on the way to the park.
Little Timmy (20 mos) and his big brother Danny (3yrs) on his new trike.
Fruits.
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 1, 2007 - 03:19pm PT
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Some of these girls, as with that last photo of yours, Wootles, seem to be full grown spirits inside little developing bodies. My youngest is often correcting about something...
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Ouch!
climber
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Bart, I would guess Danny's mother says he takes after you. :-)
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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You're right, Oli. Maxine has one hell of a spirit, almost more than I can handle. Her spirit is full grown for sure, but is still raw, pure, and untainted. The possibilities are limitless.
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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Yup, we both got wicked crimp strength.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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They grow up fast my friends. My girls rock, I am so proud of them.
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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Difficult to pick from so many fav pics.
Can't imagine my life without them.
Drew
Emma
THANKS FOR THE GREAT PICs EVERYBODY !
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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What he said!
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Ouch!
climber
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Blast from the past.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
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Stella and Magda
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2007 - 05:18am PT
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When I climb with my daughters I have the right perspective. I'm like a kid again, discovering the beauty and wonders of rock and nature and sky and clouds, and we're having a little adventure in our private world... "Above all, you shall be young and glad, for if you are young whatever life you wear it will become you, and if you are glad whatever's living will yourself become..." e.e. cummings.
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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I always feel blessed to be a member of the Yosemite tribe of ballerini/chapman/mayfield/yaeger, with our three incredible kids, Anji, Braden, and Hayley.
With grown kids I often see, "by their fruits ye shall know them" inversely, as kids have this maddening way of doing the 180 on the parental deficits. So, as my friends expected, my super cool son Braden is organized, great with money, and punctual!
At least we share good balance skills, in our respective ways.
Swimming with his big sister Anji in the lake on top of Lundy Canyon. She is Chappys' daughter who I also helped to raise, along with Ken/chicken skinner. We all and her amazing mom Lynda, are really proud of her academic achievements, from Mariposa High to a soon-to-be-earned PHD from the Harvard Dept. of Evolutionary Bio. Her field is the gene expression of the Columbine flower, a plentiful species in Lundy canyon.
Don't have a current e-pic of Hayley, now 17, an awesome young women, seeming to also be on the academic science track. Post up Chicken Skinner!
"It is the time you have devoted to your rose that makes your rose so important."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery From The Little Prince
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Great thread Oli and everyone else! Were blessed people.
Here is a recent pic of my three....
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Ouch!
climber
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Cosmic, you always struck me as quite a handsome fellow, especially when you are with Woody and Locker.
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jstan
climber
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Have you noticed? Sam never throws a ball without putting english on it.
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Ouch!
climber
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There are always qualifiers, and in some groups, Godzilla would look good but this in no way detracts from my compliment to Cosmic. LOL! I think.
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