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Roman
Trad climber
Boston
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Dec 30, 2008 - 06:40pm PT
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So glad you are OK James. You are certainly an inspiration.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 30, 2008 - 08:52pm PT
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You soloed Sykes' Sickle James?
Rocky Mountain National Park, Spearhead right...
Could we please read that one???
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 30, 2008 - 10:50pm PT
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Thanks Clint,
Somehow I thought our James was much more California centric.
I can't click on those links though, ... dark side 'n stuff ....you understand.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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It is incomplete, maybe more, a work in progress-like myself.
You write intensely and have quite a story to tell. I hope to read more, and share it with others.
The story brought back vivid memories.
One time, using a walker and with people waiting to catch me, I rose unsteadily from bed and shuffled a slow circuit around the nurses' station outside my hospital room. As I finished, some other patients applauded. The moment was victory and embarrassment both, as I saw how necessity had changed my goals.
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Yah00
Trad climber
CA
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'People always ask me what I learned. It annoys me because the experience merely reiterated things I already knew about myself. '
Actually, you should search out your Supertopo postings before your accident and then again after your accident. You might have changed more than you think
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Yea James used to just spray and talk a lot of sh#t but now he uh, spray's, and, well, talks sh#t.
Just kidding. James is my hero, despite all the sport climbing.
 Scruggz
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Yah00
Trad climber
CA
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Wtf, Supertopo has a profanity filter now?!
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Fletcher
Trad climber
the campfire just a ways past Chris' Taco stand
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Thank you James. I really appreciate your writing. We are richer from your contributions.
Fletch
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Nice James.
I enjoyed that.
"Frankly I don't like this version of the story...probably best that it did not get published. It is incomplete, maybe more, a work in progress-like myself."
A lot of great writers just write the same story over and over their whole lives. Write it again so you're happier with it. I want to read it.
Climb on.
Zander
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sometimes, maybe only the rare case though, I think it's debatable whether or not stuff should be reworked.
Often the first draft, flaws notwithstanding, shows a certain direct rawness.
It's hard to be objective as a reader sometimes too.
For instance James, the first time I read your story about soloing Northwest Face of Lembert Dome, I felt it struck me very well. I thought the second draft was more sanitized. But again it's hard to be objective when you see both versions, because a lot of the active emotion is drawn out of the reader on the first go through.
'Just some general musings on the art.
Reading isn't necessarily passive: it's active too and therefore very subjective.
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James
climber
My twin brother's laundry room
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2009 - 02:32pm PT
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Glad you all liked my story. I think it is kind of a dumb topic because it is just me whining. It does not fully explain how you can help yourself out too. I hate my neediness.
But I am willing to swallow a little bit of pride and ask for some help. I need a computer so I can keep writing. If anyone wants to help feel free to email me at bigwalljames@yahoo.com. I have a pay pal account set up.
Roy- Yeah, that's how it goes. Sometimes the rough draft is good, sometimes it needs work. I feel like nothing is perfect and everything needs work. That's what I like about it all.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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"It does not fully explain how you can help yourself out too."
Ha ha!
That's because it can't: "no man is an island".
We need each other.
This is why what I most enjoyed about this particular story are all the reactions which you so well characterized of the people around you. And I'm here to say that stuff made me laugh out loud and in a really good way!
Without finding the pearls of humor imprinted within life's struggles, we may as well all be in a chain gang.
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