DAVID B
Trad climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 26, 2009 - 09:24pm PT
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Local San Diego Climber Mark Winslow took his life this past Friday morning. Mark will be remembered as a great friend and outstanding climber. Mark had many first ascents in the San Diego area. Mark was someone you could always count on. He was an excellent climbing partner and if you needed help with anything Mark was always there for his friends. Everyone who knew Mark will miss him.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
nowhere, I'm headed for certain doom
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Jul 26, 2009 - 09:39pm PT
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Sadly, this is a reoccuring theme in our scattered tribe.
Sorry, man. Seriously.
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locker
Social climber
Joshua Tree Ca
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Jul 26, 2009 - 09:43pm PT
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Sincere condolences to the Family and Friends of Mark Winslow...
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Gobee
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Jul 26, 2009 - 10:03pm PT
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Sad to hear, Sorry to the family, if only could wait a day and call a friend, things change with different outlook.
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dogtown
climber
Cheyenne,Wyoming
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Jul 27, 2009 - 01:09am PT
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He took his life? What is going on here? Why So many?
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 27, 2009 - 01:22am PT
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hey there davidB... say, i am very sorry to hear this... thank you sharing the name and the joy that your friend had given out to others...
sadly, our wishes that someone could have stepped in to help, were not to be... :(
my condolences to the family and friends of mark...
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eKat
Trad climber
BITD2
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Jul 27, 2009 - 07:18am PT
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:-(
oxox
Kath
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fattrad
Mountain climber
GOP Convention
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Jul 27, 2009 - 08:50am PT
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Best wishes to all of Mark's family and friends.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Jul 27, 2009 - 01:51pm PT
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I think as climbers we all have to be careful as more than many, we get some raging endorphins going. Then later back on flat ground, we hit the mundane, things calm down and get boring...and we get depressed. This can be something which has a strong genetic component as well, excaberated by our running around getting a natural high on a cliff. Sorry to see anyone check out this way.
If anyone has any pics of Mark climbing, love to see em. Meantime, warm regards to all who loved him and who are undoubtedly struggling themselves with his loss.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jul 27, 2009 - 01:58pm PT
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sorry to hear
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L
climber
The Paleozoic rift of the Caradoc drift
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Jul 27, 2009 - 03:03pm PT
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David,
I am so sorry for the loss of your friend. I've heard Mark's name here and there over the years--he sounded like a wonderful person.
My heart-felt condolences to you, his family and his many friends.
Laura
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Fletcher
Trad climber
a buttery white sand beach... I wish!
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Jul 27, 2009 - 03:29pm PT
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I'm so sorry... my deepest sympathies and prayers to you, his friends and family.
Eric
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charley
Trad climber
nw pa.
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Jul 27, 2009 - 04:26pm PT
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This is so sad. My condolences to Mark's family and friends.
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Hoots
climber
Tacoma, Toyota
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Jul 27, 2009 - 06:49pm PT
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Just got the phone call last night. Hadn't heard from him in a while, knew that he had been going through a rough patch, but never saw this coming at all.
Every time I saw Mark he was stoked, and in a good mood just to be out climbing, away from whatever personal demons were chasing him. Afternoons up in Idyllwild were always the best- he would come down off of some horror-show up at Tahquitz and we'd trade whipper stories over a couple beers.
I am sorry for his family's loss, and sorry that we couldn't have gotten him the help he needed sooner.
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dcbclimb
climber
San Diego
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Jul 28, 2009 - 05:11am PT
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Mark was truly a great friend and one of the most real and genuine people you could ever meet. He turned me into a trad climber and taught many people how to climb as a guide for Front Range Climbing. If you were fortunate enough to have known or climbed with Mark you came away not only a better climber, but a better person. You always felt safe on the other end of the rope with Mark, at least as long as he wasn't on lead. He knew a million jokes and could easily make us all laugh. Those of us who knew him well were aware of his demons, but Mark would never allow them to affect anyone else... and he wouldn't want them to now. He will be remembered fondly and dearly missed.
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weschrist
Gym climber
left sac
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Jul 28, 2009 - 05:58am PT
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Very unfortunate. It seems like a common theme for those with inner demons who don't let them out. From past experience I suggest people with demons make every effort to understand them before it is too late. The only people I have known who have taken their own life directly (not just through self-destructive behavior) are those who experience an extreme disparity between two worlds.
On the one hand, the world is "supposed to be" a wonderful, joyous place. They were able to catch glimpses of the beauty every once in a while, but "must be f*#ked up because they can't make it last." On the other, they felt so much pain.
They used their strength to be a positive aspect in other's lives, not dragging others down, and ended up holding all the pain inside. Surely it must be better to confront the pain than bottle it all up and pretend it doesn't exist. Life is pain... the trick is learning what it takes to make the pain feel good.
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Brian Shelton
climber
Colorado Springs, CO
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Jul 28, 2009 - 07:56am PT
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Mark was a good friend and a great climber, he will be missed terribly. My condolences to his family.
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DAVID B
Trad climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 28, 2009 - 03:35pm PT
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Thanks for all the posts about Mark. I am going to forward this link on to his parents. If anyone has any additional pictures of Mark please post them here. As soon as I figure out how to post pictures I will post some as well.
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