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ß Î Ø T Ç H
climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 24, 2009 - 01:48am PT
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With everything you've seen and done in the valley (elsewhere ?) it would be a best seller for sure . Think about it .
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Ray Olson
Trad climber
Imperial Beach, California
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Oct 24, 2009 - 01:56am PT
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I will second that.
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 24, 2009 - 02:02am PT
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
My life is as boring as everyone else.
A book would be nothing new.
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TripL7
Trad climber
'dago'
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Oct 24, 2009 - 02:08am PT
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Best idea I have heard in long while.
And then you could move to Co. and buy a ranch next to George.
Seriously think about it.
And we would be the ones who would benefit most.
From the book, not your moving.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 24, 2009 - 09:28am PT
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hey there say.... a bump for ol' werner and his
new book title:
My life is as boring as everyone else.[/
and its sub-title:
A book would be nothing new.[/
WOW werner, it's a GEM... i just know it!
well--it would be, if you really wrote one... :)
and we'd be taking-it-heart, and honor the life lived that "would birth it" as i am sure there are some very heavy things there, to be said, as well...
dear werner:
you are a vast treasure box of so many riches, dear ol' werner...
so keep being your're ol' humble self...
we'll just read the "man behind the book" instead... ;)
:)
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wack-N-dangle
Gym climber
the ground up
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Oct 24, 2009 - 10:29am PT
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Too funny Neebee. Maybe Mr. McNamara will have to edit a compilation of Mr. Werner's stories from the Taco. Still, it would be quite a thing to have a book from the man himself.
Simply a book on rescue techniques would be invaluable. Interject climbing, religious, life in the ditch anecdotes, and I would bet it would be timeless.
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Ray Olson
Trad climber
Imperial Beach, California
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Oct 24, 2009 - 10:43am PT
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in fact neebee is right Mr. Braun.
the interesting this is what happens in our brains
when we imagine ourselves in front of the keyboard
writing a "book" - what "voice" will we use?
how will it go in terms of overall structure and scope?
much valuable, informative and entertaining life
experience has been lost this way, I suspect.
it is daunting, because the writer is looking up
at "el cap" without a clue, so to speak.
this is way common.
for instance, my "books" would be titled:
1) Dummies guide to being a nit wit.
2) shooting yourself in the foot in ten easy lessons
3) being blind with 20/20 vision
4) retards guide to failure and abject self loathing
5) how to get your umpteenth hot girlfriend to drop you like a stone
and
6) sniffing glue the easy ray way
see...valuable stuff ;-)
edit: what Peter Haan said downthread
plus disregard the common notion that
writing about your life experiences is
in any way "vain" - simply not true.
hope you consider this Werner, your are a very special
person with a lot of insights and a treasure of unique
experience to draw upon.
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10b4me
Ice climber
the reticient boulder at the Happies
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Oct 24, 2009 - 10:46am PT
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have always thought this would be a good idea.
have Largo co-author it
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Oct 24, 2009 - 10:50am PT
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I hope Werner keeps looking at this thread and more importantly, at this idea of ß Î Ø T Ç H. It of course seems both impossible and pointless to him but that is what most anybody feels when contemplating writing memoirs and career stories.
What I would suggest is that Werner get a co-author who can help him shape the huge pile of his 38 years of climbing and YOSAR work into an actual work of literature. This is the approach usually taken by people who have had remarkable lives but aren't actually writers themselves.Take this tactic and an actual complete book gets done!!
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Oct 24, 2009 - 11:17am PT
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WB will not be able to work on his book until at leat 2014. That will be the end of his first term as Governor.
Werner Braun - Governor of California 2010
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wack-N-dangle
Gym climber
the ground up
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Oct 24, 2009 - 11:26am PT
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Don't you need a book before you run in the major elections?
The Audacity of Nuts Thoughts on Reclaimed American Crags
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Oct 24, 2009 - 12:07pm PT
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Oh yeah and a catch phrase...
How about "this state is fuking nuts"
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Oct 24, 2009 - 12:11pm PT
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I think it should be titled "Rajmit is an idiot".
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Oct 24, 2009 - 12:17pm PT
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I'd vote for Werner and I'd buy the book. It would probably be a international bestseller.
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hashbro
Trad climber
Mental Physics........
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Oct 24, 2009 - 01:23pm PT
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I'm almost thinking that every climber (especially Werner) should write (and self publish) their own coffee table book and every one else will buy them...
there by supporting each other, and having a great time reminiscing.....
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dogtown
Trad climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Oct 25, 2009 - 12:22am PT
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A book would be nothing new.
Not true, false, come up with something else. WB.
Dogtown.
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BurnRockBurn
climber
South of Black Rock City (CC,NV)
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Oct 25, 2009 - 12:22am PT
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Reading "DEATHS IN YOSEMITE" right now and WBraun already mentioned in the first chapter so I'm sure he's mentioned a few more times. Go Braun!!!
Shawn
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 25, 2009 - 12:33am PT
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Oh c'mon
Rescue is a cast of thousands.
Without all the men and women at GM, Ford the farmers etc etc we'd all be dead stone ......
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 25, 2009 - 12:37am PT
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C'mon, just for us?
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Oct 25, 2009 - 01:24am PT
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Me thinks a perfect co-author match for Werner would be Steven Colbert?
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno
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Oct 25, 2009 - 02:29am PT
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Apathy is a tough one to crack. Could just be plain laziness too... Regardless, to portray that you have nothing of interest is total BS and you know it. Just sayin'.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 25, 2009 - 02:36am PT
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What if, we write one for him and he will be compelled to , correct/edit it?
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Lost Arrow
Trad climber
The North Ridge of the San Fernando
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Oct 25, 2009 - 03:09am PT
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Sex, Guns, and Money.
Everything needed for a great book
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TripL7
Trad climber
'dago'
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Oct 25, 2009 - 04:34am PT
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And we could wager bets as to who will finish their respective book first.
Werner or Licky?
And then, everyone could have a 'stab' at getting rich!
(We know it wouldn't be about the money in it for you, if you did it Werner).
It wouldn't be just about you, but about an 'Era in time like no other'.
Come on Werner!
We are just saying that we would love to see it from your perspective. And your humble, and highly valued opinion.
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hooblie
climber
"i used to care, but things have changed"
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Oct 25, 2009 - 08:20am PT
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good laugh tripl7, werner vs. licky. like the geraldo build up to breaking into al capones lair. plenty of time for commercial breaks, edgy music and redundant summaries. licky scratching his chin over a fortune cookie, werner in his bunk, showing no strain whatsoever
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Ray Olson
Trad climber
Imperial Beach, California
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Oct 25, 2009 - 11:16am PT
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I awoke with of vision of several volumes, mr. braun,
a sar volume
a climbing volume
other?
ok, two volumes
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 25, 2009 - 03:13pm PT
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.. an unusual inter/national travel volume; Mali, jumping out of helicopters onto cliffs, and back, that kind of stuff...
 a volume of philosophy...
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fongschway
Social climber
Plainfield, VT
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Oct 27, 2009 - 12:35pm PT
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OK, big, big secret about Werner...
He's actually sat back his entire life and watched the exploits of his (sort of evil) twin, "Warner"...
Looks exactly like him, too -- BUT, you'll notice you never see the two of them in the same place at the same time. Clever.
Merry will never tell.
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Ray Olson
Trad climber
Imperial Beach, California
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Oct 27, 2009 - 01:13pm PT
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and don't forget the "wernerism rating" on gear, too
maybe that is not right 4 a book?
ok, I withdraw the idea ;-)
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nutjob
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Oct 27, 2009 - 01:34pm PT
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It is a noble thing to live with a constant sense of one's place in the world, to not place one's self on a pedestal above others. This is reality and embracing it is right.
But transcending this humility is another lesson, learning to share more of one's self in order to communicate something deeper about all of us for the benefit of all of us. Everyone is grasping at this thread because they want to see into humanity through your penetrating eyes. It is a means to establishing a stronger connection between us all. Or I should say, a way of revealing that all-powerful connection that is always there but which we somehow lose the ability to recognize.
And of course we want to hear about cool helicopter stuff and stupid camp 4 pranks.
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Oct 27, 2009 - 04:02pm PT
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Yes, Werner, but you have a unique perspective that more often than not eludes the rest of us...
I'd righ tthe boook if I were you... Just write your thoughts, eventually you will have enough pages of your thoughts to combine into a book, that I'd at least review before buying a few copies...
Just a thought
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scuffy b
climber
Whuttiz that Monstrosicos Inferno?
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Oct 27, 2009 - 04:07pm PT
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Where you been hiding, Lost Arrow?
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nutjob
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Oct 27, 2009 - 06:26pm PT
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Maybe at least a desktop calendar, with peel-away sheets for each day that have a witticism, an anecdote, or a diagram for a novel rescue system.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Oct 27, 2009 - 09:38pm PT
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Skipt nailed it...
The title of the book - "Seriously Dude"
Now that's over, who should be cast for the leading role in the movie adaptation?
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Oct 27, 2009 - 10:09pm PT
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or better yet, the musical adaptation!
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fongschway
Social climber
Plainfield, VT
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Oct 29, 2009 - 07:11am PT
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"Young Braunerstein"...
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Oct 29, 2009 - 07:23am PT
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Since WVB won't write his own book, I vote for sodium pentathol and a very fast typewritist to capture what gushes forth . . . . .
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 29, 2009 - 02:19pm PT
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Leave the poor guy alone, for cryin' out loud. Maybe he wants to avoid the "Cult of Personality".
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 29, 2009 - 02:23pm PT
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Werner doesn't have to write a book, he is one- full of content if a little hard to read.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Oct 29, 2009 - 02:50pm PT
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From Wes:
But seriously... you seem witty and well spoken and have seen a lot of sh#t. I'll proof read it for you... make sure you get the "then" and "than" all worked out.
Wes, you may want to start proofreading your own posts before offering your proofreading services to others. Proofread is one word.
(Just kidding: you busted my ass good on then/than one time.)
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Oct 29, 2009 - 03:50pm PT
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I'd love to read a book by Werner.
Then again, I'd love to read a book by Yoda, if he could only speak in full sentences.
Hey, what can you expect from a 900 year old Jedi?
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