tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post5130059318100408463..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Mario And Marlene After Their 3 Day El Capitan ClimbStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-23208642401254723202017-10-21T12:22:17.575-08:002017-10-21T12:22:17.575-08:00I should also add: "There it stands. Here I ...I should also add: "There it stands. Here I sit" is an incredibly elegant essay all by itself. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-59718691795941658002017-10-21T12:08:43.753-08:002017-10-21T12:08:43.753-08:00Zia Bird, My personal climbs aren't going to b...Zia Bird, My personal climbs aren't going to be that interesting. I did like to climb up rocky slopes, but nothing like this, when I was young. Maybe if I'd have had a rock climbing friend I could have been lured into it. At my age, what I might do in a rock gym, emphasis on 'might' - won't be too interesting. Well, maybe as comedy. :) But I appreciate your support and I am truly in awe of the men in the two videos I got off YouTube. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-23115291250735244732017-10-21T12:04:49.545-08:002017-10-21T12:04:49.545-08:00Well, Jacob, for giant slabs of concrete like this...Well, Jacob, for giant slabs of concrete like this, I didn't really think about climbing straight up. But hiking up through a less vertical mountain - like to Vernal Falls and Mirror Lake - have always been some of the best times in my life. <br />I tend to think that that people are on different parts of a continuum between 'do it now' and 'think out all the consequences before you act." I tend to be closer to the second end of that continuum. But I'm convinced now that this rock climbing - when done well - is not any more dangerous than, say, biking around Anchorage or any other city. And your point about people who are good at what they do is a good one I didn't think of in this context. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-53720912422122929922017-10-21T09:44:15.828-08:002017-10-21T09:44:15.828-08:00Thank you for sharing. Please be sure to post vid...Thank you for sharing. Please be sure to post videos of your various climbs. I'll sit in front of my computer and watch them~<br />Enjoy!<br />zibabirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751768526343022017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-43147380777662098882017-10-20T22:16:46.680-08:002017-10-20T22:16:46.680-08:00Pretty much the opposite of how I see a mountain. ...Pretty much the opposite of how I see a mountain. There it stands. Here I sit. I do understand your appreciation for folk who are good at what they do, but wonder if you're a tad bit more 'jock' than I thought! (smile)Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.com