General Climbing Discussion

Topic	Date	User
Renaming/rebolting aid route/attracting a girl!	4-May-2007 At 9:28:31 AM	Skip-Skip
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On 3/05/2007 wallwombat wrote: >When Lynn Hill freed the Nose of El Capitan, did she rename it? No, she >didn't. I think that is because she had respect for the people who first >climbed it, And she thought actions spoke louder than words (and names). >And she wasn't a narcististic f#*kwit. > >Has anyone read the actual poem by Shelley, 'Ozymandias'? > >There is a bit of irony floating around here, I do believe. I think there might be some irony in the story of Gilgamesh here too. According to Sumerian legend, Gilgamesh was 2/3 god, 1/3 human. The big G lost the plot when he tried to go all the way and gain immortality. I rest my case.

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