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THE AUSTRALIAN RE, RETRO-BOLTING OPEN FORUM 29-Mar-2004 At 3:44:32 PM hex-TROLL

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' ...Gilgamesh was two-thirds god and one-third man ,and this knowledge is key to all that follows : Gilgamesh is a hero---more beautiful , more courageous , more terrifying than the rest of us ; his desires , attributes , and accomplishments , epitomise our own....In celebrating Gilgamesh...we celebrate that which makes us human.'

WHO CARES IF GILGA' IS CHIPPED ?

' The epic of Gilgamesh helps us see past the conventional classifications of "civilised" and "primitive"...civilisation is less a thing, than a process---the transformation of the primitive . Without the primitive , civilisation would cease to exist.'

(Arthur A. Brown )

' ...Gilgamesh dreams that an axe appears at his door , so great that he can neither lift it nor turn it. Gilgamesh asks his mother what these dreams might mean ; she tells him a man of great force and strength will come [ to Mt. Stapylton ].'

( From the Tale of Gilga' )

' Gilgamesh , will [HB] ever get around to it ? Does he still have aspirations to climb extremely hard (as opposed to the run of the mill very hard that he climbs pretty much every-day )'

(Fatboy on 8/7/2003)

' In the end , I started going backwards on it because I'd spent too much time on that particular route , and not enough time climbing in general '

( HB in Chockstone interview )

FOCUS' GRASS-HOPPER ' !!! --- FOCUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Carrigan is a great role-model , but don't let Gilga' become your ' Ring Route' !

Luv , HEX. ( & a proverbial army of fans)