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18-May-2005 9:19:09 AM
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On 17/05/2005 sabu wrote:
>On 16/05/2005 master of drung wrote:
>>sabu that was mallory wash your mouth out.
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>are you sure????? mayb they both said it...
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It was Mallory
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18-May-2005 12:48:07 PM
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same reason a child climbs a tree.
not as boring as pumping weights.
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18-May-2005 5:13:19 PM
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because its somewhere i like to be. for me its not about aspirations or achievements, its somewhere thats nice and feels right. when you're trying to get somewhere, how do you know you've reached it and what do you do then? climbing & bushwalking *is* that place, you don't require any more or need it to be a stepping stone to somewhere else, you just enjoy being there, enjoying the view, engaging in what you're doing and hanging out with good friends.
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18-May-2005 5:16:58 PM
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On 18/05/2005 nmonteith wrote:
>On 17/05/2005 sabu wrote:
>>On 16/05/2005 master of drung wrote:
>>>sabu that was mallory wash your mouth out.
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>>are you sure????? mayb they both said it...
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>It was Mallory
damn i thought i was being smart.... !
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19-May-2005 9:43:42 AM
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Tisk tisk my dear sabu, enjoy the soap.
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19-May-2005 1:29:03 PM
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hello sabu
yes i am sure, i don't think hillary ever said it but if he did it was a quote.
back to topic, it is interesting that this question screams out for glib or dismissive answers so to extend on my earlier glib and dismissive answer about flying.
I climb because - it allows me access to a world different from the one that i normally inhabit with minimal interference from technology.
- it is both physically and mentally testing on many levels.
- it feels good (and i say if it feels good .....)
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23-May-2005 11:45:33 AM
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Hi Nicky. Mick Ellerton suggested I respond.
For me climbing has 5 aspects which combine to give the full experience.
1. I get great enjoyment and inspiration from the bush settings that climbing takes me to. Looking
down on the eagles in the Warrumbungles, watching a storm approach half way up Moonarie, watching
the Sydney-Hobart yachts sail by from the Hazards at Coles Bay, dangling 40m above a killer whale
having fallen off a climb at Bridgewater, Portland, climbing amongst the autumn leaves at Red River
Gorge, West Virginia, sitting on top of the Fortress in the Grampians gazing down into the wilderness
of the Victoria Range, the wildflowers in the Gramps in spring on a walk into a cliff.
2. The motion of controlled, graceful movement over rock is exhilarating.
3. The physical and mental challenge is important. The challenge is intense but resolved relatively
quickly and innumerable future challenges always await.
4. My climbing generally occurs with other like-minded people and so the social nature of climbing is
important - the planning, the on-the-day repartee, the debriefing, the justifying of failure.
5. Not everybody climbs and I enjoy the sense of being different and being in places that not many
other people go to.
It is possible to climb without all the 5 aspects - solo top-roping, in gyms, not wanting to take on the
physical and mental challenge on a particular day, feeling like an elephant while moving over the rock
on a particular day - but the full experience involves all 5 components.
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