Outdoor Adventure Relay for Darfur
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Outdoor Adventure Relay for Darfur
Warren Harding once claimed that "Climbing is just another self centered, assholish thing to do." Buildering.net ran a poll to see if climbers agreed. Half did. The buildering.net host stated that indeed Warren had been right: "In the end, I'm going to have to trust the opinion of the source here. Mr. Warren Harding was a climbing legend. He made this little remark with over 70 years of life experience behind him. I can't picture someone looking back on their life and wishing they'd have climbed more. Plus, Warren was an A$%^#@. So I've heard. Who better to comment on the activities of A$$%$#^@? My favorite childhood retort comes to mind "...oh yeah? Takes one to know one."
Don't we feel great about ourselves now?
A few years ago, after climbing the route that made Warren Harding famous (the Nose on El Cap), I felt as though I was finally starting to get this climbing thing right. And then I learned about Warren's quote and wondered about just how "right" I wanted to get this, and what "right" even means in the first place when it comes to being a climber? Was I striving to become the perfect A$%^#@? Does climbing have to be just another form of narcissism? Aren't there any good people out there that also climb? For me, the connection between being self-centred and climbing is not easily broken. That's the bad news, I'm afraid.
The good news is that I've done the hard work. But I can't do this thing on my own. Here's an opportunity to use climbing for some purpose beyond what Warren was talking about. It's happening between April 19 and 27, and goes from Whistler to Vancouver (via the Grand Wall on the Chief) and will hopefully help bring an end to genocide in Darfur. www.skiandbikefordarfur.blogspot.com
True A$$%$#^@ need not apply. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your there.
Don't we feel great about ourselves now?
A few years ago, after climbing the route that made Warren Harding famous (the Nose on El Cap), I felt as though I was finally starting to get this climbing thing right. And then I learned about Warren's quote and wondered about just how "right" I wanted to get this, and what "right" even means in the first place when it comes to being a climber? Was I striving to become the perfect A$%^#@? Does climbing have to be just another form of narcissism? Aren't there any good people out there that also climb? For me, the connection between being self-centred and climbing is not easily broken. That's the bad news, I'm afraid.
The good news is that I've done the hard work. But I can't do this thing on my own. Here's an opportunity to use climbing for some purpose beyond what Warren was talking about. It's happening between April 19 and 27, and goes from Whistler to Vancouver (via the Grand Wall on the Chief) and will hopefully help bring an end to genocide in Darfur. www.skiandbikefordarfur.blogspot.com
True A$$%$#^@ need not apply. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your there.
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