markwebster Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 All summer I've been scratching for partners, and last weekend was no exception. My wife has been down with various minor injuries since the spring, but last weekend she was back in shape and we went to Leavenworth together. After climbing with a variety of partners all summer it was strange climbing with my old, best partner after so long. There are some distinct advantages to climbing with ones wife instead of just another buddy. It reminds me of an old song from the early eighties called the Pina Colada song. I've shortened it down a bit for brevity: "I was tired of my lady We'd been together too long Like a worn-out recording Of a favorite song So while she lay there sleeping I read the paper in bed And in the personal columns There was this letter I read Yes I like Pina Coladas And getting caught in the rain I'm not much into health food I am into champagne I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon And cut through all this red-tape At a bar called O'Malley's Where we'll plan our escape. So I waited with high hopes And she walked in the place I knew her smile in an instant I knew the curve of her face It was my own lovely lady And she said, "Oh it's you." Then we laughed for a moment And I said, "I never knew." That you like Pina Coladas Getting caught in the rain And the feel of the ocean And the taste of champagne If you'd like making love at midnight In the dunes of the Cape You're the lady I've looked for Come with me and escape this is Sue and I in Yosemite in 1983: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couloir Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Thank you. Now that song will be in my head until I go to be tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetBoss Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I see why you married her...yeowza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindawg Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 SCAN ON! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
111 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 (edited) dude, when was hiking in speedos cool? BULGE! Edited October 13, 2007 by 111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1980 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I saw her the other day, she still looks good. As for Mark....thankfuly his shorts are longer these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 that is the sweetest thing i have ever read. you are BOTH SO LUCKY to love each other so much and to share passion for the same activity. you give me hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_like_sun Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 ME TOO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwebster Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 I figured I'd get in trouble for those shorts. I must have slumped on the rock and they rode up. There weren't that short really, just running shorts like Sue's. It is weird how shorts fashions go up and down over the decades. I am very lucky to have met her. So many people get divorced these days. Even when I might have thought about bailing, I still needed a partner that weekend...and here we are, still together. She's also a great mom, pictures of Sue and our kids here: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=722055 and here's a picture of me 3 years ago on r&d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Not that many couples can climb well together. Bonus points! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 wow; that is sweet. she so lucky!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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