Best. Climbing. Writing. Ever.

[EWolfe]

Left Side of the Hourglass

 

Just WOW

[ivan]

the best climbing writing has to come in haiku form

 

that way i can actually finish it in the little time The Man grants me to live out my stupid little life

[Choada_Boy]

Oh. I thought this was going to be a review of Mike's bathroom reading masterpiece.

[mountainmatt]

This is a personal favorite of mine: LINKY

[billbob]

HW Tilman is IMHO The Man.

[Bug]

"I still felt immaculately void, a plain vessel washed by a force, huge and beyond me, and my heart lay open but strong. The world seemed a miraculous and mysterious place and I found myself now peaceful, a deep and small part of it."

 

Coming of age through climbing.

Most guys just seek their father's approval.

 

[jmace]

The very first sentence in that story:

 

It was the summer of 1971 a year after the National Guard had seized Yosemite Valley briefly during the Stoneman Meadow Fourth of July riots.

 

Im no english major but is that even a correct sentence?

[bobinc]

It needs a comma after 1971.

[EWolfe]

Why do I even bother, I find myself asking...

 

In fact - I won't

 

Later, NW folks.

Edited November 14, 2008 by EWolfe

[Sol]

Thanks Eric, I enjoyed it.

[G-spotter]

It needs a comma after 1971.

 

It needs a lot more than that.

[curtveld]

It needs a lot more than that.

 

...or maybe a lot less? Heavy on the analysis for my taste, but definitely worth reading.

[Bug]

Extemporaneous existential testosterone.

Edited November 14, 2008 by Bug

[chris_stolz]

Superb. I havn't yet met a devoted climber who didn't have one crucial moment burned into their mind, a climbing instant or route that changed they way they see themselves, their past or the world.