Comments on: News & Notes – 05/13/2008

By: chuffer

chuffer — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:55:02 +0000

Like whoa … DG’s blog entry was one of the better blog entries ever.
Wow. With an editor to eliminate some of his vocabulary and grammatical errors, I could see him contributing something like that to Climbing or R & I.

By: PAUL

PAUL — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:56:20 +0000

vid of mendax to come on MVM soon!

By: peter beal

peter beal — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:02:16 +0000

I’m glad to see that others agree with my tentative appraisal of Dave’s quasi-poetic effusions. When I’m done wrapping up my grading for the semester, I’ll tackle the topic.

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:55:54 +0000

I think Dave’s blog give us a chance to take a step onto the Island. As far away as we may be from his state of mind his blogs are doorway to unlimited possibility.

It helps me understand comments such as “I am the master of my own world” from the Island Video. Dave is a wanderer and visionary and I hope he keeps showing his true colors. Most of all I hope that his finger stops hurting so he can do the sit start of the Island!

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:17:50 +0000

It doesn’t really say, but it looks like you’re crimping the shit out of something with your left hand.

By: The Narc

The Narc — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:22:40 +0000

I agree, it is one of DG’s better blogs thus far. It is like he has honed in his usual rambling style and taken it to a whole new level that is actually quite good.

Tony – I cant’ watch the video here, am I climbing something hard??

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:59:27 +0000

Yo narc there’s a guy that looks just like you in the MVM 3 trailer. Its in the middle right before the guy base jumping.

By: inkentucky

inkentucky — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:15:59 +0000

agreed peter. the latest DG post transcends “pro blogginess” to the point of being incomparable. this is a good thing; i find most pro blogs to be – i dunno – boring. ”went to blah, blah. SO PSYCHED!!!! Inspiring route/problem/crag. Sooooo inspired! did blah, blah in 5 goes. i hope i can do the blah blah sit tomorrow. etc. etc.” Dave, however unbounded his posts might seem, is trying to make sense of the “crystalline” moments he encounters (and (re) encounters) on the road. he is not giving us the blow by blow of his 8a scorecard, but is trying to explain how he makes sense of the ebbs and flows of his stoke. i find it to be an interesting read, especially when he uses a language I can understand rather than code words known only to his current posse.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:47:25 +0000

It seems to me that Dave Graham has lost his mind entirely.

By: peter beal

peter beal — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:35:49 +0000

I’ll get to work on the DG translation. I have been down on his rambling of late but this latest missive approaches stream-of consciousness poetry–some of the most interesting work I’ve read in a while

By: The Narc

The Narc — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:23 +0000

Thanks. It felt good to see that I still have mad skillz despite 6 weeks of left arm atrophy…

By: inkentucky

inkentucky — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:48:18 +0000

gratz on getting some climbing in Narc! that’s good news fo sho.