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tattooed_climber
Jun 16, 2006, 4:54 AM
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Well my partner goes in for some serious surgery this monday
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wow...i missed the coffee shop in the morning
FUCK DO I NEED A CUP RIGHT NOW
well, ross (my partner) called me, he's back in town....he ended up going back to the rockies after his testing for a short bit...and he (and the gf) just got back in to vancity 3 hours ago.....pre-op tomorrow...and another sunday and monday is his actual scheduled surgery date.....after i got off the phone with him 2 hours ago i fucking threw up pretty bad....i feel like fucking shit (full of anxiety)......he'll should be at VGH (vancouver general hospital) for about a week or so in recovery....and he'll be in vancouver for afew additional weeks so the doctors can run more testing
this saturday we're going to lighthouse park for some sea cliff climbing (consider ross won't be climbing till winter 07 if he's lucky)...then polish the day off with some crab fishing, something me and ross use to do ALL the time back when he use to live in vancouver...i've invited missedyno aka crazy-foxy-lady....hope ya can make it
and i'll probably take wednesday off school to go visit him in the hospital.....think i'll swing by MEC and buy ross a new C3 as a get better present.....and take a card to get our old co-workers at MEC to sign....i think that'll be nice
another cool thing is, my dad is a super for a construction company that specializes in hospital renos...and he's got afew sites down at VGH; so my old man can visit ross and his gf...
if ya didn't catch a post a week ago in a coffee thread, i posted>>
about a month ago ross found out that he has a tumor next to his brain which is putting pressure on his optical nerve causing him to go blind...thankfully there were symptoms and the doctors were able to find out right away...
course, like i said with the whole "just throwing up" part, i'm totally fucking freaked out....
here's some happier moments:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=74665
^^^Ross Enjoying a Guinness from a Measuring Cup at the Jasper Hostel
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=53432
^^^Ross on Cinnamon Slab in Smith Rocks
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=74666
^^^ Ross giving me a thumbs up in Icile Canyon in Leavenworth Washington...this was a slaughter of a gong show of a climb...all 5.6 or 5.7 choss... full 60m pitch with the only pro were a .75 camalot and a 1.75 dmm 3cu in the middle both conected to a screamer; bomber stations at least...we were attempting to linkup with the classic R&B which 2 parties of newbs were at a dead stop on the first 2 pitches....we climbed it the following day with RCcola.com's own RUSSMAN...which was his first multi-pitch climb...and later that day ross belayed Russman on his first Trad lead...super cool day
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rockguide
Jun 16, 2006, 5:30 AM
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Hard news Phil,
Pass on my best wishes. You are buying a guy who will not be able to climb for a year a new cam? That is either really cool or a real torture and I am not sure which :lol:
The measuring cup of guiness is a riot ... Russ seems like a cool character!
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overlord
Jun 16, 2006, 6:37 AM
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hope it works out.
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russman
Jun 16, 2006, 1:54 PM
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Hay Taddie....wish ROss the best and good luck.....
if you knwo what to look for that last pic shows the big red monster down on teh road.....Make sure he takes care....talk at you crazy Canuks later....
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styndall
Jun 16, 2006, 3:14 PM
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I'll keep my fingers crossed.
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kachoong
Jun 16, 2006, 3:36 PM
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Bad news there, mate! Sorry to hear it, but wish Ross a speedy recovery. You're a good friend, Taddy!
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tattooed_climber
Jun 16, 2006, 4:16 PM
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ya brian, i'm not sure if the cam is incouragement or a cheap sudstitute (kinda like porn) :lol: ....not that i want him back on the rock right away, he oviously needs time to recover, but its the waiting for his return so he can de-flower that cam on some knarley route...maybe Klahine Crack or something of the like
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kachoong
Jun 16, 2006, 4:19 PM
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....how 'bout "Clean Crack".... that's a dooozy! ....you should get a micro in that....
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charley
Jun 16, 2006, 4:20 PM
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I wish both of you the best, Phil. Hope you're climbing together soon.
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Jun 16, 2006, 5:24 PM
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Hey Tat, best of luck to your friend, /turns on ultrasecret good-climber-vibes machine.
I remember some of the stories about you 2 from Jono's and Ross always sounded like a great guy.
-F
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tattooed_climber
Jun 16, 2006, 5:30 PM
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well thanks dudes (no dudettes yet) for all the messages PM
wtf ever happened to jono's pub? i miss sleeping under the pool table...lol
well, off to school now....
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macherry
Jun 16, 2006, 6:04 PM
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sending you and ross good vibes!
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rockguide
Jun 17, 2006, 3:56 AM
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In reply to: ya brian, i'm not sure if the cam is incouragement or a cheap sudstitute (kinda like porn) :lol: ....not that i want him back on the rock right away, he oviously needs time to recover, but its the waiting for his return so he can de-flower that cam on some knarley route...maybe Klahine Crack or something of the like
:lol: That was a great route! I bet the piece would be good on the World's Toughest Milkman as well!
Hopefully the three of us will be out getting scared on the granite after his recovery!
Brian
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tattooed_climber
Jun 18, 2006, 5:31 AM
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Well...we got rained out at Lighthouse Park...sp we ended up spending 12 hours crab fishing....we were only doing caught-and-release....caught 14 legal sized crabs (8or so being red rock crabs)
ended leaving with ross my rope, some TR gear, a few cams and a set of nuts; him and the gf will try climbing again tomorrow....
he's still in pretty good spirits.....he attempted the whole "if i die..." shit, which i jokely told him to shutup...neither of us need that stuff on the mind.....but he's still keeping positive....
gonna bring him my moms portable dvd player on tuesday at the hospital....also leaving him my futrama vol 4, family guy vol 1, 2 and 3, and prob some climbing dvds....
its also good now, his whole family will all be down here by tomorrow
and i totally know this is a big no-no....but i'm smuggling a guinness in for him tuesday
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kantkatchme
Jun 19, 2006, 3:04 AM
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hey dude,
i wish him luck tomorrow.
things will......ah ...nm..ill jsut leave it at that.
peace
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tattooed_climber
Jun 19, 2006, 4:01 AM
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from the sounds of it, ross had a nice lil day climbing with his gf at lighthouse park, i had to stay home with my old man today, being fathers day and all
http://i46.photobucket.com/...r/ross-has-crabs.jpg
^^^^thats the biggest one we caught yesterday, 7 inch shell, we gave this bastard to an old chinese man who was fishing next to us
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tattooed_climber
Jun 20, 2006, 3:15 AM
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well...i got a call from ross's mom this afternoon....everything went well....hopefully i can go visit him wednesday
thanks for all the positive thoughts and prayers everyone
now starts the road to recovery
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kantkatchme
Jun 20, 2006, 4:18 AM
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hey man,
thats excelent.....
just dont get caught with the guiness... :wink:
peace
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Jun 20, 2006, 3:07 PM
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Great news Tat, keep us postted!
-F
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rockguide
Jun 20, 2006, 3:28 PM
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Good news Phil!
In reply to: hey man, thats excelent..... just dont get caught with the guiness... :wink: peace
Actually Phil, get caught with the Guiness. Maybe the nurse will spank you!
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tattooed_climber
Jun 20, 2006, 3:49 PM
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In reply to: Good news Phil! In reply to: hey man, thats excelent..... just dont get caught with the guiness... :wink: peace Actually Phil, get caught with the Guiness. Maybe the nurse will spank you!
YES YESY YES YES YES!!!!!
good thinking brian!!!! considering there is a LACK..in fact a COMPLETE LACK OF ... nurses at BCIT, which is really bumming me out.,..
no matter what happens, the nurse can't be as bad as the nurse who caught me outside of visiting hours at the Surrey Mem hospital, she was the night shift head nurse of the 'family birthing unit'....OH GOD! large and in charge, i try to bullshit that i was family (which, after all, i was visiting my best friend, his gf and their daught whos my god child)...yep, she busted up my plans and kicked my ass out of that hospital....never fuck with a nurse twice your size :shock:
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tattooed_climber
Jun 22, 2006, 4:00 AM
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well, i managed to see ross this morning
he's doing awesome, dropped off my moms portable dvd player and ALL my family guy dvds...as well as the #2 C3....he wanted me to take the cam back so i could at least use it, but i told him "the De-flowering of that cherry was all [his]"....hes actually walking around and he maybe released this friday.....though, his right eye is swollen shut and that half of his head is also pretty swollen....and he was doped up pretty good, but not too fucked up or in too much pain for him and me to start quoting Goldmember and Dr. Evil (a thing we do ALOT!!)...
i'm feeling a hell of alot better now
so far, everything is going according to plan....ross was in surgery for 10 hours on monday and everything went well
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kantkatchme
Jun 22, 2006, 4:10 AM
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YeAh!
thats good news....always like good news.
hope the swelling goes down.
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boondock_saint
Jun 22, 2006, 6:04 AM
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glad to hear he's doing well man!!! i hope he has a speedy recovery
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overlord
Jun 22, 2006, 7:38 AM
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good news man. keep us posted.
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