Welcome, Astroturfer.
Thanks! He grows from a good story teller but mediocre writer to a very good story teller and writer. Never knew, and really enjoyed his stories. For a good laugh and with two stories tears.
Would love it if he is going to write more.
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Agree. I spent a lot of time in his sort of circumstances when I was wee. Reading some of his stories is a bit like remembering good times I never had.
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You know, I remember some nearly the same stories, not as such good times. Also the sailing , have more experience in that, as a child, than you want to know.
But later in life, mountain climbing is strange enough not really different. Mountains are like the sea really great, really non forgiving.
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My da taught me how to sail when I was a lad / one of the very few things we ever did together. A couple years back I took a 55’ out with some “friends” around the BVI. The trip between Virgin Gorda & Anguilla was, for me only, the best part of the entire two week trip. We hit a storm, but due to an injury I can detect barometric changes better than the weather service - so we were well prepared. It got so bad that the entire crew, including the captain got sea-sick & more than once we were hit by rogue waves - really just out of sequence ones where the waves are going at a right angle to the wind and every so often it’ll create a monster that covered the entire boat. Everyone was fearing for their lives & I - conversely- had the best nights sleep of my entire life. Only waking when the ship tacked & I’d roll from one end of my bunk to the other.
I think you might understand when I say that I’m happiest/ most at peace when I’ve crossed the line into a “self-rescue” situation. It’s also where I perform at my best and often when everyone around me seems to be losing their shit.
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