And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.
The story here. Warning, dude was ok but there's a couple of gruesome images.
I've done a little climbing in my youth, and there've been a few times I've wondered what would happen if the chunk I was putting my entire weight on came off.
Did that, sort of, once at the top of a chimney at Smith Rocks. I managed to hold on to it so my belayer at the bottom of the chimney could get out of the way before letting it fall. About a 200 lb. chunk of rock.
Did that, sort of, once at the top of a chimney at Smith Rocks. I managed to hold on to it so my belayer at the bottom of the chimney could get out of the way before letting it fall. About a 200 lb. chunk of rock.
ReplyDeleteSmith Rock, in Oregon? My kid did a climb there, great spot.
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