[at-l] Holmes, Cold Weather and Life

[shellydhale at earthlink.net (Shelly Hale)]

I hope that we are all this greedy. ;-)

Shelly Hale
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clark Wright" <icw@esisnet.com>
To: <TrailR@aol.com>
Cc: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Holmes, Cold Weather and Life


> well, this is greedy, but I want to do BOTH (i.e., live long doing what
> I love to do, and then die while doing it); however, if I had to choose
> between living long doing what I do NOT want to do (let's say, working a
> job I don't like for 20+ years and then being bed-ridden for 5-10+
> years, and then dying in the hospital or nursing home) and dying
> prematurely while doing something a bit more dangerous that I love (like
> climbing mountains or hiking/skiing alone in the Whites in major winter
> storms) - well, to paraphrase Patrick Henry - then give me death! :)
>
> Thru-Thinker
> [who just returned from Mt. Leconte where we experienced a smidge of
> what did that White Mtns hiker in, and where I then came a hell of a lot
> closer to death trying to drive all the way from Cherokee, NC to New
> Bern, NC in the middle of the storm last evening and night!!]
>
> TrailR@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 1/17/2004 11:45:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > icw@esisnet.com writes:
> >
> >     I have at least two conflicting emotions: (1) what a great way
> >     to die - doing what you love in the outdoors; and (2) what a dumb
thing
> >     to do alone given the weather conditions . . . both thoughts bear
> >     legitimacy . . . ironically, if he had been 85 years old, we all
might
> >     be saying to ourselves "What a way to go - a life well lived!"
> >
> > It's a dumb way to die, doing what you love... It's a better way to
LIVE...
> >
> >
> >
> > hotdog
> >
>
>
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