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Topic: One of my best friends just won Bronze, "Para" Climber at Worlds Comp< Next Oldest | Next Newest >
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I sent this story to Liz, at FB, and thought I'd share it here as well.



Way to go Craig !!!

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I sent this story to Liz, at FB, and thought I'd share it here as well.



Way to go Craig !!!

Wow!  I really, really don't ever want to fall.
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Whoa!  But congrats!!

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SWT....an amazing story.  Thanks for sharing.
And congrats to your friend.

Some people in this world have it.  The power to persevere after a tragedy.
Sometimes I question what my mental or physical state would be after a tragedy, accident, or loss of a loved one.
This guy's got it.  Big up to him.
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Cool story and incredible achievement.

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Climbers are nuts..  Well done Craig!
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I'm getting a "Could Not Be Found" Search Page. Nontheless I congratulate you too Craig. A guy I went to college with was a world champion handicap skier and he could outski most of the people he came across.

Craig its people like you that give many of us healthy perspective. "Great Achievement" indeed.

I know when something implies there might be something wrong with you some of us take offense, but with all due respect we have to ask: What in hades are you doing being friends with a hippy like SWT?

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I'm getting the page not found too. But sounds like a big deal win. Congrats to your friend

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The link is not working for me, as well. If you can get us another link, I would really like to read about this.

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Sorry, my local paper has pulled the free link.

Here's a video of his story from "The Season". It's pretty graphic and not for the squeamish.









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Fantastic!!
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THAT is amazing and inspiring.

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Wow!

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Excellent!  Yes, amazing.

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