Friend fell 40ft, soliciting
My buddy Pierce and I went climbing outdoors for the first time together, at the Gunks. He isn't a close friend, exactly, but I always felt close because of the experience. Even then he was way out of my league climbing-wise having worked at BKB for at least a year and could smoke me. And when he gets out of this hospital bed and recovered (fingers crossed) he probably still will. But, he took a hudge fall, and with that his life has dramatically shifted.
Pierce is kind of a throw-back hippy. Maybe that isn't very original these days, but he was riding his motorcycle to mexico to climb for a couple months while living in a tent before moving to Reno to learn how to be a professional rigger. I doubt he would have made it back to NYC after learning to ski at Mt. Rose, but those were his plans last I saw him, this September near Horseman.
Unlike a lot of hippies, Pierce never annoyed me, and he was always a blast to see at the gym and crag, and his pictures always got me super stoked to go.
This guy has absolutely no connection to TGR whatsoever, but he's a solid dude and if you felt like throwing him a few bucks it wouldn't be the worst money you ever spent. Either way, thought I'd dig up a few of those pics and throw them up here. Hopefully he heals soon. Falls obviously can and will happen, so no matter what this one already has a happy ending as far as I'm concerned.
beware, some ec climbing from the familiar places:
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