Re: Send positive vibes for ExcitableBoy
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:00 am
My heart goes out to you EB, I pray for a healthy recovery that will put you back in the mountains, where you obviously love to be. GET WELL!!
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butitsadryheat wrote: Treatments are often worse than the illness itself, and cause all sorts of nasty side effects.
The Chief wrote:I will break my silence to post up for this....
ExcitableBoy DUDE!
The hardest climbs we will ever encounter throughout our lives have absolutely nothing to do with any Rock, Ice or Snow. It is times such as this one that we can dig deep and draw from the experiences we have had in the hills.
Focus, persevere and kick this thing in the ass. Do remember this....What does not kill me will only make me that much stronger.
You are and will be in my prayers.
At the age of 12, Henley contracted tuberculosis of the bone. A few years later, the disease progressed to his foot, and physicians announced that the only way to save his life was to amputate directly below the knee. It was amputated when he was 17. Stoicism inspired him to write this poem. Despite his disability, he survived with one foot intact and led an active life