holy crap Merrick

Post by **merrick** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:50 pm

sell out? sell out?

man whatever...I evolved and adapted, i didn't sell out. money wasn't only reason I took the job in NYC over bishop, there is the fact that I am helping the kids at UNICEF and getting to work at the UN, and i get a solid month off to go climbing every year.

and NYC is a little more interesting of a town than bishop...

Post by **pigsteak** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:57 pm

bite your lip merrick..how dare you denigrate the mecca of bishop.

Post by **merrick** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:01 pm

i sort of climbed the eastern sierra out

the northeast has tons and tons of climbing I never have done.

and the short season makes the intensity higher. you want things you can't have. no valley syndrome gonna happen here.

Post by **flashmaster** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:07 pm

Yeah so do the black flies and misquitoes. You'll want out soon enough

Post by **merrick** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:20 pm

That just goes to prove my point: I am more hardcore than ever.

instead of taking the easy way out by living, working, and climbing in Bishop, I am going to be climbing during the freezing winters and horribly humid summers, in swarms of black flies and misquitoes, and have to fight my way out and back into the city everytime I go out. If that isn't hardcore I don't know what is....

i didn't sell out, i took it up the next level.

Post by **Wes** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:24 pm

Yankee, wannabe hipster, sellout. Don't try to hide it.

It all started going wrong when you cut your dreads, didn't it?

Post by **Paul3eb** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:30 pm

are these things ivan tells you to say?

Post by **merrick** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:32 pm

man i was out there livin the dream, climbing full time and living in my car longer than almost anyone I know and probably anyone on this board. most people went on multiple roadtrips during the time i was on mine. i paid my dues.

shit i was dumpster diving in bishop two weeks ago, i haven't sold out i am just multifaceted.

why all the hate???

Post by **Wes** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:39 pm

Hate? Nope, no hate. Sorrow, perhaps. See, Merrick, you were living the life that none of us could. You brought a little bit of the endless summer roadtrip vibe into the lives of the poor downtrodden 40 hour a week masses. So, merrick, it isn't about you at all. It is about all of us. Who are we going to look up to now????

Post by **Paul3eb** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:40 pm

merrick, we're just messing with you

you should know that.. it's awesome you're up there working with unicef and all. and hell, it's new york. whitney is headed up there this weekend actually.. and you'll have to fill us in on rumney if you get there. i've been dying to get on some of the lines out there.. looks pretty stellar.

signed,
your's forever

ps: don't ever forget hp40 and our dance..