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Sunday, November 6, 1966
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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Lkmbmg-A" Way "Of... Life
High-Minded People
ByJOCKLAUTERER
DTH Staff Writer
nJ.?-ereuy0U are: 300 feet over
nothing but cool air and silent
to? W anging t0 a Pcious
toe-hold by what you always
though was your least needed
appendage. You compose
yourself and send forth that
great mountaineer's cry of old '
that echoes through the can-,
yons below:
"Maaaaaaaa!"
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ed view of your first hard
climb but your kneps wpm
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really shaking that's no
joke when you need them the
most.. You think, "When I get
to the FLAT ground, I'll nev
er do this again."
Funny thing though, when
you get down from your im
mortal perch, you're ready to
go again. .
"I always feel this knotting
up in my stomach before lead
ing a climb," confessed vet
eran UNC climber Hugh
Owens, leader of the Christ
mas climb to Orizaba in Mex
ico.
No Ruts In Life
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For some people, this cycle
of conquest of the self as well
as the heights is a real way of
life.
"I'm more me than any oth
er time when I reach the top,"
expressed one climber at Car
olina. He's not the only one
that feels that way.
For the 30-some students
that compose the UNC outing
club, the weekend escape to
the mountains is a vital addi
tive to a fresh perspective on
living.
"I have to get away from
the books, if I don't get some
exercise every day I feel
stale," said another climber.
Get Away
This getting away process
that the outing club performs
almost every weekend involves
some pretty risky living. The
closest difficult climbs are at
Hanging Rock State Park, just
an hour and a half from
Chapel Hill. Of course, you've
got to stop in Greensboro to
pick up some mountain climb
ing girls (really!) to add to the
spice of the afternoon.
If it's difficult then why do
it?! is the question often lev
eled at climbers. The answer
seems to be a mysterious
mixture of joy of total living,
thrill of risk and discovery of
new emotions and strengths
within yourself.
Thrill of Risk
This thrill of risk thing can
be pretty tenuous. "I feel that
then I go out there on that
ledge and for once in my life
have a life and death deci
sion; to go" up1, down, which
routaia choose.- then it adds
a new 'dimension to my life.
No ruts in this kind of living
that way," declared one knic-'
kered climber. ......
The more actual air-space :
and hazard there is to a spe
cific climb is referred to as
"exposure," by climbers. Ac
tually, it's just a. professional
sounding term- for. "I was
scared as hell up there."
Safety First
. For the UNC climbers, it's ,
not all that dangerous. A sys-.
tern of belaying is used,
whereby a caution rope is tied
around each climber to assure
safety. At the upper end of the
belay rope, an experienced
climber sits, anchored to a
rock or tree with the rope
around his waist.
These Fall climbs for the
outing club are training and
conditioning grounds for the
scheduled climb to Western
Hemisphere's third highest
peak over the Crhistmas holi
days. The Mexican peak of
Orizaba, 18,600 feet above the
Vera Cruz lowlands, will be
assaulted by eight Carolina
climbers.
Expedition Leader Owens
will be aided by Expedition
Coordinator, Robin Wright.
Climbing Leader is George E.
DeWolfe. Other members of the
team are: John F. Thorne,
George N. Huppert, Barry
Owens and photographer .
Jock Lauterer.
As Wilfred Noyce put it,
"We extend our horizon, we
expand our being, we revel
in a matery of ourselves which
gives an impression mainly il
lusory that we are masters
of our world.
"In a word, we are men,
and when men cease to do
these things, he is no longer
man
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