Climbing for News response
Awesome article and excellent reading of it Jamie, I couldn’t have said it
better myself. These two men are so admirable, they are following their
“inner real” Mr. Robert states, “Climbing is my passion, my philosophy of
life” and doing something to let the the world become more aware of serious
issues with it. However, what does the “real world” do. They get their
cameras out of course. The news crew quickly gathers at the bottom, and
people quickly get their cell phone cameras. It becomes a spectacle and
entertainment. Look what I saw today. Not, look I had no idea global warming
killed more people that 9/11 everyday, nevermind all the children that die
of malaria in third world countries. About third world countries, that
always confused and bothered me. It makes is sound like they are three
worlds away, like they are not on this planet, no? I don’t know.
The image of the people inside the buildings taking pictures of the climbers
really struck me. They are enclosed safely inside the building,(Like Mucho
in the radio station dr. Z). They are separated from the real, the climbers
however are very aware of the “real” and thus following their inner real,
yet what happens to them. Society tries to make them deny their inner real
and “the real”, they are arrested for endangering others and breaking the
laws, graffiti for example! And this is of course what we see on the news,
no scientific facts or evidence to support the climbers or even just
acknowledgment of the fact of their statements. It’s so sad.
Mirsa
