The word of the day is bereft.
So lately I've been listening to Dispatch's Elias on repeat. Don't know why, really, given KCRW is actually playing music again. Anyway, it's an absolutely great song. I even sing it while rollerblading (a.k.a. an area more public than my shower and car with the windows rolled up).
So they explain that the intro section in Shona (an official language of Zimbabwe) means: "When you’re feeling bereft of hope and really bummed out, don’t be afraid to lean on your friends to get you through."
Which made me think... I really like the word bereft. We should all try to use that in a sentence today.
We could even add it to the Tad glossary of climbing phrases: "That route is utterly bereft of anything remotely useful."
posted by Ang @ 1:34 PM
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Tad's contribution:
“the holds were paltry, and the entire route was bereft of feet”
(p.s. Vicky is laughing her ass off and wishing she were climbing right now.)
Getting directions from a China man.
"Would that be a right on Wilshire?"
"No that would bereft."
paltry AND bereft in the same sentence!? that's great!
one night, JM was hanging by a daisy chain in the arch bereft of holds to use to climb back down. oh the irony!
oh and i feel bad laughing at the fobby directions...i'm kinda surrounded by so many fobs right now that they could definitely take me, despite the fact that i think i actually have more muscle mass than many of the guys here. (i did laugh really loudly out loud when i read it. but SHHHHHH)
incl. Jason's comment from the previous post...
when did this turn into a rag on Jean Michel site?
not that I'm complaining (but I do feel just a twinge of guilt because I feel sorry for the psycho).
:)
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