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Ben Gilkison

Posted July 15, 2009 at 5:49 PM

That is SICK!! and of course the tights are the quintessence of dopeness.

Andy Mann

Posted July 18, 2009 at 7:53 AM

Ethan, where is the “fly off” in our photos man? next time for sure!

Rob Jenson

Posted July 20, 2009 at 11:18 PM

The Fly Off! hahaha Awesome!

rock climbing

Posted August 7, 2009 at 9:05 AM

Thanks for uploading the vid. Made me laugh miss seeing those tights

randy

Posted August 11, 2009 at 1:11 PM

first time i’ve seen your blog, man. its cool to hear what’s going on in that head of yours, cuz sometimes i do worry that i hear the wind whistling thru it…

i’m joking of course. anyways, cheer up on the climbing. i’ll take spanish with you if you want to do night school at city or something. also, i have the urge to either throw a cat or spin a baby now. also also, i forgot about that sweatshirt. nice.

Vincent Leddy PT

Posted August 13, 2009 at 6:09 PM

Good luck working on getting back in your old shape Ethan! You know where to find me if you need help getting stronger.

Chunt

Posted August 13, 2009 at 10:17 PM

Since When in Throwing babies funny?

Brendan

Posted August 14, 2009 at 4:58 PM

Good get some news man. I’m glad you’re still alive! At least it sounds like your shoulder is going in the right direction now: that’s nice. Congrats on the first semester at city! Keep the positive attitude, and always good to see some new posts from you.

Alex

Posted August 16, 2009 at 11:22 AM

Jo

Posted August 16, 2009 at 10:20 PM

Nice to finally see an update!v

Marcel

Posted August 18, 2009 at 1:22 AM

Oh my gosh poor cat..
Hope you’re back on hard climbing by end of 09? And you’ve to check out german rock

Jon G.

Posted August 20, 2009 at 12:24 PM

Can you climb again soon. please?

ethanpringle

Posted August 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM

Depends on what you mean by soon… it’ll be at least a couple more months… sorry. Believe me, I want to!

Eliot Carlsen

Posted August 20, 2009 at 11:02 PM

What skool you taking classes at Ethan? I took Anthro 2 at the City College of SF. One of those Anthro teachers I wouldn’t recommend.

ethanpringle

Posted August 21, 2009 at 4:13 PM

Eliot, that’s funny because Antro 2 is the class I’m taking! It’s the pre-history/archeology anthro class with Matthew Kennedy. He seems like a pretty cool professor. Pretty gay too, not that it makes any difference, but he dresses very smartly and seems really on top of his stuff. Very engaging and funny and interesting to listen too, so I doubt it’s the same prof you had.

Eliot Carlsen

Posted August 23, 2009 at 12:06 PM

Yeah that’s not the same professor I took, which is a good thing. Anthro is super interesting and overall I enjoyed the City College and thought the professors were great. Did you get to add all the classes you wanted?

susanica

Posted August 24, 2009 at 3:04 PM

AGHHHH. ETHAN. do i get the shoulder surgery? do i not? do i get it? no? yes. no. yes. no. fuck. this is my second dislocation in 5 years.

–miserable at home.

ethanpringle

Posted August 24, 2009 at 7:28 PM

Susanica, nooooo! I mean, maybe. As in, maybe get the surgery. Can you still climb? I say if you can hang from the arm then you might as well hold off. That sucks though! I’m sorry, I feel your pain. Mine never dislocated or subluxed or anything, but I still ended up going under the knife… it’s a tough decision. Call me if you want to commiserate.

Eliot, I did end up adding all the classes I wanted. I’m in the prehistory/archeology anthro class, the argumentation and debate class, oceanography 1 and beginning piano… all my professors seem pretty cool, especially the anthro prof, but there are definitely some whack teachers at ccsf. For instance my summer english 96 prof Jessica Nelson… I didn’t much enjoy her teaching, but hey, I still got a B so it wasn’t the end of the world. Hopefully I’ll have a story about her up here shortly.

sanam

Posted August 31, 2009 at 9:27 AM

yo! you’re in school–so ambitious, good work buddy! so how does anyone get ahold of you anymore? i just got back to the states and wanted to see you while i’m here. let’s play!!!

Shua

Posted August 31, 2009 at 9:58 AM

Dude – check this out: http://lifehacker.com/5348837/the-climbing+wall-fortress

lets build one in my backyard!

Isabelle De La Fontaine

Posted September 8, 2009 at 11:53 AM

Hey stranger..when are you gonna show your face around the Oakland gym again? We should climb/train if you are able (not sure how the injury is…)

sandra407

Posted September 9, 2009 at 8:55 AM

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

mike

Posted September 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM

Yo -

Totally relate, man. I had an anterior labral repair this past december – took it very slowly coming back and have been exact on course with the physical therapy stuff – static, smooth movement for climbing and staying away from steep stuff (and I mean, staying away from straight roof climbing, overhanging to 30 degrees feels ok) and its been getting stronger at a pretty rapid rate. Not gonna lie; even at this point there are still twinges and the range of motion doesn’t match the left, but I can totally see coming back very strong over a long period of time.

I do agree entirely with some of the things you’ve said. When I jacked mine, I had the same attitude of “it’s only climbing” and then realized that my life, my job, my relationship, and my future plans for life in general all revolved around climbing. Now, nine months post-op and climbing again, I feel like I have way more perspective on what it means to be a climber. Blessing in disguise + hella pain, but better person because of it.

Basically saying good luck, good to hear you are handling it well. Take your time, sure you’ll come back beastly.

Allen Peters

Posted September 15, 2009 at 3:00 PM

Yo dude, I heard your comin to town, gimme a shout, I’ll show ya around

Jacob

Posted September 24, 2009 at 10:50 AM

Wow i just wanted to drop a line quickly and say that i know EXACTLY what your going thru Ethan altho my injury hit me on the climb u

Ive seen ur name thrown around in the rag mags climbing v12’s a shiz and was on my way up, i thought, of being a dirt bag climber living the chalky life out of the back of my expidition when I tore my glenoid labrum from the 2 oclock to the 5 o clock position… Im still dealing with this injury currently and had a corticoid steriod shot yesterday ( 9/23/09, funny this is i thought i would be sending v6-7 by my 23rd birthday which is tomorrow…hahah life

I always thought the “pro’s” so to say never got hurt… sharma ever tore a shoulder ?

I just wanted you to know that even us v3′ers who have dreams of sending back, making it to those dosage films get hurt. Im in the midst of wanting to scream bc all i want to do is climb… Surgery is not an option for myself at this point, still have 6-8more weeks of PT but i wanted to share with you something another climber told me

Dont stop…

Like you said, your a Lifer, I believe myself to be one to, damn this addicition it is bitter sweet

Find those climbs that fullfil you physically and mentally and you will find that spiritual fullfillment

Good Luck mate

see u on a v4 hopefully :O)

Patxi Usobiaga

Posted October 17, 2009 at 8:48 AM

I am Patxi Usobiaga, how can i contact you?

Eliot Carlsen

Posted December 5, 2009 at 12:49 AM

How’s the shoulder Ethan? You rehabbing yet or just studying archaeology? I wish you the best getting back after it.

Pooh

Posted January 12, 2010 at 6:34 PM

Nice shout-out to Mike, woot-woot!!
I especially like the photo of the “stop peeing on my house” sign.

Shon Ayaia

Posted January 15, 2010 at 4:09 PM

Have you ever thought of adding additional videos to your blog posts to keep the viewers more hooked? I just read through the whole page and it was very good but since I learn visually, I find videos to be more helpful. I enjoy what you guys are always coming up with. Keep up the great work. I will return to your site daily for some of the latest post.

Paul

Posted January 16, 2010 at 7:46 AM

Once you’re totally healed, are you planning to go back out to Clark Mtn.?

ethanpringle

Posted January 16, 2010 at 9:29 PM

Heck yes. Very psyched to go back there.

ethanpringle

Posted January 16, 2010 at 9:35 PM

Thanks for showing an interest in the blog Shon! I do agree with you- the more pics and videos the better! Obviously the site is still a work in progress so it’s a bit on the rough side, but I’m in the middle of editing a little video from my recent trip to Red Rocks and I’ll include a nice gallery of pics when I post the video so look out for all that! I’m also getting some good pics and vids out here in Bishop this weekend which I’ll be editing and throwing on the site soon enough!