tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post7954413235307388004..comments2023-03-26T02:06:31.449-06:00Comments on At Home with Pamela Clare: Congrats to my brother and father! (updated)Pamela Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09308504469372100650noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-91922114674805830192009-08-16T01:33:26.685-06:002009-08-16T01:33:26.685-06:00After I finish RTF I'll email you then Kristie...After I finish RTF I'll email you then Kristie. I'm sure I'm going to love it just from the premise of the story.Mary Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470057739043473942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-2131184992461469092009-08-15T22:10:29.634-06:002009-08-15T22:10:29.634-06:00Okay. Note to self: Never drink lake water. LOL!
...Okay. Note to self: Never drink lake water. LOL!<br /><br />199 days! I think you do have to post some excerpts. LOL!<br /><br />;Dronna15https://www.blogger.com/profile/01568257707777048319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-20566052134199961502009-08-15T22:02:56.314-06:002009-08-15T22:02:56.314-06:00Hi, Ronna — You've got to be careful drinking ...Hi, Ronna — You've got to be careful drinking lake water. High in the mountains here it's often radioactive from natural radiation in the rocks. And people who drink water from streams or lakes often end up with giardia. Not fun!<br /><br />The release date for <i>Naked Edge</i> is March 2. That's <i>only</i> 199 days from today. <br /><br />I guess I'll have to post more excerpts to tide everyone over till then.Pamela Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308504469372100650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-72118842548264151732009-08-15T21:53:52.000-06:002009-08-15T21:53:52.000-06:00You're welcome!
Haha! The sneaking up, that&#...You're welcome!<br /><br />Haha! The sneaking up, that's the hard part. There's leaves and twigs <i>everywhere</i>! Not a bunch of big logs and rocks unless you're beside the lake. We actually drank from the lake, just to see how it was. It was ok, actually. LOL! I just don't know how they do it.<br /><br />That's a cool trick your son played. Sounds fun! Awesome pics by the way. I was looking through it a few weeks ago when I decided to look at <i>every</i> blog you posted. That's right, <i>all</i> of it. LOL!<br /><br />Eeesh, I don't plan on falling anytime. The way you describe, it sounds painful. I'm pretty sure I'll read about in on NAKED EDGE. Will be a-waitin'!<br /><br />When's the release by the way of Naked Edge?<br /><br />-ronna<br />;Dronna15https://www.blogger.com/profile/01568257707777048319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-86126482947719830892009-08-15T21:41:38.491-06:002009-08-15T21:41:38.491-06:00Hi, Ronna — You can call me Ate Pamela if you want...Hi, Ronna — You can call me Ate Pamela if you want. LOL! I appreciate the respect, truly. Thank you.<br /><br />That sounds like a fun game you played with your sister. Next time, try to hide and ambush each other. That's more what MacKinnon's Rangers would have done and have guarded against. It's hard to sneak on leaves and twigs. But hiding behind an outcropping of rock or behind some fallen logs — that's easy.<br /><br />When I went to New York last fall to visit the Lake George area where MacKinnon's Rangers fight and live (okay, they live in my head, but you know what I mean... ), my son, Benjamin, had a great time alternatively scouting for us and ambushing us. One minute he'd be ahead of us, scouting, and the next minute he'd pop up and let us know that he'd just shot us all. LOL!<br /><br />The actually fall was painless. When you're that badly hurt all at once, it overwhelms your brain and you really can't feel much of anything. When my brain started sorting things out -- about 10 minutes after I fell; it's hard for me to say -- then it was very painful. I'm going to write about it when we get closer to the release date for NAKED EDGE, because Kat's fall in the prologue has some things in common with mine.<br /><br />I don't recommend falling.Pamela Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308504469372100650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-25899658124345914982009-08-15T21:33:10.891-06:002009-08-15T21:33:10.891-06:00Wow! Bouncing down another 20 ft? That sound painf...Wow! <i>Bouncing</i> down another 20 ft? That sound painful. I don't even like it when I pass on bumbs when biking. LOL! <i>Pamela</i>, haha, it feels weird calling you that. I'm just 17 after all. It's mostly a cultural thing though. I'm Filipino. We're big on respect on someone older that you. We have a bunch of terms use when talking to someone older than you. Like using "ate" or "kuya" before saying the name of the person you're talking to. Ex. "Ate Pamela" LOL! That's not pronounced <i>ate</i> by the way, but <i>a - te</i>. 2 sylables, hard <i>a</i>. <br /><br />So yeah. Wool! I know right? I can't even stand jeans, and I was wearing a short! LOL! I keep thinking of how the MacKinnons and Indians move without being heard too. While hiking, my sister and I played a game to see if we could sneak up on each other without being heard. Epic fail. LOL!<br /><br />-ronna<br />;Dronna15https://www.blogger.com/profile/01568257707777048319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-60507824761118690142009-08-15T21:16:13.487-06:002009-08-15T21:16:13.487-06:00Hi, Ronna — Please feel free to call me Pamela. :-...Hi, Ronna — Please feel free to call me Pamela. :-)<br /><br />It sounds like a wonderful trip! I love hiking through woods like that. I'm thrilled that it made you think of the MacKinnon brothers. I have no idea how men survived doing what they did back in those days. I think they must have had a higher tolerance for pain and discomfort than we have today. Can you imagine hiking for hours in wool?<br /><br />And thanks! I keep trying to get my brother over here to say hello or something, but no luck so far.<br /><br />Hi, Mary G — So Kristie J got to you, did she? LOL! I hope you enjoy the story. Be sure to email me and let me know. It's a personal fave for me. And thanks for giving it a try!<br /><br />As for mountains, I love them, but I need something solid beneath my feet. When I fell, I slipped on ice and fell 40 feet -- 20 vertical and bouncing over rock for another 20. It was not fun. Some of the injuries bother me still today.Pamela Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308504469372100650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-65043794425831746842009-08-15T21:04:49.137-06:002009-08-15T21:04:49.137-06:00Wow that's incredible! I have to say that I re...Wow that's incredible! I have to say that I really like mountains from far away - not up close. I climb stairs & that's it. BTW - I finally got my copy of Ride the Fire from Amazon. Damn that Kristie J LOL. Now I've got to find time to read it. The cover is so yummy.Mary Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470057739043473942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-85287133966373491872009-08-15T20:41:35.377-06:002009-08-15T20:41:35.377-06:00Wow! That's seriously incredibly amazing! Cong...Wow! That's seriously incredibly amazing! Congrats to your dad and bro ms. Clare. I myself like climbing, but I get pretty scared when it gets too vertical. Gravity really is'nt my best friend, especially when going down. So I stick to hiking now. I love it, just last week, my family went to Woods Canyon Lake here in AZ. What's really cool about that lake is that it's on top o the mountain. Anyway, when we got there, my parents and lil' sis went on and fish, while me and my twin sis wen hiking the whole day! It was so much fun. We hiked around the lake, and me my sister went deeper in the forest(since our parents weren't there to forbid us). While hiking, I actually thought about the MacKinnon rangers from your book. It just amazed me to think that hundreds of years ago, this is how they travel, with no conveniences like water bottles, hiking shose,radio and all that stuff, but they never got lost. They travel from mountain to mountain and for days and to them it's just another ordinary traveling day. It's like saying, "We just have to hike one more mountain, and in about a day or too, we're home free." Like it's no biggie! LOL!<br />Anyway, congratulations to them again, and too you for telling that mountain - Mt. Ida - that you could climb it!<br /><br />-ronna<br />;Dronna15https://www.blogger.com/profile/01568257707777048319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-72357266249979366532009-08-15T20:39:26.010-06:002009-08-15T20:39:26.010-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.ronna15https://www.blogger.com/profile/01568257707777048319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-78550605454847399872009-08-15T10:15:44.211-06:002009-08-15T10:15:44.211-06:00Hi, Debbie H — I'm with you! The pain and stru...Hi, Debbie H — I'm with you! The pain and struggle involved with climbing something like that just so totally isn't worth the payoff at the top for me. I once told my brother that I understood WHY he climbed: because it felt SO GOOD when it was OVER. LOL!<br /><br />Hi, Jenn — Thanks so much! I'm relieved that they're down and home again. Yeah, I've been to the top of a 50-foot climbing wall not all that long ago, and that was plenty high for me, even roped in. They are pretty fearless, and they're both very, very skilled at it. Otherwise, they never would have been able to attempt it. One woman died there this year after she fell.<br /><br />Hi, Linda — I think they love being at the summit. Coming down is more dangerous than going up, but being on the summit is where one feels that sense of accomplishment. We have lots and lots of summit photos in our family photo album dating back to when we were little kids. And thanks!Pamela Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308504469372100650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-12674476690912958272009-08-15T06:59:05.619-06:002009-08-15T06:59:05.619-06:00My hat is off to your brother and father. I get di...My hat is off to your brother and father. I get dizzy standing on a stepladder. It must be quite a feeling to get to the top of a mountain like that.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973021457618319866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-30659315085426848342009-08-15T01:14:26.645-06:002009-08-15T01:14:26.645-06:00WOW that is truly amazing I would wet my pants if ...WOW that is truly amazing I would wet my pants if I was even 12 ft off the ground let alone 14,000! I'm terrified of heights too lol. <br /><br />They truly are fearless men and I'm glad they made their goals safely! :)JennJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465680056041615132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-48275888446008152112009-08-14T21:06:14.155-06:002009-08-14T21:06:14.155-06:00Wow, your brother and dad are fantastic! Way to g...Wow, your brother and dad are fantastic! Way to go!<br /><br />I love the mountains but would rather look at them while standing in the forest or like you hike for a while. <br /><br />I can't wait to get NE in my hot little hands. LOLDebbie Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16833523307815933715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-36372919508290671512009-08-14T20:17:50.567-06:002009-08-14T20:17:50.567-06:00Hi, Brande — I'm so glad the package reached y...Hi, Brande — I'm so glad the package reached you. I wasn't sure how to sign things. Since it's a contest, I had no idea who's going to receive them, so I could only sign the stuff generically. <br /><br />I'm scared of heights, too. I wasn't afraid of them until I fell. Now I am terrified. I have a deep appreciation of gravity.<br /><br />Hi, Jane — Thanks! <br /><br />My brother read this, and here's his response:<br /><br /><i>"Very nice write-up in the blog, Pamela! Thanks.<br /><br />A couple minor numerical revisions, perhaps. The most commonly accepted number of 14ers is now 54. And the most commonly agreed-upon age of Dad is 66.</i><br /><br />D'oh! LMAO!!!!Pamela Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308504469372100650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-9158883354803452422009-08-14T16:21:38.388-06:002009-08-14T16:21:38.388-06:00Very impressive. Congrats to your brother and fat...Very impressive. Congrats to your brother and father.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040629694490652973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38836389.post-1341587966480623642009-08-14T12:22:37.738-06:002009-08-14T12:22:37.738-06:00Wow, that is amazing! I am scared of heights! A wi...Wow, that is amazing! I am scared of heights! A wimp I know ;-)..... btw I got the package yesterday, thanks ;-)<br /><br />BrandeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com