It’s important to keep in mind that Important Famous People are actually just human beings, who lead real lives and have friends. There are not necessarily enou

It’s important to keep in mind that Important Famous People are actually just human beings, who lead real lives and have friends. There are not necessarily enough Important Famous People lying around to comprise their entire set of friends. The world is big, and climbing is a very small part of it. The most famous climber (to other climbers) is just another guy in the supermarket line if you don’t follow climbing. I’ve climbed a long time and have a handful of friends who I had “heard of” before meeting them. I admit it was strange at first but they always turn out to be real people with normal boring lives. I imagine its pretty tough making friends if you’re in that weird class of “super famous in this tiny niche” that climbers (and computer programmers) can find themselves in. So I guess don’t be surprised to find that somebody here knows another rock climber. There aren’t really all that many of us!