PostAWeek 3.5: Hanging on Belay - Did you Order the Penalty
Slack?
By David “Penalty Slack”
Dysart
The climbing community has changed
a bit over the last year or so. Penalty slack was a bit more common in my time.
Then again, I also had to climb 15 miles both ways in the snow to get to
work... I digress... I wrote this a while ago, but I stumbled upon it and
decided it was worth a repost.
Kaffee: *Jessep, did you order the
Penalty Slack?*
Randy: You *don't* have to answer
that question!
Jessep: I'll answer the question!
Jessep: You want answers?
Kaffee: I think I'm entitled.
Jessep: *You want answers?*
Kaffee: *I want the truth!*
Jessep: *You can't handle the
truth!*
[pauses]
Jessep: Son, we live in a world
that has walls, and those walls have to be belayed by men with ropes. Who's
gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you
could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the staff. You have
that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's
drop, while tragic, probably saved falls. And my existence, while grotesque and
incomprehensible to you, saves falls. You don't want the truth because deep
down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you
need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these
words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a
punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a
man who climbs and repels on the rope of the very anchor that I provide, and
then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said
thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a rope, and
stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled
to.
Kaffee: Did you order the Penalty
Slack?
Jessep: I did the job I...
Kaffee: *Did you order the Penalty
Slack?*
Jessep: *You're Goddamn right I
did!*
Listening to
Uno, Dos, Tres By Green Day
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Got you stuck on my belay, on my belay like a figure 8
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Climb on
