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Fletcher
Trad climber
Pasadena, CA
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Nov 21, 2009 - 11:15pm PT
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That's awesome!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
Will know soon
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Nov 21, 2009 - 11:18pm PT
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Agree Eric,
What gems are out there !!!! Thanks to All who take the time to share the ones they have. Peace, lynne
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Nov 21, 2009 - 11:30pm PT
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Wonderful!
What a treasure.
Classic Nelson, please get someone to scan that for you and post it up. There are enough "old boys" on here that spent time with him and it would be a treat to hear more of the man.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 12:39am PT
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Very special letter indeed! Your dad is a bright guy to make such a request. I would also like to see a scan and you might consider an archival sleeve for that letter if you haven't been storing it flat.
What is the Kilimanjaro Mountain Club connection about?
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 22, 2009 - 12:44am PT
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hey there say, randisi... what a wonderful peice of history, thanks so very kindly for sharing this...
kind of like a treasure map from part of one's soul...
leading another onward...
thanks again... :)
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Evel
Trad climber
Slartibartfasts Newest Fjiord
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Nov 22, 2009 - 08:53am PT
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Yo Randisi! Thanks for sharing that letter. When are you going to be in Boulder? Mix
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Nov 22, 2009 - 01:58pm PT
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Nelson lived in Kenya for many years after his Valley days.
On return to Berkeley he worked as a Contractor and built a number of houses. Harper worked with him for a spell on some new houses near Tilden Park and always had tales to share.
Ax? Don't really know the origin. Perhaps if Lauria would return in earnest to ST we could find out?
Of course Roper would know, but he is most likely off bird watching.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 22, 2009 - 02:14pm PT
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Thanks!
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Nov 22, 2009 - 02:50pm PT
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Very Thoughtful letter to get....
True advise
Thanks for the nostalgia!!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 02:59pm PT
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Birdwatching!?! There goes his Zone 10 status...LOL
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Urmas
Social climber
Sierra Eastside
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Nov 22, 2009 - 07:48pm PT
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I had the good fortune to accompany Ax on a Sierra Club outing as a teenager. My memory is of driving with him in his old pickup, up the Kings River Road above Pine Flat Resrvoir. He drove that twisty road with his torso hunched over the steering wheel - forearms in full contact with the upper half of the wheel - And talking the whole time! I wish I could remember the stories, I just remember the man...nobody else like him!
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Nov 22, 2009 - 09:06pm PT
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Shame on you, Randisi, for keeping this to yourself for so long. We could have died!
Bruce A.
Poway Mountaineers
Quakers Anonymous
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Ray Olson
Trad climber
Imperial Beach, California
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Nov 22, 2009 - 09:37pm PT
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that is a really neat thing Randisi - thanks for posting
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"Gag"
Mountain climber
San Francisco, CA
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Feb 27, 2010 - 06:39pm PT
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Heh - I was in that pickup with you Urmas, on that trip...! : ) And what I really remember about Ax, aside from his super-human endurance and incredible energy is that old Ax almost gave me a heart attack several times the way he drove that truck on that road. : ) lol
I think he was telling us about his (the) first ascent of Lost Arrow Spire... and about climbing Spanish Mountain all the way from the bottom at the Kings river? Something about 8,000-12,000 feet of lose shale, and of course probably many other tales.. an amazing time that was.
 Garo
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Feb 27, 2010 - 08:16pm PT
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Randisi and all: Great stories. Very Cool stuff, you don't see in the books or mags. Thank you!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Wonderful....he reminds me of Glen Exum who I had the privilege to guide for in the early 70's.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Thanks Randy
What a treasure! Would be great to make a copy on archival paper and send it off to Ken Yaeger, aka Chicken Skinner, in Yosemite for the Museum to be.
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Porkchop_express
Trad climber
Back in the Gunks for the winter
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that is SO awesome! Thanks for sharing that...lots of down to earth good advice, as true today as it was at the time of its writing for sure!
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Super! I'm glad you transcribed it, the script is difficult to read.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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"If one meets "that of God in every man," as Quakers are expected to,"
Roughly the same as "Namaste".
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