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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 24, 2010 - 05:18pm PT
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In the 80's I spent way too much time watching MTV (when it was good) and always wanted a FSR shirt. It was so simple, clean and demanding.
This just seemed like a shirt waiting to happen. I know John would be proud...
By the way, for you purists... the original shirt did say, "Frankie Say Relax" but after a while it became, "Frankie Says Relax" which just makes more sense grammatically.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 24, 2010 - 06:35pm PT
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Did you ever see Yabo climb? Relaxed is not the way I would have described his style- desperate but effective might be closer.
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Loomis
climber
*_*
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Feb 24, 2010 - 06:50pm PT
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You are fúcking kidding, right?
I believe Yabo would have nothing to do with this, and I spent a lot of time with him.
Not his personality, at all.
What next? A Bachar shirt?
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Feb 24, 2010 - 06:54pm PT
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Wanna handle the SushiFest t-shirts? :-)
and we still gotta settle up on some shirts. I still gotta get me an A5.
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mountain dog
Trad climber
over the hills and far away
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Feb 24, 2010 - 06:58pm PT
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ihateplastic, A few questions. Did you know Yabo? Is there some kind of inside joke here? How do you know he would be proud? He is dead. Will the money made from these shirts go to someone that Yabo left behind, or is it for your own profit?
IMO it seems exploitive and tacky. Please explain. Peace.
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mountain dog
Trad climber
over the hills and far away
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Feb 24, 2010 - 07:28pm PT
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I just came across the link to the Vershke Group and saw the B.A.T. shirts and DOLT shirts too. Sure, they look kinda cool, and maybe could be considered a tribute, but I just find it distasteful to exploit these dead individuals.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2010 - 08:44pm PT
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While I re-think this since there appear to be some here who object... let me state, for the record, that YES! I did know John. Quite well actually. I went to junior high and high school with him. Bouldered at Castle Rock and elsewhere with him. Hung out in the lounge seating area in his dad's theatre. Climbed in the Valley and the Meadows with him. So, yep... I knew John quite well.
Was John relaxed... not really a worthy question for those who knew him well. But neither was Frankie! It's called a "play on words."
This does not exploit John any more than a Che Guevara shirt/poster exploits Che after his death.
And since I forward some of these funds to climbing related non-profits and John spent so much of his life climbing I feel confident that he would not be offended.
However, since there appear to be a few here who might not quite get it, I will reconsider. Hell, makes the shirts super collectable!
As for JB shirts... perhaps you would like to hear about the full line of apparel John wanted to do called Bachar Equipment. He had wanted to do it for years. I was in deep discussion with him on this very matter less than 20 hours before his death. However, I will not be pursuing that since there are more cookies in the oven.
As always, thanks for the input!
P.S. I bet John and John are both relaxing as they look down on this thing called Supertopo.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2010 - 08:54pm PT
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There is another shirt on the boards with a fantastic portrait by Errett Allen... maybe I'll switch that in to settle the masses.
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J. Werlin
Social climber
Cedaredge, CO
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Feb 24, 2010 - 09:00pm PT
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I think people are missing the tongue-in-cheek element of the shirt.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2010 - 09:01pm PT
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Werlin... a very insightful mind!
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Last clip of Lichen Lunch
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Feb 24, 2010 - 09:55pm PT
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I got it right away, Simon....I think it's perfect.
If Yabo says relax, maybe you should, eh?
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Loomis
climber
*_*
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Feb 25, 2010 - 01:10am PT
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Blah, the Yabo shirt has to go.
Fidelman (Bulwinkle), help me here, also send me the print.
e-mail me about a different address to send it to.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Feb 25, 2010 - 01:18am PT
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I think Yabo would be pleased, horrified, confused, embarrassed.
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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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Feb 25, 2010 - 04:11am PT
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WTF???? total bullsh#t, exploition. . .
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Feb 25, 2010 - 08:21am PT
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Simon - I think you need a shirt that says "LIGHTEN THE F*#& UP!!!"
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Fish Finder
Social climber
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
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Feb 25, 2010 - 08:34am PT
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**YABO
SAYS
WHY ?**
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Feb 25, 2010 - 08:47am PT
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ihateplastic, who are you?
i prefer to know who i am talking to and not just a puter name..
i also agree this is bad taste and exploitation...
same goes for the man, JB..
while it is cool to cherish the memories, this is not cool..
kurt smith
smith/cosgrove
2012
not dead yet, so hold off on my t shirt
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Feb 25, 2010 - 10:05am PT
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Perfect ST thread....
There is definitely a play on words there.
Bullwinkle, you take pictures of naked women climbing, which I think is great, but you shouldn't be telling anyone what is exploitation.
I'll take a Yabo shirt.
And yes, I knew Yabo too.
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dipper
climber
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Feb 25, 2010 - 11:46am PT
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WIll the contest / postcard generated mailing list be used to send t-shirt catalogs out soon?
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nita
Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Feb 25, 2010 - 12:32pm PT
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For me- it's not a matter of getting it, or not getting it......it does Not sit right ... ..
i wonder what John's(Yabo's) family would say?...I also wonder- what the Woman in Yabo's life would say?
I would like to see Erretts art work...
jmho....
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