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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Topic Author's Reply - May 29, 2012 - 06:16pm PT
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I should mention that Dick also wrote the first (and only) climber's guide to the Coast Mountains (or Coast Range, if you prefer) of British Columbia.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Topic Author's Reply - May 29, 2012 - 06:22pm PT
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I think about 250 is close, but even Dick has no idea. He stopped counting after a while. John Clarke at some 600 has more first ascents of peaks, but Dick has more high-quality 1st ascents.
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sac
Trad climber
Sun Coast B.C.
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May 29, 2012 - 08:11pm PT
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Sounds like a great project.....
Bump
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 31, 2012 - 06:05pm PT
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There are rumors of an hibachi-style barbeque coming along on some of the climbing trips Dick did with Paul Starr and Fred Douglas.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2012 - 06:53pm PT
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^^^^^^Wasn't there also a few chicken bones in that summit reg ?
I guess my memory is fading more rapidly than I thought. I don't remember anything about chicken bones... I thought we tossed the chicken bones over the edge. ??
I'll have to ask Fred and Paul about the Hibachi incident! Never heard of that. Sounds like a Starr thing; tough to imagine Fred doing that.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2012 - 07:00pm PT
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Actually, the descent off Serra V was one of the most frightening of my life (and Dick's). I know gf and PC had big-time problems, too: scary stuff, you guys, well done!
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Hoser
climber
vancouver
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May 31, 2012 - 07:52pm PT
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I think its written up in "The Traverse" by Don
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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May 31, 2012 - 09:22pm PT
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Hi Glenn, My dad, Les Wilson, was with him on the winter Waddington ascent. Dad has a bunch of photos from that trip and if you PM me I can put you in touch. Best, David
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 31, 2012 - 09:28pm PT
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I'm fairly sure that I was on the BCMC trip which Fred brought a hibachi along on. Perhaps he did it several times.
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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May 31, 2012 - 10:51pm PT
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found a pic from the trip in question:
serious old school
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2012 - 11:30pm PT
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Hi David, nice photo, and indeed old school.
I sent you a PM.
Glenn
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 1, 2012 - 12:38pm PT
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Glen i bet you have some great pictures of serra V and the rest of your big summer with Dick. Any chance you could post up a few? Sadly, we have few photos. We didn't take that many and what with attrition over 50 years, there aren' many, if any, left of Serra V. I might have one or two; I'll try and dig them up over the next while.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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I once heard that Dick lost all his photos in a fire. True or false? That would have been a huge loss to Dick, and to the rest of us.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Glenn
Any truth to the housefire/photos story?
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 5, 2012 - 12:11am PT
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Hi Hamie, sorry for the slow reply; been out of town and out of touch.
I don't know the truth of that particular story, but I'll ask next time I see him. I do know that many of his photos were lost in one way or the other: fire, sundry moves and revolutions, and so forth. I'm trying to hit up people for pics.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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I have a few so-so pix from the summer that Dick and I spent working for Newconex Explorations, in the Selkirks. We did some FAs, and new routes on Moloch and Wheeler. A nice paid vacation! 1963? Even less from Squamish.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 7, 2012 - 09:59pm PT
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Hamie, I had a nice afternoon with Dick today. He says that most of his photos were lost in sundry thefts at various times and in a flood in his mother's basement. His house did burn down when he was a kid, but that was before he started climbing. Probably lost all his childhood and family photos, though.
I'll be in touch about Newconex (yes, 1963, I'm pretty sure) and Crap Crags.
G
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SuperTopo on the Web
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first (and only) winter ascent of Mt. Waddington
Let us know!