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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 8, 2012 - 04:30pm PT
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Klaus,
What did you think of it?
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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I wish Alpinist did more articles along that line. Always curious what names from the past are up to and if climbing is still a part of their life. I was jazzed when I saw Hudon and Jones here on ST and still going after it at a ADVANCED AGE, hee hee. Gives me hope.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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It is a well written piece . . . EK is a bad ass motherf*#ker.
Tell us more.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Was the part with the gerbils true?
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fosburg
climber
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WTF? I must acquire this mag! Klaus is one of the most bad-ass climbers I've ever known. I hope they didn't malign his character or distort the truth as per usual with anything media-related.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 9, 2012 - 12:09am PT
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They said you didn't know how to ride a bike, but could climb the sh#t out of any wall.
;)
my mag copy came in the mail. may be a bit before it's at the newstand.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Was the part with the gerbils true?
Please do tell more about them gerbils >: )
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Oct 12, 2012 - 11:16am PT
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Chris done well. Excellent portrait of a big wall/aid climber just getting on with it.
"Ya put yourself in the situation, ya gotta deal...."
Or something like that.
The stuff about gerbils? nothing unusual there, not sure why the comments above ;-)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 12, 2012 - 12:12pm PT
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It's a good write up.
And not in that age-old massive penitence/protracted suffering & risk-taking + booze = 15 min. of fame kind of way.
A well researched and humbly told story of a guy out there doing his thing in his own particular way and for his own particular reasons.
Plus some fun biographical artwork.
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Oct 12, 2012 - 12:25pm PT
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I thought it was pretty good
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Oct 12, 2012 - 12:27pm PT
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How many O'E's were consumed during the interview?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 12, 2012 - 01:25pm PT
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^^^
hah, mucci!
Right on, Tar. I thought it was pretty good too. Klaus' name was an enigma to me when I first got the 93 Big Walls book by Don Reid. But Reid and others had the foresight to capture FA information. Which meant you could e.g. tell these guys had a wicked good sense of humor, e.g. naming Via Sin Liquor next to Via Sin Aqua, not to mention the sheer number of Walls which would tell you their dedication to the life.
Anyways, glad to see the article.
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Michelle
Trad climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Oct 13, 2012 - 02:37pm PT
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Can I get an autograph?
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Mark Not-circlehead
climber
Martinez, CA
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Oct 15, 2012 - 02:55am PT
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Great article, great magazine too.
Klaus, you and I shared a few Elephants I think the day before you left for Bishop, at the Deli....Funny the things you remember for twenty years......
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 18, 2012 - 11:09pm PT
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I'll raise my jack n coke and drink to that
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Oct 18, 2012 - 11:22pm PT
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I thought this was great writing,
And
I definitely saw similarities to the classic Tucker Tech, Walt Shipley and Deuce profiles from the glory days of Climbing Mag
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GARY Owen
Trad climber
Nashville
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Oct 18, 2012 - 11:46pm PT
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Thoroughly enjoyed the piece! Alpinist is no mag but rather literature.
Matt Thomsen, PM me dude to catch up.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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Jun 30, 2013 - 01:31am PT
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Just read this one today, courtesy of some Front Range friends who don't let subscriptions lapse.
I like the theme of the guy just going out and climbing stuff for his own reasons, out there by his lonesome on a pretty wall.The ditch can be such a scene but you don't have to hike terribly far to have your own thing.
And yes, cool art.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Jun 30, 2013 - 03:58am PT
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As far as I am concerned Chris van Leuven is very talented and hopefully knows this by now! He could write for a living God help him!
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