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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 15, 2013 - 01:26pm PT
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One of my dearest friends, the most upper person I know. Great to have shared all those adventures over the past 50 year and many to follow.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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May 15, 2013 - 01:31pm PT
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Great Pictures as usual Joe!!
What a nice gift.
Happy Birthday Dawg!!!
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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May 15, 2013 - 01:31pm PT
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Boo? Boo who?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 15, 2013 - 01:53pm PT
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He is kinda scary looking. Is that why he is called 'Boo'?
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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May 15, 2013 - 02:41pm PT
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Happy Birthday!
Quality photos, Joe...
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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May 15, 2013 - 04:30pm PT
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Don't know yah Boodawg, but Happy B-day !
@ guido: (or boo) that picture of the Helmsman on the passage from NZ to Tahiti... is that an old school 'Line 7' oiley ?
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
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May 15, 2013 - 05:01pm PT
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Happy happy happy birthday BooDawg!!!! Hope you're off on a wonderful adventure today, and I wish you many, many more!!!
THANK YOU for embracing the muppet and me wholeheartedly, and for your generosity of spirit, time, knowledge, patience, hope, wisdom and love...and did I mention patience?! ;D
And, thank you for posting the pictures of the 1969 UCLA Bruin Mountaineers pulling their April Fool's Day joke out at Stoney Point...had you not posted that story, I would still be in the dark (and so would a lot of other people, too).
You are the best of everything I could ever hope to be.
With love,
Dolt's kid ")
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life is a bivouac
Trad climber
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May 15, 2013 - 05:50pm PT
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OK,
so Happy B-day to you too and the adventures keep goin' on...
Good for you, good for me...
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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May 15, 2013 - 05:53pm PT
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Best to you Ken. It is quite fun to have you stateside finally, too.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 15, 2013 - 06:53pm PT
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Thank you all for your teases and your good wishes! Special thanks to Guido for posting this thread, his photos, and especially for the many adventures great and small we’ve shared!
Some commentary on the pix above;
#1: Holding my few weeks old daughter, Briana, who is now staying with me and will turn 19 y.o. this summer.
#2: Wearing my YES old school Line 7 foul weather gear! Good Eye, Trundlebum! Photo was taken BEFORE the night of the BIG WAVE when the PFD and EPIRB were carried away! That tale has yet to be told here, but I have plans for it!
#3: Rest day in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush.
#4: 1968 BB (Before Beard!) Guido and I were roommates at UCLA. The extra hands appearing around the sides of that Gerry Andean Parka are those of our ladies, Mary Bomba and Carol Ottonello, the Yosemite Magistrate’s daughter.
#6: Blitzed out, topping out on After Six!
#8: Just before retreating from an attempted FA on the left side of the GP Apron. All that dust and grime from previous rockfalls convinced us that it was not a good line to pursue! We WERE SCARED! But didn’t intend to scare anyone else! LOL!
The answer to the question about the origin of my nickname, “Boo” can be found in post #18 of this thread:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1079288/Welcome-to-Ken-Boche
That thread has a good selection of pictures of climbs, friends, and me over the years.
Just to give a couple of more recent photos, so no one is under any illusions about how young I might look, here are 2 more from a very recent trip on the Colorado River below Hoover Dam:
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Leggs
Sport climber
Is this a trick question?
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May 15, 2013 - 07:00pm PT
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What a fantastic tribute and gift!
Boo... I don't know you, but you seem quite cool. Happiest of Birthdays to You!
~peace, Leggs
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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May 15, 2013 - 07:43pm PT
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Happy Birthday to you...
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Yodocdau
Social climber
Richmond, va
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May 15, 2013 - 07:54pm PT
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Hey, Boo I love you.
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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May 15, 2013 - 08:00pm PT
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Happy Birthday Ken!
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TomKimbrough
Social climber
Salt Lake City
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May 15, 2013 - 08:06pm PT
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Ken - Great seeing you in JTree.
Happy Birthday!
Tom
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Yodocdau
Social climber
Richmond, va
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May 15, 2013 - 08:07pm PT
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no. I loved you then and I love you now. Happy Birthday.
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Camster (Rhymes with Hamster)
Social climber
CO
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May 15, 2013 - 09:12pm PT
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Happy birthday, Ken. Someone's gotta clue me in on the BooDawg nickname....
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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May 15, 2013 - 11:40pm PT
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Happy Birthday. Life is at times challenging, but it has its moments of incredible generosity. Life is a gift. Glad to see you've opened yours and are enjoying it. Many more "openings" to you.
Peace and Joy, Lynne Leichtfuss
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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May 16, 2013 - 01:03am PT
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Tipping a cold one right now in your honor, Ken.
Peace Out.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 16, 2013 - 01:08am PT
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wishes for a very happy birthday BooDawg
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