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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 24, 2013 - 09:45am PT
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I have climb with the guy and still think he a myth.
Great guy, amazing climber and tough as nails. Hope you had a great birthday Jim.
Jim on the 5.12 headwall on Wunsch's Dihedral, South Platte, CO
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Johnny K.
climber
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Jul 24, 2013 - 09:54am PT
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Much respect to Mr. Donini in all aspects of life,he isn't just an amazing badarse climber,he is an amazing person all around,cheers!
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jul 24, 2013 - 10:07am PT
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No myth there. He's the real deal.
Happy Birthday Jim.
Plaid
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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Jul 24, 2013 - 10:07am PT
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MYTH! how could some old dude climb that much? i may or may not have seen him at snowshed a couple years ago in the middle of winter, but i'm really not sure, so definitely going with myth.
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10b4me
Ice climber
Middle-of-Nowhere, Arizona
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Jul 24, 2013 - 10:21am PT
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Had the opportunity to meet Jim back in 2004. He told me that whenever I was in Ouray, I had a place to stay. Hope that wasn't a myth.
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Jul 24, 2013 - 11:16am PT
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Some portraits of Donini
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Powder
Trad climber
the Flower Box
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Jul 24, 2013 - 11:41am PT
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It might seem like a myth, but it's real!!!!! As real as one can be!!
He's a man and he exists!!! : D
Saw and met Mr Donini twice in the Valley, one at the auditorium and the other time at Yellow Pines.
And the man is not old!! We're all as young as each other in geologic years! ; D
Kudos to Jim, you've always been an inspiration and I love your posts!! I'm so glad and feel honored to have shared the same planet with you. *^_^*
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jul 24, 2013 - 11:44am PT
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If only there were more Jim in each of us.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Jul 24, 2013 - 11:47am PT
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^^^^^^
Dude can stay 100% out of me
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jul 24, 2013 - 11:56am PT
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My fair opinion is that we need one more smurf besides the one we've already got...
Cosmic: What about a Donini smurf American-Italian style?
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Jul 24, 2013 - 12:15pm PT
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A man admired for his magnanimity and sense of humor as well as his climbing excellence...
We still await the "Great Debate"...
(thanks Peter Haan!)
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Jul 24, 2013 - 12:17pm PT
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Gym is a f*#king MAN. You look up Man, Chesthair or Gumption in the dictionary, you'll likely see his mug.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jul 24, 2013 - 12:18pm PT
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Legend.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jul 24, 2013 - 12:19pm PT
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Happy birthday Jim.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Jul 24, 2013 - 12:30pm PT
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Jim is an all around great guy, who I was lucky enough to climb with for a couple days,
I'd go with Legend!!!!!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 24, 2013 - 12:47pm PT
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A myth is ath good ath her thmile.--Lenny the Lithper
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TWP
Trad climber
Mancos, CO
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Jul 24, 2013 - 12:52pm PT
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Neither man nor myth; he is a Bodhisattva. *
* a being oriented toward enlightenment, Bodhisattvas are "in the world but not of it" according to Buddhist sutras which also state a Bodhisattva foregoes his own final enlightenment until all other beings have been liberated.
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micronut
Trad climber
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Jul 24, 2013 - 02:09pm PT
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Not a single photo of him on lead in this thread. Is he mainly a top roper? Each to his own I suppose.
Happy Birthday.
Micronut.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jul 24, 2013 - 03:12pm PT
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I heard he toproped Cerro Torre with a big lasso.
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Crump
Social climber
Lakewood, CO
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Jul 24, 2013 - 03:58pm PT
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Myth!
There are no pictures of him when he was young therefore he is an alien!
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