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klk

Trad climber
cali
Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 23, 2014 - 05:52pm PT
but we already knew that.

nice blog piece here by whitney boland, interviewing rich goldstone. great pix, too.

http://037200b.netsolhost.com/blog-page.php?Flashback-Rich-Goldstone-19

Curt

climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
Jul 23, 2014 - 05:57pm PT
I saw this earlier today, but thanks for posting it here.

Curt
Lasti

Trad climber
Budapest
Jul 23, 2014 - 06:36pm PT
Nice! A bit of Gunks history.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Jul 23, 2014 - 06:49pm PT
Thx klk, good read.

Slinging hexes around the neck? its not jewelry!
kaholatingtong

Trad climber
Nevada City
Jul 23, 2014 - 08:40pm PT
cool to learn a little not-California history.
ruppell

climber
Jul 23, 2014 - 08:44pm PT
I love how he brushes off Co-ex like it's no big deal. lol
MH2

climber
Jul 23, 2014 - 09:47pm PT
"You can't even explain to people what it was like."


I remember the Gunks of '68. I remember the smells, the sounds, the fear and the sweet bliss of surviving a day of 5.5 climbs. I remember the people in my group and the legends like Goldstone.

I think I could explain to people what it was like but whether they understood would be another question.

In just a few phrases that article brings those days back to me.
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Jul 24, 2014 - 07:53am PT
Great article! It's nice to see a little light shine on Rich who can be self deprecating to a fault..
johnboy

Trad climber
Can't get here from there
Jul 24, 2014 - 07:54am PT
I always enjoy a great article about great people.

Never met him that I know of (I'd be honored to), but everything I've ever read about Rich screams one hell of a nice, intelligent man with a deep rooted passion for climbing.
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Jul 24, 2014 - 09:53am PT
Great article, TFPU.

It's also cool how there are a few other posters mentioned in the article. It must have been a really special time at the Gunks back then.

Much respect.
steveA

Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
Jul 24, 2014 - 11:15am PT
Great article!

I still remember Rich catching me on a leader fall, close to fifty years ago. I dragged poor Rich threw the bushes, as he was a little too far from the cliff. He had me and a few others laughing as he retold the story, at a Gunks reunion, a few years ago.
klk

Trad climber
cali
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 24, 2014 - 05:34pm PT
I just thought society had collapsed; that this was it; this was the end of days; that everything that climbing stood for was going to go down the tubes into this black hole
jstan

climber
Jul 24, 2014 - 06:26pm PT
This story speaks to what makes Goldstone unusual, so I'll tell it again.

Rich, Evy, myself, and my wife at the time were in Rich's wagon on the way to New Hampshire going
along the West Side Highway. Until it fell down that highway made special demands on the driver. If
you did not want to fall to the street level through the holes in the pavement you had to execute a
slalom course at top speed and in NYC traffic. Rich was completely at ease, both hands on the
wheel, head erect and still making his usual fascinating observations. He continued this
performance as though nothing was happening even as Evy took off her sweater and three beat up
cadillacs full of Bob Dylan types began reaching out of their cars to grab our door sills; screaming
the whole time.

No matter what Goldstone does he is always at ease and perfectly happy to be where he is. I may be
wrong on this, but I think that is probably the goal toward which everyone aspires.
drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
Jul 24, 2014 - 09:29pm PT
Great article Rich!
Respect.
klk

Trad climber
cali
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 24, 2014 - 09:43pm PT
Evy took off her sweater


funny which events inscribe themselves in memory

heh
rgold

Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Jul 24, 2014 - 10:25pm PT
Musta been one of those times when I was "perfectly happy to be where I was."
wilbeer

Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
Jul 25, 2014 - 06:55am PT
Fantastic article.
It is good to see climbing legends that came from ,New York.

Still hope to run into RGold sometime.

I believe I have,but was not worthy.

Great pics DMT.

goatboy smellz

climber
लघिमा
Jul 26, 2014 - 02:18pm PT
That whole blog rocks, great interviews with some influential folks still humble, respectful and insightful. Such a nice change a pace from the selfies here and other blogs.
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