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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Apr 23, 2017 - 07:52am PT
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I'd have to say Biter ol man with the utmost respect...
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Apr 23, 2017 - 07:59am PT
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Good on ya for acknowledging the qualities that matter
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Apr 23, 2017 - 08:17am PT
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It is interesting that, particularly as men, characteristics such as strength, confidence and bravado, generate admiration but then, in retrospect, it's qualities such as honesty, generosity and humility that we respect the most.
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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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Apr 23, 2017 - 09:07am PT
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I respect Ed Bannister for selling me my first pair of climbing shoes in 1989 in his store Art of Climbing :)
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JimT
climber
Munich
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Apr 23, 2017 - 09:26am PT
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I wouldnīt say I respect any of the famous climbers Iīve met any more than the immigrant cleaning the airport toilets at 2.30am or the guy that pumps gas or the guy that empties my rubbish bins. Probably my disgusting Euro pseudo-communist upbringing I guess.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Apr 23, 2017 - 10:48am PT
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Jim i believe i treat the janitor and the CEO with the same set of ethics..
at my last job i told the janitor i respected him much more than the CEO who was a liar.
Mike, i find your reply disgusting. who are you?
Locker gets it...
and it is not about fame, sorry, those are the people i have associated with,
leading up to Tom's divorce, and during mine we spent many hours on the phone together,
every week. He was very very helpful to me and i would like to think i to him...
just because you doubt, or are mistrusting, does not make you correct. it might make you ill intended.
why not just take the positive intended here??
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 23, 2017 - 11:01am PT
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Wiessner, Messner, Brown, Murray, Boysen, Scott, Heckmair, Young, Gervasutti, Preuss, Comici, Terray, Rebuffat to list a few European climbers.
Muir, Robbins, Kamps, Chouinard, Frost (Stanford graduate), Pratt, Powell, Perry-Smith, Turner, All the Lowes, Higgins, Hill, Bachar, Croft, Clyde, Underhill, Prudden, Kain, Blanchard to name a few North Americans.
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JimT
climber
Munich
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Apr 23, 2017 - 11:04am PT
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Iīd somehow assumed we all live in the same world, the poor, the rich, black people and white and yellow, the smart and the dumb. I hadnīt realised there was another exclusive world only inhabited by American climbers.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 23, 2017 - 11:06am PT
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Only one room in a global house party. My personal conception of heaven with no bouncers at the front gate. The food's exquisite, the drink divine and the company never ending.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Apr 23, 2017 - 11:09am PT
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and yes there are climbers who have achieved high notoriety, had bad judgement, left children without a father, or lived off their wife who was a nurse while they went climbing,
for whom i have no respect
I remember going to a "Famous Climber" slide show at an auditorium with Norm Kingsley, sorry, that is who i went with.
Halfway through the slideshow the famous climber divulged another stupid act, he related his choice to bivvy on the summit of a peak in Patagonia! Norm leaned over to me and said in low volume but high passion:
"This guy is an idiot!"
Jim, i ineptly verbalized, my intent was to say in world of climbing... are we no longer allowed to say within climbers who do you respect? i made no reference to country of origin, race sex, orientation, or whatever else ...
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Apr 23, 2017 - 11:20am PT
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