Warren Harding

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10b4me

climber

sous le toit

Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 11, 2008 - 03:28pm PT

http://www.climbing.com/exclusive/features/batso/index.html

Mtnmun

Trad climber

Top of the Mountain Mun

Jun 11, 2008 - 03:52pm PT

Warren, what a guy, thanks for posting. I just stopped everything to read that article.

Now I want to pick up some young chicks and go climbing.

Is that Ok with you honey?

GDavis

Trad climber

SoCal

Jun 11, 2008 - 04:14pm PT

good article, thanks.

guido

Trad climber

Santa Cruz

Jun 11, 2008 - 07:43pm PT

Some old Harding shots-if they don't come out correctly it is because I screwed up the process. First time so be patient.

A young Harding

A younger Harding.
For a free case of Val Vin or Red Mountain wine, circa mid 1950's at $1.25 per gallon, which one is Warren?

sawin

climber

So., CA.

Jun 11, 2008 - 07:49pm PT

Thank's 10b4me, for the history.

Guido,
the photo is not real clear my guess would be the short guy in the middle.

Assuming Warren is in the middle have chris check the logs to
see if I was 1'st. If so email me for ups or other.

Mighty Hiker

Social climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Jun 11, 2008 - 07:53pm PT

Wonderful photos - thanks!

I'd guess that Warren is the one in the middle.

Can you provide any context, e.g. where and when the photos were taken? Who the other people are?

MZiebell

Social climber

Prescott, AZ

Jun 11, 2008 - 07:53pm PT

Short guy in the middle? Doesn't seem right though...

hobo_dan

Social climber

Minnesota

Jun 11, 2008 - 08:17pm PT

the horniest guy on earth

Harding you can't do anything- yes but I can do it all day

what a guy

guido

Trad climber

Santa Cruz

Jun 11, 2008 - 09:24pm PT

yep-short guy in the middle

Believe it was a survey project, not sure where or when and about that case of wine. Well I guess I can air freight it, collect.

cheers

Roger Derryberry is the keeper of the archives on Harding. His pad north of Bishop is a testimonial to the life and times of Warren, complete with a "statue" in the front yard.
Sort of a "Downward Bound" type of gathering place. We visit often when Roger and Marylou are there. This is where the memorial for Warren was held.

Mighty Hiker

Social climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Jun 11, 2008 - 09:28pm PT

You can always send the wine by surface mail - I'm sure it would improve with a little aging!

Or bring it to the FaceLift in September. :-)

Strider

Trad climber

one of god's mountain temples....

Jun 11, 2008 - 09:55pm PT

I had no idea that Warren died on my birthday, Feb. 27th. I am kinda conflicted about my birthday now. I will have to start a new tradition of downing a bottle of wine to celebrate my birthday and Warren's life!

Cheers
-n

Mighty Hiker

Social climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Jun 11, 2008 - 10:07pm PT

A wonderful quote from the article in Climbing, which was a reprint from an article in the San Francisco Examiner magazine:

"But even though he was one of the pioneers of big-wall climbing, Harding insists that in terms of technique he could never hold a candle to his talented coevals such as Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard, T.M. Herbert, John Salathé and Galen Rowell. His style, he says, was to thrash his way up a route any way he could, and finesse be damned. “Oh, God, I was always a total mess,” he laughs. “I hate climbers like Royal Robbins who are so superior. He doesn’t mean to be, he just is. He’s methodic, scientific, capable, and so competent it makes me envious. I was climbing with some hotshot Brit in Yosemite once, and he said, ‘My God, Harding, you can’t do anything!’ I said, ‘I know, but I can do it forever.’”