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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 1, 2009 - 06:30pm PT
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Should be an easy one for someone from the right "era".
There, got it cropped.
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Tarbuster
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Robbie "Leisure" coming back from his failed bid at a new route on Half Dome with Yablonski...
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2009 - 06:45pm PT
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Ding Ding Ding.....Braaaaaaaahhhhhh...
Right guy.
Wrong route.
Nice one Tar!
My folks surprised us coming out of the woods after the SUCCESSFUL third ascent of Tribal Rite.
Here's the look on my mug.
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2009 - 06:46pm PT
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There's a couple old coffin dodgers around here who know who we were accompanied by......
Tarbuster, were you the one that called us all collectively "The Lords of Leisure" or something like that?
Were you on rescue at that time? Rob was trying to remember..
The old hard drive ain't what it used to be.
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Tarbuster
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I was around when you guys did tribal rite.
That would have been before the Half Dome deal, not by much, a year if that...
Lords of Leisure; sounds more like Russ.
I was probably just a regular lodge lot denizen at the time.
I may have had a brief stint on rescue.
Something like 1981.
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WBraun
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Third ascent of tribal rite.
Right behind me and Dale .....
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2009 - 08:59pm PT
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Yeah Werner, you're the one I pestered about beta every time I ran into you! You gave me very good advice about "all those copperheads." I always appreciated your low key attitude.
I just talked to Lesher about you today.
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2009 - 09:34pm PT
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The third guilty party...
The lightest of the light,
The Lepton Man.
Chris Friel
Classical piano player
Humorist
Intellectual
Wiseguy.....
And a damn good nailer!
Looks kinda like that blurry bigfoot picture from Washington state back in the day!
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chez
Social climber
chicago ill
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now there's some history!
I thought Lesher got into sailboarding afterwords.
What about the Lepton?
Survival who are you?
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Tarbuster
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Lepton was roughhewn yet self-possessed.
He had a sort of class to which most of us were clueless.
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2009 - 10:34pm PT
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Chez, I am the unknown, the breeze, the smoke which whispers by and then disappears.
Otherwise known as Bruce Birchell, possibly the least known of the old permanent party crew.
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WBraun
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Bruce
Didn't you go on to train military commandos to rappel and climb?
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2009 - 10:55pm PT
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Walleye and Werner,
right on both accounts.
Dawn and I were married for a few years and have two great kids together, Justin and Megan. Justin turns 20 tomorrow!
Werner,
Yeah I trained American military for four years and then overseas for four years also. Then 9 yrs of private instruction in Alaska.
Robbie did go whack for windsurfing. In fact he still lives in Hawaii, just talked to him today.
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nita
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chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Bruce, thanks for the bitd pics..fun! More please.... Do you remember Chris F. old girlfriend J.Q ?
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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So, I know this one has circled around here before, but; Whatever happened to Lepton?
I lost track some time back (80's?) when he was married/seriously involved and working in Sonora, as a carpenter? cabinetmaker?
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2009 - 01:24am PT
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Hi Nita, been missing your name here!
I had a ball stumbling across these today.
I hope to find more soon, or get a slide scanner sometime.
I'm trying to talk Rob into going to Maui to dig his stuff out too.
Yes, I remember Chris's girlfriend. What happened to her?
I will track Chris down soon.......
Jaybro, He's still in that area. I spoke to Greg S. about him. Like I said, I'll get a number soon.
It only took me 23 years to find Rob........
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nita
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chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Hi Bruce, J.Q. is still in the Sonora/Standard area. Did you ever contact Sonagere for Chris F info? I think Chris is still up 108 and working for the government...or something Science /government related.
more pic please......oops just saw your edit to Jay.
Bruce, I think it's Global warming/ science ..but i could be wrong...edit: ...I remember Sonagere asying, he presented scientific data to the Bush Administration.
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2009 - 01:33am PT
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Nita,
Funny that he could be a govt type, after giving me endless grief about joining the military and becoming one of the dark minions!! He really gave it to me, along with a few others. They acted as though I'd never climb again. Well, it's 26 yrs later and I'm still at it. HA!
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Cool news, Survival/Bruce.
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2009 - 01:37am PT
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Jaybro, show me a couple tricks for the wide this year??
Ever get a hankering to visit NM?
I'll be in CA for Facelift this year I think!
My new look.
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