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scuffy b
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 3, 2009 - 01:50pm PT
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Barry,
It is exciting to see that you have begun to post here.
Your climbs in the Valley were so inspirational to those of us
who came soon after you.
Thanks for all the (former) Modern Short Hard Classics you
established.
They're still coveted and treasured.
sm
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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God I hope this is for real Scuffy! BB is a great guy!
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Upper Fupa, North Dakota
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Welcome Barry!
I hope you are in a story telling mood!
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billygoat
climber
3hrs to El Cap Meadow, 1.25hrs Pinns, 42min Castle
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I would love to hear the story of Mechanic's Delight.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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bump for Mech's Delight too!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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A week after Henry Barber sent Fish Crack he told me that the hardest tic for him in the Valley was Vanishing Point- FA Barry Bates.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Barry posted Here? Where? I missed it. He was one of the guys I used to follow around Castle Rock back when I was a Noob. The guy could crimp on the most non-existing holds. I would love to hear some of his stories...
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Welcome Barry!
His first post is one the Basketcase thread, at http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=825063 - about the 30th post altogether.
If you should happen to need detailed information on how to post photos here, to go with the stories we're hoping you'll tell, let me know - I've got some instructions that have worked well in the past.
Also, if you want to poke around SuperTopo without an excess of effort, to see what might be seen, I have a partial index to good threads.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Not a real welcome thinks I...
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Welcome Barry!
Please privilege us with some of your stories!!!
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Step Beyond!
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Welcome Barry!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Welcome Barry! Too cool to have you aboard.
Surf around some old threads and you can find some killer stories or posts from the likes of Peter Haan, Kevin Worral (Warbler) Donini, Largo, Bachar, Mayfield Dave Diegleman sp? anyway there is a treasure trove in here.
We're hoping you'll weave us some tales here around the campfire.
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Double D
climber
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Welcome Barry and thanks for all the inspiration BITD. Especially all those bouldering problems at Castle Rock.
The true master of smooth!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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How much have those Castle Problems changed since then?
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Mark Rodell
Trad climber
Bangkok
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Hello Barry, It was great to see you posting here. I was in California for a bit and got to get into the hills with Glenn and Tom. I'm back in Thailand now. Hope your doing well. Cheers
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Mimi
climber
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Old friends and plenty of younger admirers. Welcome!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dare I add that we wait for stories with Bated breath? (bump)
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billygoat
climber
3hrs to El Cap Meadow, 1.25hrs Pinns, 42min Castle
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I think it's possible we have a "post and run" on our hands.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Barry,
I hope you are here. I mean there are good and
bad spirits here, and one has to kind of sort
through it all, not all that fun a lot of the time,
but great when you find the good things that do exist.
When you and I did all that bouldering
together in '67 and '68, I was the happiest I ever
was, I think, in terms of being out in the sun
with a friend. I remember the one-finger pull-ups
on those tie-off loops on a sling on a tree limb.
Maybe only comparable fun were the
many times Gill or Higgins and I bouldered. But when you
told me I was the best
boulderer you had seen, and some won't believe
you ever said that, but... that ranked right up
there, if not higher, for me than any praise I might
have gotten from Pratt, Gill, Royal, Higgins,
or Greg Lowe. You are and were the real thing
and the most humble of the Yosemite masters. Your
light shines in my thoughts almost inseparable from
any thought I have about the Valley.
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