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Gobee
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 25, 2009 - 12:44am PT
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All around good guy! Eats 1 1/4" for breakfast, Tuolumne knobs,
El Cap FA's, speed, and makes it look easy! Long ago I climbed with Steve and John Barbella and after that is when I climbed El Cap for the first time. Cheers!
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Sep 25, 2009 - 12:51am PT
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About time...
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Sep 25, 2009 - 01:25am PT
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All around badass in the climbing arena and a positive, bro type a guy. Word to the Scnieder
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all in jim
climber
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Sep 25, 2009 - 03:26am PT
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Steve gets it done! Always a little under the radar, but really, what can't he climb?
Not too good at Poker, though.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 25, 2009 - 04:24am PT
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hey there steve, say, WOW ... nice to hear the introduction as to your exploits here(being that i sure dont know you)--but say, i appreciate what i've heard so far... :)
god bless to you and many happy climbs, as to the season...
hhmmmm:
ol' hankster seems to be chomping at the bit, as to shareing such exploits, and, as to teaching non-climbers like me, as to who you are--this ought'a do it.... ;)
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dustonian
climber
Foresta
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Sep 25, 2009 - 07:34am PT
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Good ol' Shipoopois. Great guy. Above average foosball player.
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bob
climber
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Sep 25, 2009 - 10:00am PT
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I love his dedication. He's helped me get fired up on a number of occasions, mostly when he wasn't around. Look at those lines! How the fug did he stance that one? Etc, etc.
His attire is award winning as well.
Thanks Steve, your stoke is endless.
And of course, since I've done Tuolumne SAR time I've heard some good stories!!!
Bob J.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Sep 25, 2009 - 10:15am PT
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Caught the slide show on his solo finish of Central Tower of Paine in Bozeman--impressed with both the show AND the man.
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Scout 2
Trad climber
Placerville
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Sep 25, 2009 - 10:28am PT
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Shipooopie is the man, Oldest guy to free the Capitan. Super nice guy getting it done on many Continents....rocking patagonia
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Sep 25, 2009 - 10:32am PT
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great climber for years with some amazing ticks and FAs, slightly below average basketball player
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rotten johnny
Social climber
mammoth lakes, ca
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Sep 25, 2009 - 11:02am PT
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i immeadiately liked steve when i heard the story about him jumping into a tourists idling winnebago and taking it for a spin....then i was talking to steve at the tamarack ski center one morning while he ditched work for a skate workout.... his boss , rutger hour , pulls into the parking lot to get a ski workout in....steve panics like a cornered mouse and runs .....rj
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Scott McNamara
Social climber
Tucson, Arizona
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Sep 25, 2009 - 11:39am PT
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A long time ago, I was struggling with a climb in the Stronghold. I just could not figure out how to do the crux. Steve, who does not know me, was standing there with a bunch of my friends watching.
My guess is---that he just could not bear watching me thrash any longer, so he soloed up and physically turned my right foot---the other direction. It was like a miracle, the sequence went easily.
I will always be grateful, for the larger insight that he gave me.
Thanks, Steve.
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Sep 25, 2009 - 11:41am PT
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Steve is one of the funnest people I've ever climbed with. Always psyched, always proficient, always friendly. An all around great guy. Steve & Heather are a rare breed & make a terrific couple.
I recall back in 1986 or so going with Steve to the Needles & Dome rock. He could stick to some of those thin face routes at Dome like velcro. We did Carsonogenic, ( 5.12 slab )which Steve hiked like it had actual holds!
On the Gold Wall in Yosemite, prepping for a Bandaloop project.
Same place
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chez
Social climber
chicago ill
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Sep 25, 2009 - 11:49am PT
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superfast at putting up routes ground up in the ORG, good chess player.
tried to get me to tether to a parked car in a parachute luckily it was too windy.
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G Murphy
Trad climber
Oakland CA
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Sep 25, 2009 - 01:27pm PT
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Schneid-man rocks. Onsighting 5.12+/.13 OW on Excalibur just about sums it up - he can climb anything. We did the Nose in January 2000 and that was a blast and kept he things festive on an in-a-day Aquarian Wall with bottle rockets and other diversions. He looks great in pink.
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 25, 2009 - 01:35pm PT
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Cross dresser extraordinaire .....
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 25, 2009 - 02:11pm PT
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What can I say? He is one of a kind, for real, a guy who truly embodies that trite statement.
Been pals since 1979 when we were teenage rock stars, 30 years later we still get to work together now and then keeping the dancers safe on the ropes. He is an inspiration to all middle age climbers who still dream of doing something above and beyond.
Partner on my one climb in Patagonia, a hard route on the N. Tower of Paine. When on the second rappel our ropes got swallowed and stuck in the crack, with the storm building, for a moment I really despaired and thought we were going to die together. He cheerfully countered that the two little chunks of rope left were plenty, so lets start rappin! And it worked, just.
I think of him as a great communicator, not subtle or sophisticated, au contraire, but he STRAIGHT UP TELLS YOU WHAT HE THINKS! and he will immediately insist on clearing the air on any unsaid or residual issues that may arise between him and you, and I really respect him for that.
I am proud of him for going for it with AMGA certification and all, it is a lucky person who gets to be guided by Steve.
My dream is to get to climb with him when we are senior citizens, enjoying his big grin on some Sierra summit.
Peter
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Sep 25, 2009 - 02:14pm PT
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Who else has freed three El Cap routes, all from the ground up, done over 100 ascents of the big stone overall, and in their 50's is still cranking out 5 ascents a year or more?!
I first met Steve in the valley when he was still in high school. He hasn't lost a bit of the enthusiasm he had then, and keeps getting funnier by the year.
In the fall of 94 I was hanging out in El Cap meadow watching Lynn free the NIAD and Steve walks up and sits down. We hadn't been in touch for a bit, and as we catch up and I tell him about multiple serious injuries three years before that have left me barely able to walk, on top of Post Polio Syndrome.
Within minutes we had hatched a plan for an ascent of Lurking Fear, which the two of us did a few weeks later in two and a half days. Anyone who is looking for a guide would be lucky indeed to rope up with my friend Shipoopi.
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slobmonster
Trad climber
berkeley, ca
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Sep 25, 2009 - 02:29pm PT
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And, he's a fine neighbor to have in Oakland.
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