The Classic 'Pumping Sandstone' by John Long (Climbing 1978)

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Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Aug 13, 2008 - 11:07pm PT
A couple of tasty Gill shots from Oli's Master of Rock II.


Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Aug 23, 2008 - 01:44am PT
Highball bump!
sawin

climber
So. Cal.
Aug 23, 2008 - 05:30pm PT
Video of a Largo Hill free ascent.

climbing levitation 29 in red rocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nQfwNH6GvE
k-man

Gym climber
SCruz
Aug 23, 2008 - 06:18pm PT
Yeah! Largo rules...chill out!
BASE104

climber
An Oil Field
Aug 23, 2008 - 08:23pm PT
I thought that one of those pumping granite shots had Largo smoking a cig. That and that NIAD photo led me down the dark path of tobacco. Yep, it is all their fault.

I remember reading those articles over and over with the mag open on top of my textbook in high school. I sat WAY in the back.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Aug 23, 2008 - 08:31pm PT
Here you go BASE!

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Aug 23, 2008 - 08:35pm PT
Photo credit for that one goes to Kieth Cunning.
In the climbing mag in which it appears, no credits are given; I somehow thought Brian Rennie.
But Kieth made it to one of our reunions this spring and happily claimed the effort.

Shared some hilarious times with Kieth, John & The Uplanders...
BASE104

climber
An Oil Field
Aug 23, 2008 - 08:38pm PT
Yep. That's the one. I wanted to be just like Largo. Except the muscles. I could never quite pull that one off. My wrists were bigger than my biceps.

Cough, cough.

I mean, geez, look at that guy. He was ripped. Probably still is.

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Aug 23, 2008 - 08:42pm PT
"HO MAHN...whos the BASE Jumper with pipe cleaners for biceps" ...Long may have said.
and then:
...Sayy BUDDY, can you spare a dimp???
BASE104

climber
An Oil Field
Aug 23, 2008 - 09:11pm PT
Yeah, I had bad genes. I am still trying to get over that part...Maybe they could inject me with some of Largo's stem cells. 30 years too late, alas.

I am working out right now. I have about 40 well logs in front of me and am trying to sort out a horrible correlation. My mouse finger is twice as big as my thumb. It would be great if I were a doctor with that finger....

Keeps me rolling til midnight 24/7. That and lots of smokes.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Aug 23, 2008 - 09:14pm PT
Dimp for a Chimp however?
BASE104

climber
An Oil Field
Aug 23, 2008 - 09:23pm PT
No way, Roy, dipping is BAD for you.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Aug 23, 2008 - 09:30pm PT
Yup, that chaw juice is vile.


Lemme see if I got it right...

A Camel straight has no filter.
A Dimp is with filter.
If you "square" a dimp, you have a makeshift straight.
Mimi

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 23, 2008 - 09:50pm PT
I thought a dimp was a cig and a dip was a dip? Isn't the usual transition from dimp to dip to quits if you're lucky? So glad I never went down Tobacco Road. Just say no.....
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Aug 23, 2008 - 09:53pm PT
Correct Mimi, a dimp is a cigarette, but with filter.
A dip of chaw, or chewing tobacco, is just a dip.
BASE104

climber
An Oil Field
Aug 23, 2008 - 10:07pm PT
Yeah, Mimi, I am still a horrible smoker. Not all of the time. I quit for a few years and smoke for a few years. I am a bi-smoker.

I wanna hear some stories about that jungle trip he took with Bridwell. Like if anyone got the Guinea Worm.

Geez, I got all this work in front of me. I am glad that I don't have a boss....
Mimi

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 23, 2008 - 10:24pm PT
I wonder if these gadgets would be off limits on a no hands problem?

Largo, from back when you and Bridwell were hangin' with these curly gents...got any tales?

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Aug 23, 2008 - 10:47pm PT
Sorry BASE,
All I got is this clip from Ma Vie a la Verticale, by Lynn Hill:

BASE104

climber
An Oil Field
Aug 23, 2008 - 10:57pm PT
Man, I gotta get me one of those penis gourds and show up at a meeting. They already know that I am a brick shy.

Plus, you get a big gourd and it makes you look more burly...those curved ones are really cool.

Really, I gotta hear about that trip.

Somebody told me that when they were in the valley after that, Fish or Shmutzfink or somebody drew a picture on their van of Largo with a bone in his nose with the caption, "I dig the jungle." I didn't see it, so not sure.
Mimi

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 23, 2008 - 10:59pm PT
A brick shy, but a foot taller.

Edit: In the saddle that is.
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