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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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I remember Randy coming in to Sport Chalet to try to sell the "Hunk Guide"
and being surprised to find someone who knew what a guidebook was,
and more surprised when he had an order in his hands within minutes.
Randy, was that your first commercial venture???
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 4, 2011 - 07:57pm PT
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Wow Ed, that brings back memories.
Actually, the Topo Guide to Tahquitz and Suicide Rocks (1980) was my first "published" guide. The first of several "Bonehead Publishing" books. This was followed closely by the Joshua Tree New Routes guide (again 1980).
The Hunk guide was first published in 1981 and was surprisingly popular. It went through two editions, at least 8 different printings, and several different covers and artwork changes (I kept losing the artwork, so we had to make new ones). The covers seemed like the best part of the guides.
No more Hunk Guides likely. Several other projects in the works though. Central Josh is slated for Dec 2011 (and will be full color).
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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still have a copy of your first, as in two ring version of a Josh Guide....
and there was the perfect bound version of the first "Bonehead Publishing " outing, which i still have, with notes on with whom each route was done with... yikes that stuff is old...
The Hunk Guide sold better than you thought it would...
partly because there was nothing else available in the price range,
and partly because it was so delightfully underground.
I remember having the impression that another order of the Hunk Guide to Randy, might have been cause for the next "printing."
all too cool
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Apr 16, 2011 - 12:32am PT
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OK, got done with the first read thru and I'd have to characterize it a s "All the climbs I've done, and all the ones I wanted to do once, but can't".
Maybe a check marked copy will prove inspiration for a grand kid.
The stories and photos and historical context kept me turning pages. I'd forgot about the Exercist name and that Tobin was sweet on Wantonabe's younger sister.
For the jaded local it's a collectible trip down memory lane. For the visitor, an essential guide and history book.
If it has weakness for a "select" book it's that there isn't enough history and some really good climbs adjacent to the ones listed are not included
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Apr 19, 2011 - 07:40am PT
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Randy, I just got a chance to see the new guide at Neptunes. It is a stellar work and beautifully done! Thank you for including my story about the Girdle. I had forgotten about that piece but not about those daze. You all were such a blast to climb with. Thanks for letting the kid from Colorado hang with the big dawgs. Peace, philo.
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