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thedogfather
climber
Midwest
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2009 - 08:06pm PT
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Short personal story about me and Jer. As many of you know, a few years ago I distributed a DVD I put together of stuff I recorded off of TV back in the 80's. It became know as the dogfather dvd (Henry Barber and Pete Livsey in Britain, first free attempt on the Nose with Kauk, Werner, Bev Johnson, and various soloing clips of Bachar). I was selective about who I burned copies for since it was a bit labor intensive. So, about two months after I started sending them out, I run into jer at a Kansas City Climbing Club meeting. I pull him aside and say "hey jer, you know about the dogfather dvd? You want a copy?" He got all excited and says "DUDE do you have one? How did you get one?" I reach inside my jacket and hand him one and tell him "I'm the dogfather" He was dumbfounded.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno
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Feb 10, 2009 - 08:14pm PT
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hahaha Nice story, dogfather.
I feel very lucky to have been the proud recipient of a dogfather DVD!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Feb 10, 2009 - 08:17pm PT
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That is a great story Dogfather! Have any more?
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thedogfather
climber
Midwest
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2009 - 08:57pm PT
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Wow, brassnuts, I can't believe I didn't get Callie one! I'll get you two one for sure!
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:00pm PT
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Dogfather, I do have one (and made some copies and shipped them out to other tacos). The previous post referred to your good story! Any more of those good stories?
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FeelioBabar
climber
Sneaking up behind you...
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:11pm PT
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Jer does great work, along with all the other "climbing" artists.
"Ars longa, Vita Brevis" my friend.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:51pm PT
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Jeremy,
Out of curiosity, what influence did Nick Bantok ("Griffin and Sabine"), Neil Gaiman ("Sandman", etc.), and/or Peter Greenaway ("Pillow Book" and "Prosperos Books") have on your art? The animated work in "The Aerialist" really seemed to draw on or continue threads that those artists began in the past.
Stay dry down there!
Marty
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:57pm PT
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"thin gear, complex sequences, and a wide crack exit" - does it get an better than that?
Maybe I would have been a more successful climber, even possibly been able to actually draw, had I become one with the Nipple twist pain?
-Jay,virginnipples,bro.
-I had to quit teaching Geology, because I couldn't draw convincing block diagrams....
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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Feb 11, 2009 - 02:10am PT
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"POURING PAIN" always moves me.
I hear he's a good christian guy.
Hope Patagonia gives him a weather window to get on something for a spell.
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thedogfather
climber
Midwest
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2009 - 02:41pm PT
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Very late in the very first 24 hours of Horseshoe Hell competition, I came upon Jer on his way to team victory. I really got a kick out of his outfit.
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miller.545
Sport climber
Overland Park, KS
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Feb 11, 2009 - 04:54pm PT
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Jer is the Man.
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thedogfather
climber
Midwest
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2009 - 08:12pm PT
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Was going to try to keep this up high until Jer finished his Patagonia trip but I will end my participation with a phantomfugitive, crimpergirl picture at last year's Superbowl bouldering bash at my house..
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Sickler
Trad climber
Missouri
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Feb 13, 2009 - 04:45pm PT
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At 3:45p.m. one day I received a call from Collins. "Here's today's challenge," he says. "See how fast you can coil a rope 100 times." Always up for a bit of suffering, all in the name of "training" of course, we set the parameters to the competition and hung up the phone.
58 minutes and 37 seconds later I stopped the clock, barely able to lift my arms above my shoulders to take off my shirt. I was sweating, and had a couple blisters forming on my hands already in places that don't easily calous.
I assumed I had beaten Jeremy because I hadn't received a call from him. I call him, only to hear the sound of him laughing on the other end. He said, "I got to 30 and realized it wasn't as good of a workout as I thought it would be, and I was bored so I quit. But I wanted to see if you'd finish, so I didn't call you."
I still think I'm the bigger man for finishing the challenge...
This is a story all too typical of Jeremy Collins.
See you soon, buddy.
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PaulC
Social climber
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When I mentioned my wacky idea of raising money for Habitat for Humanity via climbing to Jeremy, he said, “Let’s do it.” As a board member of the local affiliate, I was able to ensure the details were in order, 501(c) tax status etc. We put up a website & did some presentations and the money slowly flowed in (100% of the donations going to Habitat.)
Since I have spent some time with my family in Costa Rica over the past years, we decided raise funds to build a Habitat for Humanity in Costa Rica (also, meets the local affiliate’s requirement for international involvement). What climb? Epinephrine. Jeremy suggested something that would be interesting for me. Contrasting with Jeremy, I’m a weekend guy (plus time on moderates at Seneca during the summer). Needless to say, we’re in different leagues.
We get to the base of Epinephrine and Jeremy asked about his climbing shoes. As in, “where are my shoes?” Crap. After realizing that his shoes were back in the vehicle (45 mins away), Jeremy tied his running shoe (a little tighter) and off we went.
Jeremy tying into the sharp end with his running shoes:
6 hours later with one liter of water each, we top out. Dang, it was hot. 100 degrees in Las Vegas that day.
On a serious note, there is a family in Santa Elena/Monetverde area or on the Nicoya Peninsula* who has a house because Jeremy tightened his shoelaces.
*The funds were transferred via the international office to the Costa Rican affiliate with our geographic preferences but we allowed the Costa Rican affiliate to use its discretion depending on greatest need.
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Phantom Fugitive
Trad climber
Misery
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Mar 15, 2009 - 03:50pm PT
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marty(r)-
not influenced by those, artists however- Neil Gaiman, as a writer, worked in tandem with Dave McKean, who I definitely looked to often, as early as high school(early nineties), and still do today. Good eye.
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Phantom Fugitive
Trad climber
Misery
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Mar 16, 2009 - 11:24am PT
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Yeah, table mtn... You were singing the praises of the cartoonists in Alpinist, and Luebben said "well it's your lucky day". Heh.
Trip was killer, man.
Trying to write small reports on the blog...check it out.
http://jercollins.com/writing
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