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Jingy
Social climber
Nowhere
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Apr 18, 2010 - 02:15pm PT
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great photos
must be a cool dude
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Apr 18, 2010 - 02:22pm PT
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Ed's Lofoten guidebook is a class act as well, introducing "the magic islands" to English-speaking climbers.
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Ricardo Cabeza
climber
All Over.
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Apr 18, 2010 - 02:47pm PT
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Cheers to Ed Webster!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 18, 2010 - 03:46pm PT
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Ed's photos and writing really stoke my desire to get out there and explore!
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slabbo
Trad climber
fort garland, colo
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Apr 18, 2010 - 07:23pm PT
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The Ed- first person I ever met who guided people on f/a's , cash for routes ! When I visited him to help on the last NH guidebook, his fingernails were WAY longer than his fingers and they made a clattering sound on the keyboard, kinda creepy.
Moses, Scenic Cruise, Women In Love,Last Unicorn,... endless classics around the everywhere.
AND he always had the good looking honey's around too......
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wannabeen
climber
EP West
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Apr 18, 2010 - 10:12pm PT
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Just came back from a Utah tower tour. We did Ed Webster routes like one would do Harding routes in the sierras. You can do no wrong chasing Ed's FA's in the desert. I'd buy that guy some beers.
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Apr 19, 2010 - 12:20am PT
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The picture of Earl drilling at the Garden is not Earl. It's Leonard who's putting drill to sandstone.
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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Apr 19, 2010 - 12:25am PT
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Check out Bryan's rack for thin, parallel desert cracks...badass!
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Apr 19, 2010 - 12:35am PT
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The photo has a funny history to it. As for Becker's rack, I don't think Friends were in the budget or for that matter even on the market at the time. He backed off on this attempt. Me and Grossman tried it four years latter with the same results. But this thread is about ED WEBSTER!
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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Apr 19, 2010 - 12:48am PT
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Allen,
I was just making a point that those guys (including Ed) climbed some hard desert cracks with gear that was unsuited for the task, not trying to draw the spotlight away from Ed.
Chris Hill
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Apr 19, 2010 - 12:59am PT
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I meant nothing of the sort Chris. Just some poor grammar on my part. I've wanted to meet you for sometime. Meet me at Becker's garage sometime to marvel at his ancient gear.
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slabbo
Trad climber
fort garland, colo
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Apr 19, 2010 - 09:17am PT
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I remember Ed telling me that Moses/Primrose was MEANT for Friends. He specifically thought about that route. So many others too
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Stewart Johnson
climber
yo mama
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Apr 19, 2010 - 10:57am PT
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Ed on everest in 1988.
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Apr 19, 2010 - 11:16am PT
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I had the privilege of tying in with Edster in the early 80's. Without looking at my journal, I remember Robinson Carusoe to Castaways on Humphreys Ledge, NH in particular. Somewhere around here I have a slide of Ed leading the crux corner, but I would have to track it down and scan it in later.
Spent more than a few rainy weekends under the Cathedral Roof with the likes of Ed, Jim Dunn, and others playing on Molsons Madness and Grandmothers challenge.
Great fun, and what a role model for a 18 year old aspiring climber.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2010 - 02:53pm PT
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Coverboy Lil' Eddy Webmaster attempts the overhang variation on "Coffin" Little Cottonwood Canyon, SLC. Gerald Stoval photo.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jun 26, 2010 - 03:47pm PT
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Ed Webster's Black Canyon legacy will always be a testament to his ability and vision as a climber.
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J. Werlin
Social climber
Cedaredge, CO
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Jun 26, 2010 - 07:35pm PT
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Legend and one of the best writers in our game. Respect.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Jun 26, 2010 - 10:17pm PT
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I only know Ed from his book on the Kangshung face which is one of my favorite pieces of Himalayan climbing literature. He was a keen observer of the local people and area also. I've used a few quotes from that book as references in some of my own ethnographic writing.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2011 - 10:49pm PT
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Bump for Ed!
He just contacted me and I hope that he will pull up a chair around here and share a few tales.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Ed is a really fine gentleman. I remember climbing with him
years ago and being very impressed at how solid he was on
really difficult free climbing. He sight led Supremacy Crack
one day with me, placed a number of nuts, with no effort,
and though most will now associate him with certain bold adventures
in the Himalaya, he was an outstanding free climber,
pioneering quite a lot of routes in the east...
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