70' s Joshua Tree Crew Redux: 2008

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Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Apr 15, 2008 - 01:34am PT

without chemicals, life, itself, would be impossible...

Monsanto

Watusi

Social climber

Newport, OR

Apr 15, 2008 - 02:27pm PT

Yeah, really looks like you all had a heck of a time...

ron gomez

Trad climber

fallbrook,ca

Apr 15, 2008 - 03:07pm PT

Missed ya Mikey, when yer down this area again give a ring a ling ding, we'll get together. If ya want some pictures let me know I can send ya a CD with everything I have. It was sure good to see everyone , but also many of you guy's that we missed too. Hope all is well with you, take care bro.
Peace
Ron

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Apr 15, 2008 - 04:16pm PT

sort of OT, but this is too good to resist. some of you might remember donald nitchie -- he wrote this for me while i was drying out...

Letter to a Friend in Rehab

Do you think there's anything left in the baggie
we stashed under the log behind the soccer field
in 1982, before we went back to the party and you puked
in your Empire State Building costume?
It would be a shame to just leave it there
and since you won’t be needing it any time soon
I wonder if you remember which log—
behind the goal or off to the left?

Here it’s in the 50s, gray, and blowing hard—
a mirror image of ourselves.
Everything conspires to remind us.

I woke at dawn, wondering if you were up,
staring at the ceiling, “settling in,”
as if you'd moved to a new town
or taken a job you'll someday say you’ve learned to love.
I can picture your lanky frame, ankles
poking over the mattress as if trying to fit
into a life several sizes too small.

I remember you atop that California ledge
beating your chest and yelling, “Bring out your women!”
Or the time you drove for hours to the crags
only to discover you’d forgotten your weed.
You turned around and drove back home.

The good news is, you don’t have to give up your stories.
You can bring them to rehab
like binges that don’t end in jail, or the morgue.
They say they can help—
evidence you give against yourself
to salvage what time you have left.

For as all climbers know, you can't stay high forever.
And as you said, the hardest part
is always the descent: the footwork tricky,
handholds hard to find in the dark
and adrenaline, your old friend, no help at all.
Maybe these words can help you get back down.
Once we were insatiable, fearless as Vikings.
It’s someone else’s turn now.

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2008 - 06:59pm PT

Photo from Keith Cunning,
Mari, Bachar, Lechlinski:

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2008 - 07:04pm PT

That's a good one BVB,
Keep your liver clean and your tendons lubed,
Next year it's Rubidoux!

randomtask

climber

North fork, CA

Apr 15, 2008 - 07:30pm PT

Hey! Karl Runde was my physics proffessor!
-JR

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2008 - 07:40pm PT

Yeah?
Your physics professor?
The dude is solid, I know that much.

Speaking of North fork; the summer of '72 I had my 12th birthday in North fork. That was the place and time where I first heard tell of "strong dudes who climb rocks in Yosemite"...

henny

Social climber

The Past

Apr 15, 2008 - 07:49pm PT

Keep crankin' the moves, bvb. Wish you could have been there, but it sounds like priorities are/were being dealt with. Stick it, dude!

Russ Walling

Social climber

Out on the sand.... man.....

Apr 15, 2008 - 08:50pm PT

randomtask: Hey! Karl Runde was my physics proffessor!
-JR

Hey! Karl Runde was my partner on our first El Cap route!

Ksolem

Trad climber

Monrovia, Ca

Apr 15, 2008 - 09:17pm PT

BVB

There have been a couple of times since I started watching these threads when you have posted something which totally amazed me. That last post of yours was one.

Thanks.

KS

climber

The Eye of the Snail

Apr 15, 2008 - 09:21pm PT

That is a pretty amazing piece from bvb.

(Thanks, Tar!)

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2008 - 10:25pm PT

Dat's right BVB: Bring It On Home!!!

Todd Gordon

Trad climber

Joshua Tree, Cal

Apr 15, 2008 - 10:47pm PT

Brunosafari

Boulder climber

Redmond, OR

Apr 15, 2008 - 11:21pm PT

BVB--Rest in the grace and the strength of so many admirers, as am I. Nice boulder crank.

Werner: God loved my first face so much...
He's made room for another! -Bruce

Todd Gordon

Trad climber

Joshua Tree, Cal

Apr 16, 2008 - 01:16am PT

hashbro

Trad climber

Mental Physics........

Apr 16, 2008 - 01:23am PT

The "70' s Joshua Tree Crew Redux: 2008" reunion rocked and raged.

One of the only things missing (besides a Largo etc.) was Bob Van Belle. You guys were quite noticably missed by all.

Heal up real good and let's do some crankin' soon!