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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 23, 2012 - 12:29am PT
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Mr. Donini, excellent trib from a venerable "wiseguide."
I am so favored to have written this vignette at such a propitious time for the couple that I am almost laughing. It is more of what Mike might have known as "the Synch." (See What I'm listening to right now.)
Who The F needs acid? Really. Sixty-four times later.
It is only responsible for so much of YosLSD's history that it cries for absolution. Which is no reason to try it. I am not advocating, just stating. Purely for the record. Windowpane. Clearlight. Owsley. White Lightning. N-Lightning. Bhodioh. Unicorn. Begins to sound like a climbing guidebook. Honestly, my last tripping was on psylocybin in 1979. No mas, said the Mouse. I know nothing of Mike's tendencies or grief or joy. I only know we got to climb together and I hope he remembered the experience positively.
Mike is and always will be an eloquent and "meaningful" voice in our "hobby." I would like to hear him vs. Kendoll. Hoowhah!
Likewise, he was a voice for semi-seriousness, but then again able to really point us gently in the right direction, however cock-eyed it may have seemed when we took it.
My road led me to Yosemite where it intersected with some real doods. I hope to live another forty and have similar recollections of the people I have met lately on this little island of turmoil and serenity, the People's Camp 4.
Say "Goodnight," Jim, you devil. I wish we could have more of the More Fierce than Loading expedition, aka your trip eastwards with Mike and Stanholtzer, but...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 23, 2012 - 04:39am PT
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Mr. E told me he was unfamiliar with the Flakes.
With a little help from our friends I'll try to make some amends.
The route goes up from the lowest section of the Gunsight Gully on the right hand side of the MCR Apron to the Gunsight, finishing in 4th Class. The start of the route lies near the intersection of the notch's shadow with the talus near the tall trees. The first pitch.[Mini TR for the curious or those tired of waiting for the Frenzy. Get Flakey!]
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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MrE. and justthemaid, more hapiness that I latched on to, from the December, 1959 SCB.
PM me and give me your address, please.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 11, 2013 - 08:23pm PT
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Just a shout out to Mouse. Thanks so much for mailing Erik the Sierra Club article for his birthday (Sunday);)
I just got done reading it. It's a beautifully written piece about Yosemite. Mike was a great writer. I scanned it and zoomed in a bit so folks can view it easier since it's worth a read.
...Look well about you, wanderer! There is but one Yosemite on the face of the earth, and through the myriad moods, the shifting cyclic patterns, will always sound the cord of this, your need: simple joy and certitude, the face of life itself.
Michael Borghoff
Sierra Club Bulletin December 1959
Photos by Ansel Adams
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jan 11, 2013 - 09:08pm PT
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Yes, a heart-felt thank you to Mouse for the wonderful birthday gift. Glimpses into a long ago family past are real treasures to me, thanks to people like you and Steve and others.
Erik
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2013 - 01:47pm PT
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Bump for the Book Mouse!
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MisterE
Social climber
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Mar 24, 2013 - 07:12pm PT
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I think a trip up The Flakes might be in order this fall!
Mouse, I will be holding some family history in my thoughts at the beginning of p.4.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2015 - 11:51am PT
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Bump for the love of climbing...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 24, 2016 - 11:50am PT
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And another...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 22, 2018 - 10:24am PT
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Holiday pleasure bump...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 22, 2018 - 03:40pm PT
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Always a reference with Mike the Erudite Airhead...
Ding an sich
/diNG än ˈzik/ (In Kant's philosophy) a thing as it is in itself, not mediated through perception by the senses or conceptualization, and therefore unknowable.
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Aeriq
Sport climber
100-year Visitor
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Dec 22, 2018 - 05:34pm PT
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Nice to read through this thread again - thanks to all who contributed.
I wish I had known the man better.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 22, 2018 - 06:12pm PT
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So, Mr E, I’m thinking yer esteemed pa didn’t bother with a trip to the woodpile, not that I’m
implying that it ever would have been called for, mind you. I’m guessing that there were some
transgressions but that a steady stare followed by “So will it be the Kant or the Hegel?” usually
sufficed.
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