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Brian
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California
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May 27, 2010 - 03:20am PT
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I used to cross paths with Peter a lot, and could say a bunch of positive things about him. One thing that always struck me was how excited and enthusiastic he was about my climbing. He always seemed way more interested in asking me what I had been up to than telling me what he had been up to. He turned me on to a number of 'off the radar' climbs and climbing areas, encouraged me to jump on big routes about which I was uncertain, regaled us with stories in Josh, and just generally made a great impression. Class act.
Brian
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213
climber
Where the Froude number often >> 1
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May 28, 2010 - 12:52am PT
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Fantastic article. What an inspiration Peter is to climbing, mountains, and the general expression of 'redlining the fun meter' in life.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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May 28, 2010 - 01:08am PT
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Watched him free solo Crying Time Again on Lembert. He was smooth, graceful, controlled...I was in awe.
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squatch
Boulder climber
santa cruz, CA
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Bump to fill the front page with a little more radness. and less lame.
and 'cause this guy is freakin awesome!
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Brilliant. Thank you.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Don't you think PC is a "classy" guy? I always really admire the understated types, which is what he seems to be. He seems to be a man of integrity. Nice!
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teamwhipper
climber
Bay Area, CA
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Peter is a great guy, in addition to being a great climber. He spent a couple of winters in the early 90's escaping the ditch, down in Copperopolis. He spent those winters climbing at Jailhouse with Dave Schultz, and put up some fun routes while he was there.
He's donated a day of his guided climbing for the Access Fund Unlock Jailhouse event. We're auctioning that off tomorrow night. If you're interested and can't make the event, but want to bid on it, send me an email with your max bid and we'll submit it for you.
Event details and other stuff being auctioned off here:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1386239&msg=1391743
Cheers.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Feb 12, 2011 - 12:14am PT
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noal elkins
climber
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Feb 12, 2011 - 12:32am PT
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Great interview. There's another great article in an issue of Climbing from around '88 or '89 with him stemming a corner on the cover. Anybody out there got it and want to post it up?
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john hansen
climber
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Feb 12, 2011 - 12:55am PT
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Peter has posted here on super topo a few times,, here's looking forward to more.
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Feb 12, 2011 - 01:02am PT
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I had never read that interview before so thank you, IHP, for posting that. Thank you to those who bumped this recently too as I did not see it the first time around.
I always enjoy the footage of and interviews with Master Croft on climbing documentaries.
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damage
Social climber
olympia, wa
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May 19, 2011 - 02:13am PT
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Finally got to read this. Thanks for posting it, so many great articles were printed that I only find here.
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climbbjj
Social climber
Tahoe
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May 19, 2011 - 03:34am PT
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"Born on May 18th, 1958"...
Happy Birthday!!
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dugillian
Trad climber
Vancouver
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May 19, 2011 - 01:16pm PT
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Peter is the Man!
It is really awesome to see someone who loves climbing for climbing and not to become some glory whore like so many climbers nowadays---No selling out, no climbing arches in National Parks, no spewing crap, and not becomeing a human advertisement.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 11, 2012 - 04:18pm PT
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From Mountain 143 (January/February 1992)
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Big bump! Thanks for that last article Ed, must have been some major political issues happening when u first posted it!
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Excellent articles - thanks for posting!
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Thanks for posting those
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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All of those links up are really inspiring me. In lieu of being fast and strong and bold and agile and all of that other stuff that Peter Croft seems to have in spades, I've come up with a link-up more my speed.
Ride bike to the liquor store (maybe pop up a wheelie or two on the way) while holding a basketball. Ride home with no hands while holding the case of beer and the basketball. But don't ride straight home. Stop at the park and do three sets of 10 pullups. Then do bar dips while holding case of beer between knees. Take hackey sack out of pocket and kick until you get a good sweat going. Shoot 25 free throws (hustle in-between shots). Run (don't walk) back to the bike. Ride home (again no-handed). Cool down with a cool one.
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Sonic
Trad climber
Roaming the South, Merica
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Croft Bump
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