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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
Will know soon
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Feb 24, 2010 - 10:21pm PT
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Yeah, rlf....Has any group of 4 had so much fun digging holes looking for "brownies". Thanks for a great weekend. Give Hildie, Tucker and the kids a hug and a howdy from lynnie. Peace and Smiles......
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 24, 2010 - 11:24pm PT
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Hey Lynne, I missed your post! All is well, nice and wet up here, will send you an e. Take care!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
Will know soon
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Feb 25, 2010 - 12:14am PT
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Joey, need your ancient, carefully guarded, family receipe for canned pickles. Mine are all gone.....Hope all is well :D Peace, lynnie
"Yo Mexico, the sun so hot yo just got ta go".....even the sunsets are righteous.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Feb 25, 2010 - 04:10pm PT
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Yes, Wayno, I remember Dave yelling something unflattering at the Slimey Lymies. What was it exactly? Maybe you can remember his exact phrasing? It was something awfully appropriate and no doubt enraging. Oh, yes, something about them having nothing but dinky little crags over there.
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thetennisguy
Mountain climber
Yuba City, CA
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Jul 26, 2011 - 01:20pm PT
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A chance encounter with one of climbing's Greats this past weekend in Tuolumne.
This was our first time on Tuolumne granite; polished and crystalized rock. We'd seen a video of two guys that had spent a year preparing for that route and then accomplished it as lifetime achievement! Since I'm an old guy and Ben is a young guy starting out his climbing "career," he is a climbing instructor and lead climber, I told Ben that he's still got a shot at it! We both got a chuckle and marvelled once again at the guts and mental fortitude of guys that did a first ascent like that. Feeling the polished granite of Tuolumne for the first time ... we were both awestruck ... and this was on some "easy" top ropes on Pothole Dome.
So as the morning ended, we decided to head over toward Tenaya Lake for some bouldering ... East or West depending on the parking situation. As it would turn out, we ended up on the East side. Ben had spotted someone boulding just off the road on the right so we ended up looking at the Supertopo and heading up there.
Ben and I happened upon a lone boulderer at the Eastern end of Tenaya Lake on Saturday. Earlier in the day we were talking about how we appreciated and marvelled at the accomplishments of guys like David Yerian and John Bachar and what they'd put up in years past.
We struck up a friendly conversation with really cool dude who kindly asked if he could use our bouldering pad for route he'd wanted to finish up for the day. We could see immediately that this was no ordinary climber. We took up spotter positions and watched awestruck. Long, lean and graceful ... a few strong quick and thoughtful moves and he was up and over.
He introduced himself as Dave and we started talking about some of the famous climbs in the immediate area; most prominently the Bachar / Yerian route that Ben and I were discussing earlier that morning ... and somewhere along the line, I glanced over to Ben and we were both thinking ... could this be the David Yerian ? Indeed it was he!
We had a long and enjoyable chat about climbing, his latest projects, (some really neat stuff) and common friends (it turns out he worked as a route setter at my local climbing gym in Sacramento), and he shared with us some poignant stories about his friends John Bachar and a special story about Tobin Sorenson. After meeting him, I could see a true professional athlete, a true "Great" as my dad used to say, and a true gentleman.
I treasure this meeting with David Yerian and I'm glad that Ben, a college student has this to remember and take back with him to Idaho. Not to brag about but to cherish because that's what meeting David Yerian is ... a meeting with a great man, a living legend, a truly genuine human being.
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GZ
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 23, 2013 - 01:29pm PT
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Found this thread looking for Dave online.
Anybody have his digits or email? Haven't seen him since 2000!
Tell him George Z. is looking for him.
TIA,
GZ
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 23, 2013 - 02:26pm PT
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Bump
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 23, 2013 - 04:04pm PT
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I had the pleasure of doing the motel room hang with Dave and Wayno at the Oakdale Festival. Fun to chew the fat and swap stories with the Centurian!
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Feb 23, 2013 - 04:42pm PT
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I had the pleasure of meeting Dave in Tuolune Meadows on many occasions in my early 20's. Always friendly, always approachable and always with a good story. Thanks for helping make my young Yosemite dreams come true, Dave.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Feb 23, 2013 - 07:36pm PT
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Dave thanks for pointing out the Golden Eagle this summer at TPR.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Feb 23, 2013 - 08:20pm PT
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Miss ya Brother!
Peace
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Feb 23, 2013 - 10:44pm PT
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Yo LL gotta get on down with yo and see what we can work up with the talk last night, was GUD talkin with Yo Yerian, so get on over and we can pull down on some brews or grapo and get this project done!
Peace
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Oct 24, 2013 - 11:11pm PT
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So are you Joe. You are awesome! Cheers, Lynne :)
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Oct 24, 2013 - 11:16pm PT
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I wonder if Dave ever led the BY?
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Oct 24, 2013 - 11:28pm PT
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I wonder if you ever did
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Oct 24, 2013 - 11:45pm PT
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No not at all, never even been on it. I'm just curious if he ever went up after following it and did the lead, that's all.
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tinker b
climber
the commonwealth
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Oct 25, 2013 - 05:47pm PT
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dave rules!
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Oct 25, 2013 - 06:16pm PT
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Saw dave last weekend at a basket weaving event. He's looking suave as per usual.
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errett
Social climber
Grumpy Ridge
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Oct 25, 2013 - 08:26pm PT
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SuperTopo on the Web
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Let us know!