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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 19, 2019 - 10:16am PT
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Feb 19, 2019 - 03:23pm PT
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Tell us Ksolem......
Well then,
Back then I assumed I’d live my life as a musician (little did I know how derailed that career would get.) It ran in the family. My Dad was a seriously good singer, not so much an operatic voice but beautifully suited to Bach, Handel and so forth, and the man could sing Schubert. Omg.
You can’t see it, but that’s a German Steinway concert grand my stepmom’s playing on. There was also a harpsichord, clavichord, and a small portativ organ in the room.
Anyway, that was in the music room of this big old Victorian on Staten Island N.Y. We were performing for guests at a party. Our parties tended to be large crazy gatherings of musicians, dancers, artists and organists. I distinguish organists from musicians because they are, well, different.
At one of these parties one didn’t necessarily want to know what was going on up in the small third floor bedrooms originally for servants’ quarters, now reserved for debauchery of all varieties.
We had a sign we’d put up down at the bottom of the driveway:
INVITED GUESTS ONLY, PROSECUTORS WILL BE VIOLATED
I always got a special kick out of that since one of our neighbors across the street was NYPD, and the other was a parole officer.
So I guess the story behind the picture is the story of all of the craziness that transpired in that restoration project we called home.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2019 - 03:27pm PT
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Thanks Ksolem, sounds like a good plot for an interesting novel........Nothing better than real life.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 19, 2019 - 03:47pm PT
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The Gunks Carriage Road look at the "Uberfall", from Doug's Roof Late 1970sA short time after the transition
from pins & hammers to free gear,
It had to be late in the switch, '77? is a guess
many of us carried our hammers till at least 76
As far as the Top roping, that was always a part of things,
Hip belays for sure but
the Harnesses?
they were not as common as swami belts
What else seems strange
No chalk bags or EBs The Climbs just left of, underneath the UberfallThe top rope is on a climb called "Low Exposure" I think
Hopefully, Donald Perrey can add what year or Time period
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Oldfattradguy2
Trad climber
Here and there
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Feb 19, 2019 - 08:20pm PT
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^^^^^^^
That proves it, Donald Perry is the Gnome of the Diabase.....
They are both from Jersey, who needs further proof.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Feb 20, 2019 - 09:11am PT
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Ksolem
Thanks for the story.
You say: "I distinguish organists from musicians because they are, well, different." Tell us more about the distinction you see...
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 20, 2019 - 09:50am PT
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Canyoneering in Havasupai
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 21, 2019 - 03:22pm PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Feb 24, 2019 - 08:55am PT
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Touque
Trad climber
Santacruzcalif
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Feb 24, 2019 - 02:59pm PT
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Hey guido thanks for the shirts there perfect climbing and older porsches how did you known AWESOME
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perswig
climber
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Feb 24, 2019 - 03:02pm PT
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You say: "I distinguish organists from musicians because they are, well, different." Tell us more about the distinction you see...
That's funny, Marlow. I was thinking that maybe it was the organists that saw themselves (as) different!
Dale
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2019 - 04:58pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 24, 2019 - 06:08pm PT
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A Holiday in Aspen.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 24, 2019 - 06:09pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 25, 2019 - 08:37am PT
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*beep-beep*
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Feb 25, 2019 - 11:17am PT
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That coyote looks pretty 'shopped to me...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 25, 2019 - 05:52pm PT
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Ya think? I guess.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 26, 2019 - 02:36pm PT
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