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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 6, 2010 - 09:20pm PT
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This dapper gent likely worked around Ventura in 1967...Who is he?!?
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Dennis Hennick
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Spelled Hennek.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 6, 2010 - 10:06pm PT
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Demonstrating all that the properly racked gentleman should be while using the most modern equipment. Every Arrow in place, collar pressed.
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squatch
Boulder climber
santa cruz, CA
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looks just like his son, or maybe the other way around
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Classic shot!!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Did someone say, "Handsome Super-model?"
Well, maybe they were right...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2010 - 11:46am PT
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Great shots of Dennis, folks! Funny how the whole scene shifted around so that five years later the one man band look came in with a vengeance!
Everybody proudly showing their nuts for all to see! LOL
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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God Boo I love that shot of you and Von Hennek on the Snake-those were some fun trips playing on the river and the mud and the chicks!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Really fine retro photos! Cheers!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 12, 2010 - 12:21am PT
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Super Bump!
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Apr 12, 2010 - 12:25am PT
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Sweet thread!
the racks are not similar, but the smiles are!
thanks for the photos!
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bozo
Social climber
Reno, NV
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Apr 20, 2010 - 08:26pm PT
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That's my van in the last photo!
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Apr 20, 2010 - 09:45pm PT
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CLASSIC!
Peace
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Bozo,
That sure looks like the original West Ridge Mountaineering VW - my van!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2010 - 02:14pm PT
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Don- I was going to ask if you guys ever had a company vehicle complete with a logo of some sort like the GPIW demolition derby car! LOL
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Hey Lauria
Tell us how many cars you have personally "wrecked".
Buckle up everyone, it is going to be a long post!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Just a bump for this!:)
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dogtown
Trad climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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I knew that man !
Him, Robinson and Frost are why I climb today.
Dogtown.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Vehicles? Dennis' family owned an air conditioning business when I first knew him; he would sometimes take company trucks on our outings...
Here in 1965, we were in C4, preparing for the Sunday night return to L.A.
L. to R.: Dennis, Scotsman (can't remember name), back of head dude, Bill Eicholtz, Russ McLean (standing supermodel), Chouinard, Becky (standing on ground).
Guido, I'm not sure that Lauria wrecked that many vehicles; I remember driving that West Ridge van up Hwy 99 to Yosemite and Don being all over me if I took it above 56 MPH; he was a pretty conservative driver, not like Kor or Rowell...
Here's one looking thru the chimney of Dennis' oil lamp on his table in C4, 1967.
Here's one of one Supermodel pursuing another one...
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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May 10, 2010 - 02:13am PT
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Jeeez Boo
Driving out to Jackson for the Pratt Memorial, from Bishop with Don, I casually asked him if he had ever been in a wreck?
Several hours and many miles later he was still describing some "incidents". My fav was the one where he is the baseball coach on the way to a game with some of his team and he wrecks his car.
cheers
Guido
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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May 10, 2010 - 03:44am PT
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I guess I just never heard those stories from Don. Doubtful he'll share them at the Taco stand...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 27, 2010 - 11:51am PT
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Unsafe on any speed...LOL
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2010 - 04:51pm PT
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Kinda like this GQ gent all decked out in fashionably worn industrial leatherette! Who might this be?
From Summit May 71.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 9, 2010 - 09:13pm PT
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Who eeeze Le Dude?!?
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 10, 2010 - 12:49am PT
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Russ McLean?
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jul 10, 2010 - 10:48am PT
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C'est vrai!
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 11, 2010 - 02:57pm PT
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For those who don't read French Polynesian or might not believe Guido or trust my memory, I just spoke with the "Supermodel" hisself (Dennis), and he confirmed that it is, in fact, McClinsky. Dennis took the Chouinard Equipment picture and some others that day as well...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 12, 2010 - 11:50am PT
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Excellent stuff, BooyaDawg!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 12, 2010 - 10:13pm PT
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Somebody get Dennis to post up the classic Chouinard's yard shizzle! Good to scan all your slides anyhow because they fade after a half century!
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 12, 2010 - 11:45pm PT
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I don't think Dennis has his scanner yet. I'm not even sure that he has the "Chouinard's Yard" pix tho he probably does. But the photo person at Pataguchi should have them as well. And maybe even someone at Black Diamond.
But I agree, Steve, lots of folks who haven't seen them would love 'em. I guess if you had one or more of them, you'd have posted them already.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 5, 2012 - 01:33am PT
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Hennek Bump...
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Steve: Has Hennek confirmed with you his participation in the Oakdale Climbers' Festival? Guido and I have his hotel reservation in hand...
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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For god's sake Guido, post up those great and splendid Dennis images I did for you. Like the one with Dennis in the engine compartment of the old truck; ones around the making of the Shanachie; the one of Krisie and Dennis on the unfinished deck; the picnic table scene with everyone...ah kind of...enjoying it all...and it goes on. Dennis is a great man. Loved by so many and even today referred to as Von Hennek. This image above comes via ST and emails so i can put it up:
L to R: Hennek, Boche, McLean, Cohen
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Dam Sir Peter you caught me at in a weak posting mode so here you go:
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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a Guido owned image, taken in Tuolumne. Just terrific shot of this amazing group of friends, even now today, still great friends and life's travelers. Especially wonderful image of Dennis, I have always thought.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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Wow... stunning photography... I'm only vaguely familiar with the characters here, but real sense of story comes through. TPFU!
Eric
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Is Von Hennek still with us?
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Great thread and pics, love this type of stuff, thanks for bumping.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Dennis is still with us. Living in Ventura. Just talked to him two days ago.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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That Nat Geo cover (and article) are what got me into climbing back in the late 70s. Little did I know that only three years later I'd be in the same spot as that cover shot.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Ha! Some months before that cover shot we were in that same position only
it was in a blizzard and we couldn't see 20'. We also didn't know that we coulda
been almost famous for doing the first clean ascent if we had foresworn the use of
the couple of Leepers we'd used.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Hey Reilly is "couda been almost famous" something like almost pregnant?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Guido, you don't know how right you are in the conjugal context of the ensuing 12 hours!
Shiver me timbers!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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I named him to myself as soon as I laid eyes on him. It wasn't hard.
Knickers>baby-faced>UCLA>BooDawg's buddy Hennek.
After all, knickers are quite distinguishing. Ma liked Payne Stewart best.
The totally trad cover shot by Old Blind Rowell from NGeo slid past my eyeballs, too. Unmistakeable.
Glad you put the bump to this, Steve.
DHk, possibly the quintessential Petrex californii excluding Robbins, who was born in W.Va.
All over the place, he was.
Lee Vining. Nobody lives in Lee Vining.
Or Oakdale or Atwater, blah....
DHk will be lined up to speak at the Oakdale Festival, I hear.
Should fit right in with all those other "California best types," buncha knicker-loving, hacky-sacking, pot-lazy, half-crazy glamor boys.
And he hasn't got a nickname for reals, has he?
Von Hennek's pretty all right, don't get me wrong.
Fletcher and I have been discussing the value of names.
I guess somebody else is gonna have to come up with the FA list, Ed's probably busy.
Edit: I was poking around in google Images just now, searching "Hennek and Rowell" and out pops http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1271817/Ancestors-Archiving-Crossings-of-California-T-R
It's the Circle Game, Odd. It is definitely time to play Where in the Middle Earth Am I!!!
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Guido, Boo Dawg, Steve, Peter and Mark:
Great thread and great pics! You guys always are providing top drawer pics and stories.
I remember that Nat Geo, and my father's comments on the fact that we should have stopped in Yosemite on one of our great western trips (my dad took us to 49 of the 50 states and most often to the national parks where we hiked, hiked and hiked more).
I had forgotten about it until seeing it. I didn't enter the Valley until the spring of 78; If I had I would have been on the prowl for Mavis. You guys seemed to be surrounded by beautiful women.
I was reading The Fifties by Halberstam (which I believe was recommended by Guido) and learned where the name "Skunkworks" comes from. Did Chouinard borrow it form L'il Abner or from the shack where the U-2 airplanes were built?
At any rate, thanks for the great stories.
Guido, I still owe you a free season's worth of crewing, don't let me off without paying up. Tahiti still?
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LongAgo
Trad climber
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I remember sometime in the early 70's I was talking around a Yosemite campfire about a plan wife Nancy (then my "significant other") and I had to buy and self-install a Sears gas furnace at our old Victorian house in the flats of Oakland. The house had a gas burner box and cover grate in the dining room, but that heated only about that room. We did all kinds of projects to improve the old place and thought, what the heck we can stall a new central furnace, including all the duct work and registers. Dennis was at that campfire and asked, "Want some help?" Turned out he was a heating and AC craftsman in those days. "Sure" we said, thinking he might or might not show up as we didn’t discuss any contract or fee.
As it happened, we got a knock on the door a few days later and there he was offering to help for nothing! No way could we have done the job without Dennis, especially the custom plenum. We offered to pay him of course, but nope he said, all we could do was feed him and give him a place to stay for a few days. I think the job only took two days so we hardly returned fair compensation.
Thanks again Dennis. You're a good soul.
Tom Higgins
LongAgo
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Hi Tom,
I'm not surprised that he offered to help since he had all the skills and most of the tools. See post #22 on this thread for the picture of one of his dad's trucks. Dennis is a real hands-on kinda guy and had learned the skills needed in his dad's shop. Beyond that, he has a heart of gold.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Seeing that old National Geographic cover made me want to read that edition. You can get a copy for $10 from:
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Society
Single Copy
P.O. Box 63001
Tampa, FL 33663-3001
1.800.777.2800
Vol 145 No. 6 June 1974 <<#2241491-3786847#>>
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 10, 2013 - 11:14am PT
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Handsome youths bump...
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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May 10, 2013 - 09:26pm PT
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bump
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 28, 2014 - 12:33pm PT
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Sure do love that NA Wall shot. Stud...Superstud!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2016 - 12:08pm PT
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Bump for the white dress shirt crowd.
I have gotten into collared shirts to keep my neck from burning so I am in with this group these days.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Jan 28, 2016 - 07:05pm PT
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Sure can feel the friendship.
Lucky boys and girls
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john hansen
climber
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Jan 28, 2016 - 07:48pm PT
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Yeah , that group of friends really go back a long way.
They were lucky to live thru that time in the late sixties, early seventies. They were the group between Robbins, Pratt, Chuinard, era and the early stone master's. They interacted a lot with The early sixties crew, think Boche ,Pratt, on Sentinel.
I was lucky enough to spend a few hours with Ken (Boodawg)a couple different times, we were both living on the Big Island in Hawaii.
Dennis Henneck lived there for quite a few years but I never met him.
Ken had tons of great stories, it was a pleasure asking him questions about all those guys he knew. It is really cool that they still get together and hang out and keep in touch.
Old friends take a long time to make.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 3, 2016 - 03:07pm PT
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We wish we all could be California Boys...
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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"fur sure, fur sure." Tis not that why Valley Girls take two birth control pills?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 3, 2016 - 07:22pm PT
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Better that than "Oh, my God!" Totally...
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Keep this shiz bumpin'.
I've had the pleasure of getting to know Russ a little bit recently now that I'm moving to Bishop. A great fellow. I must say, however, that even as a comfortably straight male, that shot of a young shirtless Russ gives me a little man crush!
Loving these pics.
BAd
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 25, 2017 - 10:12am PT
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Bump for Bromance...
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