Galen Rowell's 1,000-Mile Sierra Weekend-Climbing 1970

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Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 17, 2010 - 02:32pm PT

El Bravo Bumpo!

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2010 - 12:12pm PT

Another Mountain Lite, please!

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2010 - 01:21pm PT

Bumps on the eastside...

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 12, 2011 - 01:27pm PT

Bumps to the south...

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2011 - 11:47am PT

Bump for Chris Jones...

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 9, 2011 - 02:42pm PT

Range of Bumps...

mouse from merced

Trad climber

merced, california

May 31, 2012 - 10:18pm PT

The DORF van vs. El Bravo, power and traction.

Mouse vs. Galen, climbing.

Exactly the same odds.

My Econoline was home, though, and got better mileage and carried more.

I waw Galen deliver his slide show on the FA and the rescue on Half Dome in '70. Just about two years back his son showed up here in Merced to give a slide show of his own.

RyanD

climber

Squamish

Nov 12, 2013 - 12:18am PT

Mega content bump!

Blakey

Trad climber

Sierra Vista

Nov 12, 2013 - 01:19pm PT

Bump....

Larry Nelson

Social climber

Nov 15, 2013 - 01:39pm PT

BBST cause this one is great

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2013 - 04:15pm PT

And Glory Be, the Bump's Not Me, Babba!

klk

Trad climber

cali

Nov 16, 2013 - 04:22pm PT

more carryall

RyanD

climber

Squamish

Nov 16, 2013 - 04:53pm PT

Does anyone know the status of the stone house? Is it still there? Sounds like a pretty neat place to be able to refuge & do some sierra climbing in the winter months!

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Aug 16, 2014 - 01:15pm PT

Stone House Update Bump...

Jerry Dodrill

climber

Sebastopol

Aug 16, 2014 - 01:32pm PT

In the late '90s I learned to parallel park in downtown SF in Galens' old '83 Suburban while running film and test prints back and forth across the bridge. He drove a brand new one, and we carted workshop clients all around the bay area in those rigs. Folks would want to ride with Galen during the drive to the first field session. They would cram in tight, practically sitting on each other's laps so they could chat with the Master during the drive. He would drive like a bat out of hell, talking over his shoulder to the back seat while passing other cars and talking to Barbara on the cell phone. Scared the crap out of everyone, and on the drive back they crammed as tight as they could into my rig. Funny shit! Then one day we were driving down from Mt. Diablo when the power steering went out on the old '83 and I had all these people stacked in there. Galen was gone down the mountain and I was trying to fake it, not letting anyone know that is was 5.12 steering. Somehow we made it back to the gallery. Scary shit!

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Aug 16, 2014 - 02:36pm PT

He would drive like a bat out of hell, talking over his shoulder to the back seat while passing other cars and talking to Barbara on the cell phone. Scared the crap out of everyone

BooDawg, do you need a new driver for your tour operation? You couldn't have better than GR.

We're all glad that you took the opportunity to come back to the mainland and set it up.

Hi, Lisa! See ya at Facelift.

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Aug 17, 2014 - 09:29am PT

Galen was a wonderful and talented man, and his Trango photo that was a "centerfold" in Mountain was probably the most inspiring landscape photo I have ever seen.

I still miss the guy.