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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 29, 2010 - 10:55am PT
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The books have finally arrived. It's been a two-year-plus project to try to put the best of the desert tower climbing history in one book. The house is full of boxes of books...scary.
From the first ascents of Spider Rock and Totem Pole by Jerry Gallwas, Mark Powell and Don Wilson, through the adventures of Layton Kor, Eric Bjornstad and Ed Webster, to the latest wild free climbs of Rob Pizem, and Stevie Haston.
More information is here (sorry for the very rudimentary website):
http://deserttowersbook.com/
A huge, huge thank you to all who helped and contributed, a few post here from time to time, and likely a few more read here from time to time.
Crusher
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland
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Sep 29, 2010 - 11:03am PT
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Looks amazing Crunch!
congratulations for pulling it together.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 29, 2010 - 11:07am PT
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Gonna have to try that sometime.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 29, 2010 - 11:23am PT
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I want!
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Gagner
climber
Boulder
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Sep 29, 2010 - 11:28am PT
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Crusher - Congratulations, I'm glad you finally got it done. How soon until volume two is ready - ha,ha?
To all - Crusher showed me the manuscript last year and what is very cool about this book is that many of the photos are previously unpublished and have not been seen before - along with many of the stories. It really is a super cool book for anyone who is a desert climber, aspires to desert climbing, or is just plain into adventure.
Paul
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 29, 2010 - 11:36am PT
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Not the thing for an urban sophisticate like yourself, Ron.....
haha
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Sep 29, 2010 - 11:47am PT
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Couldn't you have picked something a little more photogenic?
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Dick Danger
Trad climber
Lakewood, Colorado
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Sep 29, 2010 - 01:52pm PT
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 29, 2010 - 06:00pm PT
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Thanks for the kind comments.
I'm doing a slideshow/book signing at Boulder's own Neptunes tomorrow night, Thursday 30th (books arrived in the nick of time!)
I'm working on a few more shows--Salt Lake City, Grand Junction, Colorado Springs, so far.
Would there be any interest in a show in early-mid-December in the Bay Area? Who would I talk to?
Gagner, I'll come by the AAC tomorrow morning, and drop off a book with the AAC library--the library folks have been very patient with me loitering for days around the stacks.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 29, 2010 - 06:02pm PT
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Crusher, can I get an autographed copy? How's Fran?
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 29, 2010 - 06:05pm PT
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Doninisaurus!
I heard you were going to do a crack-climbing clinic at the Green River Towers next month--is that true?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 29, 2010 - 06:09pm PT
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Not true, but I'll be in the desert a lot after I get back from Yosemite on 10/11- let's do a tower! I'll call you.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Sep 29, 2010 - 06:30pm PT
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WOW!!!!
I want one too!!!!!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 29, 2010 - 06:35pm PT
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Sheesh.
It is the Bowknot Group!
Stop repeating a Bjornstad error.
There are towers for over a hundred miles along the Green River.
(and it'd be a cool place for a clinic if you had the boatage, a nightmare if you didn't.)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 29, 2010 - 07:29pm PT
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oh man, me too!
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Sep 29, 2010 - 07:36pm PT
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true beauty.
Fantastic work.
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ARoberts
Trad climber
boulder, colorado
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Sep 30, 2010 - 12:03am PT
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Dam, now I have to come up with 50 bucks! Looks cool!
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland
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Sep 30, 2010 - 12:14am PT
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I'll buy the first round after tomorrows show, this kind of opening needs a good afterparty.
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2010 - 09:40am PT
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"It is the Bowknot Group!
Sorry Ron....I'll remember that name in future.
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Sep 30, 2010 - 10:30am PT
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GOOD JOB CRUSHER!! Putting a book of that size and quality together takes tons of stamina and vision. I'm looking forward to paging through my copy this winter............hat's off to ya.
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