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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 15, 2011 - 09:28pm PT
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Needles Bump...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2011 - 03:17pm PT
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Tandem rappel bump!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 12, 2011 - 02:59pm PT
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I was pondering Bob's love of the Needles this morning over my coffee. Amazing that so many California climbers spent time at an area so far away.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 25, 2011 - 04:07pm PT
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Bump for Rob's favorite Knobs!
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Jun 25, 2011 - 05:16pm PT
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I was pondering Bob's love of the Needles
He loved the face climbing, the tiny holds, the tiny summits and the ambience of the Needles. Boy, was he good !
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2011 - 02:03pm PT
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As a face climber myself I have always appreciated Bob's particular passion for just the right stone! Turning fantasy into reality...
Happy July 4th all!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 31, 2011 - 03:02pm PT
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Never had the pleasure of watching Bob climb...I would love to see some movie footage, if anyone happened to take the time.
Watching John Gill move over stone was enthralling!
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scuffy b
climber
dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene
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Nov 21, 2011 - 12:43pm PT
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I had the pleasure of watching this DVD yesterday. Next step, I must go up
higher in this thread to find the details for ordering my own copy.
It is the bomb!
a wonderful production, a glorious tribute.
I recommend it MOST HIGHLY.
Thanks so much for making this.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2011 - 12:45pm PT
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Bump for Bonnie's excellent effort here...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2012 - 09:06pm PT
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Certainly one of the highlights of 2011!
Plenty of copies available so check it out and support this worthy project!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Really!! It is a great treasure that Bonnie has brought forward, people. Get a DVD; you will be amazed and moved!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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I got mine... (bump)
Now you get yours!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2012 - 12:45pm PT
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You heard the man!
Get some...right now!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 10, 2012 - 01:44pm PT
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Fourteener Bump...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2012 - 02:45pm PT
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Quality Bump...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 9, 2012 - 07:19pm PT
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D1 bump...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2012 - 01:57pm PT
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Bump for a dandy stocking stuffer.
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Fossil climber
Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
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Nov 17, 2012 - 07:40pm PT
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I’ll have to get that one.
Back when they were trying to get permission to do the climb, the NPS was apparently reluctant. Bob or Dave (can’t recall which) contacted me and asked if I could recommend them to the NPS staff. I was a new ranger in Yosemite then, but stuck my neck out and wrote to the Superintendent telling him that these were extremely competent climbers and should be allowed to climb. I imagine it's in the files somewhere. Sort of stuck my neck out, not going through channels.
Anyway, one way or another they got to go. Felt good about that. Wouldn’t have felt so good if they hadn’t made it, or had an accident.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2012 - 09:06pm PT
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Wayne-That certainly makes you a BIG part of the team considering the extent to which those folks had dug in their heels!
Write me off forum and I'll make sure that you get a copy.
Great to see you in Oakdale!
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jaaan
Trad climber
Chamonix, France
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Mar 31, 2013 - 03:52pm PT
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Steve sent me this DVD last week. I knew just a little about the ascent (well, actually only that they'd done it and of course I'd seen the photo of the Estes Park celebration with Dave, Bonnie and Bob being cheered in the car) before but I learned so much more - the red tape they had to go through before the climb, the fact that climbing was banned on the Diamond, the absolute coup that they achieved in simply getting permission, and of course the understandable jealousy of the local climbers who had this prize snatched from them. Bonnie makes a fantastic job of the naration, as does Dave Rearick in his contributions. And for anyone interested outside the US, the DVD works fine on European machines.
Thanks Bonnie and Dave!
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