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cowpoke
climber
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Very cool OP.
A lovely story.
Thanks for sharing it.
Among the ST posters who have won the Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Award is JFrimer.
I suspect that Spitzer would have been quite proud of (soon-to-be Dr.) Frimer, who embodies Spitzer's legacy of passions for both cutting-edge climbing and cutting-edge scientific inquiry.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Doesn't "spitz" mean something like "peak" or "pinnacle" in German? If so, it makes even more sense.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Thanks Rgold for this most uplifting post.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Rich, I was waiting to see if you guys did Shockley's Waterfall ala
Dick Williams. Glad to hear it wasn't so. . .
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wayne burleson
climber
Amherst, MA
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Great story RGold! I swam up Three Pines a few days ago in the aftermath of Irene. Gunks in the wet can be fun, but for me, the grade must be low...
The connection between math/science and climbing has been explored in
many previous threads but still surprises me. I think it is a unique
aspect of our sport/lifestyle. I hope it continues, but worry it won't as climbing becomes more mainstream and sterilized... But math/science has also changed..
Brilliant that Lyman saw fit to endow the AAC award in his name...
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Really excellent photo of him. Seems to capture a cool essence.
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Stellar post, Rich. He sounds like a great man. He wanted to climb despite the rain and you did not disappoint him so kudos to you too.
It does seem that physicist/math/engineer types are drawn to climbing. Thankfully that is not a prerequisite as I am TERRIBLE at anything math- and physics-related. I do not quite suck aS much at climbing. I grasp the basics for anchor building to avoid the death triangle, etc. so perhaps there is a certain basic level of physics and trigonometry that folks need to know in order to climb safely.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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You can be terrible at math/physics but still very cleverly avoid the death triangle by always building one piece anchors.
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Bobert
Trad climber
boulder, Colorado
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Lyman was a real gentleman. George Hurley brought him and his companion, Bunnie, to Boulder years ago. We all had dinner at my house and George and Bunnie filled me in on his accomplishments, much to his embarrassment. He really only wanted to talk about climbing. George and Lyman left for the Needles shortly thereafter and I missed my chance to climb with him. He spoke about climbing with you, Rich. It was one of the high points of his life.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Good one Jim.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Inspirational.
Thanks.
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Rgold,
What a great story and tribute to a unique individual. The man left quite a legacy.
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GLee
Social climber
MT
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Thanks you Richard Goldstone for a your post about a brilliant human! It makes my day!
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Jim, I never thought of that! Thanks for the tip ;)
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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And, Gasp!, it's actually about Climbing!! Yay! :D
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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I'm curious - was Spitzer yet another of those scientist-climbers with a fondness with excruciatingly bad puns, and plays on words? (I should know, of course.) There seems to be some sort of genetic relationship.
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MH2
climber
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A toast to Lyman Spitzer
Hear, hear!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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This thread of Richie's is yet another glaring example of how tremendously cool RG really is. I am endlessly proud of having known RG during his white painter's pants and white turtlenecks period. "At some point Cleanliness must ensue" was one of his operating principles in the Camp Four dirt since he was always in impeccable whites. And he was a wonderful partner on the rock too as well as in our nylon ghetto. I can still hear his voice forty years later. He knew Bev Johnson too and they would exchange friendly barbs passing by each other's sites. So much fun and so damn witty
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Gunks Guy
Trad climber
Woodstock, NY
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Wow. Great story. I am going to show this one to my kids tomorrow. Thanks Rich.
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tom Carter
Social climber
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Thank you for telling this story. What an honor to climb with such a remarkable man.
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