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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Jan 15, 2012 - 11:20am PT
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Eat your grape nuts.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jan 15, 2012 - 11:28am PT
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They are almost as tasty and easy to chew as a pine tree.
"Ever eat a pine tree?" "Many parts are edible!"
Euell Gibbons RIP.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jan 15, 2012 - 11:32am PT
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I thought it was,
"ever eat a a pussy willow?"
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jan 15, 2012 - 12:09pm PT
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I believe Euell died from Dutch Elm Disease?
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Jan 15, 2012 - 12:33pm PT
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no Guido...Needle Miner Moths...
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2012 - 01:58pm PT
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lots of rumors about euell's death--one reason i was looking into it. wiki says it was a ruptured aortic aneurism due to marfan syndrome, which is a lifelong condition, his height and build indicative of that. doesn't sound like he ate the wrong plant.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Jan 15, 2012 - 03:03pm PT
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What about Billy Gibbons...He's still alive..RJ
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Jan 15, 2012 - 08:28pm PT
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Aren't all Gibbons amazing climbers?
Who got pics? Gibbon vs tiger, looks like a young tiger or it would have gone bad for the monkey there. 2:30 is the business if you want to skip ahead. 3:58 the Gibbon swings down and grabs the tigers tail. Mad skillz! Woot!
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2012 - 08:40pm PT
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stop the effing thread drift and read the link--all 17 pages of it. idlers!
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Jan 15, 2012 - 09:31pm PT
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I heard that in the end, near to his demise, he ultimately died when...
"They tried to give him Oak branches intravenously."
On a more serious note and in an attempt to
"stop the effing thread drift and read the link"
Well I did read the "effing" link and TFPU.
Euell was an amazing character.
He did a whole thing on living off the seashore.
It was based on the Maine/New England coast but was fascinating and informative for any coastal waters really.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Jan 15, 2012 - 10:01pm PT
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two actions combined;
two successive acccidents stacked upon one another
add up to the outcome.
intentions be damned,
they've no say in the future.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jan 15, 2012 - 10:47pm PT
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Anybody remember Johnny Carson parodying him?
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2012 - 11:32pm PT
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i bought edible wild plants by elias and dykeman awhile back and have been doing a little experimenting. picked up some tender mustard sprouts near stoney point recently--they cook up pretty well if you like "greens". and sorrel grows all over--makes a nice addition to salad.
gibbons was a guest on carson's show, and carson made some pretty good fun of him. i was impressed by gibbons' erudition in that "plowboy" interview--lacking formal education, he had a lot to say and quoted others well. i think his take on our relationship with nature and how to pass on good attitudes to youngsters is right on.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Jan 15, 2012 - 11:50pm PT
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"I heard that in the end, near to his demise, he ultimately died when... "They tried to give him Oak branches intravenously.""
Kind of sappy.
Thanks for the Euell Gibbons rehashed refresher Tony.
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Morgan
Trad climber
East Coast
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Jan 16, 2012 - 10:24am PT
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There must have been pretty good awareness for Euell Gibbons back in the day. I came across some graffiti on the inside of de-commissioned fire lookout tower in the White Mountains:
'EUELL GIBBONS EATS TV DINNERS!'
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Jan 16, 2012 - 07:54pm PT
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Johnny Carson reminds me of a wild hickory nut!
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Jan 16, 2012 - 09:08pm PT
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I don't know what this thread is about because I didn't read any of the posts. Lost interest in the middle of the 1st post sentence.
But it was by T-Bird so I clicked on it.
Is there anything funny before this post? Please let me know.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Jan 16, 2012 - 10:31pm PT
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Is this the same guy that sold Timex Watches, lickin and tickin or something like that? Perhaps I am an old broad (or far) cuz I can't keep them straight.
Susan
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 17, 2012 - 09:13am PT
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you're thinking of john cameron swayze, susan, actually a little before gib's heyday. he was NBC's first anchorman, but the timex commercials--he would strap a watch to the propeller of an outboard motor, run the thing in a barrel of water for a few seconds, then hold the watch up to the camera so you could see the second hand moving--made him sort of immortal.
chris, do i have to explain what a second hand is?
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Gary
climber
That Long Black Cloud Is Coming Down
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Jan 17, 2012 - 11:14am PT
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Chris ain't that young, Tony!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 17, 2012 - 11:26am PT
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Grape Nuts are the green alternative to road salt.
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Jan 17, 2012 - 12:35pm PT
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John Cameron Swayze performed a variety of stunts to demonstrate the
toughness of timex watches, but the outboard motor trick is most
memorable for me, as well, Tony.
I somewhat recently saw a blooper clip, filmed from live television.
He strapped the watch onto the propellor blade, fired up the rig, and
lifted the motor out of the water to find a bare propellor.
Didn't skip a beat. To paraphrase:
"Well, Folks, when we did this during rehearsal, I assure you the watch
was still ticking!"
(takes a licking and keeps on ticking)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 17, 2012 - 05:54pm PT
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hey there say, tony... thanks for sharing about euell...
i enjoyed reading up on him...
he DID die early from a syndrom, that affect the brain... i read up on that too...
he had a real outdoor life, that stated in texas...
don't know of his personal life, but he seemed like a good sincere man, and by reading about him, i LEANRED, too, how to fry pine-trees, to EAT...
and, if my garden does not grow, (though i learned this in the past) i just MAY decide to let the at least three editble weeds grow, and simply eat them, this year... there really is more food about, for use, than we realize...
thanks for the fun share, about a man that knew...
god bless to his family, too, i am sure they really miss him,...
*can't remember is the syndrom i hereditary or not?, but, no matter what, he left a way of 'do the best you can' for your body, that would be a great
legacy to his future kids, or kin...
:)
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Jan 24, 2012 - 08:09pm PT
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Euell Gibbons
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