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caughtinside

Social climber

Davis, CA

Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 11, 2006 - 06:24pm PT

Hey bvb,

I was flipping through the Reid Valley guide a while ago, so my memory may be off.

But, I remember seeing a few climbs named after you. The Van Bellodrome, and at least one other, I think.

Didn't see your name on the FA cred though. What's the story there?

How about giving us a few of your Valley FAs as well? Look at that, soliciting spray from bvb! Hose us down!

Cheers, to the American Legend.

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

one pass away from the big ditch

Apr 11, 2006 - 08:06pm PT

"i mean,f*#k"

Off White

climber

Tenino, WA

Apr 11, 2006 - 08:11pm PT

Yeah, VanBelle Syndrome was probably the other one. BVB found & cleaned 'em, but I think Suzuki might have gotten the FA. C'mon Bob, tell us a story...

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Apr 11, 2006 - 08:40pm PT

heh. if you guys really wanna know the answer to that question, you're gonna have to wade into the cesspool that is my home port, the notorious OB cyber-crib boldering.com....

plus, this kinda verbal swill will make a swell warm-up for this weekend's slanderfest...

http://www.boldering.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2188[/b]

enjoy. you might need a de-lousing afterwards.

WBraun

climber

Apr 11, 2006 - 08:43pm PT

"you might need a de-lousing afterwards."

Hahaha ......... yes

bob d'antonio

Trad climber

boulder, co

Apr 11, 2006 - 08:49pm PT

The best thing about BVB is his hot wife and beautiful children.

I also heard he could boulder a little too.

He a cool guy and one of the funniest climbers I been around. Plus...I have never seen anyone so drunk and still be in total control. The man a pro!!

Keep cranking old man.

Off White

climber

Tenino, WA

Apr 11, 2006 - 08:50pm PT

That's a good one. So, for those who don't want to wade through the pages, it was Croft, not Suzuki who bagged 'em, and Leroy helped with the initial discovery.

Still, that's as good a down and dirty b.com thread as there is.

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Apr 12, 2006 - 01:48am PT

well, we aim to please over at cesspool.com, uh, i mean boldering.com.

there really is no better feeling than stunning a bunch of dirtbag climbers into dead silence.

nothing but net....heeh heh e heh

Off White

climber

Tenino, WA

Apr 12, 2006 - 09:51am PT

Add to his resume: boy scout

Leroy

climber

Apr 12, 2006 - 01:26pm PT

Boldering .com is really bad .I recomend going straight to the Mams thread.

Blowboarder

Boulder climber

Back in the mix

Apr 12, 2006 - 03:06pm PT

Love the ChickenHawk on the top step scopin out who's gonna play hide the weasel later.

Does this explain the fascination with suspenders? Self defense mechanism to keep the drawers up?

scuffy b

climber

S Cruz

Apr 12, 2006 - 04:07pm PT

Are there two van Belles in that foto?

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Apr 12, 2006 - 05:17pm PT

three vb's, actually. mom, dad, and moi. off white was in that same troop. we got kicked out of the boy scouts about a year later by that same fukking weasel scoutmaster...

mike, i ain't not never done the big stone proper, and probably never will...a host of ailments (chronic empyema, khylus reflux lymphaeodema) and injuries (like, say, my missing lung that i lost to a bad bouldering fall in '78) makes wall life potentially fatal for me...get an infection, get a coffin. just like that.

but me and johnny wason freed every pitch on the west face of el cap in '87, on-sight, swinging leads with the 2nd freeing every pitch, in 9 hours and change. does that get me any street cred...? i should know better than to even ask with this crowd...

Off White

climber

Tenino, WA

Apr 12, 2006 - 06:09pm PT

You're slippin a cog there Bob, the guy in the back is Simmons, he was an alright "leave the kids alone" kind of guy. It was the next guy, Hoyt Jones, who developed a serious fear of us miscreants and orchestrated our departure. Heh, that was around the time "me and mrs. jones" was on the radio all the time, damn but he hated it when we sang that song. I heard a guy make a soulful rendition of that tune in a Karaoke bar last week.