Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 6, 2012 - 02:46pm PT
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Last weekend, Cleo and I decided to get married. We only had a wedding because campsites opened up at Tuolumne Meadows and we were able to get two group sites on a weekend in June.
Incredible luck, but it gave us 2 1/2 weeks to plan and organize an event many people take months and even years to do. Well, we opened our hearts to chaos and let our friends help us make an event that I will always remember.
We got a permit to have the ceremony on the eastern beach of Tenaya Lake, a place we often head to after a day's climbing is done.
Only Cleo and I dressed up, leading to a very low stress and more fun time.
Here she is before I got to see her
Val's dad, Fred, didn't even have to wear pants all weekend. He was ecstatic!
Our friends got together and played great music!
Simple vows. Less talking and more music:
to be faithful and honest,
to love and respect you,
to stand by you in times of sorrow and joy,
to rescue you when you swim out of your kayak,
to care for you in sickness and in health,
to not run it out when lead climbing,
to make you laugh,
and to be your companion and your friend,
up rocks, down rivers, and all the times in between.
Cleo had her own version
to be faithful and honest,
to love and respect you,
to stand by you in times of sorrow and joy,
to trust you when we are kayaking,
to promise not to ditch you while skiing,
(unless its a powder day),
to care for you in sickness and in health,
to make you laugh,
and to be your companion and your friend,
up rocks, down rivers, and all the times in between.
Since it was such a nice day, our friends had to cool off in the lake
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eKat
climber
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YAY!
But. . . . no TravelingCouch?
:-)
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 6, 2012 - 03:02pm PT
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After the ceremony, it was time for pictures! At times, it felt like we were being stalked by paparazzi. I've never had so many cameras pointed at me. However, everyone was having a lot of fun so it made it all worth while.
there were pics of girls (+ one guy)
and pics of a guy with a lot of girls
Then it was time to head back to the campground for the party
There was toasting
and bubbles
and cupcakes
We played long into the night. Our photographer, Dawn Davis, took some really cool pictures
Luckily, there are no pictures of when we decided that shots would be a good idea. . .
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Woooooh!!
Big Congrats, Joy and Happiness!!
Stealth Wedding followed by Stealth Report.
This is not getting the word out!!
I am so happy for you two!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nohea
Trad climber
Living Outside the Statist Quo
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Very cool, Congratulations. Sure wish more of my friends would have chosen something remotely similar and not Waikiki.
Very nice vows to each other...take care of yourself on those big powder days!
Aloha,
Will
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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happy for you two... sorry I couldn't crash your wedding!
best wishes for a long union.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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What a cool place to make it happen. Eternal happiness for the two of you. Tux on Tenaya has a ring to it.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Way Cool! Congratulations - have a wonderful life together
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OR
Trad climber
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Thats awesome.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Whoa! How very, very good for you!
Congratulations!
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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wishing you many happy years to come
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toadgas
Trad climber
los angeles
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yay! finally some GOOD news here on the ST forum
peace and happiness to you and your blushing bride
-toad
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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awesome!!!
my dream wedding
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ad
climber
Berkeley
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beautiful wedding Phil, truly beautiful
congratulations to you and Cleo, will you be moving to El Portal
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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So awesome! What was the actual wedding date?
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Jul 10, 2012 - 12:54am PT
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I got married in one of those skanky store-front chapels in downtown Reno.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Jul 10, 2012 - 08:12am PT
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Was there free food?
Those events are awesome when there is free food. Just sayin.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Jul 10, 2012 - 08:15am PT
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Wow, Congrats you two, may you have many happy years together. I love the photo with the light heart.
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