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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 26, 2012 - 12:24pm PT
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There will be daily live updates and photos for us wretches who can't be there in person, won't there?
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Mimi
climber
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Oct 26, 2012 - 03:16pm PT
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I'll try and post a few Anders.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Oct 26, 2012 - 03:48pm PT
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I'll be taking photos and will bring my laptop, so I can post some for you, Anders, and others!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 26, 2012 - 03:50pm PT
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Damn, a lot of you seem to have more lenient probation officers than me.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
moving thru
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Oct 26, 2012 - 04:01pm PT
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Heck, if I were only facing postponed dentistry or a probation officer I'd Be There.
I (un) fortunately have a job:D
One of the first big events I've missed since I arrived on the Taco 4 years ago. Sad:(
Everyone there, hugs from lynne, and Cheers!!! :D
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Oct 26, 2012 - 04:19pm PT
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Almost there. Failed to find a coffee shop in Turlock, so poaching internet form somewhere downtown.
Stopped in to se Layton en route (as far as Kingman is en-route from Colorado to Oakdale at all) and tried to persuade him to attend.
He was psyched, was really interested in meeting up again with some of the CA climbers he remembers from his Yosemite days, but the long travel is getting to be too tiring for him.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
moving thru
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Oct 26, 2012 - 05:42pm PT
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Boodawg, Mimi, Steve,
Are you having the equivalent of the red carpet for the Oscars tonight at Oakdale?
Pictures and interviews for the on line audience..... Oh Yeah!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 26, 2012 - 07:12pm PT
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Wish it was just "dentistry" and postponement would have courted disaster.
But, DAMN! They gave me some great drugs, and the gas was kind of fun:
"Do you feel light headed?"
"Not much." I lied.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
moving thru
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Oct 26, 2012 - 09:45pm PT
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It's 6:40pm and not a word from the press.....At the very least, at all the JTree events we had the pictographers giving the poor plebians a look into the life of the climbing elite.
Ho hum .......back to Ann Tyler re reads.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Oct 27, 2012 - 05:37am PT
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I forgot my camera.Plenty of others with photo capabilities(Boodawg?). Great turnout of history makers. Good job Steve, Ramona, and city of Oakdale. Clint and Steck were awesome. Others too! A bit intimidating for a youngster like myself to follow onstage behind these legends. It was a lot of fun and we have two more days. Show up if you can. There are many reclusive heroes here. Show up tomorrow, you won't regret it.
Ken
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DM88T
climber
San Juan Bautista, CA
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Oct 27, 2012 - 03:40pm PT
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Wonderful stories from climbing partners of Salathe. I wish I had gotten a picture of Nic, but I was laughing. What a great public speaker he is.
And from the young guys, context timeline, pictures and perspective
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 27, 2012 - 04:53pm PT
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Sorry I missed this.
Is it just me or does Doug have the best posture?
Look at that guy!
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Oct 27, 2012 - 07:31pm PT
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This all looks wonderful - sorry to be missing it. Thanks for the real-time reports!
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Dave Sessions
Trad climber
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Oct 27, 2012 - 07:58pm PT
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Damn, can't believe I'm missing this....
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Oct 27, 2012 - 08:04pm PT
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OMG! This is a crazy great event! If you can get yourself there at all do it! DO NOT MISS tomorrow! There have been stories photos film you have never seen or heard before! If you have any interest at all in climbing this is the place for you. The presentations are heartfelt, relevant, and amazing! Tomorrow is the presentation about the development of the gear for this incredible endeavor we call climbing! Do Not miss this, whether you are a collector or climber or both, new or experienced. I can hardly tell you what a cool event this is and all the climbing masters are there IN Person!.. hella good time, good laughs and a lotta love.
ps I just got home and nobody put me up to this.. it's the real thing
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Tim Camuti
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 27, 2012 - 10:34pm PT
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Wonderful event with jam packed schedule, I have to miss presentations just to eat!
Talk of it repeating next year with a different theme. I look forward to it Steve
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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Oct 28, 2012 - 11:15am PT
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This has been a wonderful tribute to Salathe. Steve's hard work has really paid off! Its been great to here all the stories; not just about Salathe but about climbers and climbing in general.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 28, 2012 - 11:31am PT
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hey there all, say.... ohhhhhhhh my! and three cheers....
thanks for any sharing that you all may do...
:)
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Oct 28, 2012 - 11:46am PT
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Great event. All the talks have been superb, fun. Thanks Steve Grossman for putting this on.
Rare treat to watch Royal Robbins and Tom Frost doing a JOINT slideshow about the Salathe Wall. Outstanding. Their interaction was humorous, effortless, with the warmth of two people who'd been friends for a very long time.
At times it was meditative, pithy. Frost, on their preparation, talking about how they spent so much time examining the cliff from below, tracing a continuous line of cracks all the way up the cliff and developing a comfortable familiarity with their chosen line before they began, "El Cap is your best friend. And if you don’t know that, you shouldn’t go up."
Robbins talked about how John Salathe was influential, original, far ahead of anyone else. Lost Arrow Spire in particular, but also other climbs. The desire to hew closely to Salathe's vision and style inspired Robbins and drove his own efforts. The Salathe Wall itself was the application of John Salathe's style to El Cap.
Later, answering questions, someone asked a complex, vague question about how they felt about what they did, or something. Frost, no hesitation: "Well that one's too hard for me and (glancing over at Robbins) he didn't hear it!
Robbins (whose hearing is, perhaps, not so great these days, but who likely heard the quetion just fine) smiles serenely, says nothing, playing along. Hilarious!
What's on later today, Sunday? Grossman has been busy building some kind of exotic display case or cases for equipment made by the Dolt, Salathe himself, Jerry Gallwas, Wilts, Long, Holubar, many more.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
moving thru
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Oct 28, 2012 - 10:38pm PT
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Thanks, Crunch, great post!!! lynne
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