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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Oct 11, 2012 - 11:59am PT
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Hey Chicken Skinner,
I saw Patty Garza yesterday, she said to say Hello and she hopes to join in on the facelift next year. I enjoyed hearing her story about you giving all the female ski instructors red roses... What a sweetheart! (-;
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 11, 2012 - 11:53pm PT
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One of the early pre-FaceLift projects, before we could even start. With a heap of help from the guys at the garage. (I'll omit the "before" photos - maybe NSFW.)
Hey, Ken said he wanted photos of people actually cleaning stuff up.
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 11, 2012 - 11:55pm PT
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You failed.
Ya didn't wax and buff it ......
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 12, 2012 - 12:02pm PT
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Well, jstan and Leo did a fair bit of detailing, but eventually we had to move on. A project for the next FaceLift, perhaps.
Memo to self: Rig draws at FaceLift next year, so that jstan wins a new (modest) daypack. Even if he doesn't enter the draw.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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Oct 12, 2012 - 02:58pm PT
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I love the shot of jstan and the pressure washer. Suitable for framing and an autograph!
I'm not kidding!
Met him in Idyllwild early this summer on a trail project. He's my new inspiration. If I'm a quarter as strong and hardworking when I'm his age, I'll be very pleased! Got boulder to move? Call John!
Eric
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 12, 2012 - 03:06pm PT
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Another photo. A day or two before the FaceLift began, Tom Evans and the "Ask a Climber" program were on the front page of the Fresno Bee. Here he is on the bridge, with his paper.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 12, 2012 - 05:43pm PT
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John Heine and Monty the dog. Ruth and John look after Yellow Pine for six months every year, plus make substantial volunteer contributions in other ways.
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 12, 2012 - 07:21pm PT
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John Heine is one of the hardest working volunteers in the park year after year.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 12, 2012 - 09:34pm PT
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Sunday morning climber (ranger) coffee at Camp 4, near a large rock. Ben Doyle presiding.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 13, 2012 - 05:26pm PT
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Another key FaceLift figure, and sometime ST lurker, Ed Whittle, maestro of the East Auditorium.
Ed has just had surgery in Fresno, and I hope he's doing well.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Oct 13, 2012 - 06:44pm PT
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As always, jstan, Leo, George, Jim and a few others arrived a few days early, to help with preparations. After a day or so we had the bright idea of FaceLifting Ken's red truck, and did so, with help from the garage. They let us borrow their shop-vac and pressure washer, and when we were done, it was almost like new. Almost...
During the break-down and haul to the SAR-cache, Skip and I commented on how clean the truck looked compared to past years - impressive job Gentlemen!
How many artifacts/Kleen Kanteens from bygone years did you find? ;)
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 13, 2012 - 10:01pm PT
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We found $1.39, which we put in the donations jar. The odds and ends we put in a plastic bag on the front seat. I'll omit the photo of jstan and Leo having a water fight, though - those rascals!
An interesting thingie seen en route to the FaceLift. The largest of its kind in the world. What is it? (Ringers DQed.)
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Oct 13, 2012 - 10:11pm PT
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i'd say but I already posted my image of it...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 13, 2012 - 10:13pm PT
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The Shadow knows.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 13, 2012 - 10:31pm PT
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You can see how jstan might have gotten ideas about spiffy transportation.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 13, 2012 - 10:51pm PT
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I give up Mighty.
Looks like a do-it-yourself suicide facility,...
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 14, 2012 - 01:09am PT
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You're just envious because AmTrak doesn't go through Toquerville.
A lot goes on behind the scenes to make the FaceLift happen, much of which is barely visible. One being preparations for and running the evening events. Ken and Chicken Skinner Unlimited Enterprises stripped, cleaned, and triple waxed the auditorium floors this year, which made a huge difference. (Clever marketing, too...) Still, every day volunteers cleaned the auditorium and kitchen, brought in beer and supplies, got everything organized, and then served the sweaty masses starting at 6:30.
Here are two key individuals, Amy and Kelly from New Belgium, in the pouring area out back. The company provided 21 kegs of beer this year for the FaceLift, and in the end we used about 26 - they had to rush some in.
And here's one of the occupants of site 30 in Camp 4, early in the morning. Flanders, perky as ever. Just like old times.
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jstan
climber
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Oct 14, 2012 - 09:40am PT
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How Doug can sit up like that after lying on stones all night and then get up smiling, is beyond me. I was barely able to do that when in my twenties.
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m_jones
Trad climber
Carson City, NV
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Oct 14, 2012 - 05:55pm PT
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We did our small part cleaning off all tat from Lost in America the week after face lift.
Figured out how to lower out from fixed gear with out leaving tat. 25' of 5mm - just run it through the fixed piece back to a carabiner on your harness and with a munter lower yourself off.
Leaves the route with out trash.
Also cleaned a bunch of deadheads off the route as well as any copperheads we did not use.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Oct 14, 2012 - 08:26pm PT
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Also cleaned a bunch of deadheads off the route
Jerry Garcia is rolling on the floor....
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