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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Jul 10, 2006 - 01:38pm PT
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He is not a person who's sex life I care to visualize or ponder...
I enjoyed working with him, as a hard working journalist of the rich world of "everyman" he has this funny way of switching on the tennessee folksy accent on a dime when the camera rolls and he is questioning someone. Also, the production is surprisingly lo-tech and simple, handheld, onsight and one cut.
He was a total trooper on our two day ascent of the dome, and made a good impression with the hardened trail crew campers, enjoying a spot of scotch etc.
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 10, 2006 - 01:42pm PT
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Its a great show and I have visited many places featured in his show that I would have never know about.
But the last time I visited a site featured in his show it was a bust. The staionary steam engine at Griffith Park was down for repairs.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Jul 10, 2006 - 02:43pm PT
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Sorry this turned into a "thing". I thought the fact that Huell is gay was common knowledge. It doesn't matter to me what he is as long as he keeps producing quality shows. What ever happened to his first camera guy? Raul, Hector? I forget his name but they were together for years and they made a great team, I noticed that he has a different camera guy now.
My favorite episode he has done to date was last year when he went to Death Valley to see Lake Manly at it's highest level in recent memory. Keep it up Huell:)
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Anastasia
Trad climber
Near a mountain, CA
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Jul 10, 2006 - 06:59pm PT
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I love the guy... He did a show on the Ventura Mission when my team was conducting an archeological dig behind the church. He was very courteous and fun. I really liked his curiosity over our recovery work. He very much does have a gift for making people feel special.
If you ever see the episode, I'm the girl with the long hair wearing a straw hat in one of the sample pits.
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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Jul 10, 2006 - 08:24pm PT
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Honestly, his duffas personality keeps me from being able to watch most of the shows,
even when many episodes are on some obscurely cool topic. I must have missed pegging him
on the gay thing. I just thought he was a giant dork. The Huel Hauser show would be so
much better without Huel Hauser.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
California somewhere
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Jul 10, 2006 - 09:33pm PT
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Huell Howser is a character. I remember seeing him often at the Tiki-Ti in Silverlake during the 90's (I guess being next to KCET, it was convenient for him). Nothing like a lifetime of California tall tales and heavily done up rum drinks to get Huell to start telling some good stories.
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Brock
Trad climber
RENO, NV
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Jul 27, 2007 - 09:22pm PT
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It has been quite a few years since I have been in LA and seen Hewell Howser. Let's see, did he sound like this?
"Wow! You mean this thing was carved by a glacier? Wow and you guys actually climbed all the way up this cliff only using a rope. Wow."
Funny thing is, I always enjoyed all his shows. He was able to get some history usually in his shows.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jul 27, 2007 - 10:26pm PT
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I pretty much always enjoy his show when I see it. Watched them filming the falls trail show, but never saw it on the tube. I emailed the site to ask when it would show and got a corporate response, and a tiny bit later, one that seemed to be from him directly. He's okay by my book. Pegged him for a 3 first time I saw the show, big deal.
If anyone has a digital copy of the falls show or the 1/2 dome one peter mentioned, I could be eternally in your debt for sharing. I'll at least toss some wasabi your way at the clean-up.
Oh yeah, way OT; DMT, Wasn't Sajac the guy that Robin William's character in Good Morning Vietnam was based on? 'swhat i heard is all.
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Wade Icey
Big Wall climber
Indian Caves, CA
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Jul 27, 2007 - 11:14pm PT
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It cost them 11 million dollars to fix the trail to Lower Yosemite Falls?
no, it cost US 11 million dollars to fix the trail to Lower Yosemite Falls.
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Jul 28, 2007 - 09:29pm PT
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Huell on camera a few years ago near Santa Cruz
explaining an old boat made out of cement:
"It's called the cee-ment boat...Because...
...It's made entirely...out of cee-ment!"
The guy kills me!
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adog
Social climber
torrance,ca
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You guys are nuts. Just because Huell is genuine he has to be gay? He is simply a very nice and real nice guy. Not everyone flaunts their testosterone chips on their shoulder. I thought his personality seemed a little soft too when I first saw his show but I'll tell you, he really motivates me to get out there with my family and see our incredibly beautiful and amazing State.
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