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nature
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Boulder, CO
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 20, 2013 - 09:44pm PT
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To be honest I really don't know much about his history.
But I can't help but notice that his comments are some of the funniest on the taco. There's a sense of humor that is unmistakable. Especially of late (maybe I'm just noticing more because of the dirty dozen that I've greased).
This one made me laugh....
Pigs are very susceptible to wing icing.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Dec 20, 2013 - 09:45pm PT
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Reilly really is really witty.
Plus he showt some concrete testicular fortitude on that one thread:
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Dec 20, 2013 - 09:46pm PT
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Fuk ya!
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Dec 20, 2013 - 09:53pm PT
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How about Reilly's brain on drugs? What's that look like?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 20, 2013 - 09:58pm PT
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Reilly is one of the sharpest wits on ST-----and he even has a collection of old climbing images and stories to match.
I think he is the real----and a very fun deal
Even though he is an U of Washington ex-athelete, and those folks just recruited away the best-ever college football coach in our forlorn state.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Dec 20, 2013 - 10:02pm PT
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One of the best photographers on here. He da man, son.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Dec 20, 2013 - 10:06pm PT
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Yeah ,but he's a LA Kings fan.ha ha ha.
And have you ever met an Irish carpenter you did not like.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 20, 2013 - 10:13pm PT
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And have you ever met an Irish carpenter you did not like.
Or a climber who thinks this is how it's done?
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Dec 20, 2013 - 10:15pm PT
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I have always enjoyed his wit and deep knowledge about many things. Check out his mad skillz on the birding thread. Hoping to find our way back out for another urban birding adventure this year with you and the others!
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Dec 20, 2013 - 10:41pm PT
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Ya, anyone who eats lotsa lutefisk og lefse at Christmas is mighty fine by me.
Uffda Reilly,
Arne
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 20, 2013 - 11:24pm PT
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Damn, my friendly Christian Syrian beer purveyor put me onto a new Belgian tonite called
'Witches Brew'. When I saw this thread I got really worried that I'd been set up by Hamid.
I suppose it is too late for an emetic, either medical or digital.
Oh, Brennan, yer photo is upside down - the hat goes on top, don't it?
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 20, 2013 - 11:39pm PT
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To quote the honoree himself
..., nice shot of 'my' wall! Said tongue probably firmly in cheek, but he did one of the early ascents (2nd?) of Willis Wall, a balls out NE face of Rainer up the center of the photo. There is some objective danger.
But his real fame is a photo of a Magellanic Woodpecker that you'll have to look through the birds thread to find.
My pleasure to chip in here.
Darwin
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Dec 20, 2013 - 11:52pm PT
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I have tipped a few with the man, although not recently. We will have to remedy that.
When I think of Reilly, I think of Rainier and the PNW; Jim Wickwire,
Lou and Jim Whittaker, Dusan Jagersky and my friends, gone but not forgotten, Chris Kerrebrock and Marty Hoey.
However, he is a complex man, well read and sharp wit.
I'm happy to call him a friend
TY
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Mimi
climber
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Dec 21, 2013 - 01:07am PT
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Yeah, that Reilly's got quite the resumay too.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Dec 21, 2013 - 01:08am PT
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it had ocurred to me, on several occasions, that just such a thread
was pending in a big way. like an impossibly huge cornice kind of way.
shoulda broke loose long ago
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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Dec 21, 2013 - 01:22am PT
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I guess he's ok. :-)
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Dec 21, 2013 - 04:37am PT
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Reilly; Well read, sharp wit, playing around, skilled reader and user of meta-messages and understatement, seldom put off by them, seldom seeing ghosts where they're not, usually kind, loves to go off topic where the cool topics are... He could be praising you, he could be kicking your ass, it's never easy to know ... if that matters to you...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 21, 2013 - 08:11am PT
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I don't care what others may say.
He's solid, reliaable, shows up every day.
I'd hire him.
Cheers, sir!
The Willis, seriously?
BOW THE HECK DOWN!
Meta-messaging skills?
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Dec 21, 2013 - 08:26am PT
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Love the guy.
Seriously.
Makes me laugh, even when I don't want to. ;-)
Posts some of the best photos on the Taco.
Has a kind streak in him a mile wide.
Too funny for words.
Yep, love the guy.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 21, 2013 - 09:35am PT
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A pun my word.....cheers, cheers, to the man who can turn a phrase!
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Montana, Whitefish
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Dec 21, 2013 - 12:05pm PT
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Never met the man in person but he's one of my favorite people in Tacoland. Good wit, well travelled ,and a fine photog. If he had some boobs I might ask him on a date. ;^)
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Dec 21, 2013 - 12:15pm PT
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The guy is cryptic...Never know if he's insulting you or laughing along making him a moving target and impossible to ban....rj
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Dec 21, 2013 - 12:37pm PT
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One of ST's best. I have great respect for the fine work he does in so many areas of interest, from building to mountains to beer.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 21, 2013 - 12:43pm PT
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Reilly lives about two blocks down the street here. I'm proud to call him a friend. And Ruth too. Wonderful people.
And how many of us have a prominent feature on Denali named after us?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 21, 2013 - 01:04pm PT
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Reilly lives about two blocks down the street here.
Then it is your job to head over to his place, and kick his ass. And keep kicking till he promises that he'll post more TRs. For a guy like him to have just one TR in all his years here just ain't right.
You reading this Reilly? Hook up that scanner and get to work!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Dec 21, 2013 - 01:33pm PT
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Did the University of Washington have an ice climbing team..?
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Dec 21, 2013 - 02:53pm PT
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REILLY! Only the fact that I'll be days without a computer and have to type this on a phone prevents me from waxing poetic and penning an ode to this fine Tacoan.
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Blakey
Trad climber
Sierra Vista
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Dec 21, 2013 - 05:42pm PT
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Weeel, when the Northern San Gabriel Valley ST Section has those beers, share an electronic glug with him from me.
He's a BBST kinda guy.
Steve
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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Dec 21, 2013 - 06:16pm PT
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The Northern San Gabriel Valley ST Section IS due for some beer, wine and/ or tequila swillin'
+1
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MikeL
climber
SANTA CLARA, CA
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Dec 21, 2013 - 07:09pm PT
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Yeah, I like you too, Reilly. You're ok all around.
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MH2
climber
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Dec 21, 2013 - 09:08pm PT
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Reilly is a man of many sides, each one at least a mile high.
I keep confusing his photos with Prezwoodz's, but am pretty sure they are different people.
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Prezwoodz
climber
Anchorage
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Dec 25, 2013 - 08:18pm PT
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I'm pretty sure were different people too!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Dec 25, 2013 - 10:48pm PT
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Worth re-posting....Reilly is da bomb!!!!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 25, 2013 - 11:01pm PT
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Anyone here ever climb him? They all had to sign non-disclosure agreements.
That would be a hoot! Yes, I suppose it could be, if you enjoy watching moss grow.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Dec 25, 2013 - 11:03pm PT
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Moss growing...I get it...Moss...
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Dec 26, 2013 - 10:21am PT
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Cool, it's about time. Met Reilly and Ruth during the birding outing Crimpy put together, was a great to meet you guys, we all had fun that day. Like the old skool photos you post too ;)
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Dec 26, 2013 - 12:04pm PT
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Much more serious in person...
Thanks Reilly
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Dec 26, 2013 - 04:13pm PT
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Reilly's one cool dude IMO. Smart, witty, and a read deal hardman. He's they only person who can bust through my custom work embargo since I know he'll create something really cool with it. Gotta get in some face time aside from handing off windows in my driveway. Happy to watch the moss grow.:)
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Dec 26, 2013 - 04:54pm PT
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Reilly lives about two blocks down the street here.
Ha! He really does live down there. I wish I had a photo of that old falling down 2 story bldg up here that said on its whole side, " Yes, we really do live here! "
I can tell from Reilly's photos he's a man to be feared and respected, in that order!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Dec 26, 2013 - 05:53pm PT
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Ha! He really does live down there. I wish I had a photo of that old falling down 2 story bldg up here that said on its whole side, " Yes, we really do live here! "
Dan- he moved it to Monrovia....
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 26, 2013 - 06:06pm PT
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Damned sliver tongued devil drives a Bentley, has a 10-2-2 (a 10,000 sq. ft. home built for 2 to use 2 weeks a year) in Florence and travels with a Papillion dog......don't try to match swords with Reilly.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Dec 26, 2013 - 06:53pm PT
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Damned sliver tongued devil drives a Bentley, has a 10-2-2 (a 10,000 sq. ft. home built for 2 to use 2 weeks a year) in Florence and travels with a Papillion dog......don't try to match swords with Reilly.
I'm going to take his damned sword then! Haha!
Oops! Better get a smiley face in here! :>)
Remember, it's Walter Mitty week.....so go for it! When I began the long process of growing up, Mitty was one of my favorite characters for some reason.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Dec 27, 2013 - 08:43am PT
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Still,one of my favorite jokes;
"2 Irishman walk out of a bar........."
Cheers Reilly
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 28, 2013 - 03:51pm PT
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So this morning I'm having an electrical problem (the house that is, not me) and after deciding it was not something I wanted to mess with I called my buddy Reilly to inquire if he knew a good electrician. (He knows all the best people in town, so when I need someone I start by calling Reilly.) "Not someone you'll get up there today, I'll be up in a minute, we'll figure it out."
Soon enough the champ, Reilly that is, was ringing out my circuit breakers so we know what is actually hooked up to what (as opposed to the lunatic who labelled the panel) and then he fixed the problem.
How cool is that?
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Dec 29, 2013 - 12:23am PT
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Dam, but Reilly rocks. Climber, sailor, historian, birdman, fisherman, photographer, pilot, chippy, poet, designer and now I see he is also a sparkie. With all that talent he is probably unemployable!
Cheers to Reilly.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 29, 2015 - 10:33am PT
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Dood, sorry about the mixup but you do recall yer friend request came to me
under yer nom de plume - Slavomir Rawicz? You're still gonna bring me that
iguana skin man-purse from the Galapagos, right?
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa y Perrito Ruby
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May 29, 2015 - 10:51am PT
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Which one is Reilly?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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May 29, 2015 - 11:34am PT
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Reilly carries a purse...? What's in it..?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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May 29, 2015 - 12:05pm PT
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Which one is Reilly?
The one with the camera?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 29, 2015 - 12:07pm PT
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Sometimes I feel he's one of the few people left who can really bust me up … and laughter is what brought me here to begin with!
Not long ago I wobbled over to the forum t thinking: "I guess I'm just about done with this place " ... took a peek around, saw Reilly cutting it up as usual and decided to give it another chance. True story.
A rolling stone gathers no Moss. But I hear a few of the stationary ones have …
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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May 29, 2015 - 12:24pm PT
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+1 for Reilly appreciation.
He is skilled, funny and a fellow PNW ex-pat - what's not to like?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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May 29, 2015 - 03:46pm PT
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I walk Max the Wonderdog past Reilly's house from time to time. I make damn sure that's not the lawn he poops on. I dare not risk the wrath of Reilly. Although on the one occasion (so far) when I really thought I'd earned it I found out what a gentleman he is.
All hail The Reilly!
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Kelly Morgan, Whitefish MT
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May 29, 2015 - 04:15pm PT
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Reilly is one of the Taconians I'd like to meet in the real world.....as long as he didn't try to drag me up something like the Willis Wall. I might be crazy, but I'm not THAT crazy. ;^)
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 29, 2015 - 04:22pm PT
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Reilly is the bomb!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 29, 2015 - 04:47pm PT
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Schist! Do we have to publically appreciate Reilly every other year?
(I remember the part of Catch 22 where all the airmen on the base had to sign loyalty oaths to get into the dinning hall, every meal.)
(I couldn't remember if I had shown appreciation for him the first time this subject came up in 2013. Luckily-----I did.)
OK, OK doode! I still really appreciate your cutting edge wit, & occasional travel or climbing tale-------all the time.
Now! On to celebrating Friday night!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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May 29, 2015 - 04:47pm PT
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The Wrath of Reilly
Great name for a route. Hey Reilly, let's get to work.
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Sparky
Trad climber
vagabond movin on
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May 29, 2015 - 04:52pm PT
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Hardly post, lurk plenty.
Reilly is one of my favorite posters. Wit, smart, and on point.
-Jeff
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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May 29, 2015 - 04:55pm PT
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He's one funny fukin dude...
He's one fukin funny dude, as for the funny fukin thing I have no clue..
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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May 29, 2015 - 05:11pm PT
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Great eye, and a wit to match. What else do i need to say?
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa y Perrito Ruby
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May 29, 2015 - 05:59pm PT
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I arm-rassled Reilly once and won. He whipped my ass in the aeronautic history Password challenge.
My clue was "Jim Bridwell", his was "Heckle & Jeckle"
That's about it dudes.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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May 29, 2015 - 06:54pm PT
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I always look forward to reading (or admiring) a Reilly post
thanks for all your contributions, dude
(¿is that female Coop back terrorizing your neighborhood again this year?)
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Reilly,
I was talking to a non-climber friend here in Seattle. In relation to a memorial that I had just been to at the UW Climbing rock, I was going on about how I mostly liked talking with climbers. My non-climbing friend brought up that she had a climber housemate here in Seattle in the mid- to late'70s. Bla bla bla and finally we got to the name Reilly, and concluded it must be you. Melissa, Rodger and Mike was the household. Does it ring a bell? Email me at dalonso at U. Washington if you want.
Darwin
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Fossil climber
Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
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Almost always great fun. Thanks, Reilly!
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Always a pleasure...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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An urbane gentleman with many talents.
A witty and observant raconteur.
An able pilot of sky and mountain roads.
But unable to leap a building in a single bound.
Can’t have it all.
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dirtbag
climber
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I always appreciate your wit and civility.
Cheers!
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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He is the consummate troll, gotta respect that.
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Odyssues
Trad climber
California
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Met the guy once. Only once.
100% solid individual. Good taste in chix too.
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Bald Eagle
Trad climber
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Yup a whole lotta love from over the pond for Reilly's work! Reilly for President! ;-) Cheers Baldy
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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If you want to throw a party I’ll come eat your food!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 20, 2018 - 09:27am PT
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bache
otro ves
Reilly
has no face
Looks like Wilson, Tim Allen's neighbor
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Dec 21, 2018 - 10:40am PT
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I like to stay awake and it's easy when Reilly's around. Well informed, sharp as a razor, great wit... I think he has a geographically split personality - home in the US and travelling in Europe, often in Sweden... I wonder...
This one is possibly to fire you up Reilly: ... a committed gun lover... with a re-publican bend...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 10:45am PT
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HONK!
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Polebridge, Montana
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Dec 21, 2018 - 11:27am PT
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Reilly, Marlow and Anders Mighty Hiker. Three of my favorite fellow countrymen.
Arne
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Dec 21, 2018 - 01:09pm PT
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No problem getting on board with this thread - he's one of the very best confabulators here...
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Trump
climber
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Dec 21, 2018 - 09:38pm PT
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Yea, I’d say he’s an all right guy. And funny!
If someone can disagree with you without calling you a dick, it doesn’t get much better than that! Something for the rest of us to aspire to, anyway.
Cheers dude.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 09:49pm PT
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Still wish he'd post up a current mug shot so we can see who we're dealin with
Dood, don’t you ever go to the Post Office?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 09:53pm PT
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I went bouldering recently but got distracted.
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Dec 21, 2018 - 09:59pm PT
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Cheers. Swear I've seen a flow of goodness coming from his general direction. His politics, meh. Goodness flowing from Monrovia, whut? Anyway, keep Rileying up your average topor libtard.
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perswig
climber
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Dec 22, 2018 - 04:00am PT
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His politics, meh.
Guessing his politics here are not necessarily his politics, nawmean?
Recall his prior employer and employment. Add current 'curmudgeon'. Enjoy.
Dale
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Dec 22, 2018 - 06:36am PT
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reilly? well, not a guy i'd wanna share the slow lane with. and whatever happened to i before e? lock him up!
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Dec 22, 2018 - 06:40am PT
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Anybody who can appreciate Chano Dominguez is OK in my book.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Dec 24, 2018 - 03:48pm PT
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earlier i wrote about my disappointment when i found out the man of inconsistent intelligence wants a Jaguar...
but then i see the man bought a Volvo..
cause for pain of mind and body. (and do not give me that Swedish heritage angle, Mom's last name was Rosenquist , Taksa Mekka!
but;
he is right about aerosol starting fluid and a lighter being an effective bear repellent.
and in the top 2% of photographers here.
politics are usually exactly correct, if you base your opinion on results not feelings.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 24, 2018 - 03:58pm PT
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Hocking, here’s a recent portrait...
It’s my good side.
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Dec 24, 2018 - 06:47pm PT
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Happy holidays, Reilly.
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