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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Feb 22, 2014 - 03:47pm PT
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He was one of the greats from an era that had many greats!
Great story.
Thanks,
Doug
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2014 - 10:25pm PT
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Bump for an Elder of the Tribe.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Feb 23, 2014 - 11:20pm PT
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Salute and farewell to a legend.
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MH2
climber
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Feb 24, 2014 - 11:13am PT
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Bump for Mac, other elders of the tribe, and candidate elders.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Feb 24, 2014 - 12:02pm PT
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A very funny man.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Feb 24, 2014 - 02:50pm PT
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R.I.P. Ian
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Feb 24, 2014 - 03:13pm PT
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Thanks to all for your insights and memories. My mind has him forever fixed in a BBC broadcast, I think of the Old Man of Hoy, which also aired on ABC's Wide World of Sport in the 1960's. It was the first televised show accurately depicting climbing that I watched after I started climbing. In fact, the only other show I remember about real climbing at all before then was a piece on "You Asked For It" or "Bold Journey" (I don't remember which) in the 1950's.
Anyway, My mind had him frozen as he was in the mid-1960's, so it was a bit of a shock to realize that he was in his 80's now.
RIP to one of my earliest climbing heroes.
John
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