Apparently Charlie Porter has died

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chill

climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 23, 2014 - 11:24pm PT
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=579555
BLUEBLOCR

Social climber
joshua tree
Feb 23, 2014 - 11:27pm PT
WHAT.
Kalimon

Social climber
Ridgway, CO
Feb 23, 2014 - 11:31pm PT
Damn.

RIP Charlie . . . you earned it as one of the best.
Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber
moving thru
Feb 23, 2014 - 11:35pm PT
Tribute to a special life......
mtnyoung

Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
Feb 23, 2014 - 11:35pm PT
Wow. What can you write about such a legend? Wow.
mooser

Trad climber
seattle
Feb 23, 2014 - 11:36pm PT
Whoa! This is jarring news!
Jaysen

Trad climber
NY
Feb 23, 2014 - 11:40pm PT
Thanks for all the incredible routes, and sorry we destroyed them.
zBrown

Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
Feb 23, 2014 - 11:43pm PT
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1042245/CHARLIE-PORTER-INTERVIEW

It's always a bit troubling when someone 5 years younger than yourself dies. Even more troubling that this particular youth died.




Edit:


whoops!

Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Feb 23, 2014 - 11:58pm PT
zbrown! You say it very well!

It's always a bit troubling when someone 5 years younger than yourself dies. Even more troubling that this particular youth died.


I never met the man, but I admired the way he lived life large.

Best thoughts for Charlie.
Fat Dad

Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
Feb 24, 2014 - 12:45am PT
One of my heroes growing up a climber. The man who climbed inside the rurp and was looking out. Rest in peace Charlie.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Feb 24, 2014 - 12:47am PT
Too much. He was quite a guy.
RIP, but, hey, we're all gonna die.

You just don't want to go so quickly.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=538088
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 24, 2014 - 12:47am PT
A lion and a gentleman.
bhilden

Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
Feb 24, 2014 - 01:06am PT
Along the lines of Fatdad's famous quote....

Charlie took the Rurp from a piece used as a 'last resort' to a staple on long, hard aid routes.
Peter Haan

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
Feb 24, 2014 - 01:27am PT
Here he is in recent years aboard his boat in those waters. His passing really is huge for many of us.

Todd Eastman

climber
Bellingham, WA
Feb 24, 2014 - 01:48am PT
Rowing to Antarctica with Gillette on the Sea Tomato!!!
bhilden

Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
Feb 24, 2014 - 03:36am PT
Skiing, solo, across crevassed glaciers with a shower rod suspended from his waist as a safety device!
Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Feb 24, 2014 - 03:48am PT
One of those rare individuals that showed the rest of us what is possible and one that shifted a collective paradigm of climbing possibilities.

RIP Charlie.
wayne w

Trad climber
the nw
Feb 24, 2014 - 04:22am PT
What a lot of fine adventures you packed into your life, Charlie. R.I.P.

neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Feb 24, 2014 - 07:27am PT
hey there say, oh my...

i did not know much about him, only by the few shares, i've read here, since i am not a climber... as always, thank you all for the history of the times, and the men/woman, that climb...

my condolences to his family and loved ones...
may they be strong, as they move on, without him...

:(
Gilroy

Social climber
Bolderado
Feb 24, 2014 - 08:04am PT
Mad, mad, mad respect. Rest in peace.
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