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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Roy,
You asked about the music. I'm finishing a two-CD set, just working on the last piece with a woman who is doing a duet with me on one of them, and am putting together also a third CD, a kind of "best of," with about 16 songs that everyone especially likes. I've written and recorded almost 500 songs in the last two and a half years... That was tough to sort out favorites. I'll keep you posted.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 8, 2007 - 11:02am PT
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Looking forward to it Pat.
Peter makes, & Derek made performance art.
They'd both probably call hooey, but that's their heroic modesty keeping ego in check.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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I'd have to agree with Watusi. If I have EVER seen art in climbing, it was watching Bachar climb when he was in his prime. There are other climbers that have emulated him, but he was always better at it than anyone else.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 8, 2007 - 05:22pm PT
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I'll tip my hat to that notion Jan.
Bachar's art has been an inspiration to so many of us.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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Roy, your boy Skip used to do it pretty damn well too. And barefoot!!!! And of course Waugh is maybe second best of the locals I grew up watching.
The other person whose climbing I thought was extremely artful was Patrick Edlinger! Boy was he beautiful to watch.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 8, 2007 - 11:59pm PT
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Thanks Allister!
Yes Jan, Skip Guerin: both Moffat & Kauk have hoisted his banner on high.
Edlinger: Sibley was involved in a film shoot out here in the wild west and Patrick, while waiting for a camera move, was cruising up and down a large portion of the Sphinx Crack, on lead, laybacking the crack's edge, just to stay occupied...
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wack-N-dangle
Gym climber
the ground up
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A compliment from the unqualified doesn't mean as much, but I would call Bachar a modern master. What I really admired was when he typed about those who climbed before him (in the 20's, 30's, and 40's). Quite humbling.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Yeah really cool thread Roy...
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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Sep 25, 2010 - 08:46am PT
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bumping this because we've wandered so far ... let's go back.
there's a lot of thoughtfullness to admire and dwell upon in this thread.
i favor the succinct remark by jacob that "it's only art if a woman is climbing."
that's suitably wry, the size of a worry stone i can pocket, and could be half right.
in the case of climberettes, if i can't look away,
then it's artistry enough for me
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 25, 2010 - 03:34pm PT
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Some climbing certainly rises to the level of performance art which is a widely accepted form of artistic expression. The extent of personal creative intent that goes into a performance, the staging, if you will, seems to be the crux of the biscuit.
The dancefloor is on edge...and so are the climbers!
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drunkenmaster
Social climber
santa rosa
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Sep 25, 2010 - 04:32pm PT
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martial arts
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
CA
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Sep 27, 2010 - 10:20pm PT
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There was once a store in Chatsworth called Art of Climbing.....
when done well it can be art.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Sep 27, 2010 - 10:29pm PT
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When I do it,
it definitely
isn't
ART
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Sep 28, 2010 - 12:41am PT
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Hitchy once told me that if you care - it's art.
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