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Regan
Big Wall climber
Poland/Scotland
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Apr 23, 2016 - 12:18am PT
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Richie, 2010
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ryankelly
Trad climber
Bhumi
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Apr 23, 2016 - 08:46am PT
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Yeah Richie! Miss you buddy. thanks for the good vibes
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The Alpine
climber
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Apr 23, 2016 - 09:24am PT
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First time I went to climb 1/2 Dome, Rich and Laban Swafford were also climbing. My partner was Justin Griffin(rip). Rich and Laban were attempting to free the route and were a HILARIOUS junk show! 'Twas the first time i ever heard someone call down from on lead "Tag me up the bong!!!"
RIP Richie.
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Landgolier
climber
the flatness
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May 17, 2016 - 09:03pm PT
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Not quite two years, but damn I miss you Richie. Thanks for showing me what it means to be alive. Finally going to Yosemite for the first time this year and I can't believe you won't be there in person.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Apr 26, 2017 - 02:58pm PT
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One time, I showed up down there and Richie had bought a couple hundred dollars worth of wind chimes. Man, he must have bought every chime in the store, wooden ones, steel, bamboo… all kinds of chimes. We spent hours hanging all these chimes in the highest branches in the woods. We used a hunting climber tree stand and big wall techniques to hang them. Afterwards I made a comment about it going to be a bitch to collect them all. He laughed and said, “Those are there to stay, ha haa”.
Reading through, bump.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Apr 26, 2017 - 04:43pm PT
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Richie and Nanook as we were about to blast off on our wintertime push of Zodiac, March 2008.
Richie led the first block, including the direct start. It was a trifle aqueous as you can see by the water pouring down just right of us.
My block - being the caver - was to lead the graveyard shift through the night. In places I was right under the meltwater waterfall, leading in full Goretex head to toe. Brrrrr.......
When we got to Peanut Ledge in the morning, we just sat in the sun and warmed up for three hours. I had been deluged under zero-degree water for quite some time, so was pretty thankful for a still sunny morning. We had the entire crag to ourselves.
There was a foot of snow on the descent, but it wasn't really slippery, thankfully.
I miss ya, Bro.....
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