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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 22, 2006 - 07:10am PT
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Hey Campers, Mark Chapman-Chappy-has joined us. Mark put up some mighty fine routes in the 70s in the Valley.
Welcome to ST Mark. Is this your son Picture of Mark?
Glad to 'see' you, Roger
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Sep 22, 2006 - 08:42am PT
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Hey Mark, it's been a long time dude. Welcome to the Taco
Cheers
Pat Nay
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sep 22, 2006 - 10:08am PT
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hip hip hooray!
hip hip hooray!
hip hip hooray!
The Mark of Art of Mark upon the TacoVille...
(cheers from royboy)
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand, Man.....
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Sep 22, 2006 - 10:21am PT
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Chili? is that you??????????
Welcome my son..... Cubs in '07.
Consider this your invite to the World Series party at my estate.
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Mimi
climber
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Sep 22, 2006 - 10:29am PT
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Hey Mark! Looking forward to some great climbing tales from you too.
Cheers,
Mimi
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Sep 22, 2006 - 11:30am PT
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Mark has a great well-written piece in the Huber/Zak book by the way. Hi Mark.
PH
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Sep 22, 2006 - 12:25pm PT
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Hi, Mark!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Sep 22, 2006 - 01:02pm PT
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Welcome! Happy to have you here...
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Sep 22, 2006 - 01:51pm PT
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Chapman, are you there???
JL
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chappy
Social climber
ventura
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Sep 22, 2006 - 10:20pm PT
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Hello to all!
Where to start and what to say...Roger its been way too long...some good memories there. Roy what's up? Russ I think you better switch sports and start pulling for da Bears. Largo still the man only now the pen is mightier than the bicep! Kathy, Pat, Peter, and wow!! This is really too much...
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Mark Rodell
Trad climber
Bangkok
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Sep 22, 2006 - 10:31pm PT
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Hi Mark, I look forward to reading your posts. It has been a long time. Turrentine says he has seen you at times. E-mail me when you find the time. callflowers@hotmail.com
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Jorge
climber
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Sep 22, 2006 - 11:06pm PT
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Hey Mark, Jorge here. I'm a newcomer too, and man they set pretty high --or is it just imaginative -- standards for remembering the past. My strategy I think is to start posting some photos when I get them back from being scanned and maybe work on some captions... In the first batch I saw at least a couple of you...
Hope all is well with you, bro.
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 22, 2006 - 11:55pm PT
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Mark
Hahahahaha you here now too.
Too funny ......................
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2006 - 11:55pm PT
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Hey Mark, it has been too long.
But we can make amends. George and Rick and I got together in the next century and had a great time. Can't suppress the glorious past for long, at least not when the net allows it to commingle so easily with the here and now.
Just a little of public fawning here: you were one of the most stand-up guys of the period. First class. Oh, yeah, and a great climber too.
Jorge? Well, let's just try to help him along. That high Colorado air has addled him a bit. Nothing permanent. It will all come back.
Best, Roger
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Sep 23, 2006 - 12:35am PT
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Hey Mark,
How are you?
Mark Rodell,
I think I saw you get hit by a rock once at the base of the West Face of El Cap in 1977. It grazed your head after blasting through a tree. Was that you?
Ken
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 23, 2006 - 12:46am PT
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Rodell ran the railroad.
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Mark Rodell
Trad climber
Bangkok
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Sep 23, 2006 - 04:17am PT
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Mr. Chicken, Yes, It was I who got grazed.
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chappy
Social climber
ventura
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Sep 23, 2006 - 11:52am PT
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Again hello to all. Of course I have catching up to do--stories to revisit with everyone. Here's one that comes to mind: Mark remember when you burned your hands catching me on that big whipper I took on Chingando oh so many years ago? The back story goes like this. My climbing life in Yosemite began when I was 16 in the summer of 71. My mom took me to the grocery store bought me a bunch of peanut butter and other staples and put me on the bus to the valley. I remember arriving at Yosemite Lodge being somewhat overwhelmed and lost but making my way to Camp 4. I remember meeting Werner that summer. Luke Freeman, Matt and Bruce Pollock, Rick Sylvester, and Ed Barry (who we called wire rims because of his John Lennon style glasses) as well. Of course the Bird, Mark Klemens and others were all the there and I would come to know them all. Having learned how to climb on the knobby volcanic rock of Pinnacles National Monument the smooth seemingly featureless granite of the Valley was challenging to me. One day, several weeks into my stay, a guy by the name of John (sorry John I can't remember how to spell your last name) took me down to Generator Crack. No he wasn't a sadist! people actually climbed primarily wide cracks back then (believe it or not!)This was in August in the Valley with no chalk. After a great effort and much lost skin I managed to wiggle my way up the thing starting off the tree. After that things got better...we headed off to Chingando. He set up a top rope did a lap and then it was my turn. Needless to say things didn't go too well. I didn't get anywhere and felt like I wanted to puke from the effort. On the way back to the car, myself raw and skinned, John knocked a huge boulder onto the road. John freaked ran onto the road lifted this massive thing and hucked it over the stonewall. To my skinny little 16 year old self the whole experience was overwhelming. Summer passed, my tutelage continued, and the following summer I again found myself in the Valley. I don't know how or why I ended up back at Chingando but there I was with you Mark. I started up the thing--no rope--just to see how it was and surprised myself by easily surpassing my highpoint from the previous year. You tossed me my one inch swami and the rope, put me on your basic hip belay and off I went. The only pro on the lower half of the route was some old soft iron fixed pin which I clipped. I nearly made it to the chicken head where the thing opens up when I suddenly popped and was off and flying. I was in Robbins boots and I think my heal toe jamb popped (the boots were so stiff you couldn't feel the rock). The only thing between me and a very bad landing was your hip belay and one old soft iron pin. Both held and I landed softly on the ground. Your poor hands got the worst of it! I think I fell around fifty feet. I remember seeing Klemens the next day. I didn't even know he knew my name. He was an intimidating guy to me. The famous Mark Klemens, off width master! He had long black air, black cut off jeans, black tennis shoes, and very dark skin from a summer of Valley sun. Very Rasputin like. He never said a peep to me. You would see him in Camp 4 playing his electric guitar (sans the electricity). I was embarrassed about my fall and I as I quietly passed, head down, he shouted to me: "Hey Chapman!" Expecting the worst I approached but all he offered were words of support. It was a big moment in my life and growth as a Yosemite climber.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 23, 2006 - 12:19pm PT
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Nice story, Mark. Klemens was great, Rasputin looks aside.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Sep 23, 2006 - 12:31pm PT
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Chappy,
Werner was that person for me. I remember going to a dance in Curry Village after doing the Zodiac and Werner came up to me and asked how the route was. I said it was pretty scary. He then asked if I had led any of the pitches and I replied "Just half of them". Werner started grinning, slapping me on the back and said "Way to go man". It made my night and I will never forget it.
Mark Rodell,
That was the first time that I had seen a rock fall over a thousand feet. I remember hearing it first and then watched it head right towards you guys. It went right through the tree you were hiding behind. We rapped down our fixed ropes to see if you were alright. Your head was bleeding and you were dazed. It threw you for a loop for days afterward. You were so lucky, it could have been a lot worse.
Ken
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Sep 23, 2006 - 02:06pm PT
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Mark,
Welcome and nice story.
Look forward to hearing more from you and Kevin and George. One of you guys should tap out the tale of the FA of the Widow’s Tears. That was one of the great adventures of that era and less well known than it should be.
Rick
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Jobee
Social climber
El Portal
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Sep 23, 2006 - 06:06pm PT
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Mark Chapman...on the SuperTopo!
-just thought i'd take a peek on here today..what fun!
Hello and Welcome Mark, please post a photo of Pearl real soon!!
-OMG That was one heck of a "Chilli Whipper".
Jo W.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Sep 23, 2006 - 07:10pm PT
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Hi, Mark.
Nice to see you here! I hope we get to see you this fall.
Melissa
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chappy
Social climber
ventura
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Sep 23, 2006 - 08:33pm PT
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Roger,
Klemens was/is great. He came and visited Ron K and I once about eight years ago in Huntington Beach. You could tell he missed our extended Yosemite family a lot..too much. His back injury and inability to climb and get physical bothered him a lot more than he ever let on. It would be great to hear from him...hey Mark K. you out there?? By the way Roger how did you end up in Ohio?? Did you grow up there?? I was born in Columbus. I remember climbing Book of Job with you and Paradise Lost as well. What else did we do?...jog my memory. Melissa how are you and Jay? Jason and the Largonots! John L. you don't know Jay but we climbed some on Middle Rock and I would tell him stories about the old days on Middle. I think I told him about your leap on Mother Earth: "I'm going to have to jump for it!" or some such nonsense until you did it! Because he is the opposite of you in physical stature(though certainly not in matters of heart or spirit) I used to describe our new Middle Rock efforts as the adventures of Jason and the Largonots. We did among other routes Jig Saw. Jorge and Kev remember when we did that route? I swear you guys would send me up on these Middle pitches just to scare the crap out of me. Kev, Jay and I got pretty high up on that route we scoped out up the north face of Middle (we used Jig Saw as our approach route)...there bolts up there but they seemed to be in odd places and not lead anywhere. Strange. Jorge post pictures!...I'd love to see more photos of us back then. I have some good ones as well but they are all in Yosemite. I could kick myself for not taking more. High Rick...I still remember the old Pinto. The Widows Tears was in many ways the best adventure I ever had in the Valley...I think Kev probably feels the same...I'll let him start that tale if he wants. Peter Hahn tell us all about the first free ascent of the left side of the hourglass. That ascent still stands out after all these years...you still in Santa Cruz? High Ken and Jobee...
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Sep 23, 2006 - 08:44pm PT
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Another reason to love the Taco Stand...legands keep materializing. I worked in the Valley in 72 and 73, but wasn't a climber then. Wonder if I saw y'all. If only to do over again.
Jobee is helping me know who you all are!
Cheers!
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2006 - 12:19am PT
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Hi Mark,
Lots of great times. I cannot remember 99% of them. I remember Book of Job--harder than I expected on the crux--that subtle shift from cruising to careful climbing (so you didn't fall to your death or something worse).
I remember Paradise Lost also. It is a great route. I think that we met up with Ron and ???, who had just finished the DNB. I chided Ron for not backing up the rappel with a second piece. Ron had such presence of mind--I think he was about 6 or something. He said something to the effect that older climbers needed to tell younger climbers these tricks and rules. I was 7. maybe a little older. Maybe you have a more exact memory.
Were you on the cluster climb of "The Good Book" (Right side of the Folly) soon after it was done free? I remember about six of us did the route. All of you yahoos third classed the first pitch--stained my pants. I think Ron lead the long book and I led the wild pitch out on that thin flake and back into the crack. I have negatives of some of us climbing that route, but I don't recognize anyone. You know the colors are reversed.
Klemens back injury was a real blow to him and Valley climbing. If you stare at the history of the first ascents, nothing was happening in the Valley from 1967 to 1970, until Mark returned. He and Jim put up so many hard routes in that two-year period from 1970 to 1972. Then he hurt his back and it ended. Lots of folks kept the fire going, but I think Mark started it. Mark was a great guy--he was so sharp, quick, and cut. Kept us on our toes. We should try to entice him back into the cyber fold.
All the best, Roger
Ps: Get your pictures out, man. We are going to have dueling picture with you, me, Rick, Jorge, and Kevin. But just remember, I am older and must be treated with unquestioned respect at all times to support my fragile ego (not to mention my more fragile bodily parts).
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Sep 24, 2006 - 12:37am PT
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Hey, Mark, I remember two things in particular about Mother Earth. First, you were just back from Alsaka and hadn't been rock climbing at all--especially high angle slab climbing--and somehow you ended up on one of those unprotected pitches down low--out about 100 feet on 5.9 and wondering why we'd been able to talk you into joinming the team. And then later up top--it was my lead on this sketchy looking aid bit with what looked like nailing around a bunch of deadly loose blocks and I kept trying to swindle you into taking over for me and you weren't going for any of it (it turned out to be like 5.10a, A2).
And I believe it was you who coined Jim B's second nickname: The Saint. Pretty damn funny . . . Think of what those girls had to put up with all those years.
JL
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St. Nanci
Social climber
Stone's throw from Yosemite
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Sep 24, 2006 - 12:07pm PT
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CHIP-CHAP-CHILI-WHIP !!!!!!
An important player in the history of Yosemite Climbing.
Best loved by a group of "valley local climbing girls" for all of your coaching and time spent teaching us and climbing with us. Hey,as a matter of fact,we could use you now as we've all been trying to make a go of it again. {climbed at Pat-n-Jack's yesterday with Little Sue and had dinner at Vicki's) Come and join us please!
RIP Pooch
How are your fingers?
Cheers and lots of love, Nanci
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Jorge
climber
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Sep 24, 2006 - 12:38pm PT
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Hey Mark and the gang
It pains me a bit when you talk about the old routes on Middle. I spent a couple hours yesterday pulling old slides of lots of things--Jigsay, Ron and Bachar on Black PRimo,taken from Jigsaw, Orange Peel, and of couse Mother Earth. I'll take em in to be scanned but gotta get em back this week, then I'm off to the land of Lookin Sketchy for a month. Maybe if I take a disk with me he can help me post a few... but they are headed your way...
G
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2006 - 01:02pm PT
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Hi George,
Enjoy your trip. Try to check in to keep track of the lies we tell about you. More dog food stories are on their way.
Say hi to M, all the best, Roger
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chappy
Social climber
ventura
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Sep 24, 2006 - 01:17pm PT
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John,
You are right about Mother Earth. I had just returned from an ascent of the Cassin Ridge with Vern Clevenger and you were getting a team together to have another go at Mother Earth after the dog food episode. I was hardly in any shape mentally or physically to take on Middle Rock and did my best to talk my way out of it. You were having none of my excuses and won me over. Between you and Ron what could an out of rock climbing shape me add to the team? I always had the greatest respect for Middle climbing--it was hard and scary. I had my good moments up there but never really felt like I mastered it like you or Kevin. The irony of the whole thing was on that on that run out "easy" pitch you are refering to I felt perhaps more relaxed that at any point ever climbing on Middle. I don't know if it was because I was finally getting it after a few years of Middle experience or if I was just in the proper mind set after climbing in Alaska where one has to be concious at all times of dying. No joke there...God Bless Sue Nott. Of course on the "hard pitches" I didn't fair so well. I do wish I had been free climbing fit so I could have freed more of the route on that ascent. George and Kevin: It didn't seem right up there without you two. I felt especially bad for you George as I believe you hard more time invested in that route than anyone..it was your and Eric's brainchild wasn't it?? Hi Nanci! You Yosemite gals are awesome...I do miss everyone there and hope to visit soon Iv'e been super busy as of late...PS my email address is markchap@inreach.com if any of you want to communicate outside this forum.
Chappy
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand, Man.....
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Sep 24, 2006 - 01:43pm PT
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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Sep 24, 2006 - 11:50pm PT
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Bump
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Sep 29, 2006 - 08:09pm PT
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ba-da-bump, not to mention this old classic shot by KW of Chappy at Smith Rocks. Please excuse the pic quality as it's from an old poster I have that has seen better days. Anyway it's one of my favorite climbing shots.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Sep 30, 2006 - 12:37am PT
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ooops. so sorry joe, my memory ain't quite what it used to be.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Sep 30, 2006 - 02:12pm PT
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Speaking of Ed Barry, what's he up to?
Can't wait for him to become a Taco.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Did somebody mention a face that needs a picture?
Last I checked (quite a while back now),
Ed Barry-Berry was married to Sabine.
These are from the early 90's:
Walleye, Messick, Ed, Sabine, Croft.
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Jorge
climber
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Couldn't resist this:
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chappy
Social climber
ventura
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Pretty funny George. I remember those days. I weighed 153 lbs no matter what I ate and could do stacks of one arm pull ups. Sigh...
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Tarbuster, you've done it again, posting pix of people I haven't seen in ages. Thanks.
Ed Barry, arguably the master of one-arm pull-ups.
Though back in the early to mid-1970s there was this gent at Indian Rock in Berkeley, he must have been in his mid-60s and his name was Bruce (Cook, I think) and he use to get a fist jam at the place where the branches of the main tree down in the 'pit' there would split and do one arms - on a fist jam at his age, simply amazing. He was wiry like Ed.
I know there have been some other climbers like Chappy and Bachar, who had great one-arm pull-up techniques, which is why I used arguably for Ed.
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Good Morning and Welcome, Mark!
Thanks in advance for more of your great stories. We look forward to your getting up to Yo West to grab your photo collection. Hope to see you soon.
Peter
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Ed Barry: The Little King...
Good morning Mark, Patrick, Peter et al!
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neebee
Boulder climber
calif/texas
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Apr 28, 2007 - 04:24am PT
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hey thre all... i am new here and just stepped in... this is my nickname that i use from my writing name---my name is lizzy...
say, i had just been surfing through and i found this picture of my brother (mark chapman)... i was just wondering who took it...
it is the picture where he is with his dog, and the mountain range is behind him???
i had a chance to see him in southern calif, for a special event just about a week ago, but sadly was unable to do so... now, just seeing his picture here, sure made me happy...
i was in south texas too many years and never got to know him... he was always very very nice to me... am in michigan now..
i will take a look around and see if there is anymore picutre here...god bless to all you rock climbers!!!!
i remember wayyyyyyy back to when we first discovered yosemite---we all just loved it... i once had a neat picture of mark, with all of the valley and el capitan behind him, as he leaned on a rail---i had the feeling then, that this was a very special pic... never did any of us know then, that he'd one day be such a well-known climber in yosemite... god sure works in powerful ways, and upon the heart, showing us little hints of good things to come!!
well, thanks for letting me share here... just seeing a picture of our brother, sure can make you feel good...
when we were kids, they used to call me beth, yet in school and all my life i have been liz, lizzy... (now neebee, or neebeeshaabookway, on the internet)... if any of you all every talk or write to my brother, just let him know that liz/beth said hi, as i cant afford long distance phone and can not do it!!...(i can write, though...but sending fast voice-hellos, is a lot more fun!!!!)...
god bless, all, and happy safe climbing... i am off to see what all else is in here!... neebee/liz/beth (former chapman, now, gonzalez)
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neebee
Boulder climber
calif/texas
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Apr 28, 2007 - 04:35am PT
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hey there.... say, i just saw you DO post here mark, i had sent an email to check it out, if this as really you...
glad to know, it is--CHAPPY---say, i SAW you do stacks of one-armed pull-ups back a ways, too... in your yosemite house.... i didnt even see this picutre, until now... this is a great picture! ...
will not post here, much as i dont know these folks, but i was so very happy to see your yosemite history, as i missed out on too many years of all of this stuff you did...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 28, 2007 - 04:43am PT
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hey there mark... say, i just saw that you have a whole link here, just for you name---so you are posting things from back when you were climbing then?... this is great mark, congrats!
i was just surfing around and thought i'd see if you had any photos up from when you were selling your photography---hey, and lo and behold, i found this! ... just had to come in see my brother, man, OH, man!...
congrats again!!!! email me when you can... i already posted as to another pic of you... with your old dog... someone in a poncho took the picture...
say, i remember back when i had one of them ponchos from texas!!!
nice and warmmmmmmmmm....
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 28, 2007 - 05:09am PT
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hey there mark/chappy.... say, i just read your first story posted up here... man, oh, man, mark... wish i had known about your guts and grit start... say, now that first picutre i ever took of you at yosemite, is even more important---it was destiny for you and yosemite to meet up! ....job well done! ... god bless, your sis...
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Apr 28, 2007 - 11:43am PT
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Ed and Sabine are living in Sonora. Ed is playing music with a couple bands and Sabine works as a PT and rides show horses.
Mark, I didn't know you had a sister.
Ken
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Apr 28, 2007 - 12:07pm PT
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Mark, When you have time....How about some *Wedding Pics*.
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Apr 28, 2007 - 11:58pm PT
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Mark,
When you said ...Pat... were you referring to me or someone else?
I think Patrick Sawyer mention Ed Barry as the one-arm pull-up king. He was light and strong. I bouldered with him a fair bit. That kind of strength of course has its function but doesn't help on lots of other kinds of climbing. But Gill was miles ahead of everyone I ever saw, in terms of strength. Maybe Patrick means among the Valley climbers... Bates had that one=finger pull-up with his finger in a sling...
All the best,
Pat Ament
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Anne-Marie Rizzi
climber
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Apr 29, 2007 - 12:56am PT
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Hi Mark:
Glad to see this thread resurrected. Whenver I get moved (another story), I'll try to post some some slides I have of you from back in those days.
Anne-Marie Rizzi
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chappy
Social climber
ventura
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pat, Anne Marie--everyone
On my honeymoon in mexico be back in a week! best to all!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feliz viaje matrimonial caballero! Hasta luego.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there ken (chicken skinner?)
and all... yep... say, he's got two, and five brothers... i did not get to the wedding, as i did not have the funds... i did not want to mention the event, until mark had... so i called it a social event... i will love to see any pics, too... sure was sad that i could not be there... give that special gal a great "chapman welcome" for me... all for now...
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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Mark,
Congrats on your wedding! Good to see a nice guy finding a good lover and friend. Wedding and honeymoon pics would be nice to see. It was nice to work and hang w/ you in Lone Pine, thanks for setting Howie and I up w/ that
doug
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Congratulations Mark!!!
Hey Flanders,
What's cookin' today?
-Roy
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Lacey
Social climber
Boise, Idaho
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Once again, Congrat's Mark to You and your Wife. I'm sooo happy for you but darn, okay I confess, you have alway's been a secret crush of mine (blush blush, throb throb). Hope you have a long and Happy marriage.... I wish you both the best.......
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 18, 2007 - 10:40pm PT
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hey there mark....
to ol' chappy:
thought you needed a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
over here too! love from sis, lizzy/beth/neebee
best wishes while you are in budabest...
am praying for your safe return...
say hi to jaime...
love, much!
too bad you can't stop in here for cake!
and a glass of wine, you'd warm
michigan up!
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matty
Big Wall climber
Valencia, CA
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Oct 18, 2007 - 11:08pm PT
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who who?
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tetonhack
Social climber
jackson wy
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Oct 18, 2007 - 11:52pm PT
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Hey Mark, I remember doing some great Mamoth bouldering with you and RK in the 80's. You had a young daughter (6 or 7) going along with us. I have a really funny picture of her in front of a boulder with a black eye from a soft ball accident. She would always say "cheeseburger" from whatever bird makes that sound. Now my 7 year old daughter always does the same when she hears that bird.
cheers th
ps:some day when I finish this house I will dig through photos and post up
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Oct 19, 2007 - 12:06am PT
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Prost, Mark!!!
-Jeff
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Oct 19, 2007 - 12:39am PT
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Some photos from a while back. Posted per Neebee's request.
Ken
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 19, 2007 - 01:39am PT
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hey there tetonhack.... say, as to mark's little daughter, here she is! say, naturally she is all grown up now... but that is a veryyyyyyyyy old pic, in yosemite west... in front of mark's house...
i think mark said angie goes to harvard now...
wonder if she still says cheesburger???
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Oct 19, 2007 - 02:01am PT
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Here is a more recent photo. Angie on the left, Ruby in the middle, and Hayley on the right.
Ken
How they have grown.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 19, 2007 - 02:04am PT
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hey there ken/chicken skinner... say, thanks!
angie is really great gal... i am very honored to be her aunt...
and you know what ken? last i saw of haley, i am right-fine honored to be her "step? aunt" too!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 19, 2007 - 02:07am PT
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hey there ken... say, where EXACTLY is the crack-a-go-go.... as i forgot what mark had told me---too long ago...
and say, how did the photo come about... was vern just out doing pics that day... ?
or did they plan to do pics, and this one, specifically?
where is vern now-adays?
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Donny... the OHHH!- Riginal
Sport climber
Wal-mart's Happy Isles
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Oct 19, 2007 - 02:37am PT
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Mark...that song "Fast Car" is one of my favorites. You rule.
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dimomo
Trad climber
Lausanne, Switzerland
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Hi Mark!
never forgot and will never forget that you, Jim Orey and 3 fellows walked up El Cap for rescuing us by our failed attempt of 2nd ascent of Son of Heart, doing some dizzy rappels for finding us below the last overhang ... May 1975!!!
For ever gratful!momo
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Respect!
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