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Madbolter
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 26, 2006 - 02:05pm PT
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Haha...hey man, how's life? Good to see that you, and Dingus and BrianinSLC and hell, even Batten are here. Warms my heart to see the old rec.climbers are alive and kicking. Is Slime, Brutus, Amanda etc. on here too?
Me? I used to be hard. Now I'm a quaking has-been, saddled with a couple kids (the youngest is almost 1) and little time to climb. Though my daughter is expressing interest, so I'll probably shuffle my lard ass back onto the rock soon.
I see there's some poster named "madbolter1" on here. WTF? Haha. Ah well, maybe it's time to change my name. I've not placed a bolt in effin' YEARS!
Brent Ware and I still hang out. Bastard keeps taking my poker money. He even suckered me into helping him build a fence over the 4th of July weekend in 100 degree temps. I hate him, I just love his dog. :D
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Sep 26, 2006 - 02:38pm PT
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Wow - I was wondering what happened to you. Those were some good times on rec.climbing, eh?
BTW, I went ahead and glued the fuçk out of that loose hold we were discussing...
Dingus said it was OK.
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Madbolter
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 26, 2006 - 03:11pm PT
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Ha! Dave, I have no doubt you've been a naughty, naughty man. Cheers!
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susan peplow
climber
Desperately Seeking Climbing Related Topic!!
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Sep 26, 2006 - 03:18pm PT
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Met Amanda this past weekend in J-Tree with her fiance Dave. Guess she recognized the Steel Monkey and wife Felicia.
Howdy all!
~Susan
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand, Man.....
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Sep 26, 2006 - 04:44pm PT
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Peeper....is that you?
Them sad old dinosaurs are still over on rec.climbing marking the middle of n00bs ropes and arguing about the car to car time on the 3rd Fat-Iron..... official time of death, July 18, 2001, 3:42 pm
(at least they argue about climbing.... it's different here, and not for the better)
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Madbolter
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 26, 2006 - 05:20pm PT
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Hey Russ! How's Bishop these days? Did the cops ever find the body of that British Gimp out in the Happies?
DMT you old coot. Great to hear Brutus and Em are still out and about. Your post made me laugh. I really should do something about bigwall.com, but more than likely it'll just go lights out one day. Haha. Then you'll be inundated with newbie forum topics about Space Shot and Moonlight Buttress beta. And I could just sit back and watch the fun. LOL
And wreckdot...I don't even remember how to fire up my newsreader anymore.
But I did rap bolt Double Cross last week. :)
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Aya
Uncategorizable climber
New York
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Sep 26, 2006 - 05:33pm PT
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You can use google groups :)
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand, Man.....
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Sep 26, 2006 - 05:37pm PT
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Had to leave Bishop like 3 years ago. Got forced out by Trustafarian yuppies that snapped up all the million dollar houses just before I won lotto. damn.....
Out on the sand now in the JT area..... The new Bohemia as the LA Times calls it.
Not bad for sand....
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Madbolter
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 26, 2006 - 06:22pm PT
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Fish...so you're snapping up the scrub brush like Wally Barker huh? I think he owns half of the county now. New Bohemia. Ha. I guess that sounds better than Dirtbagville.
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Pewf
climber
carlsbad
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Sep 26, 2006 - 08:28pm PT
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Hi Rex
I lurk through the overlong hours of my workday. Not a lot to post about right now other than the occasional feeble tale of some 5.7 shakefest.
Congrats on your little ones! I went thru a few life phases like marrying then getting divorced from a non-climber that I had nothing in common with, and then quitting the nicotine patches right when my desk job got horrendously busy and stressful. If I still was out trying to climb walls I'd do a much better job hauling with all the extra counterweight stored on my butt right now after all that.
I climbed quite a bit with Sue Hopkins before she blew her ACL. I miss that *sniff*
It was nice to see Greg and Felicia and meet Russ and Susan this weekend. Lucky that Felicia isn't a very common name or it probably wouldn't have rung a bell and I'd have been sitting there wondering if it would be best to leave quickly before that loud guy in the swami caused an accident.
Amanda
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kuan
Sport climber
CA
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Sep 27, 2006 - 12:21am PT
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Don't know any of you folks, but I'm feeling really left out and uncool for not having a clever code name.
:(
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Aya
Uncategorizable climber
New York
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Sep 27, 2006 - 12:31am PT
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I'm a rec.climber too but nobody remembers me because I'm a total poser.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Sep 27, 2006 - 12:33am PT
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Hey Rex:
Oh my GOD! You popped out another one??? What gives man? Been meaning to give you a call. Yeah, Wally does indeed pretty much own half the universe. Just wait till you see the next project I'm working on with him.
Sounds like you guys are good. Hilde is doing great and working at Nomad now (gear deals!). Unlike you, I'm climbing tons with Tucker and a handful of other losers.
Drop me a line if you are ever in town, I have the coolest digs in around.
Robert
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Madbolter
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2006 - 12:44am PT
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Wow, Tim Stich, Amanda, Robert Fonda and Aya (yeah I remember you too). The wreckdotters are coming out of the woodwork. Haha. Kinda like a cyberspace reunion!
Kuan...you wouldn't happen to be the Kuan I used to boulder with at Stoney Point would ya? Like late 80's early 90's?
Robert, I need your phone number. Send it to me rex[at]bigwalldotcom still works.
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kuan
Sport climber
CA
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:00am PT
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There is another climber out there named Kuan, but I think he's a guy. I'm not.
And I've only been climbing for 3 years so that was definitely another Kuan.
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kuan
Sport climber
CA
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:14am PT
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I lead my first trad route EVER last weekend!!!
It was a 5.6 - nothing to write a TR about. Plus I could spend a long time counting ALL of the wrong-yet-nonlethal decisions that I made.
But I'm all stoked about buying gear now, and leading more!
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Aya
Uncategorizable climber
New York
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:39am PT
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Stich, it was probably only for about a year or two, maybe 1999-2000 or so.
I didn't contribute much that was useful because I was only just learning to lead on gear.
I recall only two specific discussions I participated in, though I know I posted in many more: one about painting/stickering helmets (I remember Chris Harmston saying he'd send me some BD approved stickers for my at-the-time-brand-new Half Dome helmet) and one about the new ice tools I'd picked up for some ridiculously low price like
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Sep 27, 2006 - 09:33am PT
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What a cheerful crew! But no Slime or Nate yet.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Sep 27, 2006 - 10:29am PT
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Chiloe, best to let sleeping dogs lie.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Sep 27, 2006 - 11:25am PT
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Yeah, wreck.climbers...
I climbed quite a bit with Sue Hopkins...
Ate dinner with her and Craig (and Julie H) in San Diego back in August. My bet is she's ready to climb again (!).
Then, totally random, I run into none other than Inez in the Dolomites a couple weeks ago. Small world.
Rex, I get on wreck from google groups. Easy.
Cheers,
-Brian in SLC
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Pewf
climber
carlsbad
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Sep 27, 2006 - 02:41pm PT
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Hi Tim or other Stich imposter
You know my ex moved to Norway just after our divorce was final and that continental separation does help. But we worked together after we split up but before the thing was final for over a year - there were no hard feelings or anything.
How do you like Boulder? I hate having to drive at least 45 minutes to climb. But I only have to drive about 3-5 minutes to the ocean and even though I'm about the slowest learner ever, it's been fun trying to surf.
I don't miss snow
Amanda
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Sep 27, 2006 - 04:16pm PT
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Russ wrote:
>Them sad old dinosaurs are still over on rec.climbing marking
>the middle of n00bs ropes and arguing about the car to car time
>on the 3rd Fat-Iron..... official time of death, July 18, 2001,
>3:42 pm
Dude, that car-to-car argument was Crimson Chrysalis...and it continues to this day!
Amanda, it was nice to meet you and Dave last weekend!
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand, Man.....
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Sep 27, 2006 - 04:23pm PT
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good God man!!!! Wasn't that really like an early 90's thing with the car to car deal?
I'll google it.....
Holy Shiit!!!! Ole Slime himself, king of the dinosaurs, is still at it as of last month!!! hahahahahaha!!!!!
From: Lord Slime - view profile
Date: Tues, Aug 29 2006 10:15 am
wrote in message
> And who was that young guy with the eyeliner when we went out bar
> hopping? can't recall his name but we did climb together a bunch on
> that trip -- and you, too... Didn't he claim the famous "3 hours,
> car-car" vegas story?
That would have to be the Bubbster.
By the way... several dozen rec.climbers have done Crimson
Crysalis. Does *anyone* believe Bubb did it in 3hrs, car to car,
twelve years ago with an (conveniently) unnamed partner?
 Lord Slime
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Mountain Man
Trad climber
Outer space
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Sep 27, 2006 - 05:14pm PT
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Politics asides, you are the coolest dudes in the world.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Sep 27, 2006 - 05:17pm PT
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Russ, that's classic! Damn, I gotta get back there...Speaking of Crimson Chrysalis,
do any of you guys remember OutlawClimber who posted there for a short while?
Here's one of my all-time favorite posts, from his To Cheat Or Not To Cheat? thread:
From: Grant M - view profile
Date: Thurs, Jan 27 2000 1:00 am
(fade into scene: High Noon. A tumbleweed rolls lazily across the dusty
main street of the typical western town, ca.1800's. Inside the local
watering hole, the piano man bangs out a ragtime tune for the dark-eyed,
dusty, nameless crowd anxiously waiting for the one called "Outlaw Climber".)
Snake Eyes- "Word has it The Outlaw climbed Crimson Chrysalis in 3
hours, saddle to saddle!"
Lord Slime- "Words're one thing, doin's another..."
El Chupacabra- "But his moniker...! I hear he's got a mean temper and a
hair trigger. Doan know 'bout you all, but I'm high tailin' it outta
here as soon as I finish this here sassparilla!"
L.S.- "I always knew you were yella. I've seen plenty come, and most of
them go."
(Suddenly the saloon doors are flung open, and The Outlaw Climber storms
in, outfitted in Day-Glo Spandex, sun glinting off his shiny new gear.
Dead silence as he slowly looks every man in the eye...)
O.C.- "Which one of you can help me tie this here figger-8 knot?"
(A moment of silence as everyone glances around before erupting in
laughter)
Entire bar- "Bwaa-ha-ha! He's only a newbie! Let's have some fun,
boys!"
In a flash, OutlawClimber high tails it out of town on his trusty hobby
horse "Pokey", cap guns blazing, whining," As for the rest of you, your
arrogance is unbelievable, and f*#k you very much."
L.S.- "Predictable. Barkeep! Whiskey all around!"
The End?...
G
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand, Man.....
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Sep 27, 2006 - 05:30pm PT
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since this is pretty much a climbing thread now......
here is the TR from Crimson when me, Susan and Bill did it not that long ago. We did it car to car in under 3 hours too...... (giant lie)
http://fishproducts.com/crimson/
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Sep 27, 2006 - 05:46pm PT
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My favorite wreck post. It's from karin.
to "Camptown Races"
Da Campground Nazis sing this song, doo-dah, doo-dah,
Da Campground Nazis four pair strong, oh de doo-dah day.
Drivin' round all night,
Drivin' round all day,
Campground Nazis sittin' in da truck,
Playin' da tool every day.
Friends showed up to ride along, doo-dah, doo-dah,
Nazis freaked and said 'be gone!', oh de doo-dah day.
Drivin' round all night,
Drivin' round all day,
Got out of da truck to chew my ass,
Why won't they just go away.
Campground Nazis came real late, doo-dah, doo-dah,
'Don't park crooked make it straight,' oh de doo-dah day.
Drivin' round all night,
Drivin' round all day,
Shoulda been smart and got a group site,
Like NOLS or AMGA.
Campground small and nice and flat, doo-dah, doo-dah,
Nazis drive and stay real fat, oh de doo-dah day.
Drivin' round all night,
Drivin' round all day,
What a heinous waste of gas,
One for which we pay.
Rattlesnake curled near my hat, doo-dah, doo-dah,
Campground Nazis smash it flat, oh de doo-dah day.
Howling winds all night,
Howling winds all day,
Staked my tent down real good,
The others just blew away.
Had a tire over the line, doo-dah, doo-dah,
Campground Nazis said 'Big fine," oh de doo-dah day.
Climbing into the night,
Climbing 'round all day,
Bet you when we get back to the tent,
They'll have something to say.
Between the gun range and the mine, doo-dah, doo-dah,
13 Mile it's so fine, oh de doo-dah day.
Climbing into the night,
Climbing 'round all day,
Paid my money in a minute flat,
Still got harassed anyway.
Campground Nazis have their way, doo-dah, doo-dah,
Public lands yet we pay, oh de doo-dah day.
Climbing into the night,
Climbing 'round all day,
Red Rocks climbing is real good,
But it's 'pay to play.'
Flat and windy and Nazi zoo, doo-dah, doo-dah,
Worst campground I've been to, oh de doo-dah day.
Climbing into the night,
Climbing 'round all day,
Got back to my tent late one night,
But da Nazis took it away.
Da Campground Nazis ban dis song, doo-dah, doo-dah,
Da Campground Nazis never wrong, oh de doo-dah day.
Climbing into the night,
Climbing 'round all day,
Thought that I could take their crap,
But da Nazis scared me away.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Sep 27, 2006 - 06:08pm PT
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Holy Shiit!!!! Ole Slime himself, king of the dinosaurs, is still at it as of last month!!! hahahahahaha!!!!!
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Madbolter
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2006 - 08:17pm PT
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Oh man the Batten/Slime wars...that takes me back. ::sniff:: I've kinda missed you people. ::sniff::
Either that or my eyes are watering because my dog cut one.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Sep 27, 2006 - 08:30pm PT
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I'm bettin' on the dog.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Sep 27, 2006 - 08:54pm PT
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You meant Lord Slime/Bubb, did you knott?
Did Ken Cline really leave forever?
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Sep 27, 2006 - 10:03pm PT
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The only people on the wreck are Lord Slime, Simon Isbiter, Sue, Julie, Adrian, Chiloe, Cato, Carpenter, Mad Dog, Cairns, Garrison, Nate and DMT on occasion. Oh, and Eugene.
Slime and Simon are now the never-ending flame war. They really need to get a room.
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guyman
Trad climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Sep 27, 2006 - 11:46pm PT
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Rex...Hi, so what is the kid count now??? You ever get out to stoney?
And Kaun.....good job on the trad deal, that is a dying art you know. It's good to see folks keeping it alive. ... :>)
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Old Gnar
Trad climber
The Holler
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I can't believe the names popping up in this thread. AND bumping into Brian from SLC in the Dolomites...
Just for yuks, Theresa Ho and I took Knotty on one of his first trad climbs. Amazing, really, when one thinks that I spotted him in "Climbing" not too long ago, posing...again, on some 5.hideous.
Hi to all. I still creep around in rec.climbing and lurk here. Can't stay away from you all. And *I* was the one who did Crimson with Tony in 3 hours, before I climbed it with Slime and Destiville (true!). The good news and definite truth is that WE (Slime and I) did not pitch off "Fiddler on the Roof." Wasn't that Tony's nemesis?
Best regards,
Inez Drixelius
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Old Gnar
Trad climber
The Holler
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Yes, Stitch, I have moved to the right coast. Not really South though. I am in West Virginia, spittin' distance from the NEW and one more spit to Seneca, the Red and even NC. Although I haven't climbed here much. Finding partners is an issue and the fact that I suck at sport climbing. Ah, yes, and there is the weather....
The holler is fun and life is different these days. Closer to Europe though and I go a lot.
Inez
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sweatyballs
Trad climber
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Rex/Fonda, wut up? This is Mike Esparza. The kids do grow quick. My older daughter is a senior in high school now, and is a spitting image of her nutty dad! Fortunately I am still able to gte out every couple of weekends or so. I sent you guys an email several days ago. Have not been on a wall in over 4 years but am hoping to jump on a "easier" one this year to get my feet wet again.
Mike
grippedclimeratamericaonlinedotkizom
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just_one
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Hey all rec.climbers! Long time no see. I posted here and there from around 1998 to 2003 or so. Mostly a lurker with the occasional TR. I remember getting flamed pretty bad by slime early on in my career for asking about buying used ropes (har har). Funny to think back at how naive I was then.
I wonder if Steven Cherry and Julie are still around. I had a great time climbing with them at the gunks back in 2001 or so.
I'm mostly into alpine stuff now. Although I did just take my wife and brother in law (both noobs) up snake dike last weekend. We had a blast and didn't even epic too bad.
Cheers!
Justin Shields
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Madbolter
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 5, 2006 - 03:07pm PT
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Esparza! Inez! Guyman...is that you Kiese?
2 kids now...daughter is 8, son is 1 around Halloween. I don't get out to Stoney often, though my girl is expressing interest in climbing out there. I took her out when she was just barely 6 and she climbed the 5.1 jamcrack boulder. I led and then belayed her from the top. She had trouble with the exit moves so I used the old "Hollywood Haul" and yarded her up by the rope! Haha. It's cool she's interested again. So hopefully that means I can get back on the rock.
ps. Yeah Knot..I meant to say Slime v. Bubb, not Batten. When you've been out of it for awhile, everything blends together.
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troutboy
Trad climber
Newark, DE
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>There is another climber out there named Kuan, but I think he's a guy. I'm not.
Perhaps we are confusing Kuan and Tuan ???
Troutboy (Yet another rec.er)
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Wow....I didn't realize that this thread had turned into such a reunion! Howdy, Inez. Come visit. We only talk about ourselves over there these days.
Justin...Are you still in the Bay Area? E-mail me your current info. What I had before remains on a former workplace computer.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Gnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarliiiiiiing!
Okay, now I feel really bad. I owe both you and Jean a phone call.
I promise, I'll call. HILDE IS DOING GREAT!
-rlf
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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Hello,
My local Boy Scout Troop has been given permission to give a rappelling
demo at a local college. All the kids want to take part so it should be
alot
of fun for the parents to watch. The rappell will be down a 150 ft wall.
The kids have to take off their shoes as to not damage some new artwork
halfway down.
The kids will clip into the rope, and climb over a small 3 ft wall to
begin
the rappell. They have all been practicing using the brakes over the
summer,
on our 20 foot practice wall.
We plan to give fireman belays from the ground.
At the planning meeting earlier in the week, one of the parents
was giving us alot of trouble, saying we needed more advice on
how to do the demo.
It seems quite safe to me. I figure once they are on rope, if anything
goes wrong, we can brake them from below.
Any input would be appreciated.
Juan
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Madbolter
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 5, 2006 - 11:22pm PT
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Hey Batten ya old troll haha.
Careful on relying on fireman's brake. During a demo for rappelling at a summer camp in the mid 80's, I and 2 others rapped out of the rafters of a gymnasium. Safety geeks made us have a separate rope belay. We protested as it blew our idea to hide in the rafters and drop the ropes and awe the audience by our sudden appearance. Good idea that belay. Somehow my locker on the Fig-8 came undone midway down the free rap. The belay saved me a crippling fall onto the gym floor. My 8-ring was still midrope as we left the "stage" though few would've even noticed something went wrong. I've respected rappelling ever since.
I know, I know..don't feed the trolls.
Melissa! Good seeing you too. Last I saw you you were on the Column ;)
p.s. Re: The Tuan/Kuan confusion. No, not talking about Tuan. There was a lanky asian guy I used to boulder with at Stoney in the 80s named Kuan. His pic is in the old, old Southern California Climbers Guide.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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As a bit of history on rec.clmbing, I was one of several who started that Usenet newsgroup way back in the late 80's. Up to that point, climbing on the internet consisted of an E-mail list run by a guy at Cal Tech (Fritz something). He heavily moderated the stuff that went out on the E-mail list and when he refused to send out a warning on how Metolius P-bolts (remember those?) could cause quick draws to unclip themselves it was time to create an unmoderated newsgroup. The rest, as they say, is history.
Bruce
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Bill
climber
San Francisco
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Ah wreck dot climing - brings back memories - not all good. Tibloc thread was the last straw for me. Well, I met a lot of cool partners and garnered many useful little tidbits of beta, so it wasn't a total loss.
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poop*ghost
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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So when I moved to Denver almost two years ago, I ended up climbing w/ Lord Slime on more than one occasion.
One nice day in Eldo, who do we bumb into but Nate B.
John says, "Don't start with me Nate."
Had to smile.
Now my first is almost 1 year old... I surf the interweb more than I climb - and my hands are baby soft.
Jason Liebgott
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Gnarling Dearest! Thanks for saving me from Rex when he was ripping me a new one - LOL.
Yes, I did my first trad lead with you and Theresa, my 3rd being the 1st pitch of The Line
at The Leap with Theresa and Tom. I remember getting hosed on the very Un-Gym-Like™
5.9 roof crack on Moosedog Tower at Indian Cove, and then watched as you hiked right up.
Last year I was having dinner at Smallshed Flatbreads in Mill Valley when I saw someone
who looked very much like you. However, I did knott think it was you because you
didn't say anything, and as I had had a few happy-hour beers, wasn't about to yell
(slur) "Are you Inez?" from across the room. Was that you or was it knott?
Stich wrote:
One question. Is Zauman here?
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
For the love of fuçk's sake, say it will never be so.
I still have nightmares about Zamoron™.
Mad Dog, however (sans Tibloc), would fit well here.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Rex...I'd forgotten about that. A fun but inauspicious day for us all IIRC. Your parnters were rec.climbers too, no? themadco and ???? Sumo and I got to meet Crotch and ??? on Dinner Ledge. Finally got to climb it this year with a partner from the hyperlinked online climbing community. Spray, spray. It took way too many tries. Muchas gracias, btw, for your free and fine Zion topos. They've been the roadmap to a few great vacations...including one w/ Brian in SLC. Small rec.climbing world.
I have a question for y'all...How do you manage to format the little TM for all of the witicisms officially trade marked to rec.climbing?
Jason..."I am a little poking finger in my daddy's eye and ear and mouth." ;-)
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Melissa - on the Mac, hold the option key and hit the number-2/@ key.
I don't know how you do it running Windows. Anyone?
BTW, I am the one eho brought that rec.climbing tradition over here, FWIW
(yes I know: that and $2.65 will buy me a small cappuccino at Peet's...).
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Hey, IFO wouldn't mind seeing Zaumen posts. Looking back, his contributions seem much more cheerful, on-topic and original than the prolix proselytizers so unavoidable here.
As for ™ , © and such -- a simple fix is to type them in your word processor ("insert symbols"), then copy & paste. That's how I spell Munkaðverárgil, for instance. Then I check to see if it worked!
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Melissa - on the Mac, hold the option key and hit the number-2/@ key.
I don't know how you do it running Windows. Anyone?
make sure you have num lock on
Alt+0169 copyright symbol
Alt+0174 registered trademark symbol
Alt+0153 trademark symbol
enter the numbers in on the number pad too...
Cheers,
Tom
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DavisGunkie
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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steven cherry and julie are hanigng around on gunks.com
i was mainly a lurker on rec.climbing but posted occaisonally as crackboy, not the original one though
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just_one
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Hey Bill, long time no see man! Did you get married yet?
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the Fet
climber
A urine, feces, and guano encrusted ledge
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Meanwhile back at rec.climb
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From: Sue - view profile
Date: Wed, Sep 20 2006 2:03 pm
Email: Sue
In article
timst...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Supertopo has been a nice middle ground. It's very similar to this
> place, but with a mysterious, visiting whack-a-mole moderator.
aw come on. mostly it is endless political discussions mixed with the
whiny wankiness of rc.com with only the occasional gem thrown in.
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Haha.
I lurked and occasionaly posted and picked up some good partners from the wreck, but certain high volume, bad attitude, self-appointed know-it-alls soured the place like a turd in a punchbowl. Similar phenomenon at rc.com. I'm amazed at the grace displayed here at the taco in climbing discussions, of course ethical/style and political debates bring out a great level of conflict, but it's somehow different, I guess less condescending here.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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After a thread gets dozens of responses, I poke my head in to see what it's really about...
Rec.climbing. Wow.
I started posting to rec.climbing so long ago I almost wasn't already Old. Brutus had probably just entered the rest home.
I almost feel guilty not posting there much anymore. I owe a great debt of gratitude for Rec.climbing. I can't even tell all the ways.
I've climbed with a lot of rec.climbers. The experience was always good. Hey, I did the Nose with Sulam! The acid test for those who remember.
Anyway, I Love ya'll. Really.
peace
Karl
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Old Gnar
Trad climber
The Holler
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To Knotty--no, it wasn't me. Besides, *I* would have recognized you! Are you still handsome in that Yul Brynnerish way? Oh, yes, and I do remember the Joshua Trip! The roof was a height thing, gnome-friendly, you know.
Best regards,
Inez
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Gnar Gnar wrote:
Are you still handsome in that Yul Brynnerish way?
Some would say yes - some would say Knott...
Kinda depends on how much you've had to drink.
Check this thread for more info.
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Bill
climber
San Francisco
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Hey Dingus, yeah it's me. More into skiing these days - especially after last winter - finally gave up on Shasta in early August. Still run up a Sierra peak every now and then though - just more fun if you can ski back down.
Justin, hey you big flake, when are we going surfing?
Oh, yeah, I got married in August. To tie it all together, Tom and Theresa were there. They are building a house down the road from Hans' place - hopefully roofed in before the storms come.
Check out Tom's blog at takenforranted.com.
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UnaBonger
climber
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Nov 13, 2006 - 06:15pm PT
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Jesus, this is like the dance of the living dead. Ghosts of wreck.past.
Will Niccolls
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