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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Feb 27, 2015 - 09:53am PT
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Live long and prosper in the afterlife.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Released into general population, Idaho
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Feb 27, 2015 - 10:06am PT
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I can't imagine there isn't a person anywhere in the universe that wasn't somehow affected by Mr. Spock.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Feb 27, 2015 - 10:17am PT
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Just the other night I saw him ,pre-Trek, in a cheesy bad guy character role on the ancient series Sea Hunt and he couldn't have been older than 28 ,with not an ounce of excess fat on him.
A few years ago I read his book I Am Spock which was a sort of sequel to I Am Not Spock and in the book he came to fully embrace the mixed bag that was Spock and the Star Trek legacy, even including a lot of great behind-the-scenes stories.
An interesting man, highly intelligent, an accomplished photographer, director, writer, and actor.Unforgettable.
Condolences to his family,friends,and colleagues.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Feb 27, 2015 - 10:20am PT
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Star Trek legend is right.
I grew up on Star Trek mythology.
Thank you, Leonard Nimoy.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Feb 27, 2015 - 10:22am PT
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RIP Mr. Spock
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 27, 2015 - 10:22am PT
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My condolences to his Family, and millions of fans.
Thanks for all the entertainment.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Feb 27, 2015 - 10:25am PT
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A really great actor and director. Of course he is Spock first in my mind, but I've seen him in other things where he was very good too.
Thanks for your work sir. I have been and always shall be your fan.
RIP Leonard Nimoy
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Feb 27, 2015 - 10:26am PT
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I don't suppose the Genesis Program will work this time.
RIP Mr. Nimoy
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Feb 27, 2015 - 10:28am PT
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Dr. Sprock passed..? I loved his posts...Sorry Bluering..
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Feb 27, 2015 - 10:52am PT
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RIP.
Live long and prosper.
Some of my most treasured childhood memories are of watching Star Trek with my father, who was a scientist and a big sci-fi fan.
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Jones in LA
Mountain climber
Tarzana, California
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Feb 27, 2015 - 11:00am PT
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Spock and Kirk, just before Kirk peels off El Cap during a free solo. Spock then performs a dynamic rescue.
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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Feb 27, 2015 - 11:03am PT
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Oh, this makes me so sad. I love him, and will remember him always.
signed,
Daphne
Star Trek fan, forever
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 27, 2015 - 11:06am PT
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May the Force be with you, Lenny.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Feb 27, 2015 - 11:12am PT
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Life is like a garden. There can be perfect moments but they can not be preserved except in memory.
Leonard Nimoy
I spent a couple of days with him in the studio (a long time ago.) It was interesting to see Mr. Spock smile. Fascinating.
Many of the people I met back then were aloof, with powerful egos. I got used to being treated like a lower class citizen. Mr. Nimoy was humble, casual and friendly, even with us studio geeks. He was genuinely interested in us and what we were doing. At the same time he had a powerful personality and charisma.
It's too bad it takes this bad news to refresh those fine memories.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Feb 27, 2015 - 11:41am PT
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Nanu Nanu Spock.
Thanks for all the good times.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2015 - 03:06pm PT
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Seemed like Spock would always be there. Nimoy created a lasting cultural icon, not always recognized by writers in the original TV series but coming to dominate the movies from Star Trek II onwards, and just as much in the reboots despite the new younger Kirk.
By all accounts a good man.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Feb 27, 2015 - 03:28pm PT
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Nemoy was a great actor. He played an excellent bad guy in an episode of Columbo once. One of my favorites.
RIP
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Feb 27, 2015 - 03:47pm PT
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Yep, taught me everything I know about spotting.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Feb 27, 2015 - 03:48pm PT
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Goodbye Leonard.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Feb 27, 2015 - 03:51pm PT
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"Mr. Spock's" final tweet
Class and grace up thru to the end. RIP Leonard Nimoy.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Feb 27, 2015 - 04:11pm PT
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Big Star Trek Fan
I've seen every episode 10s of times
But maybe love the Next Gen. a little more
My wife just teared up when I told her the news
Spock was an inspiration at so any levels
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labrat
Trad climber
Auburn, CA
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Feb 27, 2015 - 04:13pm PT
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A sad day. My condolences to family and friends.
Erik
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drunkenmaster
Social climber
santa rosa
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Feb 27, 2015 - 04:16pm PT
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Didn't they take him to planet Genesis and bring him back to life or some magic ceremony on planet Vulcan? cant we at least try again?? ugh. RIP Spock.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Feb 27, 2015 - 04:17pm PT
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the planet genesis
YES
bring him there, he will regenerate from his DNA
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Feb 27, 2015 - 06:42pm PT
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Spock (Leonard) lives.
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Feb 27, 2015 - 07:43pm PT
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A sad day. I will always remember watching Star Trek as a child in the late afternoon. RIP Mr. Spock.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Feb 28, 2015 - 06:59am PT
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Ah, man...what a loss. Sad news.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 28, 2015 - 08:25am PT
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^^ I find that very sad for some reason Cragman. Truth
A true talent and cultural icon has passed. I admit I grew up a Trekki. When I was little I also used to love
In Search Of
RIP Leonard.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Feb 28, 2015 - 08:41am PT
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Did you like 3 men and a baby Dean? He was the director for that.
I thought he did a great job in an unusually low key role in "A Woman called Golda" with Ingrid Bergman. I am sure you would like it.
The original Star Trek series had a few good episodes but I'm not a huge fan anymore. Some of the movies were really good and all were watchable. One of my favorites was also directed by Nimoy, #4
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Feb 28, 2015 - 09:16am PT
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life is one of those things
that just gets in the way of the process.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 28, 2015 - 09:21am PT
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Cragman, the Comintern does not allow the expression of personal viewpoints that do not
reflect the party line. Toe the line, or else.
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 28, 2015 - 09:32am PT
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We rigged the swinging around up and to the right of Boot flake doubling as Spock in Star trek 5.
Trekkie's everywhere at the base during filming like zombies following their Shatner and Spock gods.
What a fuking circus .....
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Feb 28, 2015 - 11:05am PT
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Live long and prosper. He did.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 28, 2015 - 11:34am PT
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Feb 28, 2015 - 12:09pm PT
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One of my childhood heroes,
Who understood what it was like to be different,
God speed, Spock!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 28, 2015 - 12:20pm PT
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Dean: because Nimoy and ST have been such a phenomena.....and somehow I missed it.
So why not just post that^^^ to begin with? This is a person many of us loved and respected. You may not have intended it to... but Randisi has a bit of a point... your first post came across as totally pointless and bit disrespectful. Edit to add: you don't need to respond. I don't want this memorial thread to degrade into a bunch of senseless bickering.
Agree. Nimoy was indeed a phenomenon. He had a great run. There will never be another like him.
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HF
climber
I'm a Norwegian stuck in Joshua Tree
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Feb 28, 2015 - 03:23pm PT
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Good Bye Mr. Spock
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Gilroy
Social climber
Bolderado
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Feb 28, 2015 - 04:39pm PT
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Spock out.
:-(
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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The Spock hand sign, Live Long and Prosper, has a GREAT genesis, something that Nimoy came up with himself:
In his autobiography I Am Not Spock, Nimoy wrote that he based it on the Priestly Blessing performed by Jewish Kohanim with both hands, thumb to thumb in this same position, representing the Hebrew letter Shin (ש), which has three upward strokes similar to the position of the thumb and fingers in the salute. The letter Shin here stands for El Shaddai, meaning "Almighty (God)", as well as for Shekinah and Shalom. Nimoy wrote that when he was a child, his grandfather took him to an Orthodox synagogue, where he saw the blessing performed and was impressed by it.
As a child, listening to Doctor Demento on an LA radio station, I heard Nimoy's off-chart song, The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, right after I'd read The Hobbit.
It was wonderful.
First, I saw him on TV as Spock, and then he brought Bilbo to life in song.
I was nearly complete as a person, right then and there.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
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This clip is such an important Nimoy moment. A view into Judaism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyiWkWcR86I
[Click to View YouTube Video]
On Friday at lunch a colleague told me of Leonard Nimoy's passing. I didn't know yet. Tears came to my eyes. Lovely man.
You know outside of Star Trek, one of the best movies I have ever seen him in is "A Woman Called Golda (Golda Meir)." He played Golda's husband. Man that movie brings tears to my eyes. As incredibly important as Golda was/is to Israel, she left her husband in a world of hurt. I could sympathize with her husband for sure, and Nimoy played it so well. A very touching movie about a very true story.
(And President Richard Nixon actually did something noble, he helped save Israel, after Golda asked him to help. Nixon's mother told him when he ever has the chance -- help the Jews, help Israel. Nixon's mother was a believer and she knew the supernatural G-d given blessings that would result from helping G-d's people. Nixon listened to his mother, thankfully.)
Ingrid Bergman in her last movie : A Woman Called Golda Trailer (long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdePQsS3zB0
[Click to View YouTube Video]
LLAP Spock -- Mr. Nimoy
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there, say, ksolem... say, wow, as to this quote of yours:
I spent a couple of days with him in the studio (a long time ago.) It was interesting to see Mr. Spock smile. Fascinating.
Many of the people I met back then were aloof, with powerful egos. I got used to being treated like a lower class citizen. Mr. Nimoy was humble, casual and friendly, even with us studio geeks. He was genuinely interested in us and what we were doing. At the same time he had a powerful personality and charisma.
It's too bad it takes this bad news to refresh those fine memories.
this was a very sweet share...
my best friend in high school love this show and my brothers used to watch it too, but i watch old westerns, mostly...
however, i always caught a few moments from the star trek, and thought he seemed very interesting, as to the way he did the character...
i was very happy to see now, later in life, that so many folks said he was a really nice man...
it is so good to be remembered, that way, no matter what our skills...
to be seen as a good man...
and loved and respected by friends, ... the best treasure of all...
thanks for sharing, and thank you for your work and books,
to leonard nimoy ... :)
condolences to his family and friends, and may they be strong,
at this time of his loss...
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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i am not mr. spock,
rumors of my death have been greatly regurgitated,
spock was cool, anybody who could handle working with that egomaniac capn is on my list,
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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One of my fondest childhood memories was being allowed to stay up late on Friday nights and watch Star Trek with my parents.
And one of my fondest childhood dreams was to travel the galaxy with Mr. Spock in the USS Enterprise, exploring planets and dodging Romulians.
Thank you for that dream, Leonard Nimoy.
Long will your legend live.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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L, do you remember once, when a bunch of us were wandering around in Josh, we saw a jetliner that was weirdly illuminated by the sun? It glowed, but from the bottom, and the tips of the wings were weirdly dark, seeming to arc downward...Somebody, maybe Fluoride, said "look at that, what is it?"
I stared at it and said what it made me, think of,
"It's a Romulan bird of Prey!" -I swear, that's what it looked like!-
And you said, " It Is a Romulan bird of Prey!"
Good times with good friends brought up in the popular culture of our day!
LLAP!
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Ooooohhhh yeah, JayBro...I remember that day!
Who could forget seeing their first nontelevised Romulan Bird of Prey?
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Yanqui, thanks for the video. LN so reminds me in some ways of Jim Bridwell when I interviewed him recently. They are both awesome in their knowledge of their culture.
lynnie
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Anyone who is the father of Mickey Hart is ok in my book. You plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.
Leonard's ashes to the Mars Hotel, where they can rest in peace.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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If you want depth, stick with shows like Duck Dynasty.
Priceless!
RIP Mr. Spock, and the rest of the characters he has portrayed over the years. A true talent.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Ron, I think flip phone design was inspired by the look of those communicators.
Smartphones were bred from tricorders.
I can't wait to see how the sonic screwdriver manifests itself in our world!
Edit: Sadly, I bet Mickey Would trade his own, wind harvesting father for Spock!
Aftert senior Hart embezzled major $ from the Grateful Dead, MH never forgave him, Ben after he died.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Mr. Nimoy was a cool cat. What he left behind in the character of 'Spock' will leave a far greater impression on history, and I'm very fuking sure he'd be proud of that.
He was a talented director too, Nimoy. He was a very compassionate man, unlike his seemingly cold, logical alter-ego of Spock.
Rest in peace, Nimoy, enjoy the Final Frontier.
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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He is for me the real Spock and... I understand what he was trying to say in his first book. Spock was just an aspect of him, a character he help create. He was so much more. I wish I had met him and got a glimpse of all that which is rarely seen.
He will forever be one of my most favorite characters, always.
...and at least he really did live long and prospered.
Anastasia
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Thanks Tut, now my life is complete.
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