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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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LMAO!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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I was once thumbing from the Valley to Mammoth Lakes and Yabo walks up, says:
"Man, you are leaving pretty late to hook up your rides, and I don't see a sleeping bag, you really should have one, really man, let me go get you mine..."
-and he returned with an old blue down bag, in which I spent the night out somewhere in the sage near Lee Vining.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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There was a cast of thousands who came and went through Camp 4 in the 1970s, for better or worse. I was one of them. My first real trip to the valley was in autumn 1976 - drove down with friends from Vancouver, in a VW van of course, and we spent six weeks there. We got in late in the evening, at the tail end of a clearing storm.
With nothing better to do, we wandered over to the Lodge. Some other climbers were there. We didn't know who they were, though later met some of them. Guys from the rescue site. One of them was very vocally upset and grieving, to the consternation of his friends and the tourists. It was Yabo. They'd just heard that Bob Locke had died in a fall on Mt. Watkins.
It left a strong impression. I only ever knew Yabo as a nodding acquaintance in Camp 4, but it fits that he was the one who was raging at the universe.
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Ricardo Carlos
Trad climber
Off center, CO.
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Yabo did give, but did you ever wonder whose stuff you just got?
Yabo would give just as freely if it was his.
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The Doctor
Social climber
Da Bronx
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Here I am in NYC late night and the stories are crackin' me up. You can't make sh*t like this up. Sounds like the sort of lovable, yet twisted fellow I'd get along with famously. When I first read the Leave it to Beaver Solo story, I had to read it again. He really did have nine lives, albeit short ones.
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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It's very interesting to read these accounts about Yabo but I can't write anthing about him myself. I still can't believe he's gone.
JL
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WBraun
climber
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So once Yabo wanted to go aid climbing.
I was disgusted with aid climbing at that time mostly because I was sick of having all that sh'it hanging all over me. How are ya gonna cut loose with all that aid sh'it all over ya.
So I told Yabo you can have all my pins an sh'it, all 200 some aid pins and whatever.
He was dumb founded and could not get himself to take em.
Dale Bard didn't blink an eye an immediately seized that moment.
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WBraun
climber
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LOL Mark
Never heard that one before.
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Blinny, Did you also go to high school with- K.B?
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WBraun
climber
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Yeah The Mid Chalet
The old woman Martha worked there.
She was so cool. She was our boss.
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Blinny, K.B. went to Ravenswoods High and took a climbing class with other- future Yosemite climbers..Maybe with Ron K?
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Ricardo Carlos
Trad climber
Off center, CO.
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(when he returns the head of lettuce is GONE as is 1/2 of the ketchup. . .)
John could eat, I forget what year 80? I brought Duce my little bro to the Valley for the season. I would cook breakfast every morning (most) one day Yabo said he would wash the dishes if he could eat. So it went till it was time for Duce to go back to Fla.
Another time I was cooking tacos I guess and Dale, Yabo and Cliff Howard had a contest to see who could drink the most and hottest blend of my hot sauces.
I was the winner I didn’t drink any.
RS
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AndySan Diego
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to this, Bachar's photos were awesome & I can't stop laughing about the Whole Head of Iceberg Lettuce & Ketchup.
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nita
climber
chico ca
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ekat, Funny you mention Yabo's coffee consumption...I first met John at the Lodge Cafe-1970 something, my first job in the Valley - Cafe server. My new manager was ~~ Ben Savage,( his prior job was a Viet Nam Interrogator) he was one creepy, hard core,by the book dude. .
Part of our job, was to bust scarfers and climbers who took too many coffee refills. In those days, glass coffee pots sat on warmers along the cafe wall,free- self- serve refills. Of course we all know, Yabo was a coffee hound and King of the scarfers.
Yabo was so thin and wild looking, there was no way I was going to bust anyone for scarfing food -that's destination was the trash. Yabo figured out right away -I was a sucker . Dam, I came closed to being busted- so many times myself- because of John and others.... After about a month on the Job, Ben Savage got rid of the free coffee refills,too many climbers sucking up the profits. Months later- Ben left the Cafe and became head of Security- Yikes.
It's deep to think of the days shared with people and what was going on.. yeah, I miss Yabo, I miss- sweet Jane, with her band-aid covered pierced nose...and all the other good friends that left us..way too young. n.t.
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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JB, Jack and all: Thanks for the fresh Yabo stories, all new to me. Jack, I think you told my favorite Yabo story about venturing up on El Cap with Yabo and delegating to Yabo the responsibility to buy the bivy food? Am I right that was you?
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Did the NA with Yabo and Lechlinski BITD...... It was wild.... someday I'll do a trip report.... until then, here are some pics.
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feelio Babar
Trad climber
Sneaking up behind you...
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Kick ass pics Russ....those your red and white houndstooth slacks in pic3? top shelf..
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Russ that last shot of John is priceless, so are the socks, or tights or what ever those are going into the boot. Lois yer right, this is stuff of which legends are made!
Yaboho!
Peace
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Those are just some double or triple knit pants that I was wearing... EB's with leather sewn onto the ankle portion.....
BITD we used to get kinda dressed up to do a wall..... On this wall I was running those pants with a pink-ish striped long sleeve dress shirt....
I think we were always trying to look like Largo in that El Cap Meadow post Nose pic with Billy and the Bird. That or the one in Yosemite Climber of Dale on Sea of Dreams (I think?) looking very Hendrix.
Somewhere on the Taco is thread devoted to "threads" or something like that....
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Nice pics Russ!
Yabo on a wall? This is going to be good!
Especially if it's anything like what happened to him on the pitch off the half-dollar with Lechlinski....whew!
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