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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 6, 2015 - 03:42am PT
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These two gems are by old friend Anne-Marie Rizzi (with permission.)
Thank you for allowing me to share these, Anne-Marie.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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When Leo Kottke played on the radio show ; A Prairie Home Companion, which he did often, he was often known to noodle around at in opportune times at Garrison, K.'s request the sound man,his micees, recorded the corner where artists plugged in to tune up.
Then when nitro dicing Leo the offending, often tone bending riffs were played over the introduction. This did not stop Leo, and then it took over as a thing that they still do I think.
I have a few favorite Prairie Home Companion, episodes recorded, and the top family pick is a or that same Chet/Leo gig.
They play the Beaumont rag into some thing? And the Yellow Rose of Texas. I'll look or you should I'm a-tablet bound .
Thinking a lot about::@
Hey,Cosmic, I was wrong not to call you when I headed out. Last time it brought good vibes if not luck. . Man good to be here at the same time.
And Cosmic did you catch that Theresa rooms of birds at Crimpgirls?i saw in the Steve Grossman HH thread from a get together on 9/4/15 seems there's Boyd's out there !
Now if you go look this climb is pictured on the current cover of Appalachia the AMC publication . The accompanying story, well . . . At least it mentions me. As for the theory that the iron found is old, anyone who has seen old mettle will recognize that the thickness of what remains belies it's age as being 'new' placed in the 70 s by Yours Truly and the author would not change his hopes of a Tenth Mountain link.
This climbs' last moves are what are shown in glossy fashion on news stands, and sent to the AMC membership, it calls the climb classic 5.8. I m just spinning I once thought of writing the guy book to green Pond or Hawks Cliff. I did not because not everything needs to be listed detailed given away. That whole thirteen mile ridge line holds hundreds of climbs to be rebound and enjoyed as real adventure climbing should be. . .
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Get old - get mellow - get LuckY?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2015 - 09:22am PT
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“In June 1963 we drove out to Colorado from Chicago in his 1960 MGB. After our 1962 Boulder experiences, we had enrolled in Summer School at BU. We had purchased copies of “Belaying the Leader” and “Fundamentals of Rock Climbing,” both published in 1956.
As we drove west we read up on how to be accomplished climbers. I still have both books – with underlines in the important parts i.e.: “vertical pitons may be used as long as precaution is observed”. Still not exactly sure what this means!!
“A few days after getting settled in, we went to into Gerry’s (?) Mountaineering and asked the person at the check out counter if we could hire someone to teach us how to climb. No problem – and that afternoon, Jim Disney (or was it Tex Bossier) took us up to Flagstaff Mountain for $5.00 and taught us how to climb!
We climbed in tennis shoes and learned how to rappel on a single carabiner with brake bar (how things change). After about three hours, we were rock climbers! “Soon after we each bought a pair of Dolomites rock climbing shoes, some pitons, hammers, two one hundred and twenty foot nylon ropes, some lengths of webbing and were ready to go.
No harness – just tied in to the end of the rope or made a swami belt. You took about 20 feet of webbing and wrapped it around your waist and then tied it off. We just stuck the hammers in our back pockets. Choice of gear was rather slim in those days.
--Bob Gould in the CMC newsletter
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2015 - 10:50am PT
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Fab, no Gear
Buddy Holly
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2015 - 09:05pm PT
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Spic and Spanish in the Outback.
By Mock N. Byrd
Chapter 14 - SuperTacos only come in one size so get over it
"Possibillustrations."
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Help is on the way
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2015 - 03:51pm PT
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Help?
I hope it's not just anybody.
I would not feel so self-assured were just anybody coming to help.
I'd just better go make sure the door is open...this could be life-changing.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Pleasant, ?
Greetings, from the way back
thanks to Jody??.
I was fascinated by some of his and CMacs old bump trails.
The places that I went to quote nee bee
oH MY I say this after the photo of the climbing party of Sherpas and Exum guides from 1963, o the occasion of Barry Corbets death in 2004 and the resulting thread.
Thank you Jody ( I think, I have called off school in this stupid heat, my kids sadly are not lizards. And can't take the heat.
I have said nothing enough and will post a cool share or two about the failure to grasp the nature go figure of what the kind of climber a person is to day
Said right not left what kind of pansysheepel ~ what kind of person get away with calling themselves a climber today
What kind of person is a climber today here in the fool small rock hell that is the stuffed septic system that gets flushed your way in mere weeks if not months.
Duck and cover if and when this next crop of n00 bs hits the bolted west.
As fat as I maybe and seemingly unsteady leaving the crag at the end of the day,
The thing that most concerned the one who gave a fair critique was that he thought he'd seen a picture of his grandma wearing the same pack I carry. And all my gear is pre the year 2000.
Then there is the - (pull ), brake , under , slide, - belay method; hands down
That is how they are all taught to top rope belay at the gym. It translates to correct or incorrect in the new age climbers mind . Can you imagine if the today's crap had to climb . Never hanging on the rope, tugging at a sleeping belayer, as the ledge is only a body length away but the fool has been down there for four hours and is asleep ,hungover, drunk, passed out and on belay.
If the way I understood it is correct, the word is replace it all every five years certainly every ten.
Well, there is the rip in the continuum !
The lost ability to suspend the rational thought of Your Gonna Die.
Among all the static, the classic drum beat that is, Your Gonna Die, is audible in the gym noobs head and if you look you can see it in their spinning eyes.
What is important, to allow a shallow mind as well as a deep one, to be able to step up, climb high above protection, is the meditative calm that comes into a mind that trusts that the gear works.
The gym generation has not grasped that the redundancy built into the gear, strength wise should leave no doubt.
If you fall and generate a force that pops well placed gear the force is a greater risk, your problems are the physical limitations of the human body and the busting of body parts not the failure of the gear.
What you talkin' 'bout ? Willis
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 9, 2015 - 07:59pm PT
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
Dec 29, 2004 - 05:45pm PT
Nothing like multiple days for rain to help Chris Mac get around to dealing with his wayward flock. We're all flocked up.
I've also considered whether it would be good to divide supertopo into a community forum for off-topic threads and a climbing forum.
There are benefits and drawbacks to both.
The problem, when you look at how threads evolve, is that one thing leads to another and pretty soon climbing leads to politics or flames.
What about flames about climbing?
I posted this on the personalities thread but it's also appropriate for this thread.
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But that was another thread on which Karl posted.
I'm only posting this because it's FLAMES-RELATED and not OT.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there, say all...
just a fast share, that i used for someone, today...
hope it helped them...
say, might help us all, too, to GET OUT and ejoy some fresh air,
but:
sadly, i KNOW of the yosemite fire, and all...
but none the less: AT LEASE, well, WE CAN enjoy some simple things of life, if not outdoors, in other ways, :)
simple friendships... perhaps a simple meal... perhaps just
a few simple thankful thoughts... :)
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