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couchmaster

climber

Feb 29, 2016 - 10:48am PT

Johntp asked, quote:

"Who was Roland? Don't recognize the name. RIP and condolences to family and friends."

Roland use to post on Supertopo as poster Rsin and as rSin.

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2343393&tn=0&mr=0

yosemitemtb

Social climber

Mariposa

Mar 23, 2016 - 07:37pm PT

RIP, old friend.

nita

Social climber

chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.

Apr 20, 2016 - 09:37am PT

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Remembering Roland

"LOTTE COLBERT·WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016

To all who knew Roland C. Arsons, there will be a remembrance in Celebration of His Wonderful Life, His Kind and Generous Spirit and His Deep Love of His Way of Life on June 4th in Tuolumne Meadows and Lee Vining.
The plan is to meet at the Dog Lake parking lot at 11:30 and walk up to Lembert Dome for a gathering and remembrance of Roland. From there, we will go to the Mono Inn in Lee Vining from 1:00-4:00 to get together for food and drinks. All are invited to attend and please send this information to anyone you know who would like to be there. Feel free to contact me to let me know if you will attend."

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Apr 20, 2016 - 10:40am PT

Give it another decade or two, and there will be more of us gone than alive.

Roland was a wild and crazy kid. Nonthreatening, but strong and bad ass, consistently ladling out his boyish charm.

Wherever he appeared in the magazines, I got a kick out of his nom de plume: Budd Green.

nita

Social climber

chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.

Apr 20, 2016 - 09:20pm PT

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Thanks Cosmic, I did not think rsin was Roland...

I will bump this thread closer to his memorial date.

Pete_N

Trad climber

Santa Cruz, CA

Apr 21, 2016 - 09:29am PT

I remember climbing with Roland (and Josh Vendig and Carlin Rogers) at the UCSC quarry a few times, but the image that always comes to mind is seeing him biking up the hill to UCSC with his scuba tank on his back and all his dive gear strapped to his mountain bike. It looked brutally uncomfortable, but it was very clear that Roland was not to be deterred! I heard later that he tumbled down one of the Water Cracks on Lembert in a soloing jaunt gone wrong. If you're going to grease off a climb, that's probably one of the better routes, but just thinking of it makes my palms sweat. I didn't know him well at all, but his enthusiasm and good humor was unmistakable and infectious. I'm sorry to hear that he's gone.

Lacey

Social climber

Nevada

May 31, 2016 - 05:56am PT

There will be a Memorial for Roland on June 4th in Tuolumne. We will meet at Lembert Dome at 11:30 and hike to Dog Lake, after the hike we will go to the Mono Inn for drinks and food. All are welcome to attend.....

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

May 31, 2016 - 07:55pm PT

hey there say, ... bump for all those that need to know this...

as the time is soon here...

Bruce Morris

Social climber

Belmont, California

Jun 1, 2016 - 01:21pm PT

Roland, belayed by Banny Root, leading the "Wicked Stiffy" (5.12b) on the Transpire Wall above the Tioga Pass Road in Lee Vining Canyon:

snyd

Sport climber

Lexington, KY

Jun 1, 2016 - 01:29pm PT

I wish I was going to be there to say farewell to Bud Green...

I'll be thinking about Roland.

Bruce Morris

Social climber

Belmont, California

Jun 2, 2016 - 12:43am PT

yes it is.

Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber

Out Of Bed

Jun 2, 2016 - 01:25am PT

I was slow to realize - that Roland? Oh !?
Roland was a welcome stranger full of wanderlust and awesome stories.
He lit up the scene in the halcyon dayzz
Rest easy now, the excellence always shone thru the dust....

nita

Social climber

chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.

Jun 4, 2016 - 08:42am PT

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Miss Lacey, Lycett, and Miss Lotte, I will be giving a toast to Roland at 11:30, so sorry i could not attend his memorial..

Rest in Peace..Roland

Salud
Nita..

Fritz e

climber

Mammoth lakes,ca

Sep 10, 2016 - 10:04pm PT

I just saw this RIP my friend. I had some great time in mammoth with you. You help inspire me in many ways. So sad to hear you on gone. Until we meet again.