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Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 15, 2017 - 08:28pm PT
An interview worth watching, unless you are with kids or something.

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kunlun_shan

Mountain climber
SF, CA
Mar 15, 2017 - 08:34pm PT
http://www.vocativ.com/335097/kai-the-hatchet-wielding-hitchhiker/
Ricky D

Trad climber
Sierra Westside
Mar 15, 2017 - 08:39pm PT
Kai from Dogtown don't look like no Z Boy to me.



mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Mar 15, 2017 - 08:55pm PT
Kai has my Ernst appreciation for what he did to that f*#ker.
TFPUV.
limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Mar 15, 2017 - 09:14pm PT
Welcome to the Central Valley, V!
feralfae

Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
Mar 15, 2017 - 09:15pm PT
Yes, TYFPU,V :)

In his own vernacular, Kai is an excellent speaker on the personal moral/ethical responsibility of the individual.

Defending against predatory initiation of violence seems to me to be a good thing. I am going to forward a link to that video to someone at the Innocence Project. I imagine they already know about it, but I can nudge.

You know, I've picked up many young hitchhikers. Many of them climbers (all right, so I have a soft spot for climbers) and all of them lovely people. My last trip down the AlCan, I ferried a Swiss climber from Muncho Lake to Fort Nelson so he could have a part for his (rather junker) car flown in. His parents are the two doctors in their small Swiss town. Great young man, reminded me of my older grandson.

Nice find on the sign, Mouse.
Good night and good sleep, all of us around the Flames.
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feralfae

Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
Mar 15, 2017 - 09:32pm PT
^
LOL
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drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
Mar 15, 2017 - 09:53pm PT
Ricky D


Kai from Dogtown don't look like no Z Boy to me.

Really?
Dude's about as close to a Tony Alva lookalike as they come.


ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
Mar 15, 2017 - 11:22pm PT
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mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Mar 16, 2017 - 08:31am PT
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
Mar 16, 2017 - 08:44am PT
This is in FRESNO!!!! We are so proud. I have asada tacos at the little joint on the corner right there sometimes. Good salsa.



"Smash....smash....sa-MASH!"
-Kai




(edit) I just watched that second video. Seems like a terrible situation and not one worth joking about. The original video of Kai and his exploits was viral around here. If he really killed somebody later its a terrible situation and I hope the truth is revealed amongst all the internet silliness.
kunlun_shan

Mountain climber
SF, CA
Mar 16, 2017 - 08:51am PT
A surfer, only in his own mind....

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Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2017 - 09:04am PT


(edit) I just watched that second video. Seems like a terrible situation and not one worth joking about. The original video of Kai and his exploits was viral around here. If he really killed somebody later its a terrible situation and I hope the truth is revealed amongst all the internet silliness.

+1
the original video is very entertaining. Proud to (hopefully) be moving to the central Valley. Where we run the PDL and Smash! Smash! SA-MASH!!


As still a non local, does Kai mean Fresno when he says Dogtown?? Like Fresno St. Bulldogs? Or is it a different place?
kunlun_shan

Mountain climber
SF, CA
Mar 16, 2017 - 09:32am PT
V, Dogtown is Venice Beach/Santa Monica.

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micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
Mar 16, 2017 - 12:04pm PT
Vitaliy "Dogtown" is the Santa Monica/Venice area that is known as the heart and soul and spiritual birthplace of skateboarding back in the 1970s.


A must watch. Especially for poseurs like yourself. Its so full of skater jargon and trendy vocab that you'll have a whole new lingo at your next indoor bouldering sesh. And by the way, WELCOME TO VISALIA!!! Looking forward to bringing you alongside the Frestown Posse.



mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Mar 16, 2017 - 12:30pm PT
Olive Town is so pitted, mon!
Also aka "Lauria Jr."
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2017 - 12:37pm PT
Maybe I can do a movie night when move to Visalia. Dogtown theme!
Ricky D

Trad climber
Sierra Westside
Mar 16, 2017 - 12:50pm PT
Dogtown Movie Night!

Do it, but first you gotta find an empty swimming pool and a baggie of swag Paraquat weed to be authentic.
zBrown

Ice climber
Mar 16, 2017 - 12:55pm PT
he ain't no kai guru deva

he did kill a guy

Kai said he struck Galfy in self defense and then bolted. He said he did not learn of the lawyer’s death, who died of blunt force trauma, until after he was arrested.

“Do I feel bad that he’s dead? It’s a human life, [so] I mean yeah,” Kai said in our conversation at the end of June. “Do I feel bad that he raped me? I feel embarrassed, like I think it’s disgusting. I feel all sorts of emotions and stuff that I wouldn’t wish on anyone else.”

Authorities have cast the incident in a different light. Following Kai’s arrest on May 16, then-Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow told reporters that Galfy’s death “was thought out.” Romankow also described Kai’s claims of being drugged and raped as “pretty much self-serving,” though the prosecutor did say that the encounter between Galfy and Kai appeared sexual in nature.

Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2017 - 02:16pm PT
Kai from dogtown is a wild guy!
kunlun_shan

Mountain climber
SF, CA
Mar 16, 2017 - 02:43pm PT
V, he's NOT from Dogtown.

He's from Edmonton, Alberta. No wonder the guy can't surf.
rincon

climber
Coarsegold
Mar 16, 2017 - 03:43pm PT
does Kai mean Fresno when he says Dogtown?? Like Fresno St. Bulldogs? Or is it a different place?

Fresno is NoTown, as in Fres-NO

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=No-Town
psykokid

Mountain climber
Pasadena
Mar 16, 2017 - 03:57pm PT
I remember when this guy first popped up a few years ago.

CSB tie in - The street sign posted on the last page is about a half mile down the road from my Dad's place up in Greely Hill.
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2017 - 04:34pm PT
You don't have to be FROM Dogtown to be from Dogtown bro. You need to have a dogtown soul.
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2017 - 07:21pm PT
And we get to laugh at them!!! Hell yah!
jeff constine

Trad climber
Ao Namao
Mar 16, 2017 - 08:01pm PT
You should stick to posting what you do best Viltal, climbing. The vid sucks.
Tan Slacks

climber
Joshua Tree
Mar 16, 2017 - 10:07pm PT
It does help if you're really from Dogtown!

Me, Tony, Paul and others in Santa Monica Canyon 1975. I don't remember no Kai!



ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
Mar 16, 2017 - 10:45pm PT
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Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2017 - 11:05pm PT
wow not sure what to say about that video, biotch. That was very close. As far as the last question in the video, IMI his life and his risk(s) to take. If others look at it, think "RAD I WANNA DO THAT" and die, that is their choice...humans do stupid sh#t. Some of it is very obvious, like when you record jumping off a cliff and nearly hit rocks and some of it less obvious or never talked about, yet risky and unnecessary. Everyone gets to make own choices when they wake up every morning. Not all choices would be approved by other people.


I can't believe they interviewed Kai after he killed the guy that went apeshit in Fresno...Imagine the scene after he hit the guy with a hatchet three times. There must have been so much blood there. After something like this he should be taken into the police department and see a psychiatrist, not give interviews.
drF

Trad climber
usa
Mar 17, 2017 - 01:50am PT
^^^^
Exactly. That video is surreal. "You bludgeoned a guy to death but your story checks out. Now go talk to Fox News"
kunlun_shan

Mountain climber
SF, CA
Mar 17, 2017 - 08:02am PT
I can't believe they interviewed Kai after he killed the guy that went apeshit in Fresno...Imagine the scene after he hit the guy with a hatchet three times.

Vitaliy, to clear up any misunderstanding, Kai did NOT kill the driver in Fresno, who hit the PG&E worker with his car. Kai used the BLUNT end of the hatchet and the driver not seriously injured.

The driver, Jett McBride, was eventually found insane in court for the attack.

http://abc30.com/archive/9395230/
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
Apr 20, 2017 - 08:57pm PT
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Bad Climber

Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
Apr 21, 2017 - 06:28am PT
Cool remix, Biotch. Loved it.

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