Never Heard of Ed Speth (RIP)?

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TomKimbrough

Social climber

Salt Lake City

Sep 18, 2017 - 12:18pm PT

I was in the Teton climber's camp that summer and knew Ed there. I was invited to go as a third on the Symetery climb but decided not to join them. I remember bouldering with Ed the afternoon before the climb on Cutfinger Boulder.

clode

Trad climber

portland, or

Sep 18, 2017 - 12:27pm PT

Impeccable writing Don! I love your style! Sorry about Ed. If only I could have given him some pin pounding lessons, but alas, I probably was not even born yet!

mcreel

climber

Barcelona

Sep 18, 2017 - 12:51pm PT

Thanks for writing that, it's strangely moving that someone takes the time to write about someone who died a long time ago.

Don Lauria

Trad climber

Bishop, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2017 - 01:03pm PT

Thanks for posting Tom. Didn't know you met him.

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Sep 18, 2017 - 03:11pm PT

I would love to hear an account of your second ascent of the NA Wall with Hennek.

Don Lauria

Trad climber

Bishop, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2017 - 04:08pm PT

Ojai,

Didn't even remember doing that route until someone brought it up a couple of years ago. Not much to say about it ... Yvon suggested the area one morning in Ventura and we just drove up and climbed the first interesting thing we found. We didn't name it. Don't know where the name came from and have no idea how anyone other than us knew we did it.

Now you help me.