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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 25, 2017 - 07:56pm PT
SUPERTOPO CLIMBING GOLD: 0.0 A Guide to SuperTopo Gold
SUPERTOPO CLIMBING GOLD: 1.0 Trip Reports
SUPERTOPO CLIMBING GOLD: 2.0 Threads: Foundational Series
SUPERTOPO CLIMBING GOLD: 2.1 Threads: Individuals
SUPERTOPO CLIMBING GOLD: 2.2 Threads: Areas + Routes
SUPERTOPO CLIMBING GOLD: 2.3 Threads: Climbing Conversation
SUPERTOPO CLIMBING GOLD: 3.0 Single Posts


My hope is that this index of SuperTopo Climbing Gold will collect and organize the highest quality climbing related information, narrative and entertainment on the SuperTopo Climber’s Forum.

As such, the goal is not to catalog every single thread or tr, but rather to mine the best 1-3% [or so] worth of climbing related threads and posts that this forum has to offer. To add your favourite hidden and not so hidden climbing related SuperTopo gems to these index threads, just post the thread, tr, or single post that made a significant impression on you, to any of the six threads and i'll keep [in time :)] compiling and making them clickable on the first post of the applicable threads.

There are only two rules and two instructions:

Rules: 1. no self-authored nominations
..... 2. nominations need to be somewhat climbing related.

Instructions: 1. be specific regarding which threads or posts you deem worthy [ie. i need something more specific than "all of jimmy joe willicker's threads”]
..... 2. ask yourself whether it's just a personal fave or whether it rises to the level of quality that these lists generally rise to, thus far.





2.1 THREADS: INDIVIDUALS [by birth decade and nationality]


A. Pre 1900s

Austrian
Preuss, Paul; 1886: Paul Preuss, Our Founding Father Of Style. [Survival: Nov. 2, 2009]

Norwegian
Zapffe, Peter; 1899: Zapffe [Marlow: Dec. 28, 2012]


B. 1900s

French
Allain, Pierre; 1904: PIERRE ALLAIN MTN 62 [Blakey: Oct. 18, 2012]

Italian
Cassin, Riccardo; 1909: Riccardo Cassin - 100 years old [Mighty Hiker: Jan. 1, 2009]


C. 1910s

American
Blanchard, Smoke; 1915: Smoke Blanchard [Doug Ronbinson: Jan. 17, 2011]
Brower, David; 1912: David Brower? What do you know? [crimpergirl: Oct. 8, 2006]
Spitzer, Lyman; 1914: An Astronomer-Climber [rgold: Aug. 31, 2011]


D. 1920s

American
Beckey, Fred; 1923: On the Road with Fred: A short Tribute [Cam Burns: Dec. 29, 2014]
Conn, Jan + Herb; 1924 + 1920: Herb and Jan Conn. Amazeing routes for the ages. [tradmanclimbs: Aug. 3, 2018]
Fiore, Nic; 1921: Nic Fiore R.I.P [Walleye: Jun. 17, 2009]
Harding, Warren; 1924: A Few Notes on the Life of Warren Harding. [Park Rat: Jan. 5, 2011]
..... TWO HISTORIC HARDING LETTERS FROM WALL EARLY MORNING LIGHT [Peter Haan: Nov. 9, 2009]
..... WARREN HARDING'S LETTER QUITTING THE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB [Peter Haan: Nov. 9, 2009]
Lowe, Ralph + Elgene; 1918/1923: Climbing 1957-style [Jello: Dec. 10, 2006]
Ostini, Charles "Chuck"; 1922: Chuck Ostin Mytserioso Appreciation Thread [Sewellyman: Apr. 10, 2009]

French
Rebuffat, Gaston; 1921: Tribute to Gaston Rebuffat [Erik: Nov. 14, 2007]
Terray, Lionel; 1921: A Short Walk with Terray [Oldguy: Apr. 10, 2013]

Austrian
Buhl, Hermann; 1924: Hermann Buhl [Morphus: Feb. 2, 2008]


E. 1930s

American
Baldwin, Jim; 1938: Seeking Memories of Jim Baldwin [Mighty Walker: Dec. 18, 2009]
Feurer, Bill "Dolt"; ?: Dolt Stories [Don Lauria: Nov. 20, 2008]
Gill, John; 1937: The Art of Bouldering John Gill AAJ 1969 [Steve Grossman: May 9, 2010]
..... The Thimble - John Gill [Alex Baker: Dec. 5, 2010]
Kamps, Bob; 1931: An afternoon with Kamps [rgold: Sep. 23, 2011]
..... Bob Kamps Stories [BBA, Aug. 4, 2009]
..... RIP Bob Kamps? [DMT: Mar. 4, 2005]
Kor, Layton; 1938: Kor and Pratt, the tall and the short of it... by Pat Ament [Patrick Oliver: Apr. 30, 2013]
..... The Great One [Toker Villain: Nov. 14, 2010]
Langford, Jim; 1932: Vintage climbers...your story [riverxing: May 20, 2018]
Pratt, Chuck; 1939: Chuck Pratt [Doug Robinson: May 18, 2009]
Robbins, Royal; 1935: Royal Robbins: “This importing business is a real can of --- [Fritz: Nov. 27, 2009]
..... The day I could have killed Royal Robbins [Dick Erb: Dec. 7, 2009]
..... Royal Robbins Falling while Soloing I 12 at Indian Rock [?: Feb. 20, 2010]
Stannard, John; 1939: Welcome John Stannard to ST [Roger Breedlove: Sep. 6, 2006]

Australian
Pauligk, Roland; 1937: Roland Pauligk RIP [Alan Rubin, Jan. 24, 2017]

British
Brown, Joe; 1930: Joe Brown honored [Ydpl8s: Jan. 20, 2011]
Whillans, Don; 1933: Don Whillans in California in 1966 [michaelj: Apr. 23, 2012]

French
Desmaison, Rene; 1930: RIP Rene Desmaison [klk: Oct. 2, 2007]

Italian
Bonatti, Walter; 1930: Good bye Walter Bonatti [stfan607518: Sep. 14, 2011]


F. 1940s

American
Ament, Pat; 1946: Pat Ament, amazing interview! [bryceman: Jul. 3, 2007]
..... obscure history [Oli: May 31, 2007]
Bossier, Tex, 1943: Tex Bossier [Ojai Alex: Feb. 21, 2015]
Bridwell, Jim; 1944: bridwell stories [bruce ostler: Apr. 8, 2005]
..... Cerro Torre-FA Alpine Style Brewer & Bridwell Climbing 1980 [Steve Grossman: Dec. 7, 2009]
..... Climbing with Bridwell--FA of The Handbook, July 1972, as told by Jim [Roger Breedlove: Mar. 27, 2018]
..... Jim Bridwell Appreciation thread [Pate: Mar. 5, 2009]
..... Kathy: An unpublished Bird tell all [marty(r): Jul. 13, 2018]
..... RIP JIM BRIDWELL [ron gomez: Feb. 16, 2018]
..... Thanks to The Bird [Mark Force: May 28, 2015]
Donini, Jim; 1943: Jim Donini Appreciation thread [Big Mike: Jan. 30, 2013]
Dunn, Jim; 1949: Any Jimmy Dunn stories? [SteveA: Jun. 13, 2010]
Erb, Dick; ?: Dick Erb Appreciation Thread [Steve Grossman: Nov. 7, 2009]
Fredricks, Chris; 1942: Chris Fredricks -- where he be? [Largo: Apr. 26, 2007]
Gerughty, Tom; 1946: Tom Gerughty RIP [guido: Sep. 2, 2013]
Haan, Peter; 1948: Peter Haan goes public! ... listen ... ClimbTalkRadio [Tarbuster: Jan. 29, 2015]
Herbert, TM; ?: TM Herbert appreciation [Wild Bill: Dec. 4, 2006]
Higgins, Tom; 1944: Tom Higgins [Tamara Robbins: Mar. 21, 2018]
Jardine, Ray; 1944: The fashionable Ray Jardine on Separate Reality [Roger Breedlove: May 23, 2007]
Jensen, Don; 1943: Don Jensen [Doug Robinson: Mar. 26, 2009]
Johnson, Beverly; 1947: Bev Johnson Stories [10b4me: May 17, 2006]
..... First All Female Ascent and First Female Solo of El Cap [Steve Grossman: Sep. 30, 2007]
Klemens, Mark; ?: Barry Bates and Mark Klemens--Valley free climbing [Roger Breedlove: Aug. 14, 2008]
Madsen, Jim; 1947: The death of Jim Madsen [Dick Erb: Dec. 9, 2009]
McKeown, Joe "Guido"; ?: Goto 2.0 F. GUIDO'S GOLDEN AGE OF YOSEMITE
Neptune, Gary; 1945: Neptune Mountaineering Sold [FGD135: Jan. 7, 2013]
Robinson, Doug; 1945: Welcome to Doug Robinson! [Maysho: Jul. 9, 2007]
Rosenthal, Charles Walter; 1948: In Memoriam [Blinny: Apr. 6, 2007]
..... Mammoth Mtn - three ski patrol deaths today [Fluoride: Apr. 6, 2006]
Rowell, Galen, 1940: Rowell Garage [Peter Haan: Mar. 15, 2011]
..... Rowell's Sierra FAs [Jerry Dodrill: Feb. 29, 2012]
..... Galen Rowell's 1,000-Mile Sierra Weekend-Climbing 1970 [Steve Grossman: Sep 6, 2010]
Vandiver, Chris; ?: More Chris Vandiver from BITD [Peter Haan: Jul. 28, 2010]
Sacherer, Frank; 1940: Frank Sacherer -- 1940 - 1978 [Ed Hartouni: Oct. 19, 2006]
Schrimsher, Allen "Ouch!": His name is Allen Schrimsher... but we know him as Ouch! [nature: Oct 26, 2008]
Stephens, Drone; 1946: Drone Stephens [Leigh Stephens: May 27, 2015]
Suhl, Claude, ?: Claude Suhl, The Duke of Earl and 1962 [Guido: Jan. 7, 2010]
Wilson, James; 1948: RIP, James Wilson...Wilson's Eastside Sports, Bishop [Cragman: Jul. 16, 2015]

British
Scott, Doug; 1941: Mountain 57: A Crawl Down the Ogre [Blakey: Oct. 16, 2012]


G. 1950s

American
Accomazzo, Rick; 1955: Ricky Accomazzo tonight on ClimbTalkRadio live! 9pm MST [Tarbuster: Jan. 30, 2015]
Bachar, John; 1957: Bachar references in Mountain Magazine [Ed Hartouni: Oct. 11, 2012]
..... Bachar welcome to the forum [Tradboy: Nov. 29, 2005]
..... Classic Bachar Sandbags [fosburg: Jul. 15, 2009]
..... John Bachar - In memory of a great man 1957 – 2009 [graham: Jul 5, 2009]
..... John Bachar timeline 1957-2009 [Clint Cummins: Jul. 8, 2009]
..... Johnny Rock- Classic '86 Bachar Interview [Steve Grossman: Aug. 15, 2009]
..... SOLITAIRE - An Appreciation of John Bachar Mountain 93 [Ed Hartouni: Nov. 8, 2010]
Barber, Henry; 1953: Article: Full Hot. Henry Barber climbs in Bermuda. [grant farquhar: Apr. 18, 2018]
..... Hot Henry changed climbing! [bob d'antonio: Sep. 16, 2007]
Bates, Barry; 1950: Barry Bates and Mark Klemens--Valley free climbing [Roger Breedlove: Aug. 14, 2008]
..... Barry Bates [Largo: May 9, 2007]
Bindner, Bruce "Brutus of Wyde", ?: Too Soon Brutus! [DMT: Jun. 15, 2009]
Birchell, Bruce "survival"; ?: Where Were You In 1961? My Alaska History Pix [survival: Aug. 23, 2013]
..... Where's Survival? [DMT: Dec. 20, 2017]
Braun, Werner; ? (lifetime dependent): Werner defies gravity! [bachar: Feb. 26, 2006]
..... WBraun. Wise man? Or...........of ST? [mountain dog: Mar. 17, 2010]
Clance, Chuck; 1952: Chuck Clance appreciation Thread [Fogarty: Apr. 19, 2010]
Chapman, Mark; ?: mark chapman (CHAPPY) appreciation thread- brother&friend :) [neebee: Oct. 7, 2009]
Cole, Charles; 1955: RIP Charles Cole III [Bullwinkle: Jul, 16, 2018]
Cox, Matt; ?: whatever happened to Matt Cox? [hashbro: Mar. 19, 2006]
Fowler, Charlie; 1954: Charlie [Toker Villain: Dec. 27, 2006]
..... Charlie Fowler Speaks! Lost interview from 1986 [crunch: Aug. 27, 2010]
Gingery, Mari; 1956: Mike and Mari [Leroy: Mar. 22, 2006]
Graham, Mike; 1956: Mike Graham Appreciation Thread [Sewellymon: Aug. 20, 2007]
Grandusky, Dan; ?: Clean Dan Stories [Grug: Feb. 20, 2006]
Harrison, Richard; 1953: Richard Harrison has passed away [Largo: Oct. 25, 2014]
Hartouni, Ed; ?: EDZILLA: Queen of the High Desert OW (OW, not OT) [L: Mar. 4, 2010]
Higbee, Art; 1955: Art Higbee, a great climber, passes on. [philo: Jan. 19, 2010]
Higgins, Molly; ?: MOLLY HIGGINS [Peter Haan: DEC. 16, 2009]
Kauk, Ron; 1957: Ron Kauk Appreciation thread [Karl Baba: Aug. 14, 2009]
..... Ron Kauk/Sacred Rok at Patagonia Palo Alto [Steve Rathbun: May 11, 2017]
Lechlinski, Mike; 1953: Mike and Mari [Leroy: Mar. 22, 2006]
Long, John; 1953: The Classic 'Pumping Sandstone' by John Long (Climbing 1978) [Mimi: Aug. 25, 2007]
Lowe, Jeff; 1950: Welcome to Jeff Lowe [10b4me: Oct. 11, 2006]
McKinney, Steve; 1953: In memory of Steve McKinney... [captain chaos: Nov. 10, 2007]
Olson, Ray; 1957: Looking for Ray Olson [dirtdiver: May 7, 2016]
.... Ray Olson RIP [Sewellyman: Nov. 28, 2016]
Porter, Charlie; 1950: A Charlie Porter Apparition [O.D.: Feb. 15, 2008]
..... Apparently Charlie Porter has died [Chill: Feb. 23, 2014]
Shipley, Walt; 1956: Remembering Walt [kevin Fosburg: Dec. 13, 2005]
..... Walt Shipley, gone 10 years.... [Russ Walling: May 7, 2009]
Sorenson, Tobin; 1955: Losing Tobin, Thirty Four Years Ago [Bushman: Oct. 5, 2014]
..... Sorenson & Adams on the Shield [Bushman: Feb. 7, 2015]
..... Sorenson/Roberts Grand Central Couloir/Mt. Kitchener [Bushman: Feb. 22, 2015]
..... Tobin Sorenson [Brunosafari: Oct. 5, 2011]
Tech, Tucker; ?: Tucker Tech! [tuckersbabes: Jun. 16, 2008]
Vogel, Randy; ?: Good Times with Randy Vogel on ClimbTalkRadio !!! [Tarbuster: Feb. 14, 2015]
Walling, Russ; ?: Deep Space Time Machine from the Mussy Nebula [Tarbuster: Feb. 6, 2006]
Webster, Ed; 1956: Ed Webster Appreciation Thread [Steve Grossman: Feb. 8, 2009]
Westbay, Billy; 1953: Billy Westbay Appreciation Thread. [Salamanizer: Dec. 3, 2013]
..... Team Machine Billy Westbay NIAD PO Wall Yosemite Climber [Steve Grossman: May 25, 2013]
Wilkening, Peater; ?: Re: Suicide Photos [Peater: Dec. 15, 2016]
Worral, Kevin; ?: Welcome to Kevin Worrall [Roger Breedlove: Sep. 13, 2006]
Wunsch, Steve; ?: Steve Wunsch Appreciation Thread [Pate: Sep. 3, 2009]
..... STEVE WUNSCH: NOBLE PARTNER [Peter Haan: Dec. 21, 2009]
Yablonski, John; ?: Yabo [Chicken Skinner: Jul. 2, 2006]
..... for the yabo fans... [Jorge: Sep. 27, 2006]
van Belle, Bob; 1958: Bob Van Belle Appreciation [helyje: Feb. 16, 2007]
..... BVB, the passing of an American Legend… [rmuir: Jul. 10, 2017]
Yaniro, Tony; ?: Tony Yaniro-how come no ones talks about him? [hobo_dan: Aug. 27, 2009]

Canadian
Burton, Hugh; ?: Hugh Burton? [Senor Pinche Wey: Mar. 16, 2005]
..... Hugh Burton's Classic El Capitan Up-date Mountain 44 1975 [Steve Grossman: Mar. 14, 2009]
Croft, Peter; 1958: PETER CROFT INTERVIEW [ihateplastic: Jan. 7, 2010]
Hatten, Daryl; ?: Daryl Hatten [AP: Mar. 18, 2006]

British
Fawcett, Ron; 1955: Ron Fawcett [James; Nov. 19, 2010]


H. 1960s

American
Cosgrove, Scott; 1964: Scott Cosgrove RIP [Chief: Feb. 24, 2016]
Epperson, Greg; ?: Here's to Greg Epperson [Prod: Nov. 20, 2007]
Guerin, Skip; ?: Skip Guerin Appreciation Thread [Blowboarder: Jun. 11, 2007]
Hill, Lynn; 1961: Lynn Hill Appreciation [Anastasia: Jun. 10, 2009]
McCray, Brian; 1969 : Brian McCray [ElCapPirate: Aug. 25, 2014]
McDevitt, Dan and Sue; ?: Thanks to Dan and Sue McDevitt [yosemite 5.9: Dec. 11, 2011]
Paul, Michael "Watusi"; ?: Watusi nostalgia photos [Watusi: May 13, 2011]
Schultz, Dave; ?: Walleye... tell me a story [Russ Walling: Apr. 13, 2007]
Slater, Rob; 1960: Remembering Rob Slater [Ultra Fool: Dec. 12, 2011]
Smith, Kurt; 1964: See How We Are-Kurt Smith Profile Climbing 1988 [Steve Grossman: Sep. 26, 2010]
..... WELCOME Kurt "the kid" aka "TheGeneral" Smith [Blinny: Jan. 3, 2007]
Waugh, Mike; ?: Mike Waugh Appreciation List [Ed Bannister: Jul. 14, 2009]

British
Dawes, Johnny; 1964: Johnny Dawes [Gordon: Mar. 24, 2008]
..... A walk on the wild slide with Johnny Dawes! [Bald Eagle: Nov. 28, 2017]
..... Vintage Moffatt and Dawes (Meltdown, 9a) [gonzo chemist: Jul. 22, 2012]
..... Johnny Dawes - No handed climbing [Robert L: Apr. 12, 2015]
Moffat, Jerry; 1963: Jerry Moffatt"s book Revelations [Jonnnyyyzzz: May 26, 2012]

French
Destivelle, Catherine; 1960: Catherine Destivelle- Profile by Beth Wald Climbing 1988 [Steve Grossman: Sep. 26, 2010]
Edlinger, Patrick; 1960: Patrick Edlinger [Ionlyski: Nov. 15, 2012]

Japanese
Hidetaka, Suzuki; ?: BITD... Hidetaka Suzuki stories [Ksolem: Feb. 11, 2018]


I. 1970s

American
House, Steve; 1970: "Shattered" by Tyler Stableford (starring Steve House) [laughingman: Jun. 10, 2012]
Way, Brian; ?: Mr. Way [Lovegasoline: Nov. 2, 2010]

Austrian
Kaltenbrunner, Gerlinde; 1970: K2 Impressive feat by the lady [Silver: Aug. 25, 2011]


J. 1980s

American
Honnold, Alex; 1985: Astroman Free Solo [James: Sep. 25, 2007]

British
Findlay, Hazel; 1989: Hazel Findlay again [Denni: Oct. 25, 2012]


K. 1990s

Czech
Ondra, Adam; 1993: Adam Ondra, world class trad climber [GDavis: May 14, 2014]


L. More Links

The European Climbing Index [Marlow: Jun. 9, 2015]
nah000

climber
now/here
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 25, 2017 - 08:10pm PT
ok... i cruised through this list quickly and then organized it mostly by memory...

ie. i'm sure i've got a few people's nationalities mistaken... so if you catch an insult to someone's heritage post up.

thanks.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Oct 25, 2017 - 09:14pm PT
hey there, say, nah000... just stopped by here...

got to see the molly higgins 'goofy summit' shot... :)

thank you for all the threads, with TITLES for their included links!!!


:)


we learn SO MUCH here, at the ol' taco...

:)
nah000

climber
now/here
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 9, 2017 - 10:15pm PT
sweet suggestions Tarbuster:

added the following...

Bates, Barry: Barry Bates [Largo: May 9, 2007]

Jensen, Don: Don Jensen [Doug Robinson: Mar. 26, 2009]

McKinney, Steve: In memory of Steve McKinney... [captain chaos: Nov. 10, 2007]

van Belle, Bob: BVB, the passing of an American Legend… [rmuir: Jul. 10, 2017]

Wilson, James: RIP, James Wilson...Wilson's Eastside Sports, Bishop [Cragman: Jul. 16, 2015]

and Marlow's European Climbing Index was already on there.

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Mar 14, 2018 - 01:02am PT
Jim Bridwell:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/3061800/RIP-JIM-BRIDWELL

[edit]

Matt Cox:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/168810/whatever-happened-to-Matt-Cox
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Apr 6, 2018 - 02:23pm PT
A. AMERICANS

Rick Accomazzo
(self-nominated thread, but it's a radio interview with Rick, an original Stonemaster, WTF?)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2571066/Ricky-Accomazzo-tonight-on-ClimbTalkRadio-live-9pm-MST

John Bachar
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1950604/Bachar-references-in-Mountain-Magazine
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/898272/John-Bachar-timeline-1957-2009

Bruce Birchell
(Valley boy from the late 70s/early 80s: check out these cool archival family photos from Alaska, 1961)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2209391/Where-Were-You-In-1961-My-Alaska-History-Pix
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/3043530/Wheres-Survival

Smoke Blanchard
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1383032/Smoke-Blanchard

Werner Braun
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/158462/Werner-defies-gravity
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1119808/WBraun-Wise-man-Or-of-ST

Jim Bridwell
http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Climbing-with-Bridwell-FA-of-The-Handbook-July-1972-as-told-by-Jim/t13295n.html
(Story by Jim, thread by Roger Breedlove)

David Brower
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/264154/David-Brower-What-do-you-know

Hugh Burton
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/65463/Hugh-Burton
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/807515/Hugh-Burtons-Classic-El-Capitan-Up-date-Mountain-44-1975
(Grossman thread, but relevant to Burton, may consider double posting here?)

Chuck Clance
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1148791/Chuck-Clance-appreciation-Thread

Jimmy Dunn
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1193214/Any-Jimmy-Dunn-stories

Nick Fiore
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/883550/Nic-Fiore-R-I-P

Dan Grandusky
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/155527/Clean-Dan-Stories

Peter Haan (self-nominated, but cripes, you know you want this one: radio interview with Peter Haan)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2570227/Peter-Haan-goes-public-listen-ClimbTalkRadio

Richard Harrison
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2516872/Richard-Harrison-has-passed-away

Ed Hartouni (may already be in the stories section, and may belong there anyhow, take a look!)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1107525/EDZILLA-Queen-of-the-High-Desert-OW-OW-not-OT

Art Higbee
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1063470/Art-Higbee-a-great-climber-passes-on

Tom Higgins
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/3071926/Tom-Higgins

Steve House
(Shattered: a very intense, "guy and his axes" video short, plus a solo of Repentance/Remission, & Timmy O'Neill interview)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1849630/Shattered-by-Tyler-Stableford-starring-Steve-House

Layton Kor (could be considered more of a story, but we have nothing for Layton under individuals)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2127861/Kor-and-Pratt-the-tall-and-the-short-of-it-by-Pat-Ament

McDevitt, Dan & Sue (Bonavich)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1690984/Thanks-to-Dan-and-Sue-McDevitt

Gary Neptune
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2036691/Neptune-Mountaineering-Sold

Chuck Ostin
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/832070/Chuck-Ostin-Mytserioso-Appreciation-Thread

Ouch!
(Was a well-loved player & creator of awesome cartoons here on the forum during the previous decade, people won't know him by his actual name)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/707731/His-name-is-Allen-Schrimsher-but-we-know-him-as-Ouch

Charlie Porter
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2350421/Apparently-Charlie-Porter-has-died

Royal Robbins
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1093917/Royal-Robbins-Falling-while-Soloing-I-12-at-Indian-Rock

Walter Rosenthal
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/176881/Mammoth-Mtn-three-ski-patrol-deaths-today

Walt Shipley
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/853763/Walt-Shipley-gone-10-years

Tobin Sorenson
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2575798/Sorenson-Adams-on-the-Shield
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2584071/Sorenson-Roberts-Grand-Central-Couloir-Mt-Kitchener

Drone Stephens
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2632236/Drone-Stephens

Galen Rowell
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1440271/Rowell-Garage
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1764023/Rowells-Sierra-FAs

(No doubt, already in Grossman's compilation, but might consider entering under individuals as well)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1261259/Galen-Rowells-1-000-Mile-Sierra-Weekend-Climbing-1970

Chris Vandiver
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1228813/More-Chris-Vandiver-from-BITD
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=194770&msg=196467#msg196467
(second thread need links restored in OP, excellent archival photos, will contact Haan about it)

Randy Vogel
(another self-nomination, but hey, it's about a person who matters, and it's a radio interview!)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2579365/Good-Times-with-Randy-Vogel-on-ClimbTalkRadio

Ed Webster
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/782474/Ed-Webster-Appreciation-Thread

Billy Westbay (Grossman thread, but very relevant to Billy particularly)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2146490&msg=2146490#msg2146490


E. BRITISH

Johnny Dawes
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/563263/Johnny-Dawes
http://www.supertopo.com/tr/A-walk-on-the-wild-slide-with-Johnny-Dawes/t13237n.html
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1885104&msg=1885104#msg1885104
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2608873/Johnny-Dawes-No-handed-climbing


F. FRENCH

Rene Desmaison
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/458257/RIP-Rene-Desmaison
nah000

climber
now/here
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 9, 2018 - 07:37pm PT
really appreciate the work Tarbuster... i'll inevitably sort through these and your nominations to the other threads in due time, but just wanted you and others who have posted suggestions over the last bit, to know that i haven't given up on these threads and i will be back... so keep the nominations coming even if it looks like these threads are dormant... cheers gents.
Matteo M

climber
San Diego
Apr 10, 2018 - 07:42am PT
Im real bad at posting on ST but Hidetaka Suzuki is definitely worth mention!

Hidetaka Suzuki
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/3060219/BITD-Hidetaka-Suzuki-stories
clode

Trad climber
portland, or
Apr 10, 2018 - 11:33am PT
Someone's got WAY too much time on their hands! Good work though! Mainly because it's climbing related!
rgold

Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Apr 10, 2018 - 01:45pm PT
The absence of anything about Bob Kamps is surprising. I know I've written something about him but I'm not allowed to nominate my own posts. In any case, surely mine is not the only one?
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Apr 10, 2018 - 05:02pm PT
A. AMERICANS

Bob Kamps thread, nominated:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1616302/An-afternoon-with-Kamps

Bob Kamps Stories:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=921125&msg=921125#msg921125

Wow, a thread by L which I'd never seen.
Might belong in the stories section of the index, or might already be there, but here goes, and will kindly ask the librarian to shake it all out:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/586722/Bob-Kamps-the-Lost-Canyons-of-Zion-Part-I
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/588397/Bob-Kamps-and-The-Lost-Canyons-of-Zion-Part-II

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/63904/RIP-Bob-Kamps


E. BRITISH

Jerry Moffatt:

Jerry Moffatt's book Revelations
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1836848&msg=1836848#msg1836848


Ron Fawcett:

Fawcett on Rock 1987:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=3031694&msg=3031708#msg3031708

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1322094/Ron-Fawcett

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/948228/What-became-of-Brit-climber-Ron-Fawcett

Ron Fawcett's [book, Rock Athlete]
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1098166/Ron-Fawcetts

Ron Fawcett buying bananas:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2649127&msg=2649127#msg2649127

[Edit]

A. AMERICAN

Peater Wilkening
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2918768/Re-Suicide-Photos
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Apr 20, 2018 - 05:01pm PT
A. AMERICAN:

Layton Kor:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1318296/The-Great-One

Kurt Smith:
(No doubt under the Grossman threads, but could be posted here as well)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1276301&msg=1276685#msg1276685

Tony Yaniro:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/942984/Tony-Yaniro-how-come-no-ones-talks-about-him

[Edit]
Henry Barber:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/3080238/Article-Full-Hot-Henry-Barber-climbs-in-Bermuda
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Apr 20, 2018 - 09:01pm PT
Include Dick Erb-
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1004066/Dick-Erb-Appreciation-Thread

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
May 10, 2018 - 01:40pm PT
A. AMERICANS

Bridwell

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2632856/Thanks-to-The-Bird

^^^ Thread contains:

Jim Bridwell Appreciation
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=800705&tn=0&mr=0

Bridwell Stories
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=68084&tn=0&mr=0

Bridwell's Brave New World
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1217261&msg=1217261#msg1217261

Bird Lives!
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1220173&msg=1220173#msg1220173

Driving Miss Bridwell
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=734947&msg=734947#msg734947

A Summer Afternoon with Bachar and Bridwell
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=901172&tn=0&mr=0

Cerre Torre - FA Alpine Style
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1029543&msg=1029543#msg1029543

Dance of the Woo-Li Masters
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1215174&msg=1215174#msg1215174

Shadows - Half Dome
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=729469&msg=729469#msg729469
nah000

climber
now/here
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 2, 2018 - 07:20pm PT
ok. the americans list was getting long and kinda ugly... so i reorganized based on decade of birth year. this was mostly done using google, so at this point many are not definitive. if i've screwed something up or for those that i couldn't find anything and just straight up guessed based on their contemporaries, feel free to either post up corrections here or email me at nah000 at hotmail dot com and i'll clean them up.

now onto the most prolific of the miners... the suggestions are much appreciated Tarbuster. lots and lots of good stuff here... and yeah word to the wise: if you nominate dozens and dozens, you'll prob get a pass on a self nomination or two:

Americans
10s
Blanchard, Smoke; 1915: Smoke Blanchard [Doug Ronbinson: Jan. 17, 2011]
Brower, David; 1912: David Brower? What do you know? [crimpergirl: Oct. 8, 2006]

20s
Fiore, Nic; 1921: Nic Fiore R.I.P [Walleye: Jun. 17, 2009]
Ostini, Charles "Chuck"; 1922: Chuck Ostin Mytserioso Appreciation Thread [Sewellyman: Apr. 10, 2009]

30s
Kor, Layton; 1938: Kor and Pratt, the tall and the short of it... by Pat Ament [Patrick Oliver: Apr. 30, 2013]
Robbins, Royal; 1935: Royal Robbins Falling while Soloing I 12 at Indian Rock [?: Feb. 20, 2010]

40s
Bridwell, Jim; 1944: RIP JIM BRIDWELL [ron gomez: Feb. 16, 2018]
..... Climbing with Bridwell--FA of The Handbook, July 1972, as told by Jim [Roger Breedlove: Mar. 27, 2018]
Dunn, Jim; 1949: Any Jimmy Dunn stories? [SteveA: Jun. 13, 2010]
Haan, Peter; 1948: Peter Haan goes public! ... listen ... ClimbTalkRadio [Tarbuster: Jan. 29, 2015]
Higgins, Tom; 1944: Tom Higgins [Tamara Robbins: Mar. 21, 2018]
Neptune, Gary; 1945: Neptune Mountaineering Sold [FGD135: Jan. 7, 2013]
Rosenthal, Walter; 1948: Mammoth Mtn - three ski patrol deaths today [Fluoride: Apr. 6, 2006]
Rowell, Galen, 1940: Rowell Garage [Peter Haan: Mar. 15, 2011]
..... Rowell's Sierra FAs [Jerry Dodrill: Feb. 29, 2012]
..... Galen Rowell's 1,000-Mile Sierra Weekend-Climbing 1970 [Steve Grossman: Sep 6, 2010]
Vandiver, Chris; ?:
More Chris Vandiver from BITD [Peter Haan: Jul. 28, 2010]
Schrimsher, Allen "Ouch!": His name is Allen Schrimsher... but we know him as Ouch! [nature: Oct 26, 2008]
Stephens, Drone; 1946: Drone Stephens [Leigh Stephens: May 27, 2015]

50s
Accomazzo, Rick; 1955: Ricky Accomazzo tonight on ClimbTalkRadio live! 9pm MST [Tarbuster: Jan. 30, 2015]
Bachar, John; 1957: Bachar references in Mountain Magazine [Ed Hartouni: Oct. 11, 2012]
..... John Bachar timeline 1957-2009 [Clint Cummins: Jul. 8, 2009]
Birchell, Bruce "survival"; ?: Where Were You In 1961? My Alaska History Pix [survival: Aug. 23, 2013]
..... Where's Survival? [DMT: Dec. 20, 2017]
Braun, Werner; ? (lifetime dependent): Werner defies gravity! [bachar: Feb. 26, 2006]
..... WBraun. Wise man? Or...........of ST? [mountain dog: Mar. 17, 2010]
Cox, Matt; ?: whatever happened to Matt Cox? [hashbro: Mar. 19, 2006]
Grandusky, Dan; ?: Clean Dan Stories [Grug: Feb. 20, 2006]
Harrison, Richard; 1953:
Richard Harrison has passed away [Largo: Oct. 25, 2014]
Hartouni, Ed; ?: EDZILLA: Queen of the High Desert OW (OW, not OT) [L: Mar. 4, 2010]
Higbee, Art; 1955: Art Higbee, a great climber, passes on. [philo: Jan. 19, 2010]
Porter, Charlie; 1950: Apparently Charlie Porter has died [Chill: Feb. 23, 2014]
Shipley, Walt; 1956: Walt Shipley, gone 10 years.... [Russ Walling: May 7, 2009]
Sorenson, Tobin; 1955: Sorenson & Adams on the Shield [Bushman: Feb. 7, 2015]
..... Sorenson/Roberts Grand Central Couloir/Mt. Kitchener [Bushman: Feb. 22, 2015]
Vogel, Randy; ?:
Good Times with Randy Vogel on ClimbTalkRadio !!! [Tarbuster: Feb. 14, 2015]
Webster, Ed; 1956: Ed Webster Appreciation Thread [Steve Grossman: Feb. 8, 2009]
Westbay, Billy; 1953: Team Machine Billy Westbay NIAD PO Wall Yosemite Climber [Steve Grossman: May 25, 2013]

60s
Clance, Chuck; ?: Chuck Clance appreciation Thread [Fogarty: Apr. 19, 2010]
McDevitt, Dan and Sue; ?: Thanks to Dan and Sue McDevitt [yosemite 5.9: Dec. 11, 2011]

70s
House, Steve; 1970: "Shattered" by Tyler Stableford (starring Steve House) [laughingman: Jun. 10, 2012]


Canadians
Burton, Hugh: already have: Hugh Burton? [Senor Pinche Wey: Mar. 16, 2005]
..... Hugh Burton's Classic El Capitan Up-date Mountain 44 1975 [Steve Grossman: Mar. 14, 2009]


British
Dawes, Johnny; 1964: Johnny Dawes [Gordon: Mar. 24, 2008]
..... A walk on the wild slide with Johnny Dawes! [Bald Eagle: Nov. 28, 2017]
..... Vintage Moffatt and Dawes (Meltdown, 9a) [gonzo chemist: Jul. 22, 2012]
..... Johnny Dawes - No handed climbing [Robert L: Apr. 12, 2015]


French
RIP Rene Desmaison, Rene; 1930: RIP Rene Desmaison [klk: Oct. 2, 2007]

and will include if/when photos are restored:
Chris Vandiver early to mid 1970's



thanks muchly, kind buster... always a pleasure to compile these as you have a good eye for the relevant, and so it is always interesting to peruse what you come up with.

will continue plugging away on the rest as the spirit moves.
nah000

climber
now/here
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 11, 2018 - 10:52am PT
Matteo M: a classic for sure. some great, great stories in there...

1960s?
Japan
Hidetaka, Suzuki; ?: BITD... Hidetaka Suzuki stories [Ksolem: Feb. 11, 2018]



and thanks for the contribution Jeremy Ross:

1950s?
Americans
Chapman, Mark; ?: mark chapman (CHAPPY) appreciation thread- brother&friend :) [neebee: Oct. 7, 2009]



and now onto THE AGGREGATOR (tm)... nice work as always Tarbuster:

1930s
Americans
Kamps, Bob; 1931: An afternoon with Kamps [rgold: Sep. 23, 2011]
..... Bob Kamps Stories [BBA, Aug. 4, 2009]
..... RIP Bob Kamps? [DMT: Mar. 4, 2005]
Kor, Layton; 1938: The Great One [Toker Villain: Nov. 14, 2010]

1940s
Americans
Bridwell, Jim; 1944: Thanks to The Bird [Mark Force: May 28, 2015]
..... Cerro Torre-FA Alpine Style Brewer & Bridwell Climbing 1980 [Steve Grossman: Dec. 7, 2009]

1950s
Americans
Barber, Henry; 1953: Article: Full Hot. Henry Barber climbs in Bermuda. [grant farquhar: Apr. 18, 2018]
Wilkening, Peater; : Re: Suicide Photos [Peater: Dec. 15, 2016]
Yaniro, Tony; ?: Tony Yaniro-how come no ones talks about him? [hobo_dan: Aug. 27, 2009]
British
Fawcett, Ron; 1955: Ron Fawcett [James; Nov. 19, 2010]

1960s
Americans
Smith, Kurt; 1964: See How We Are-Kurt Smith Profile Climbing 1988 [Steve Grossman: Sep. 26, 2010]
British
Moffat, Jerry; 1963: Jerry Moffatt"s book Revelations [Jonnnyyyzzz: May 26, 2012]

and i'll be including L's Zion stories as a trip report on the next update of that section... love these old gems that get pulled up...

and i did one rare bit of editing regarding the Ron Fawcett suggestions: most of those threads were pretty bare and covered the same ground... while i usually don't make comment on what is and is not gold and just compile, i'm only going to post the meatiest of the Ron Fawcett threads for two reasons: i don't have time/interest in having these lists become exhaustive as the intent for these threads is to compile the info/story/convo that is compelling and unique... while that's a pretty grey charge, and in most cases i'm not here to enforce that, in this case those five threads started to become pretty lean and derivative... 99% of the time you find gold, Tarbuster, so know i'll only step in, if your exuberance is particularly egregious... :)

finally, the bridwell list compiled by Mark Force on his Thanks to The Bird thread: a couple of those were already included on the above list, and i also added the cerro torre thread as it had some good commentary. the rest of them i'll leave for people to find on Mark Force's thread as they are mostly single posts [and some of them have already been included there]



And thanks Steve Grossman... as that is already in the foundational threads list, i'll accept a self-nomination... :) good stuff in that thread:

1940s
Americans
Erb, Dick; ?: Dick Erb Appreciation Thread [Steve Grossman: Nov. 7, 2009]



finally, i sublimated the nationalities list into the by decade organization as it seemed cleaner and [hopefully] more useful...

and as always, if there are errors with regards to nationalities or birth decade/year, post em up [ideally with a source] and i'll get it fixed.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Jun 13, 2018 - 11:07am PT
I don't have a source, but I think it's safe to say that Chuck Clance a.k.a. Clancy, was born in the 1950s.
I was born in 1960 and I am pretty darn sure he was older.

[edit]
Here's verification on Chuck Clance's age:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1148791&msg=1248422#msg1248422

In a 2007 CLIMBING article, his age was stated as 55.
So he was probably born ~1952-ish.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Jun 13, 2018 - 12:09pm PT
This, From Jody & his dad, Rivexing

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=3089180&tn=60









And. . . . . . . Claude Suhl, Tales of the Vulgarians


http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1053300&tn=80



True Gold

`



ooh! yes for sure!V V V
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Jul 23, 2018 - 05:52pm PT
Americans, born in the 1950s:

Charles Cole III
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/3105784/RIP-Charles-Cole-III
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Aug 7, 2018 - 09:11pm PT
D. 1920s
American

Jan & Herb Conn
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/3111548/Herb-and-Jan-Conn-Amazeing-routes-for-the-ages

Jan Conn (born c. 1924[4] ) and Herb Conn (April 16, 1920 – February 1, 2012[5])
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_and_Herb_Conn
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Oct 5, 2018 - 03:20pm PT
G. 1950s

Ron Kauk:
Excellent video now posted on this page, featuring Ron talking history and modern climbers on some of the iconic problems, to include Midnight Lightning.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2974833/Ron-Kauk-Sacred-Rok-at-Patagonia-Palo-Alto
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Oct 9, 2018 - 09:36am PT
G. 1950s

American from, best guess, the 1950s:
(knew him well, probably born between 1958-1962, IIRC in the last years of the 50s)

Ray Olson

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2809244/Looking-for-Ray-Olson
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2911728/Ray-Olson-RIP
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Oct 16, 2018 - 08:05pm PT
G. 1950s

Another American, Rob Slater was born, best guess, late 1950s.
Early 60s at the latest.

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1691897/Remembering-Rob-Slater

Also, it looks as though you were asking after Mark Chapman. Definitely 50s.
nah000

climber
now/here
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2019 - 08:11pm PT
buster. much appreciated:
Clance, Chuck; 1952: Chuck Clance appreciation Thread [Fogarty: Apr. 19, 2010]
Cole, Charles; 1955: RIP Charles Cole III [Bullwinkle: Jul, 16, 2018]
Conn, Jan + Herb; 1924 + 1920: Herb and Jan Conn. Amazeing routes for the ages. [tradmanclimbs: Aug. 3, 2018]
Kauk, Ron; 1957: Ron Kauk/Sacred Rok at Patagonia Palo Alto [Steve Rathbun: May 11, 2017]
Olson, Ray; 1950s?: Looking for Ray Olson [dirtdiver: May 7, 2016]
.... Ray Olson RIP [Sewellyman: Nov. 28, 2016]
Slater, Rob; 1960: Remembering Rob Slater [Ultra Fool: Dec. 12, 2011]

GotD! yeah, if this isn't gold then i don't know what is:
Langford, Jim; 1932: Vintage climbers...your story [riverxing: May 20, 2018]
Suhl, Claude, 1940s?: Claude Suhl, The Duke of Earl and 1962 [Guido: Jan. 7, 2010]

thanks, gents...
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