The big 85 for Jim McCarthy!

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donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 22, 2018 - 06:50am PT
Well, actually, it was yesterday.....he’s a solstice baby. Anybody who has climbed on the McCarthy Wall in the Gunks knows what a pioneer Jim was. Additionally, he took his rock climbing skills to alpine areas with, among others, the first ascents of the Grand Traverse in the Tetons and Lotus Flower Tower in Alaska.

Jim has also been a lifetime force in the AAC serving a term as president and he was an early and vociferous advocate for more envolvment for women and young climbers culminating in Lynn Hill serving on the Board of Directors and Alison Osiius becoming the first woman president.

He remains active and is currently on a mission to video/record America’s climbing pioneers for posterity.
Brian in SLC

Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
Jun 22, 2018 - 07:33am PT
HBD Jim!

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life is a bivouac

Trad climber
Bishop
Jun 22, 2018 - 07:49am PT
Happy Birthday Jim! Remarkable...
Thanks for your support.
Cheers, and many more... Russ
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Jun 22, 2018 - 09:27am PT
Happy BigDay and Many Happy Returns Meastro McCarthy!
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Jun 22, 2018 - 09:55am PT
Brian SLC, nice cover pic!
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Jun 22, 2018 - 09:58am PT
Happy birthday, Jim! Every year at this time you catch up with me. Nice to have company.
Alan Rubin

climber
Amherst,MA.
Jun 22, 2018 - 10:03am PT
Congratulations and Happy 85th to Jim. Jim has been an inspiration from my very earliest days at the Gunks. Beyond his climbing accomplishments, few know of how much he has done--often behind the scenes--to help American climbing. Donini mentioned a few of his efforts in this regard but there have been many more as well. Jim is also a great story teller and it has been my pleasure to share conversations with him on too rare occasions over the years. I look forward to more in the future.
steveA

Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
Jun 22, 2018 - 12:22pm PT
Jim,

Happy belated Birthday!
Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Jun 22, 2018 - 12:28pm PT
First met him in 1975.

Happy birthday Jim.
Oldfattradguy2

Trad climber
Here and there
Jun 22, 2018 - 12:33pm PT
Respect!
In the mid ‘80’s we tried to get climbing legalized at Minnewaska, He tried his best to convince Nash Castro of the PIPC to give it a go to no avail

Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber
moving thru
Jun 22, 2018 - 12:36pm PT
I don't think I've ever met you Jim, but that doesn't mean I can't wish you a super birthday and many, many more great ones! I love your project. Besides family and friends I believe life consists of working on a wonderful, worthy project while lining up the next one. Cheers!
i-b-goB

Social climber
Wise Acres
Jun 22, 2018 - 01:09pm PT
Happy Birthday Jim!
Super nice S. I. cover!
Karla

climber
Colorado
Jun 22, 2018 - 01:40pm PT
Happy birthday Jim! I will see you two Jim's soon!
jogill

climber
Colorado
Jun 22, 2018 - 03:11pm PT
Have a good year on your journey through time and space, Jim.
norm larson

climber
wilson, wyoming
Jun 22, 2018 - 03:14pm PT
Happy birthday Jim!
Lorna and I miss you in Wyoming.
jstan

climber
Jun 22, 2018 - 03:28pm PT
The Gunks is/was always both welcoming and exciting. I blame Jim and Dan Smiley for this.
I knew good fortune was perched on my shoulder the day I first saw the Gunks.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Jun 22, 2018 - 03:53pm PT
Happy Birthday, Jim!
Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber
moving thru
Jun 22, 2018 - 07:15pm PT
When Donini mentioned the Gunks I thought the Birthday Boy was still there. Low and behold now in Ouray and I'm house sitting in August so I may actually meet this legend. :)
rgold

Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Jun 22, 2018 - 09:51pm PT
Jim believed in mentoring, and he reached out to people in need of it---it wasn't as if you asked or applied. I was one of the beneficiaries. I not only got a wealth of climbing wisdom, I was also pointed in the direction of various climbing plums that Jim thought (or knew) would suit my abilities without overtaxing my weaknesses. My small contributions to Gunks climbing were almost entirely due to Jim's mentoring.

This sharing of the secrets of the craft, out of sheer generosity of spirit, is something that forms a connection, one of many that Jim has made, that has endured the ravages of time and distance.

I've always had quite a ways to go to catch up to Jim, there being really no hope of closing the gap. Age is perhaps the least significant but most easily quantifiable of these differences---I'm ten years behind the Master and that's that.

So happy 85th Jim---and may the dude abide.
hamie

Social climber
Thekoots
Jun 22, 2018 - 11:47pm PT
Over on the Squamish thread we are also celebrating the 85th birthday of local climber and resident Jim Sinclair. Not as well known as Jim McCarthy, he has made a significant contribution to Squamish development and lore over the last 60 years. He is our oldest living climber and knows everything about everything Squamish.

Each contributed in their own way. All of the best to both of them.
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