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Trusty Rusty
Social climber
Tahoe area
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 25, 2007 - 01:22am PT
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Don Knotts, Cptn. Kirk & Lamont Sanford.
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beer
Social climber
Nevada City
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Jan 25, 2007 - 01:35am PT
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Ben Moon, Dean Potter, Chris Allen, Bill Maranville, Kevin Langpap, Abe Toor.
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Badwaters
Big Wall climber
Alaska
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Jan 25, 2007 - 01:38am PT
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Yabo
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Ksolem
Trad climber
LA, Ca
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Jan 25, 2007 - 01:49am PT
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Clark Jacobs.
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Off the Couch
Trad climber
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Jan 25, 2007 - 02:53am PT
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If a being a character means your a climbing personality, then Jeff Schoen.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Jan 25, 2007 - 11:37am PT
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Rick A., Mike G., Todd S., Charlie F.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Jan 25, 2007 - 11:50am PT
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Of all the recognizable names in climbing that I've met in real life, my vote goes to Gunks local - Dick Williams. Most people imagine him as the bad-boy Vulgarian who climbed Shockley's nake, back in the day. But here he is, half a century later, still crankin away doing FA's, climbing hard, writing incredibly well-done guidebooks and heading a trailwork crew every Sunday during the season.
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theLoop
climber
Northwest Montana
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Jan 25, 2007 - 11:54am PT
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Timmy O! He is quite possibly the goofiest climber ever, always having a great time.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 25, 2007 - 01:15pm PT
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For Me, Hands Down...
Fred Beckey:
(pic Colin Stanley/The Planet)
(pic ripped from Todd's Fab JT site)
Then there was the Devil's Triangle...
(Just made that up)
Russ "Mussy" Walling:
Walt "Bip" Shipley:
Richard "Dr Cilley" Cilley:
...and of course Bob "BVB" Van Belle:
Oh, and John "Largo" Long had some good juice too:
Who could argue!
Our lives were richer than one might have thought possible.
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wbw
climber
'cross the great divide
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Jan 25, 2007 - 01:35pm PT
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"Eh up, mate!", Sheaf Stouts, The Office, The Black, bacon buddies and chips, twenty pitches of soloing .10's and .11's (up and down), great friendship . . .
Eldo. has never been the same without Derek Hersey.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jan 25, 2007 - 03:38pm PT
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These two Spanish kids (or maybe they were Italian) we picked up hitchhiking in the valley a few years ago. They were getting ready to start their first attempt on El Cap and they were stoked to the max. They were excited and thrilled by everything around them.
Hope they made it.
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Apocalypsenow
Trad climber
Cali
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Jan 25, 2007 - 03:46pm PT
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Becky (still leads 5.9), T.M. (still knows how to party) Hill and Destiville
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Standing Strong
Ice climber
still decidering
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Jan 26, 2007 - 04:28pm PT
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royal robbins, because of things i've read about him (some similar things in our background.) he came to speak in one of my classes last semester. i was too shy to go talk to him aftward, but it was enough just to hear him speak. also, he seems like a perfect gentleman.
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Jan 26, 2007 - 07:51pm PT
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Todd Skinner, RIP.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Jan 26, 2007 - 08:29pm PT
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Tobin Sorensen: RIP.
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 26, 2007 - 08:42pm PT
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Yeah Mike.
So glad you met Charlie Porter. So Charlie had all the gear for the "Shield" laid out on a tarp with 40 rurps. Yep that's 40 rurps.
No one has ever up till that time has taken 40 rurps on a wall. So I go "hey Charlie maybe they're knife blade cracks up there?". Nope he says, they're rurp cracks. "You coming kid" he says to me?
Sheeit I think. He wants me to go up there with him and I'm scared sh'tless. I slither away quietly.
But then again there are to many best climbing personalities, too many to list I learn from everyone, even you Mike. You're a great guy.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jan 26, 2007 - 08:54pm PT
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Tobin Sorensen: RIP.
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 26, 2007 - 09:04pm PT
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Tom Patey
If you have not yet read "One mans mountains" you should
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Jan 28, 2007 - 12:03am PT
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A post like this reminds me of how great the climbing community was/is.
I know it was better. I have had my share of fun times. I know that there are some great times to be had by the future generations.
But... Come on... Who of the good/great climbers of this and the next generation can possibly hole a candle to any of those pictured above. Nowhere near the personality of even one of those listed above can be found today. Or, at least I have not run across one yet.
Those pictured are truely rare.
Keep it going, and cheers to all of you who make this time a great time to be in.
Jingy
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 28, 2007 - 12:11am PT
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Nice words for sure.
Poignant too.
I do think Jason Kiehl cultivates quite an expressive personality.
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