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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 16, 2007 - 05:48am PT
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I'm with Blinny, WTF man! You can't just hit-and-run post like that - what's the friggin' story? Man this place wouldn't be the same without you...
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Feb 16, 2007 - 09:18am PT
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I first climbed in 1972, but didn't start climbing alot until 1976;....I had heard about a group of climbers from San Diego who " climb everyday." True or not, they inspired me and burned into my brain that climbing everyday was what you did if you wanted to be a dedicated, honed , strong, experienced rock climber. I wanted to be like them. It was BVB, Mike Paul , Greg Epperson, and that gang. Bob even inspired me all the more that normal geeky long-haired dudes with glasses get the hot chicks;...Josilyn is as lovely as they come. The Van Belle's continue to inspire me today with their progressive and fun life-syle and attitude towards travel and children;.....Bravo and hip hip belay to the Van Belle's!
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Hootervillian
climber
the Hooterville World-Guardian
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Feb 16, 2007 - 09:38am PT
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he seems to have all the good bad habits....
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Feb 16, 2007 - 10:01am PT
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oh jeebus here we go....
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Feb 16, 2007 - 10:13am PT
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bvb com - thanks for the hinterlands (flag) snaps. l33t
locker style edit: wore black socks yesterday...
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yo
climber
The Eye of the Snail
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Feb 16, 2007 - 10:16am PT
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As far as I can tell, the dude has trouble just keeping his pants up.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2007 - 10:40am PT
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You landed in the ICU with bulimia? I'll do a lot of things to climb better, but that's pretty damn hard core...
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Feb 16, 2007 - 10:49am PT
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BVB!! He's one BADASS SOB!!!!!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 16, 2007 - 11:11am PT
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a bvb thread? how sweet. but entirely appropriate, given that i am, in fact, a FUKKING AMERICAN LEGEND, BISSHES!1!1!!
blinny -- hospital stints are nothin' new for me, but i've had one hell of a run the last two - three years. missing a lung from a bouldering accident; spinal stenosis, disk degeneration, and arthritis in my c-spine; and the big one -- no working lymphatic system in my left leg. plus a bunch of other odds and ends -- bipolar, transgender, the usual...
so, every year or two i wind up with a GNARLY septic blood infection that lands me in the ICU for a few days and then in a regular room for a few days. this has been going on regularly since i was about ten years old.
so there you have it -- dead man walking in a nutshell. but i always seem to bounce back pretty quick, 'cause, like, there's this dope new bouldering area i gotta check out....word on the street is it's fully damn SWOLE, babe.
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 16, 2007 - 11:35am PT
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 16, 2007 - 11:38am PT
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...and the man cuts a mean profile when he swings into action:
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2007 - 11:41am PT
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Discounting the lung that is missing from a bouldering vs. bong accident, what's the story on all that other stuff - wear and tear? Not even sure what what these two are: 'spinal stenosis' and 'c-spine'. And how does you end up with no working lymphatic system in your left leg? Dirty needles or what? Bipolar I expect. And transgender? Well, you guys are all from LA, seemed to be into body sculpting at a young age, and C4 does get pretty crowded...
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 16, 2007 - 11:57am PT
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the neck -- wear and tear is the best guess. spinal stenosis is where your disks are basically gone, and what's left of 'em gets pushed into your spinal cord, pinching it off. that's happening with five of the disks in my neck (c-spine = cervial spine).
the doc, who is a climber, said "bob, yer neck's been rode hard and put up wet".
the leg -- born that way.
my body is slowly unravelling for sure, but i'm less than a year shy of fifty and i been climbing and partying pretty hard most of my life so it's bound to happen. i'm still a 24/7 climber though -- ya just gotta want it is all.....
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pc
climber
East of Seattle
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Feb 16, 2007 - 12:10pm PT
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I can't help myself...
So that means you walk without a lymph? ;)
Seriously, what's my excuse? Semi healthy mofo and I bet I couldn't even get off the ground next to you. Cheers and keep given'er BVB.
pc
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 16, 2007 - 12:12pm PT
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I won't say "get well quick" since that ain't happenin' but best thoughts your way for sure, dude... you are one tough hombre.
There is the creation myth thing... appearing out of the internet haze...August 4, 2005, 08:07 pm
Good on all you scumbags... keep on cranking!
lad
ahhhhhh yes... room to shroom - back in the late 70's daze, LOL, thanks for reminding me. Don Juan boulder to boot ;) Man, back in the day, it was such a wonderlustfullyouttathisworldkindaland - great memories. Hope ya'll are taking good care..
cheers..
Watusi
I was just noticing that people had overlooked the routes that were established by Houser, Laeger, Bachar, Lechlinski, Shipley and the like! If you like crust more power to you! These guys hooked up on the real stuff.
bvb
yo vawto --
remeber when you and gk and i did room to shroom in january of '79 on, like, a 30 degree day in a howling wind?
good times.
Watusi
Ah my man BVB! Remember the day...
F10Climber F11Drinker
Don't get to close or you might get a scumbag reunion
bvb
ah sh#t, somebody actually remembers the "scumbags"???
we're hosed.
Watusi
Wow that's a trip...
bvb
no sh#t mike. we can run, but we can't hide.
Watusi
Well, at least someone knows our sorry butts!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2007 - 12:22pm PT
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Bob, thanks for the rundown.
Yeah, at 54 my doc said about the same thing with my shoulders and knees. I went in hoping he'd just fix the shoulder and instead he said it was more 'a matter of mileage' than fixing anything. He went on to say some folks with shoulders like mine get replacements, some take advil - I'm sticking with advil as he said the replacements won't take climbing...
Good luck with it all and hang in there. Still hoping to meet you and a few of the other folks before the first wheelchair bouldering olympics...
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 16, 2007 - 12:32pm PT
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If I recollect, the lung was just partially collapsed for years and is currently diminished, not actually absent. Didn't you get that injury at Tahqitz that day with me and The Goon, wandering around by yourself gazing up with jaw agape until you slid on some ice, off a boulder in an aerial spin, and earning a broken heel in addition to the unnoticed-at-the-time lung injury?
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L
climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 16, 2007 - 12:43pm PT
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BVB--Literally the funniest man I've ever met (with an adorable wife and child to boot).
I was trying to find the photo of the Wheaties box with him on the front playin' a bit of pocketpool and flippin' us off, but couldn't find it. Someone's gotta post that thing (bvb perhaps?)...we could all a dose of rolling-on-the-floor-wetting-our-pants laughter.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2007 - 12:45pm PT
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So that's where the archtype for the Jeff Spicoli character in 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High' came from! Dude, I always wondered about that...
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 16, 2007 - 12:55pm PT
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Rumor had it the flick was based on our high school, Clairemont High in San Diego, though on mature reflection I'd guess it was really Claremont High in Claremont CA.
But, time can be hard on a body...
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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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Feb 16, 2007 - 01:08pm PT
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Don't forget to witness BVB eating slabs of beef and yarning about Pig Pen on fine Scotch and army boots at:
http://www.bigwalls.net/climbMovies/
(4th movie down)
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 16, 2007 - 01:16pm PT
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So cool, BVB
I dedicate all my moves onto the rock today to the this great man.
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Feb 16, 2007 - 01:41pm PT
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bvb...on the short list (very short) of intardweb super heros I want to meet....so when's the nodderfest?
Notice I said meet and not meat, you old homo!!!
This is supposed to be a roast, correct?
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 16, 2007 - 01:44pm PT
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The Wheaties box was a good one, I'm rather fond of this mod too:
(note: not my work)
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Feb 16, 2007 - 01:54pm PT
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I met Bob last summer at my 40th B-Day SushiFest. In the spirit of what I think every sushifest should be it was a gathering of old friends, new friends - good friends!
Here's bob eyeing the goods (well, he just turned his attention away from the goods and is eyeing the sushi ;-)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 16, 2007 - 02:43pm PT
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Hey Off White,
Please post up the one with you and Van Belle in the car coming back from some WA musicfest; remember, POV from the stickshift, jaws set tight, mission accomplished-thousand yard stares on both ah ya. Man I laughed for an hour straight...
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Standing Strong
Trad climber
penny in my pocket, suitcase in my hand
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Feb 16, 2007 - 02:47pm PT
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BVB is like the E-40 of climbing.
swole.
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L
climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 16, 2007 - 02:53pm PT
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OW--That is one funny photo! I've seen that head on other things, I thought it was a troll head, or a midget from Mongolia...never realizing it was bvb incognito.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 16, 2007 - 02:54pm PT
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The man rocks. The world and climbing would be a lesser place without him around.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 16, 2007 - 02:56pm PT
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here ya go, roy. the olympia punk posse rolls hard.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 16, 2007 - 02:59pm PT
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BOBBY D! my saturn savin, carjacking rescue hero!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 16, 2007 - 02:59pm PT
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Bwahahaha!
That car shot so does it for me.
Dat's gewd livin...
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 16, 2007 - 03:14pm PT
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 16, 2007 - 03:22pm PT
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OK, it ain't BVB, better evun, it is his daughter Hanna.
WE know SHE's got teh right stuff:
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Feb 16, 2007 - 03:32pm PT
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That little red haired girl is proof that God exists and that Bob is a very lucky man regardless of the many wounds. You don't really think you could hammer down like that all these years and not end up in a heap. That's just part of the Advanced Course, by my reckoning . . .
JL
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 16, 2007 - 03:41pm PT
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'Couldn't have said it better Juan Largo.
'Dems teh right werds.
...Now, where's that Wheaties box?
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L
climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 16, 2007 - 03:42pm PT
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Yes, yes! Bring on the Wheaties box!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 16, 2007 - 03:47pm PT
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Yes Yes, Pleez:
C'mon Beebs, put down the GS whutever and put up yer cereal trophy; oh the spectre, the glory, the majesty... the downright upright irreverence of it is stunning.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 16, 2007 - 04:02pm PT
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Feb 16, 2007 - 04:16pm PT
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A toast to BVB. He hasn't even asked for child support payments.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 16, 2007 - 04:26pm PT
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Let's relax fer a bit 'n wait for the showstopper...
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 16, 2007 - 04:31pm PT
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i have no idea who the photoshop wizard is who managed to paste my mug onto this strangers body, but they sure are good at it.
i'm gonna get so fired for this....
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 16, 2007 - 04:40pm PT
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That's summma the proudest shyte extant.
We now bow to the King; the Muthah Fuchin' King!!!
You walk a mean wire bro...
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Feb 16, 2007 - 05:58pm PT
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ummm, i've seen the raw photo.
who's head?
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 16, 2007 - 06:01pm PT
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Yeah, here he is receiving his Single Malt merit badge at the Troop 204 Court of Honor
Of course, sometimes it's gotta be coffee, the other beverage
at the tag end of another sleep deprivation music festival
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Juicer
Trad climber
SLC
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Feb 16, 2007 - 06:19pm PT
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Nothing quite as blissful as breakfast in the Henries.
The original caption for this one was: "This guy will drink all your whiskey", but I have to say that Bob has always been generous with the sauce.
Thanks for showing me the importance of ice and a real glass when camping.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Feb 16, 2007 - 06:30pm PT
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Only climbed with the guy one day, but BVB knows how to make the time we have on this earth f*#king grand!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 16, 2007 - 06:40pm PT
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 16, 2007 - 07:15pm PT
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so have you guys met my family? all my sisters are still unmarried and up for grabs, in case y'all bachelors are in the hunt.....
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goatboy smellz
climber
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Feb 16, 2007 - 07:17pm PT
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Sure, why not?
Them some good birthin hips.
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scuffy b
climber
The town that Nature forgot to hate
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Feb 16, 2007 - 07:24pm PT
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It's awful hard to figure out which one's the cutest.
You sure they're all still available?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 16, 2007 - 09:23pm PT
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Rumor had it the flick was based on our high school, Clairemont High in San Diego, though on mature reflection I'd guess it was really Claremont High in Claremont CA.
I graduated from CHS, the one in Claremont, and "on mature reflection" I think I missed the Fast Times At Ridgemont High period, too early... though we probably had a better time than depicted in the movie. Ah, back in the day...
...lots of rep, not sure about the reality.
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Feb 16, 2007 - 09:26pm PT
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i'm a swingin' single again and I have to say I agree with scuffy. I'll take whichever one (can I have two) that scuffy doesn't want.
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Mimi
climber
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Feb 16, 2007 - 09:51pm PT
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Yo Bob! Here's another toast to you. To a classic funny man and climbing badass.
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 16, 2007 - 10:13pm PT
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BVB Hannin' in SLC, late pliestocene:
(...mmm I stole the pic from sumwhere nearby)
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 16, 2007 - 11:34pm PT
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SWOULE!1! Bump:
'stole this one too.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 16, 2007 - 11:40pm PT
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Dang, how cool, maybe I'll run into this guy, out there, somewhere.
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graham
Social climber
Ventura, California
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Feb 17, 2007 - 11:30am PT
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Bob looks like its time for a coffee or maybe better yet, a SHOT
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Feb 17, 2007 - 11:59am PT
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The dude can still do Woodson .11c. 'Nuff said.
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 17, 2007 - 07:31pm PT
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Um, not quite done yet, nope;
Ya see, Beebs is well hung, well connected, and well, in a word SWOULE!
Here's BVB & Graham (the artist fromerly known as Gramicci).
These guys both know how teh do right & teh be right:
All-Right...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 17, 2007 - 08:54pm PT
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..That's Right.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 17, 2007 - 09:48pm PT
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Awwwwright!
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 17, 2007 - 09:57pm PT
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eeebeestylee
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 17, 2007 - 09:58pm PT
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Unmatchable form!
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 17, 2007 - 10:00pm PT
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A gregarious fellow, always quick with a hearty "berg heil!" when you join him on the ledge.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 18, 2007 - 12:11am PT
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...and after we imbibed the proscribed Scottish elixir,
We settled in to a reverent abidence of all that is tweaked,
As The Oracle BVB Spoke to us in Werd:
"Yeah, now shall ye go forth, commune with the stones & become: SWOULE my brothers & sisters!1!"
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Feb 18, 2007 - 12:39am PT
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Another "Berg Heil" for my bro!!!!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 18, 2007 - 09:47am PT
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'An the Sun Riseth Another Suh-Weeet Day,
Behold, The Righteous Must Yank Down !1!
(no doubt, following a few blashemed spoonfools of wheat-tays):
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 18, 2007 - 02:55pm PT
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Long ago, I ran into Bob and John Wasson at the roadside below El Cap. I went to say hello and asked about their plans. “West face,” offered a nervous Bob. “Today, it’s the Big Stone.” It was clearly the first live fire exercise in awhile for Bob. John was a seasoned veteran and calmly went about his preparations.
A jittery Bob is a hilarious Bob, and the slap schtick was not long in coming. Every time Sharon or Josilyn would try to be helpful with something like “Do you guys have enough food with you?” The response from Bob would be “Woman! When you are on the Big Stone, you ain’t got time for no snack food!”
“You done this thing, know anything about it?” asked Private Bob.
“Folks used to carry a hammer and a couple of short arrows for the first crux section,” I volunteered slyly with a wink to an already grinning John. The color and humor in Bob’s face left momentarily as his future suddenly became cloudy. "But that stuff has got to be fixed heads or something by now, you guys will be fine." Barbed wire, but only a short stretch and avoidable. The color and commentary returned.
“You guys set for rainwear?”
“Woman, when you are up on the Big Stone, you ain’t got time for any foul weather!”
Though he currently spends his days proudly and passionately throwing himself at the wee pebbles, when I think of BVB, I think Big Stone.......................... Bob Big Stone.
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 18, 2007 - 04:41pm PT
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Dat's Right!
Fer Cripe's Sake, Bob Big Stone.
'N Rock is Rock,
So lits git' back to it, K?
Plus the man's 'n Artist Wit a Set 'O Felt Pens,
And he cuts an astute drag on the uber culture with which we keenly dabble:
artsy doodlin' by BVB, but hey ...U NU DAT.
'N Lats but not in the Least,
He Know's his Drams 'N Jugs:
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Mimi
climber
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Feb 18, 2007 - 04:51pm PT
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Honey Rads! Those ingredients are choice! LOL!!!!
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 18, 2007 - 05:28pm PT
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No Doubt Meems,
All the key drugs 'n viteemens.
So, Speakun' of Lat's N Jugs:
Yup, behind ev'ry great guy, there's an even greater,
'N definitely stronger WOMAN, prolly smarter too..
This 'd Be Jos:
Now keep in mind, most of these pics are BVB's.
Yup, I stole 'M; cuz we can't quite expect him to host his own Tribute, Eh?
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 18, 2007 - 05:35pm PT
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'N Jos has like minded Pals,
Here's Jos & Eve, or Eve Tree as she's been known:
(They're quite a pair)
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 18, 2007 - 08:29pm PT
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"Though he currently spends his days proudly and passionately throwing himself at the wee pebbles, when I think of BVB, I think Big Stone.......................... Bob Big Stone.
damn straight, babe. fired that rig in a day....and i wound up with the second pitch, the 11c pitch, the 11b pitch, the 10b "runout" pitch....hiked 'em all, babe. too swole for wordz, i'm tellin' ya.
our provisions for that day were powerbars, water, and a single pack of camels. we smoked the last one on the summit before heading down the east ledges in the dusk...'87 was a very, very good year....
i coulda been a contender!11!
and then there was this one time, at band camp.....
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand, Man.....
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Feb 18, 2007 - 08:36pm PT
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If BVB were alive today he would really appreciate this outpouring of the community. Long Live BVB!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 18, 2007 - 08:49pm PT
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Sorry, but no elven longships just yet....... He lives, and a hardier recruit never hit the beach. I knew you wouldn't get killed or benighted Big Stone.......unlike that time on Dragontail!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 18, 2007 - 08:57pm PT
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It don't git much better than this 'n here.
3 Prime suspects, itinerant scumbags, to dah bone.
Watusi, BVB, Off White:
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 18, 2007 - 09:00pm PT
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omfg, dragontail...i was just out of a five-month stint in the hospital, still had a friggin' CHEST TUBE draining PUS out of my right CHEST CAVITY, and the sole sum of my alpine experience was getting dragged up the cooper spur by off white.....if i didn't know better, i'd say that motherf*#ker off white and his cohort twilly had a life insurance policy out on me...!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 18, 2007 - 10:21pm PT
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mmm,
I Dunno, Beeb, I don't think they were that sophisticated,
Prolly they just wanted to step over yer carcass, rumage through yer stuff,
Maybe nab some a that fine footwear you been sportin'
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 18, 2007 - 11:18pm PT
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I'd kill a sucka for his Chucks, no problem. Especially if they are the Plastidipped, double seam taped and insulated Alpine version!
But BVB is no sucka and hence immune to such piracy.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 18, 2007 - 11:42pm PT
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Hey Van Belle,
I always thought it was somewhat enviable (somewhat), the position you, Twilly, & Off held up there in Oly, what with bein' in strikin' distance of some natty alpine climbing terrain.
I much enjoyed my intro to that scene when 'Tusi & I came up to stutter up Rainier in '81. We got a taste of some of the regular antics; picking shrooms right off the Olympia College campus lawn, then melting our way up the Sunny Muffin tree behind the Twilly Meister. -Good tymes.
So "Team Deadly" was in full force at that point, hehe.
Speaking of, any story behind this pic-chure?
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Tarbuster
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Feb 18, 2007 - 11:45pm PT
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While Bob is perhaps pourin' a dram of Lagavulin,
The rest of us can ponder this one:
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 19, 2007 - 12:37am PT
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Hubertus Vanderspek! bvb, what's his story?!
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Feb 19, 2007 - 07:29am PT
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bvb,
You're da man, no doubt. Still pulling hard on stone and "cranking the way rads." Must be some secret formula in the life style you lead. Keep doing her.
And to top it off you crack me up :-))
OffWhite,
Nice to know bvb was a Scout. I just knew it. Behind that badboy image is a merit badge.
And if you guys truly went to Clairemont High here in San Diego, then yes it is the one and only "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." See Cameron Crowe's page; he grew up here in San Diego . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Crowe
"Allmost Famous" was based on his time as a writer here in San Diego for Rolling Stone magazine, and the San Diego Sports Arena is the promanent concert venue where much of it in real life and in the movie took place.
bvb would make "Spicoli" proud.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:38am PT
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BVB has got lots of merit badges. If you ask politely he will show them all to you. But a word of warning, just be impressed and complimentary and leave it at that. You won't find most of his badges on anybody else's chest or anywhere else for that matter because BVB is no ordinary scout and crafts his own, in secret (oops).
Above all else, never produce a scouting handbook in his presence asking to compare his badges to the official list. The infamous band camp incident was the last time this happened. I have a hard time imagining a trombone disappearing into another camper but BVB was strong and determined even back then.
Off White is also a scout and they can gang up on ya if you cross them. Off goes psycho if you improperly split firewood. He will glaze up and begin to mumble "you are a danger to yourself, tote and chip, tote and chip properly!" Then he comes at you with the maul!
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Tarbuster
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:43am PT
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 19, 2007 - 11:11am PT
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Heh, Dragontail was good times, one of those rare climbs where Bob, a perpetual lead hog, demanded to be in the middle of the three man rope and wouldn't be budged. Here's a re-enactment from an incident on the actual climb:
The sun set as we summited, and partway down the dark headlampless descent we stopped to bivy, scrounging scraps of scrubby firs for a desparate little fire started with the remnants of Twilly's bandana. I've always suspected that boy sweated turpentine. Bob slept so close to the fire that the back of his borrowed rain jacket puddled and ran, and the white pile Scumbag brand pile jacket underneath developed a charred patch the size of a dinner plate. BVB came the closest of anyone I ever knew to embodying a personal nightmare vision of mine: the burning pile person.
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Feb 19, 2007 - 03:46pm PT
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bump to keep the american legend from slipping to page two
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Feb 19, 2007 - 06:12pm PT
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The guy still climbs remarkably well considering all the mileage and abuse. Good thing too 'cause he sure hasn't gotten any better looking over the years...
Curt
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 19, 2007 - 06:26pm PT
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pffft. talk about the pot calling the fuucking kettle black......
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 19, 2007 - 07:41pm PT
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BVB...post that picture of Curt, you and me.
I...by far look the best.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:21pm PT
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Settle down boys,
It's what you look like inside that counts eh?
So,
On that note, let's take another look 'neath BVB's lid,
Shall we?
...period doodles, by Bob "The Foot" Van Bellodrome.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:49pm PT
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...All very "Important" work really.
Plus, I happ'n to know how he derives these images,
Ya see, Jos COAXES the master to put blunt pen to parchment:
...or is this what she does in response, jeebus, I'm not sure now.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:52pm PT
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Ok, I got other threads to go muck up,
But first -an early portrait of the artist in repose:
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Mimi
climber
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:55pm PT
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Roy, that cartoon is only supposed to be posted posthumously. A real treat.
Boy, could I add to that one. Gotta be circa 1986. And don't forget, it was Neil with a K.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 19, 2007 - 11:10pm PT
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A careful examination of the last portrait will go far in explaining why an early title for our subject was "The Prince of Prone"
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 20, 2007 - 12:32am PT
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Is it possible that the frying pan photo is a re-enactment of the rockfall episode on Dragontail meant to conjure up some alpine mojo for later in the evening? What was that classic Twilley quote under fire?
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Tarbuster
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Feb 20, 2007 - 12:38am PT
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Nice work Steve,
But in fact, the plot is much thicker:
Twilley & The Prince of Prone on more urgent matters...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Feb 20, 2007 - 01:37am PT
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Mother Superior?
hahaha classic man! er, woman?
ok, so whose bus is this?
made famous in Glowacz coffee table book, i think. been awhile. ???
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 20, 2007 - 10:02am PT
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Tar Skinner's, innit?
The Dragontail rock fall exchange went like this:
Twilly shouts down from above, "Move it VanBelle, this place is a SHOOTING GALLERY" which is almost immediately followed by a volley of stones. Bob's pupils grow large as saucers and I'd swear he starts kicking up the couloir twice as fast.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 20, 2007 - 10:32am PT
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actually off, i belive the twill's precise words were "C'MON BOB, WE'RE IN A FUKKING BOWLING ALLEY!!!"
that rock the size of a basketball whizzing past my head from about 4 feet away sure got my attention.....
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 20, 2007 - 11:00am PT
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Big Stone's first live fire exercise? Classic! So, how long was it before your chums suggested another alpine outing? "Eiger Direct over Spring break? C'mon Bob you know you had fun last time even if you can't recall just where it was." LOL
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 20, 2007 - 11:36am PT
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nah, i'd had plenty of close calls with rockfall -- a few choice volleys on middle and the right side of the apron come to mind -- but that festering frozen chossheap was falling apart around us, and it was all funneling straight into the couloir. almost got bullseyed maybe 15 times in the 45 minutes it took to get outta that chute. damn, alpine climbing is so much fun!! and there's all that great bouldering in the talus fields!!
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 20, 2007 - 08:47pm PT
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In honor of the recent Mt Hood rescue, here's a rare shot of BVB himself frolicking in the alpine in Feb 1981 at Illumination Rock on Mt Hood, probably within 50 yards of the last fateful campsite of the recently lost and found again people and their dog.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 20, 2007 - 10:41pm PT
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some idiots took a goddamn DOG up there???
seriously, the gene pool is getting seriously diluted. and i got every right to say that, if you know what i mean.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 20, 2007 - 11:29pm PT
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No Donny,
But he is a fan of the well crafted pop tune.
And BVB cuda been a contendeh, cuda gone places, 'n seen tings...
But no, he chose to climb:
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tetonhack
Social climber
jackson wy
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Feb 20, 2007 - 11:29pm PT
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Hey Off, that is a truely great photo. You asked for incriminating photos of BVB, but I can't top that. The infection leg,lung stuff is all true. I sat through one episope with BVB in Ocean Beach until his Dad finally showed up and hauled him to the hospital. I thought he was gonna give out at any moment.
th
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 20, 2007 - 11:30pm PT
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damn staight. u got a problem with my rap, homie??
stick my 'gat up yur grille, beotch. don't get me riled.
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 20, 2007 - 11:33pm PT
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...So let us now bow our heads,
In solemn reverence to those thing we hold dearest...
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Tarbuster
climber
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Feb 20, 2007 - 11:36pm PT
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Fuchit,
I'll follow the Beebs anywhere, ...well; sorta.
L'its Git 'Er Done!!!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 20, 2007 - 11:52pm PT
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is it just me, or are my "depends" a bit obvious in that photo??
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 21, 2007 - 12:16am PT
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hey mike, last time i went to do california night ('06) the trail was gone.
i mean, GONE.
wft is it with kids these days???? 'friad of gobis? of scars?? of 20' groundfalls?
let's hook up down there before summer heat sets in and rebuild those trails.
throw down the gauntlet, as it were.
or, at least get a couple laps in for ourselves.....
heeh
the proper angle:
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Feb 21, 2007 - 12:17am PT
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If my memory isn't failing me yet...Didn't we all do Hood together Doug? Or was it just a dream.......
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Feb 21, 2007 - 12:30am PT
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Thats appalling... These kids these days!! But we remember when that was just a hike between B-loads and maybe a Newcastle!!!!
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Feb 21, 2007 - 12:37am PT
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...The infection leg,lung stuff is all true. I sat through one episope with BVB in Ocean Beach until his Dad finally showed up and hauled him to the hospital. I thought he was gonna give out at any moment...
Indeed. Another page or two and this thread will no doubt outlive its subject.
Curt
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Tui
Boulder climber
SD
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Feb 21, 2007 - 02:47am PT
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The trail to Cali Nights was there all summer and last month. It's about 3 feet wide. Maybe the trails are in a dif spot. Let me know if you want to know where they currently are. And yes ground falls from the top of that climb do suck.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 21, 2007 - 11:59am PT
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It ain't whether you win or loose,
Or how hard you can pull down,
It's all about how how you look.
And you look Mah-Velous... just Mah-Velous.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 21, 2007 - 06:37pm PT
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Ahhhhh...Yesss,
To be the Beautiful People!
PM me for exclusive, discrete, private audience with these chosen & particular folk.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 21, 2007 - 07:04pm PT
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Wow!
That is an awsome likeness and really fun to look at.
And I must agree on your assessment of the man's presence.
Waxing Now...
I mean, I was out skiing a cuple/three days ago and I caught a wiff of that feeling you git' when yer really where you wanna be; sumtymes it's like a flavor or a memory, a sweet extract of all that is rich, hopeful, & pleasurable in your fleeting life.
WEll, there are people who seem to act as a locus for this sort of thing too, people who embody and share a banner of some distilled spirit of any pursuit and to whom many of us seem to gravitate. In a word: a repository of infectious enthusiasm.
Beebs, yer one a' them type a guy. Right on then Bro.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 21, 2007 - 07:10pm PT
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Hmmm,
I wunder whut HANNA thinks about all this; cud she feel sumthin?
I mean, Dad's really Sumpin' Else...
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 21, 2007 - 07:22pm PT
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golsen
Social climber
kennewick, wa
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Feb 21, 2007 - 07:57pm PT
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Nice video Weschrist!
Was some of that at Bigrocks near Loa? Taht Dog munchin on sumtin captures that place...
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 21, 2007 - 09:13pm PT
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Amazing Wes, that young artist's take.
I really don't think I've met this guy, but with all the common geographies,friends in common, obscure firesign theatre quotes, et al, I may be set up for the biggest 'd'oh that guy' of all time. fascinated by the online persona, in any case.
The sushi fest may tell all.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 21, 2007 - 10:03pm PT
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Persona?
Personality?
Huh?
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 21, 2007 - 10:18pm PT
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I think the next taping of "Beauty and the Geek' should be in Flagstaff at BVB house.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 21, 2007 - 10:22pm PT
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Say Whut Bob???
Come Again???
Stand Back and Let Thee Be Cleansed!!!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 21, 2007 - 10:25pm PT
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Tra La La...
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 21, 2007 - 11:06pm PT
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From JVB
Nice thread!
BTW The picture with the frying pan - we were trying for American Gothic
Second - the lung thing - Bob was climbing at the beach in La Jolla. Legend has it his spot turned at an inopportune moment to look at a bikini walking by and Bob fell hard on his back, got up (not feeling so well). Six month later he realized he had an injury.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 21, 2007 - 11:38pm PT
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I think everyone has a "how Bob busted a lung" story, and they're all equally true. Jocelyn, you were still a delight unimagined when all that happened, though you did get to witness the consumptive poet living in a burned out garage phase.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 22, 2007 - 12:02am PT
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BVB- In the three part meltdown sequence above I noticed that you have taken to wearing merit badges again......... please reconsider........ did someone say that you..... made it yourself... and you turned them into..... a bearded trans-sexual band camp nun!!!!!! Like all the others. I've seen that black and white stare before........
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 22, 2007 - 01:08am PT
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point is,
I'M MISSING A FUICKING LUNG. from a BOULDERING FALL.
do i get street cred for that or what???
i mean, jeebus.
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L
climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 22, 2007 - 01:17am PT
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Missing a lung would make you lighter. Unfair advantage for us mortals. Definite handicapping is called for here.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 22, 2007 - 01:43am PT
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RIIIIIGHT.
strap on a 25 lb pad, plus lunch, water, shoes, whisky, etc, for a day....then hike up, and down, into 1,000 foot deep canyons looking for new stone.....weekend after weekend, year after year...
then we'll talk.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 22, 2007 - 01:54am PT
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Yes, I remember the consumptive poet in the burned out garage phase but you wanna know what made me fall in love (In addition to seeing the wipers in a store front in Olympia) - It was Bob soloing and down climbing the damper in Hidden Valley campground in argyle socks and vest, tight jeans and wing tip shoes. JVB
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 22, 2007 - 02:07am PT
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hey,hey,hey.
wait just a darned tootin' minute here BUSTER,
i asked fer a photo of that illustrious wing tipped-argyled-plaid-cuffed-vested git up way, yes: way, way, way back in the Mussy Nebula.
whutabout MY needs, Huh?
so is you or Off White holdin'? er whut?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 22, 2007 - 02:13am PT
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furthermore and foremost,
heck The Damper, sure, 'Tusi tells me SPIDERLINE went down in that git' up too...
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 22, 2007 - 02:35am PT
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A fantastic fun thread. You could prescribe to the rags for a year and not get as much of the essence of climbing. I don't even know the guy, and had never heard of him. (So we have something in common!!)
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Feb 22, 2007 - 02:40am PT
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A real hero... to be sure!!!!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 22, 2007 - 10:37am PT
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Yup.
The Perennial American Climber, our own BVB:
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 22, 2007 - 11:03am PT
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Losing a lung does count as slightly more than a fasionable training injury! Are you sure that some SA organ lifters didn't chance to find you laid out and already nicely anesthetized at some sunny crag? The photos show that you are often prone to napping and nappiness. Quien Sabe?
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Hootervillian
climber
the Hooterville World-Guardian
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Feb 22, 2007 - 11:10am PT
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anybody else get an overwhelming desire to rent Flashdance after seeing the pic above chip flakey?
What a feeling?
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 22, 2007 - 11:13am PT
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Honest to pete Roy, you must have the better part of my vintage collection socked away in your Photobucket!
Anders, I'm glad to hear that this is entertaining for the unacquainted too, one does worry about being an online boor.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 22, 2007 - 11:22am PT
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anybody else get an overwhelming desire to rent Flashdance after seeing the pic above chip flakey?
Kinda looks like a slim down version of Richard Simmons.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 22, 2007 - 11:29am PT
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"Dancing Queen" is actually the tune that springs to mind, though his well practiced coy rendition of The Macarena in Weschrist's video slays me every time.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 22, 2007 - 12:01pm PT
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That's right Mr White,
When duty calls, timing being everything, no stoop is too low for Tarbousier.
I've been steadily mining the Mussy Nebula for your pearls.
-Back to you BVB; where's a shot of those wing tips in act-shun, be it before, during, or apres climb?
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 22, 2007 - 12:19pm PT
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There is something very disturbing about this photo.
What's with the kneecaps?
No hips and socks that are thicker than his thighs.
This is the way a real man is supposed to look in lycra!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 22, 2007 - 07:55pm PT
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Lycra rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrwah jvb
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 22, 2007 - 08:38pm PT
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Okay Tarbaby, you've pushed me to scan a little new material...
Here's our hero following on the first ascent of Sympathy at Mission Gorge, way back before someone added bolts to it. I think that two inch tied swami merits a few points.
and the team on the big ledge on Lunar Leap, after the big bottle of wine
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 22, 2007 - 11:22pm PT
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Awesome!!!
OFF White:
I'm so glad my rampant & uncredited indiscretion with your fab photo collection has spurned you to dig deeper into the treasure trove.
Cuz, Ya Know...
I thought this terrific thread was, well ...DUST, FINITO, KAPUT.
(photo stolen, like, totally)
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L
climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 22, 2007 - 11:57pm PT
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"...and the team on the big ledge on Lunar Leap, after the big bottle of wine..."
I gotta tell ya--you boyz are lookin' mighty fine up there in your bandanas and ponytails and painters pants and youthful damn good looks...
And then...look what happens after his life of wild dis-si-paaaaaation: bvb strung out in the dirt with some old bones. A smile still on his face. What a great life!!!
(Was this before or after the Wild Turkeyfest?)
Bump for a great thread!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 23, 2007 - 12:10am PT
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(with apologies to mark strand........)
tarbaby, as we all know...
seasons come, and pass; there will always be cooking and cleaning to do; one thing leads to another, which leads to another; we live between two great darks, the first with an ending, the second without one, and the luckiest thing is having been born; we discovered the rocks, and each other, together; we live in a blur of hours and days, months and years, and believe it has meaning, despite the occasional fear we are slipping away with nothing completed, nothing to prove we existed. our search goes on for something we lost--a name, a family album that fell from its own small matter into another, a piece of the dark that might have been ours, we don't really know. say that each of us tries to keep busy, learning to lean down close and hear the careless breathing of earth and feel its available languor come over us, wave after wave, sending small tremors of stone through our brief, undeniable selves, into our memories, and beyond.
i love you guys. the beev abides.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 23, 2007 - 12:59am PT
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BVB...you have two beautiful children and a beautiful wife. That alone has made your life one worth living and a life with meaning.
I wake up every day and feel bless to have my wife and children.
Climbing has added to my already wonderful life. Looks like the same for you.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 23, 2007 - 01:22am PT
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Woof,Woof,Woof!
SO SO SO SWOOOOOOOOOLE...
tic,tic,tic...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 23, 2007 - 11:35am PT
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As David Lovejoy wrote long ago in the guide to Granite Mountain in AZ, "Thank God for rock, otherwise we would all be surfers."
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Just when you thought he went underground fah good,
Subcommander BVB wells up in the harshest environment:
He'll then proceed tah stare holes in the back ah yah head:
Then, POOOF! He's back to 'iz mild mannered cover:
(photos were never mine, honest)
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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so roy, are you really gonna be at the sushifest or what???
we're epicing on childcare but god willing i'll be there. no way joc can make it....she's deeply embroiled in her 4th postgrad degree, and is at this very moment in l.a., chatsworth to be exact, working at an inclusive elementary school across the street from stoney f*#kin' point!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Don't you know it BVBro,
Just sent my check to Nature.
And I'm countin' on yer presence.
I hope there's some natty stone within' strikin' distance.
Maybe we can tuck our bad 'ole selves into some V0+ highballs?
Joc 4th post grad?
Godspeed to the fair Lass.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Alright - here goes:
These pictures are flat-out incredible.
The shot of Watusi, BVB and Doug White is it, that's the one.
These guys were the established scene in San Diego in 1975 - while guys like Cameron and Piggot were just fables.
Awesome shots. Many many thanks for this post.
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WBraun
climber
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BVB
What do you do at NPS?
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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He's a desk jockey there; shuffling meaningless papers around all day long.
Curt
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WBraun
climber
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OK thanks Curt.
Yes govt. = lot's paperwork. Maybe way too much.
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the bubba
Boulder climber
flagstaff
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werner -- "bvb" does not actually exist; he is a figment of the inTARDnet's demented cyber-imagination, along with a lot of photoshop work by his sick climber buddies who seek to tarnish his sterling reputation.
but if he DID exist, i suspect he'd be a "management assistant", the best job in the nps -- report directly to the sup, make insane money, extremely nebulous job description, free to roam the parks while coasting into retirement.....
curt: admit it, you're jealous. plus, your wife thinks i'm hot. and i know about you and joc. saw the video. yer a dead man.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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curt wrote: He's a desk jockey there; shuffling meaningless papers around all day long.
Curt
Curt... are you sure he does that much??
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Bubba Says:
Git ye off dem' keyboards & hither toward dryland and seek out yonder Sushifest,
An' lo, the face teh face jivin' & smack talkin' shall prevail!
(photo taken at will)
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Separated at birth:
BVB and the dude from American Movie:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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That BVB guy, woof!
He can really kick it:
...He's even made the cover of some cool indie rags:
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Why is this man so happy, and more importantly, what's that between his fingers?
Of course, I'm sure some of you are more interested in the background details...
and yet another shot of our man at Boomer Beach
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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jesus doug, where are you getting these pics?
anybody else ever seen a photo that is so evocative of the moment, of their youth, that you wanted to burst out of your chest with joy?
this one does it for me....talk about the spirit of the age! best photo EVAR!!!!
gonna photoshop it and print it right now. today is great, the 80's were mighty fine, the 90's were the sh#t, but the '70's, in the time of the scumbags, were the days when we set the table for everything that was to come.
for serious man, i love you guys. *sniff*
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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No doubt, nice shots Doug.
Now they're in my hard drive, my photo bucket, and anywhere else I see fit, almost anytime.
Whut a stinker huh?
Ah the freedom of the tard net.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 10, 2007 - 12:08am PT
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No sweat Tarbousier, all I ask is for a little attribution now and then.
Stich - the full frame in this case is the cheesy cardboard slide mount, this one was a direct positive black and white slide, I loved that stuff.
Heh, I'm partway though my darkroom construction project too, assisted by daughter Nora who has become smitten with the medium.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 10, 2007 - 12:58am PT
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Thanks for the slack Off White,
You're a gracious fella and you've trapped (snapped) many priceless historical images.
-Tarburgler.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Mar 10, 2007 - 01:00am PT
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bvb is a STAR and I love ya!
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 10, 2007 - 02:09pm PT
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Yes stich, there was a whole segment of the black and white photo world that always printed full frame that way, show the edges both to frame the shot and as an expression of honesty: here's everything that I saw, no cropping trickery. I love that look. Sort of like ground up un-inspected first ascents of the photography game.
For some reason, scanning color slides in white plastic slidemounts, the edges all turn this fresh carhart brown, not the same effect at all.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 10, 2007 - 05:13pm PT
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The archives are deep and vast...
Remember when you were young and knew how to fly?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 10, 2007 - 05:20pm PT
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Holy Bah-Jeebus!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 10, 2007 - 10:25pm PT
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My favorite BVB & Watusi photo so far:
photo credit: ummmm, might be Off White, I mean he's not in the pic-chure,
but like I don't remember quite where I got it (stole) so I can't say for totally for sure.
But it's a good bet.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 10, 2007 - 11:49pm PT
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jesus that was one scary roof problem. logged some serious flight time on that sucker.
tardaddy: check it out -- my mom took that photo of me and the young, svelt, wavy-locked watusi.
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Mar 11, 2007 - 12:42pm PT
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Yowza!!! That was a kickin' trip back then!! I was 15 in that shot...
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Mar 26, 2007 - 01:40pm PT
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You axed for it BVB:
bump'n'delete
They'll never know it was me! Hahahahahahahahahahah
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 26, 2007 - 01:49pm PT
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thanks. i needed that. low self-esteem day, you know.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 26, 2007 - 01:54pm PT
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Then BVB,
Since yer gonnah be diggin' up that group of trade show lycra clad poseurs, you cud also put up the cover shot of your bad self bouldering on a retaining wall in SD.
I know you got it; wud do wonders for your self es-steam.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Mar 26, 2007 - 03:34pm PT
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I'll tell you, that picture of Watusi and bvb does something to me everytime I look at it. It reminds me of how young we all were...of innocence lost...of friends like George Manson who are no longer with us. I really can't explain why this particular picture does that to me. Sheesh, I'm getting all choked up.
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Mar 26, 2007 - 03:37pm PT
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I just happened to have that mag laying around.
Here's our coverboy.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 26, 2007 - 04:43pm PT
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Well, if you're going to bump this one, I'll cough up another shot from the vault, circa 1976
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Mar 26, 2007 - 04:55pm PT
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really nice shot Doug
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Bump for BVB, wrasslin' pebbles and (judging from the other thread) other bigger stuff.
best wishes and positive vibes your way, maybe we'll meet and climb some day.
Bill
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graham
Social climber
Ventura, California
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Bob be good to grab another cup of Java sometime.
Doug’s got quite the archive of you youngsters!
Keep em coming.
Mike
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hashbro
Trad climber
Not in Southern California
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This thread is raucus, funnier than sh#t and BVB is himself a comical genius, besides being a pretty hot cragster.
Keep em coming..
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Pull yourself together bvb, when you're on the Big Stone, you ain't got time for no rehabilitation. A diet rich in tiny pebbles should do the trick so think little stones, Big Stone!
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Dr. Taco
Social climber
New Freedonia, Caledonia
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Nov 13, 2007 - 10:08pm PT
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Anyone heard from the American legend?
Post up old man - where you at?
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Nov 13, 2007 - 10:23pm PT
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Yeah Bubs!! SUP?
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Standing Strong
Trad climber
the only coast
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Nov 13, 2007 - 10:26pm PT
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BVB. please represent.
thnkx u :)
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BeeHay
Trad climber
San Diego CA
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Nov 13, 2007 - 11:36pm PT
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I been a wanderin' too. Bob, did you stay on that wagon as it went over the cliff?
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Nov 14, 2007 - 02:08am PT
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Now that's the Bob that we have all come to know and love all these years! (Before he met Jocelyn, of course)
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Nov 14, 2007 - 02:10am PT
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da boy got game.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Nov 14, 2007 - 04:01pm PT
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hey gang,
i'm out here and still on the wagon. many things going on right now. i'll fill y'all in later. don't really want to get too public with it right now, but everyone in flag knows what's goin' down so you can call a buddy if'n ya got one here and get the story.
or, if you got my number any you dying of curiosity you can just give me a ring.
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Nov 14, 2007 - 11:01pm PT
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haha, good story.
Get your sh#t in order, Mr. Wizard, and come back to the fray at b.com. We miss you.
Or f*#k that place forever and come to the PNW, grab da Nodder, head east and come hang at the best boldering in washington. Place be good for the soul, yo!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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bump for spray thread reference and because the internet needs legends, american legends.
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Mimi
climber
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Like BVB! Where that boy be at?
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Bubs...represent forthwith!
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Step Beyond!
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Bump!
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Apr 10, 2009 - 03:29am PT
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Saint BVB, seen here lifting his gaze towards heaven (well, maybe it was the West Face), is keeping his eye out for you, cuz Bob is here tonight.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Apr 10, 2009 - 03:36am PT
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American Legend Bishes
heh, best internet title evAR
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pk_davidson
Trad climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Apr 10, 2009 - 12:13pm PT
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Well.... This certainly also explains a lot about Mr. White.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Apr 10, 2009 - 01:09pm PT
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Pfft, Beat Farmers lyric reference, not reverence. Bub'll get it. However Paul, when you get me figured out I'd appreciate it if you'd go ahead and cue me in.
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pk_davidson
Trad climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Apr 10, 2009 - 06:54pm PT
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Sheeit, that's easy:
You're just slightly off, white.
Or rather, Mr. White.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 11, 2009 - 11:54am PT
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Always the star at the Player-Hater's Ball!
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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What up BVB!
See you up in Flag more this summer.
Nice to meet ya.
jefe
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 13, 2009 - 10:14pm PT
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Nice to see you posting again, Bob Big Stone!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nov 13, 2009 - 10:52pm PT
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Great thread!! I don't know BVB.... is that a brand of jockeys? MIght be sumptin that Tarpaper has cooked up without supervision.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Nov 13, 2009 - 10:53pm PT
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It ain't over yet. More 70's action, check the ranger danger.
yesssss........
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hashbro
Trad climber
Mental Physics........
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Nov 13, 2009 - 11:09pm PT
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BVB is one of the funniest, most sarcastic, smartest, boldest, most compassionate and empathetic and coolest climbing humans...
I have known,
go Bob
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Nov 14, 2009 - 12:39am PT
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Gotta agree with that. Many of the best climbing days I have ever had were with BVB.
Curt
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 14, 2009 - 01:03am PT
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He's the King of the Cobras....
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matty
Trad climber
los arbor
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Nov 14, 2009 - 04:17am PT
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Holy seperated at birth, is that The Amazing Jonathan on the right?
He is a magician/comedian whose original material is a breath of fresh air. His act is mostly composed of hi-jinks, interactions with audience members and a few legitimate magic tricks which often fail for comic effect. Check out the self-described "Freddy Krueger of Comedy" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMx3u2P8cp0
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matty
Trad climber
los arbor
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Nov 14, 2009 - 04:18am PT
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The more I look, the scarier the resemblance...
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Nov 14, 2009 - 11:37am PT
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That is a phenomenal likeness....
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 14, 2009 - 11:42am PT
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Its' the headband...
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matty
Trad climber
los arbor
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Nov 14, 2009 - 11:45am PT
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So I take it your friend is knott Jonathan. Wonder if that comparison has been brought up in his presence before?
Matt
edit: it's way more than the headband, surely you can see that.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Nov 14, 2009 - 04:17pm PT
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No Matty, it's never been pointed out to me before. I bet I'm older, that makes Jonathon the duplicate, right?
BVB and I were engaged in a five day 60 band music festival marathon, seriously underslept by that point...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Legends of Cali...Bump! Out of the Bag to light up the Crag!!!
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deepnet
Boulder climber
CA
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Boob has always been an inspirartion to me !
Enough so to take pen to paper.
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deepnet
Boulder climber
CA
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God O Bob
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Too funny! Could provoke a drawn out response...
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gonamok
climber
aging malcontent
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Known ol BoBo for nigh on 35 years now. I used to be mad at him for takin my candy bar, but then i was starving at JT and he gave me a whole punkin pie. Pie giver, kindred spirit and a dude you cant keep down.
Bob ya big fat homo, when alls said and done i guess your ok after all. Yep, right below ol Ron-o on the list of gods favorite people.
Lotta good times. One of these days we should publish the Amick-Van Belle files as our gift to humanity.
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gonamok
climber
aging malcontent
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BVB was stunning in his lycra phase
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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2C to BVB over...
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deepnet
Boulder climber
CA
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Aug 10, 2010 - 10:17pm PT
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Long time no see bob! Sorry I missed you at the Shindig.
I'll definatly catch you next time.
Rick
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Aug 10, 2010 - 11:26pm PT
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whoa, spammer post or BVB kicking in some responses?
fact or friction?
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deepnet
Boulder climber
CA
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Aug 22, 2010 - 03:06pm PT
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bump
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Come out, come out wherever you are...there's a loose flake in it for ya!
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MisterE
Social climber
Cinderella Story, Outa Nowhere
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BVB bump
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grover
climber
Dabville. Gnarlandia
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Classic shot of a classy guy.
Diggin teh spotters......
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Some classic shots of BVB and crew in the 2010 Metolius catalog.
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slabbo
Trad climber
fort garland, colo
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BVB doesn't need spotters- he never falls !
Except in little lame-o competitions back east.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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BVB for president ...He didn't really inhale( that job will get him lifetime medical).
"Where have all the flowers gone...a long time a passing."
This used to be a sport of men and BVB was there.
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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First met ol boob around 74 or 75. My buddy Greg Scott picked me up in escondido at the parents house, on my way to J Tree for the first time. Michael Paul was already in Gregs 64 Ford falcon when they pulled into the drive, but who was the disturbing looking gentleman riding shotgun? The introduction went thusly;
GREG: "Ron, meet Bob"
RON: "Hi bob" (hand proffered but not taken)
BOB: "got anything to wash down these with?" (bob shows a fistful of valium)
RON: "Only this grapefruit juice" (Bob tosses back a half dozen little yellow pills and swills a full quart of warm, unsweetened grapefruit juice)
MP and I share the back seat on the ride to the monument as bob swims in and out of consciousness up front. MP torments bob by pulling on his ludicrous stocking cap until he gets a grunt and poorly aimed swat of the hand from bob, over and over. We arrive at JT and the wind is howling. Leaving our packs outside, we seek refuge in Guy Anderson's van. Gaylen Kirkwood is with him. Guy allows us to stay once we break out some herb, and we get nice and toasted. Then I remember that I have one of those jumbo hershey bars in my pack outside, so I go out and break off a chunk and give a piece to everyone in the van.
Bob finishes his chocolate, mumbles something about finding a place to sleep and heads into the night, only to return in a few minutes with more chocolate. When I look for the remainder of my candy bar the next day it is mysteriously gone. I held that against good ol bob till i got to know him better and found a kindred spirit. Hes brilliant, original and actually (tho you wouldnt know it) a good guy. Dont tell him I said that.
Ennyhoo, after many years of friendship and eventual acknowledgement of that oh so heinous crime, I found myself out at JT without food and starving. I asked bob if he had anything to eat and he gave me AN ENTIRE PUMPKIN PIE. No sh#t. Paid in full with interest and then some.
Fookin-A BVB is a legend...as I have said many times, right below yours truly on gods list of favorite people. Make it to Woodson on the 19th bobo, its been too long.
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j_a_g
climber
San Diego
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Jun 21, 2011 - 10:34am PT
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Hey Bob...
It's been a loooong time. You were my "best man" when we were 18 years old.
Jon
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Rob G.
climber
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May 30, 2014 - 01:12am PT
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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bump
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Love to chat guys but CHECK IT OUT we just spotted a new boulder!!
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F'ueco
Boulder climber
Peoples Republic Of Boulder
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Jul 10, 2017 - 08:55pm PT
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Rest in peace, old friend!
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Jul 10, 2017 - 09:04pm PT
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for a dude that cooked so many pots of beans, he never much spilled them.
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Spencer Lennard
Trad climber
Williams, Oregon
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Jul 10, 2017 - 09:51pm PT
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an era...has just now ended.
Knowing the level of passion for live that Bob exhibited and the suffering he had faced for decades, my heart goes out for the agonizing struggle this sensitive man had dealt with through much of his adult life.
W have a lot to learn from BVB's amazing life!
Love and miss you Bob
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jul 10, 2017 - 10:05pm PT
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Refreshing this little gem to its proper resting place.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Happy Birthday BVB.
(not actually if it is his birthday but Facebook says so. But it also says he woulda been 113 today. almost seems legit)
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 28, 2018 - 11:35am PT
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Me too.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Mar 28, 2018 - 02:19pm PT
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american dngaf crack freak bump
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Apr 27, 2018 - 01:22am PT
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Bumping the Tarbuster collection of BVB pics!
a favorite from upthread
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 27, 2018 - 02:32am PT
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Probably one of the best!
Photo credit goes to Off White.
(if it's black and white, and I posted it, it's probably his)
 Also some vintage Mike Paul/Watusi on the left there, when he was just a grom, with Off on the right; looking a little quite a bit more tan than off-white.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 27, 2018 - 02:37am PT
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Here's an outstanding item from the BVB ccollection:
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Jan 14, 2019 - 03:41pm PT
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As said before, never met BVB. I think we would have gotten along; sounds like my kind of people.
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