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coiler
Trad climber
yosemite
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I guess I should tell the whole truth: It was Cade "Mongo","La-z-Boy","Sir loin of leisure" Lloyd and I, back in '95. We had left the madness of the SAR site in the summer. He to visit his girl Susane "Sadam Susane" Tardiff, me to visit my old college party bars. The whole time I had been spraying about my proud new routes on Elephant rock (in HUmboldt). Well, Mongo had a nice quiet night with his girl. I headed out to Marino's, which sadly has burned down. My old friend and bartender Tanya was pleased to see me and made sure I left with a healthy Humboldt buzz. To make a long story short, the next morning La-z-boy called me out to go climbing. I was green. He demanded that we go so I had to. I made it clear to Sir Loin of Leisure that I would only be a belayer that day. After about 20' of climbing up "The Final Spank" he looked over his shoulder at me laying on the rock in dispair and declared,"Look at you laying there like a big steamy coiler, laying in the sun, festering" from then on out my title was clear, I was the Coiler. Even after four years of being known as The Hobbit.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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J. Elvis
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DE
Mountain climber
Tustin, Calif.
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Hot Tub From Hell
Yanno
Indonesian Baby Molester (IBM)(sorry)
Wild Wilson
Nurn
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DE
Mountain climber
Tustin, Calif.
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Balsa Wood (when he was light)
Ebony Wood (when he wasn't)
Pecker Wood (when he was a dick)
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Demented
climber
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nickname guy update. .. . I had to call the Old Assed Hippy up to let him know he was missing out on a stroll down memory lane (had not talked to him in 10+ years, so an overdue call…. ).. . …… we chatted about people near and far. . .. . . one tidbit was T-the-Ho-from-He….? Reputed to be currently serving jail time. Yikes. ..
Old Assed Hippy also reports the only people showing up at his Casa Moab are Dave Tapes and POwell-Not-Rowell. I'd take that as an open invite- let's turn his 10 acres into a Gordon Ranch- Utah
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Wayne Arly
Social climber
Prescott, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 9, 2004 - 06:11pm PT
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Coiler:
That is a VERY funny story. Thanks Brian.
M
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Jul 10, 2004 - 09:11am PT
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Deuce
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Darnell
Big Wall climber
The climbing void
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Jul 16, 2004 - 11:06pm PT
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Nanook
Puffy
Pablo
Pumpkin head
Some sum bitch
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maculated
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Jul 18, 2004 - 02:47pm PT
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I'm sad I missed out on the 'good ol days' but the nicknaming tradition is still alive and well with the Valley rats today. :)
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jul 18, 2004 - 08:57pm PT
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Entertaining nicknames and stories from Any, era, are what it's all about!
Jay
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Ahwahnee Bartender
Big Wall climber
Fog Town
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2005 - 09:09pm PT
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Speaking of nicknames in the 70's, anybody remember that wacky weed passed around in the Valley simply known as "airplane?"
{cough}
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Larry
Trad climber
Reno NV
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Millis...finally someone I can positively identify.
I know one climber, last name of Quinlan, who was quite good at granting nicknames, e.g. Mongo, Jaime (the same guy). Did he ever have one or more nicknames himself?
Jaybro, what's your moniker?
And speaking of Wyomingites/former Wyomingites, there's Rathole and Dingus McGee (not the net.personality Dingus).
Did Zschiesche ever have a nick, or was his name weird enough all by itself?
Does TM even have a real name?
I never was much, myself...
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Bishop is DEAD, long live JT
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Larry writes:
**Jaybro, what's your moniker?
Jay the Offwidth Machine or MeepMeep was what me and Cilley called/call him.
Did Zschiesche ever have a nick, or was his name weird enough all by itself?
We called him "Deliverance"
**Does TM even have a real name?
Thaddeus Morag
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clustiere
Trad climber
running springs, ca
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Jan 10, 2005 - 02:17am PT
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Clustiere- Given by none other than the great Greg Di Matteo
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jan 10, 2005 - 09:44am PT
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larry
Dingus McGee is living in Laramie with a titanium plate in his head Still developing routes at Reese Mtn.
The Last Pioneer Woman is there as well, though they are no longer associated.
Scarpelli was last heard from in Fort Collins.
Whatever happened to Mike "Nick" Nikzich?
Gettin enough snow in Reno?.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Bishop is DEAD, long live JT
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Jan 10, 2005 - 02:59pm PT
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Hey Dingus, love that quote about the turds!!! who said it???
(yeah it was me..... send the props baby)
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Jan 10, 2005 - 10:02pm PT
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Dingus/Fish: "Just another hapless loser like the rest of us swirling in the toilet of life, using panic strokes to avoid the brown bombs, and for some yet undertermined reason, trying to stay afloat."
Yeah, that's as prescriptive and descriptive an epitaph/business card as ever has been written. Kind of like the line, "...someday you'll be down on your luck, and I'll be there--to kick dirt down your throat."
Someone (other than Russ) needs to recount the specifics of that episode.
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yo
climber
NOT Fresno
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Feb 15, 2005 - 01:29pm PT
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bump
For Deuce's perusal. Welcome.
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Stainless
Social climber
LA, CA
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Feb 15, 2005 - 02:06pm PT
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What about Wojo? I guess he wasn't there long enough.
Has this thread really gone on this long without Mr. Way? I must have missed it up there somewhere.
 Stainless Steve, not to be confused with Gingus Steve or Steve the Spewer. (The Fish coined me Rocketman after one particularly air-filled season but that was long after I lived there so it never caught on.)
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 15, 2005 - 07:42pm PT
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"Speaking of nicknames in the 70's, anybody remember that wacky weed passed around in the Valley simply known as "airplane?"
{cough} "
Lodestar lightning? hmmm ... lemme thing think ... yeah kinda What?
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