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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Frank Zappa, Gandhi, Layton Kor, Chuck Norris, Barry Chambers, Dave Evans; Heroes.
Here I am in the Needles with the Man himself. The Bull , the Beast the Hawk, The Ghost;... Dave Evans.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Dave Evans;....the James Bond of Sandstone towers.
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Dave Tapes
Trad climber
Silverado CA
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Big Dave, I'm a little late to this thread, and I don't have any digital climbing pictures to share. But I have spent a lot of time over the years with the man. The first time I met 1979-80 him he was drilling bolts on Swept Away in JT. years of occasional climbing, lots of mt bike riding, years of working together, (Dave recruited me into the air pollution testing business with him and Craig Fry) motorcycle riding and much more. He lives just a few miles away.
Dave when are we going riding?
Some things never change.
Still smiling after all these years.
DW
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Climbing was too tame, too slow, too yesterday;.....motorcyles!!
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Dave Tapes
Trad climber
Silverado CA
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Todd, that might be going a bit far. I know Dave hasn't been climbing a lot lately but you know he can and will. I love seeing all the desert spire photos. I remember hearing about all that stuff you guys were doing, but now I get to see the evidence.
DW
By the way have you heared from D Logan/Flynn lately?
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Dave Tapes
Trad climber
Silverado CA
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This is the only digital image I have of climbing with Dave. Of course it's a photo he took. We were doing a FA in Velvet Canyon Red rocks.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Bad hair day;.....no such thing for D E...it's more like a fashion statement;......and yeah;...he knew his hair looked like a rooster;.....so what?......He's on top of the frikkin' Moses.......who cares?
Got a Christmas card form Dot Flynn;.......busy family.......not too much craggin'......Orange County stuff.........
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Yep;...D E and company;...Lost Pencil, Joshua Tree. He declared it nothing......
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Greased Ligntning on the jumars......just a blur of webbing and limbs.......
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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A Man, a dog, gear, and beer.......nothing else need be said.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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D E on one of the many hundreds of F A's....this one called We must, we must, we must improve our bust. (5.11) Joshua Tree.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Reflective; The thinking man's climber; D E.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Photography is one of his many passions;
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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D E floating on a cloud of sandstone;....a man in his element. Arches, Utah.
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justthemaid
climber
Los Angeles
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Incredible photos (as usual) Todd. This thread is quite an archive.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Wasn't he co-leader of the Sheep Buggers along with Craig Fry? Impressive career, doing all those climbs, leading the Buggerers, family man. Hats off to Steve Evans!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Sorry Roy, I think Russ is right, it isn't Yab in that shot. I can almost paste a name on that face. Looks a bit like Terry Goodykoontz but I think not.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Ok, I give.
'Was some guy from Santa Cruz.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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DEE, meadows, 80/81:
photo -Shawn Curtis
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Apr 22, 2008 - 01:50am PT
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That pic of "We Must, We Must, We Must Improve Our Bust," reminded me of an unspoken rivalry with a man whom I never had any business competing with. That man is "The Master," aka Mr. Hensel SIR. On the day of the F.A. I BARELY squeaked through for the lead after many tries. Gordo followed and along came Hennie to do the 2nd A. As improbable as it might seem Hensel struggled (must have been a reach problem where my +5 ape index helped).It took him more than one try, to our amazement. Man, were we stoked (after all, it was in the day of the "Mobile Harrassment Unit")!
It only happened one other time that I can remember. That was at Suicide when we did the FA of "Compound Eyes." Once again it was a reach problem, straight sideways.
Hensel and I shared a goal for a few years, and that was to climb every route at Suicide and Tahquitz, no matter how obscure. We went after it, doing many piles and ridiculously stupid routes together.
Those were some good times.
I was there when Hensel led the first (?) free ascent of "Ishi," he was badass then and still is. I believe he walked " The Thin Red Line" (again) at the "old Ass" reunion recently.
I bow down to "The Master."
Bump for ego gratification and hero worship.
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