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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jul 17, 2007 - 03:01pm PT
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Putting the bolt JUST out of reach............(D E has a +5" ape factor..his knuckles drag on the ground.....) Oyster Bar area...Josh
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Jul 17, 2007 - 03:04pm PT
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That first photo of Dave could be a separated at birth from Bob Harrington.
~Susan
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Quaken
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Jul 17, 2007 - 03:08pm PT
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I got to hang out/crash out in Todds' yard a few times and this one night around the fire there was this dog that was just ball crazy or stick crazy. Anyway, somebody is trying to get this thing out of the dogs mouth to throw it again and says 'How do you make him drop it?' Dave real smooth like says 'Tell him a riddle'. I don't know why but that still just cracks me up every time I think about it.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Jul 17, 2007 - 03:35pm PT
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7th heaven is a way cool route. I did it once in 77 or 78 when it seemed open and again years later when it was closed. I was also there when Dave did the FA on Figures on a Landscape. He was cool and controlled. Maria and I followed them a day or so later for the 2nd. I still think of that as a resume climb. A toast to Dave Evans, great climbs great climber
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Jul 17, 2007 - 03:36pm PT
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DE is the man and an early mentor. Many a route when I got scared, there was Dave: solid, calm and able. Always game to try something new. He and some friends took me on one of my early rock climbing ventures (Big Rock) and many years later, took me on one of my first real Moutain Bike rides.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jul 17, 2007 - 09:22pm PT
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D E on the F A of Halloweenis, Joshua Tree.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jul 17, 2007 - 09:44pm PT
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D E....slab master;...Christmas Tree Pass, Laughlin, Nev.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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D E in Alaska. (The guy has been everywhere....)
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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9 rappels to get back down....First Ascent, Arachnid Mesa, Ariz.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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D E and Margie Evans on the summit of Standing Rock, Monument Basin, Canyonlands, Utah.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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D E ; ...he loves the loose rock.......
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Aug 16, 2007 - 08:01pm PT
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Dave on the approach to Pigeon Spire, Bugaboos, B. C.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Aug 29, 2007 - 02:49am PT
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D E E......don't mess with him...
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Aug 29, 2007 - 02:55am PT
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Aug 29, 2007 - 08:33pm PT
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Behind every good man is a good woman.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Aug 30, 2007 - 12:37am PT
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D E on an unplanned bivy on The Titan.....(He did another one on N. Sixshooter.....get an earlier start, Holmes.....)
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Aug 31, 2007 - 12:13am PT
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D. Evans and Brian Povolny at the Base of Arachnid Mesa;....a 9 pitch new route up a huge unclimbed mesa in Canyon De Chelly, Ariz. Two bivies were spent on the first ascent.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville
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Aug 31, 2007 - 12:46am PT
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Quite a few years ago we were sitting at granny's having breakfast when my partner noticed Dave walk in with a couple of friends.
He got up from our table , walked over to Dave, fell on the floor and started chanting "we're not worthy, we're not worthy"
Then he yelled back to me, "this dude put up figures!"
Dave got a good laugh.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Aug 31, 2007 - 01:16am PT
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Once at Red Rocks, Dave and I were hanging out at Willow Springs bouldering around and we started talking to some other climbers;...we exchanged names and where we were from and so on.......then a few of the climbers started to whisper to each other..." That is Dave Evans;...he's a famous climber......."........I didn't have a name after that;...only Dave Evans' belayer.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Todd, now you're embarassing me. Here's a little story to bring my ego back to earth.
When I had the sponsorship gig at Boreal I got to participate in many fun events. One of the best was the Ice Climbing Festival in Ouray. We were one of the many sponsors and I got to go and climb as well as hand out booty and do the boot demo.
I don't know why but the first time I met Jeff Lowe I was overcome with bashfulness. His wife Terry (?) introduced us and I nervously blurted out something like "I"ve always admired you," but sillier. He looked at me uncomfortably as we shook hands and didn't say a thing. His look said it all though, "what an idiot!"
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