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Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Jul 3, 2007 - 11:42am PT
Visiting dignitary, Peter Croft:

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Jul 3, 2007 - 11:46am PT
And while we're at it,
Even though the quote is out of context,
A time honored Ament portrait:


-From Godfrey & Chelton's "CLIMB!"
Wild Bill

climber
Ca
Jul 3, 2007 - 12:14pm PT
Very nice Roy.

I hope Pat is lurking and continues to post.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Jul 3, 2007 - 12:14pm PT
And one of my personal Eldo favorites, Paul Sibley,
Standing below the Bastille and ready to serve:



Paul on King's X,

-From Godfrey & Chelton's "CLIMB!"
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Jul 3, 2007 - 12:24pm PT
My Cali buddy, Bob Finn, on Green Spur:



A shot in much the same spot as the upper photo of Green Spur from "CLIMB!"


The upper section of Green Spur:

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Jul 3, 2007 - 12:28pm PT
Nancy Prichard & Jello after an ascent of The Naked Edge:

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Jul 3, 2007 - 12:37pm PT
Grug on the lower portion of Anthill Direct,
With The Diving Board, just poking up on the left:



And an all time stunning shot of Roger Briggs on The Diving Board's OW crux:


-From "CLIMB!"
bob d'antonio

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2007 - 12:38pm PT
Some little roof.


Not a Cinch or a Crack.

Bee

climber
Jul 3, 2007 - 12:46pm PT
pat,

wow, i've never teared up before, surfing a climbing web site. but right there, you nailed, it -- the big 'why???' thank you for weighing in. this place is lots of fun, but ... never thought to find lessons from the masters.

Oli

Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
Jul 3, 2007 - 04:15pm PT
I especially like a line from Wordsworth. It describes really a lot of people I know and also some of the people here.
"Man if he do but live within the light of high endeavors daily spreads abroad his being with a strength which cannot fail."

Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Jul 3, 2007 - 05:49pm PT
Nice try, Roy,(anthill, "Grug") but obviouslly that is Jim Jarmusch, in between projects, getting inspiration for his next quirky movie.
eeyonkee

Trad climber
Golden, CO
Jul 3, 2007 - 06:07pm PT
Hey Man. I was feeling pretty swole (my new word of the day - I'm trying to use it in at least three sentences today) being included with all of these GOOD climbers. But to tell you the truth, one grey-haired dude looks like another, even to me.
Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Jul 3, 2007 - 06:21pm PT
Still working on the etymology of "swole", with all the brown hairs I still have left. Working on a cool salt and pepper beard, too!

Back on topic, though I have only climbed Bastille, redgard(?) Supremecy and a few others I can't remember (plus bunches of boulders); But man, those prancers keep turning up, what a surly bunch!™!!
Rick A

climber
Boulder, Colorado
Jul 4, 2007 - 10:01am PT
Not a prancer because he never wore lycra, but in his day, this guy had legitimate "pull."

Oli in 1978.

Dragon with Matches

climber
Bamboo Grove
Jul 4, 2007 - 10:32am PT
Great photo of Mr. Ament on a truly great route.

Outer Space is one of my favorites, anywhere. I first led it while very uncertain at the grade (still am, generally), mostly because I loved the history and the aura. The great moves and exposure were mere bonus, as was the moment when I spotted the scratched-in graffiti higher on the pitch. I felt like a kid at Christmas.

LK, now there's a climber's climber. Go dance about on some of his routes, in Eldo or elsewhere, and let us know if the term "prancer" comes to mind. I'd think not.
bob d'antonio

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 4, 2007 - 11:36am PT
That is a really beautiful shot of Pat. Young, fit, powerful and in his element.

Nice Rick!
Oli

Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
Jul 4, 2007 - 08:09pm PT
Seems strange, even surreal, that when we did that climb I was already way past my prime and going downhill fast. But I was beginning to understand more the beauty of simply being in those airy, mysterious places with a choice friend or two. Rick, those are dear memories... when you and Gerry showed up in Boulder. My head was swimming then, from a painful breakup, but I remember you two were like a wonderful new discovery, two fine spirits with whom I immediately wanted to share life and climbing. Do you remember the tour I took you two on, through the secret hidden tunnel behind the waterfull in Eldorado? We were like kids, when I look back on it now...
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Jul 4, 2007 - 09:11pm PT
-from "CLIMB!",
The incomparable Naked Edge:

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Jul 4, 2007 - 09:59pm PT
Sue Wint on Rosy Crucifixion:



Standing on the shoulders of those who came before us...
Bob Culp, also on Rosy, in Robbins Boots:

WBraun

climber
Jul 4, 2007 - 10:06pm PT
Great thread and great photos.

When I went to Eldorado canyon I was scared sh'itless. Those are some stout routes out there.
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