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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 13, 2009 - 12:40am PT
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Sewellymon,
Great job ! As mysterious as the man has been over the years, I would not have thought it was that easy. The wonders of the internet.
Thanks,
Ken
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mooch
Big Wall climber
The Immaculate Conception
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Mar 13, 2009 - 02:08am PT
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Approaching 97 years young and still recounts the FA of East Buttress on Mt. Whitney like it was last week.....
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Gene
climber
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Mar 13, 2009 - 09:12am PT
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Bump for the ST Cold Case Crew.
Edit: Mooch,
GD looks like he's ready to go do it again. Great picture.
g
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Mar 13, 2009 - 09:55am PT
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WOW good job, but I for one will keep the tale alive!! Too many laughs over the years.......the bar in Lone Pine, Warren challenging a stranger, "if you were any kind of a man...etc". Perhaps Harding would want it that way? Sierra Heil.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Mar 13, 2009 - 10:32am PT
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so kewl on many levels.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Mar 13, 2009 - 11:18am PT
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Well this is cool!
If you are reading this Frank, consider joining by posting your own comments. It is fun to reconnect on ST.
Also, I would urge you to make up stories about being Desert Frank--alla Warren's tales. You can waeve in all the facts but make up the rest--it's the Internet!
Just kidding.
Hope to meet you in the Valley at another reunion.
Best regards, Roger Breedlove (late 60s and 70s Valley Climber)
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 13, 2009 - 11:30am PT
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I'll have to go and get the lowdown straight from the man himself and in town too! Thanks for the sleuthing folks!!!
Ken and I always figured this mystery would get solved via the wonders of the ST!
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Feb 11, 2016 - 10:17pm PT
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Glenn Denny has just completed a book with 22 stories about climbing in the late 50's and early 60's. It will be published by the Yosemite Conservancy and is scheduled to be available in April 2016.
One of the stories is about Desert Frank. I am not going to give away any details but just how he got that name is a really good tale!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 11, 2016 - 10:24pm PT
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So did Grossman ever go interrogate Desert Frank?
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Feb 12, 2016 - 05:04am PT
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A shorty, but one of the best threads of all time.
Just imagine what it might be like in Frank's mind. Keeler Needle, 1960, Harding, Denny....wow.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 12, 2016 - 05:21am PT
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As a shorty , I must agree
I spent time I did not have, reading the whole thread and my son missed the school bus. It was -2 that's two degrees below zero and I drive a diesel ...
At every turn and almost in every thread the Super really is in the Taco!
Thank you all for making it so...
Sushi for all
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 12, 2016 - 10:24am PT
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Thanks for the prompt folks...
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Feb 12, 2016 - 10:37am PT
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You know......reading through this thread, it makes me think that we are in an era of great change, communication and history-wise.
We now have these great communication tools, and this thread demonstrates the possibilities.......
But we are also at the end of the lifespan of the participants of the Golden Age, and the possibility of getting their stories and thoughts captured.
The pictures get thrown away. The descriptions are discarded.
Threads like these give me hope.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Feb 12, 2016 - 02:27pm PT
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Is Desert Frank still around? (hope he's doing well)
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