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alasdair
Trad climber
scotland
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partners - Duncan Tunstall, big serious commiting situations we're enjoying ourselves aren't we?!
Gareth Hughes, mr determination
Stuart Buchanan, early days to n face of the badile
nick tarmey, "Be in the right place, right time, right partner, the technical side will take care of itself"
Matt Buckle, granite technician and how many miles driven??
Laurin Weissmeir, godlike german free climbing "you need to learn to rest on vertical ice"
inspiration - Guy edwards and John Millar, never forget the compliment "oh your going home thats a shame we need some good climbers for the summer alpine"
mick Fowler, a lift up the M6, generous with his photos. Still sets the bar
Joe Simpson, devoured his literature
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jstan
climber
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I think I don't have much to contribute here as I never did much climbing. Nonetheless....
Willie Crowther taught me how to move around.
On a 5.8 with a roof there was a sling hanging down. He says, "Climb up the sling." I climb up the sling and he says, "I shouldn't jump about too much were I you." Then the hand placed pin fell out. That was the totallity of my instruction on aid.
In climbing you deal with it as you find it. But always be comfortable.
RGold: The universe contains untold galaxies swirling in unfathomable precision according to dimly understood laws. The goal? Be at peace with who and what you are.
Joe Brown: I would never presume upon the man to take his time to meet him.
From "The Black Cliff" you read of a "worthy" coming in and blirting out, " I hear Brown and Whillans are here. What did they work on today?" From the back of the pub comes, "Ahm Brown. Ees Whillans."
Now Brown had to say something before Whillans could 'it 'im. Because once that happened they all would be turned out of the pub into the cold rain. Joe had to have had much more cold rain than he wished.
So back to Willie it comes:
you deal with it as you find it. But always be comfortable.
And when you have done that who do you find there waiting for you?
Tom Frost.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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John Gonzales
Don Porter
Randy Kirkpatrick
Gerry Cox
Hans Lehman
Greg Vernon
RJ Secor
Ron Hudson
Ellen Holden
Clark Jacobs
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Gobee
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Sep 16, 2009 - 09:05pm PT
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(Hero's)
Royal Robbins
Jim Bridwell
Steve Schneider
John Barbella
John Bachar
J."Cracker"L.
Ron Kauk
Lynn Hill
Peter Croft
Erik Eriksson, my #1
(Who I climbed with)
Kirk "Tage" Montgomery
Dan "Woody" Woodward
Stan Sharp
John Barbella
Steve Schneider
Ed White
Ken Kliss
Steve "Crusher" Bartlett
Mike Ayon
Erik Eriksson/"E"
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dougs510
Social climber
down south
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Sep 16, 2009 - 09:59pm PT
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*Bruce Hibbard: My GREAT friend and mentor.
*Melanie Hibbard - For making me laugh at myself, and watching vertical locomotion in action. RIP, you are missed greatly!
*Bean Bowers - "Get you fat a$$ off my rope and climb.... how many times you gonna chalk up?" And really showing my how to have a blast in the mountains... won't mention he BLEW UP MY STOVE IN C4!
*Steph - For showing me how tough and competitive a female climber can be.
*Jeff.. from Bishop: met him in C4 and did my first leads with a stranger.
* Ronnie: Last I heard, he was in Boulder, not sure exactly why I connected so close in such a short time, Always pushing the limits.
* Angie: For having the courage to let me lead all the pitches and trusting me.
* My GREAT buddy Christian (AKA El Poser): We could climb for hours and never have to speak a word. And were not done yet!
* Matt: Always willing to go in search of another unknown crag.
* Arno: "Breathe Doug, the air is FREE"!!
To all my Friends from the Classic Rock Gym back in the day! We always had a good time. Yuki, Jim (AKA Rock Star), Julia, Darrell, Mike, Lance, Jim D. I know I've left off a few.
Good times, Good friends, GREAT adventures ALL!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Sep 16, 2009 - 11:21pm PT
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I'll stick by my first 10 but here are 10 more.
Norman Clyde- the Sierra's biggest icon for all time
Royal Robbins- for the "Craft" Books, taught me how to roped solo
Peter Croft-no need to explain
Largo- dang John, you're on the first list too
Hensel- with the "Master" we were to climb all the routes at
Tahquitz and Suicide
Robbs Muir and Mike Graham- the first S.masters to treat me like a real climber even though I WAS NOT WORTHY
Walter Bonatti- we chanted his name on the way up to my first high altitude ultra-cold bivvy before climbing Mt. Humphreys after leaving Tuolumne in the pm (any more info would be incriminating)
RJ Secor- for the guides, thanks many, many times over
Doug Robinson, Jim Donini, Fred Beckey, etc. for showing that old don't mean done
Tom Frost- the nicest one of all
The climber formerly known as "AJ"- for resparking the FA fever in the search for all the last great clean varnished splitters in the Wonderland
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Sep 16, 2009 - 11:45pm PT
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Royal Robbins 4 the rockcraft books, the best.
Pat Ament for Master of Rock; validated
San diego climbing.
My two early partners;
Surfer Dave Berner
And Rob Wild
Kevin Powell; mentored my bolt replacement work.
Klaus; fun to drink with and an insane climber.
Walt, see above.
Tucker; just an old fat ass now...usedta climb well :)
Rick Piggot; fairly bad ass...
And,
Laura Obrien who took me up my first roped climb.
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SicMic
Social climber
Boulder, CO
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Sep 17, 2009 - 08:29pm PT
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Warren Harding
Joe Hajny
Royal Robbins
Bill Pelander
Layton Kor
Yvon Chouinard
Jim Erickson
John Bachar
Michael Kennedy
Gary Neptune
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 30, 2009 - 03:35pm PT
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Hero Bump!
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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Oct 31, 2009 - 01:06am PT
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Really none of the climbing "Gods", but rather the humble folk who were my partners, friends and mentors:
Richard
Jessica
Larry
Tracy
Jack
Dan
Mark
and last but not at all the least, my best friend and buddy, Woody Stark- well, he was a legend actually, old skool one:)
locker you too, you are a blast to climb with...you can make me laugh more than just about anyone else!
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Dodo
Trad climber
Spain/UK
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Oct 31, 2009 - 05:00am PT
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Joe Brown
Paul Nunn
Joe Brown
Pete Crewe
Joe Brown
Jack Street
Joe Brown
Tom Proctor
Joe Brown
John Gill
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Oct 31, 2009 - 12:57pm PT
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Jack Schnurr and Bob Dominic for showing me the ropes.
Phil Haney and Ben Borson, for showing us what could be done (like V8, back in 1970!)
Rick Accomazzo and Richard Harrison for partnering up.
Paul Gleason, for stying with us while we started getting good.
Phil Gleason for dragging me up my first Valley climbs. Thanks, Phil.
Joe Herbst for being Joe and showing us high adventure in Red Rocks before we knew what was happeing.
Bridwell for showing us the high end of things and turning us onto so many great routes.
Sacherer, Pratt, Robbins, Kamps, Couch and Higgins whose routes we broke in on as we climbed the ladder.
Kamps for showing us bouldering discipline.
Bachar for leading the charge to bag all the Gill stuff.
Gill for showing us around and doing all those problems we chased.
Buhl for being an inspiration even though we weren't mountain climbers.
All my Camp 4 friends and partners for our many great times.
Lynn Hill for catching me on so many whippers and leading so many great routes when we climbed together.
Everyone who ever said, "Hi, Largo."
JL
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bolivian
Social climber
Sheffield
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Dec 27, 2009 - 05:13pm PT
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Hi Everyone,
Is the John Gill referred to in these posts Jack Gill from the Rock and Ice Club? If so, does anyone know his current whereabouts or contact info? I'd like to get in touch with him.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Dec 27, 2009 - 05:59pm PT
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1 Mr. Robbins....The two books.
2 Yvon Chounard...the gear , catalouges,(DR's inspirational articles),and his climbing ice book.
3 Jeff Lowe his great ice book
4 Dougal Haston and Doug Scott... Everest the hard way
5 Mark Hudon and Max Jones...climbing at the limits and way above pro
6 Pat ? used to teach climbing at unr and now occasionally can be seen at REI reno, Good person, Bonus points.
7 TM ... for all the sh#t he gave us no matter where we were climbing...The leap , The Meadows.......
8 Dano.... Well above my climbing limit but he was always supportive and a very decent guy.
9 Ron Anderson... For showing us that alot of the rad stuff we were doing in this area had already been done.
10 Mikey I, a frequent and beloved partner for 4 decades, No Matter how out of climbing shape I get He still beleives I can do it, maybe he's crazy.....But I thank him and love him like a red headed step brother.
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Camster (Rhymes with Hamster)
Social climber
CO
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Dec 27, 2009 - 08:52pm PT
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The guys I climbed and/or skied with (in no particular order):
Benny Bach
Eric Doub
Forrest Fukushima
Dave Hayes
Steve Dean
Luke Laeser
Jon Butler
Jesse Harvey
John Middendorf
Carlo Torres
Warren Hollinger
Mike Schillaci
Tom Hornbein
Bob Craig
Peter Gram
Matt Samet
two old guys at CU in the mid-80s
Norbert Ensslin
Don Liska
Fred Beckey
Layton Kor
Bryan Gall
Brian Long
Paul Ross
John Catto
Andy Ross
those Aussie blokes
Charlie French
Julian Fisher
Geoff Der
Mark Van Dome
Joe Coll
James Garrett
Chris Eng
Jordan Campbell
Rick Leonidas
Ann Robertson
Zoe Burns
Mollie Burns
Kerry Burns
Jordi Tosas
Mike Walker
Paul Fehlau
Armano Solano
Ethan Putterman
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Flip Flop
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Bob Kamps, met him while climbing the Regular Route on Fairview, He was leading Powell Route(?) and belaying off a single rusty old bolt. He said " It's alot harder now because we could place pitons wherever we wanted, now (mid nineties) its full of moss so I had to run the pitch out" He was probably in his seventies and climbing harder than I ever will.
Lynn Hill, meeting her at Clarks was a true honor.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK
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My Dad, Many by books read (esp. Dads Rebufet and Robbins book), Several Met, Some more, a couple great mentors and two HS climbing buddies. We as climbers seem to be a lucky lot in that our hero's when met, at least in my experience are very pleasant positive people.. just like the vast majority of regular climbers
Dad
Gaston Rébuffat
Royal Robbins
Naomi Uemura
John Roskelly
Patrick Vallencant
Jean Marc Boivan
Scot Schmidt
Todd Deis
Matt Howard
Ray Genet
Mugs Stump
Steve Garvey
Gary Bocarde
Scott Woolums
Mesner
Lynn Hill
Bachar
Dan Osman
John Long
Alex Lowe
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Fig's Lady
Sport climber
Bishop, CA
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Fig Fiola
Mark Axen
Steve Grossman
John Bachar
Peter Croft
Mimi
Lynn Hill
Royal Robbins
John Steiger
Ruth Dyer-Mendenhall
Dean Potter
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luggi
Trad climber
from the backseat of Jake& Elwood Blues car
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Apr 28, 2012 - 12:56am PT
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I must mention a low key climber who is very humble and just an all around good guy...Mark Tuttle
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John Gill
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