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SandyD
climber
Phoenix
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Kelly Bell was 37 and passed away June 1.
It's really sad to hear about Kelly...as one of Phoenix's best early female climbers, she has a huge place in our history.
I'll never forget how the climbing community rallied around me when I had an accident many years ago...and in case you're looking for something to do to support Kelly, there is a college fund for her daughter Taylor...call Dave Sloan at 602-430-7114
http://www.legacy.com/AZCentral/Obituaries.asp?Page=SEARCHRESULTS
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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I am sorry to hear of this...
but want to take a moment and thank Jerry
for doing this, this thread for our dead
companions, friends, hero's, mentors, etc.
Rick Corbin's death dealt me a major blow.
Am recovering pretty well, wondering,
each and every day how I can better live up
to the expectations of my dear departed brother,
and my folks, mom dad and grandparents, as well.
this is our life...
here we are.
Good god dying is sad stuff, isn't it?
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 7, 2008 - 10:04pm PT
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Sad? Indeed. But that sadness underscores the moments of joy. Someone said that your life is defined by the way you spend your days. So, live full and well. Laugh. Cry. Love. Indulge in life.
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SandyD
climber
Phoenix
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Jun 10, 2008 - 08:40pm PT
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A climber can always count on fellow climbers for help in times of need. A wonderful fellow climber is gone - Kelly Bell. In her absence, we can help her 15 year old daughter Taylor in her quest for college. There is a website set up for just that:
Taylorbellscollege.com.
I know I can count on your help.
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dougs510
Social climber
down south
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Jun 10, 2008 - 09:01pm PT
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I've been hesitant to post up on a friend of mine passing. She was one of the most awesome people I've ever known. Her father is a great friend of mine and a mentor to me climbing and otherwise. Therefore, I've wanted to wait for a time for grieving to give my respects to a wonderful person:
Hibbard, Melanie Ann
Melanie Ann Hibbard 1976 ~2004 Melanie Ann Hibbard, daughter of Susan Taylor and Bruce Hibbard, passed away on November 18, 2004. Melanie was born August 30, 1976 in Oklahoma City. She moved to Salt Lake in 1996 to pursue her passion for rock climbing. She had a deep love and appreciation for nature and
quickly became one of Utah's best female climbers, competing in many regional climbing competitions. From childhood, Melanie expressed herself through painting and drawing. Her love of nature was reflected in her vivid and expressive paintings. Melanie was incredibly humorous and quick-witted; she had a way of making everyone around her laugh.
Those who came though the Black Diamond Factory might remember her, as well as her dog Bean.
She is greatly missed. I'll always remember her telling me "Doug, I do really well masking my southern accent, until YOU come out here!" She was a hoot..... Miss you Mel.
Doug
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 12, 2008 - 10:56am PT
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Updated OP for Yuto, Tatsoro, and Eduard. Rest in Peace.
Joe P, thanks for sending me the info.
Doug, thank you for your memory of Melanie. Feel free to post a photo of her.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Jun 25, 2008 - 07:45pm PT
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No more 'tone of a bell'. Somehow, right now, that one hits hardest of all.
For a time, when I was a vaque part of the phoenix scene, she was ubiqtuous. She had the biggest smile this side of Nita's, she climbed hard, dealt with all kinds of crazy sh#t in her life and was an inspiration to all. At 18 she could climb Paradise Lost (at the forks) with style! She was a clue that there really was another generation coming up, at a time when it didn't really seem likely.
I am profoundly saddened to know this. Godspeed, namaste, inshallah, god bless, or whatever it takes. I will look into her daughter's fund and do what I (a currently unemployed teacher with a daughter starting college in the fall) can.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Jun 25, 2008 - 07:53pm PT
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sandy, widemonkey, sooze, et al, if you have another link to that kelly bell stuff I'd be thankful to be able to pursue it. The one above seems to have moved on, you can email it.
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the museum
Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
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Jun 26, 2008 - 10:27pm PT
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I'm sorry to post this, but a climber was killed in the needles Tuesday.
The rock climber killed Tuesday in a fall in the Needles apparently had misjudged the amount of rope he had as he rappelled from one of the spires, according to Custer County Sheriff Rick Wheeler.
The victim, Paul A. Duval, 71, of Custer, was a very experienced climber, Wheeler said. Duval climbed almost every day. But he apparently misjudged the amount of rope he had and fell to the ground in Tuesday's accident, Wheeler said.
Duval and his climbing partner were climbing on Moonlight Ridge when he fell shortly after noon Tuesday, Wheeler said.
Duval and his partner were reportedly using a new rope that was not their own and was marked differently, according to Daryl Stisser, co-owner of Sylvan Rocks Climbing School and Guide Service. Stisser, who wasn't on the scene at the time of the accident, said Duval apparently mistook some of the marks on the climbing rope, leading to the accident.
There were other climbers in the area Tuesday, Wheeler said.
Rescue crew members administered CPR but could not resuscitate him, he said. Duval was dead at the scene.
Duval, who spent much of his life as a teacher in the Boston area, was a long-time member of the Appalachian Mountain Club and was very active as a rock-climbing instructor, according to his brother, Ron Duval of Long Valley, N.J. Paul Duval's climbing experience included excursions to Europe, Africa, Mexico and throughout North America, his brother said.
He had climbed often in the Needles, Wheeler said.
Although a teenager died while climbing without safety equipment near Sylvan Lake last summer, accidents involving technical climbers are rare, according to Steve Baldwin, head of the Custer County Search and Rescue team.
Tuesday's accident was the first serious accident in the Needles area for many years, Baldwin said. "The climbers are generally so good, they pretty much take care of themselves," he said.
But the Needles' granite spires offer a range of climbing that draws serious climbers, Baldwin said Wednesday. "People come from all over the world. Difficulty wise, it's everything from nice, easy climbs to extremely technical."
Climbers may be seen on the Needles virtually every nice day during the summer, according to Craig Pugsley, visitor-services coordinator at Custer State Park. Pugsley said the park doesn't keep track of the number of climbers, who aren't required to register to climb.
Rock climbing is generally a safe sport with relatively few accidents, but like other sports, it is susceptible to error, Stisser said.
The local climbing community is mourning Duval, Stisser said Wednesday. "Rock climbing was a part of life that Paul loved. He loved the people, and the beautiful places it took him. He will be missed."
Stisser added, "Many I've talked to were out on the rocks again today, no doubt being a little more careful."
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jul 10, 2008 - 11:34pm PT
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Remains found of military personnel in IRAQ
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25631625/
"The three were from from the 2nd Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division."
Though I haven't served in the Armed Forces, I've always appreciated the Mountain Divisions. It has had a strong connection to climbing's history.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 17, 2008 - 02:42am PT
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Bump for Ric, James, and Pungkas. Rest in Peace.
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lcoyne
Big Wall climber
Byron Bay, Australia
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Jul 17, 2008 - 04:21pm PT
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Thank you Jerry for posting this up.
My condolences to the family and friends of the ones who have passed.
I was particularly saddened to here of the death of Steve Dieckhoff. Steve and I wnet back a long way and while we had our ups and downs always remained friends.
Steve was a stoic, wise and brave man who usually saw the bright side of everything. I remember months after having a hip replacement done he had to run down to Denver and show the surgeon pictures of himself climbing as the surgeon had insisted Steve would never climb again.
I admired Steve's attitude at the time of his friend Derek Hersey's death. It could best be described as sad, stoic, respectful and accepting.
Regards,
Leonard
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2008 - 10:19am PT
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Peace to Chiloe and the family and friends of Dr. Gary Lee.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 14, 2008 - 04:51am PT
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I'm sad to have just added twenty one (!) additional names to the list in the original post.
Be safe.
-Jerry
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Aug 14, 2008 - 10:08am PT
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Jerry - this was updated on the Alpinist site.
The woman climber who died with Vince was Carolyn Randall of Fort Collins, Colorado. She was an experienced mountaineer with extensive climbing experience in Colorado and had also climbed in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and other countries. More information can be found at the Fort Collins Coloradoan at the link www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080811/UPDATES01/80811052
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Dolomite
climber
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Aug 14, 2008 - 10:31am PT
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Thanks for your kind work here, Jerry.
On this topic I think the great British essayist Jim Perrin says it best, writing after the death of his friend Paul Williams:
“ I could have wished them longer lives, but immortality’s not our lot. They, who added to the richness of life, through their deaths remind us how good life is. So on this new morning my companion and I do Nat’s route, Green Gut, which she leads with great enjoyment and application, and then Brown’s Eliminate, which I lead and in which she revels . . . .
Some time later, in sweltering June heat on top of Goliath’s Groove, the woman I am climbing with draws me to her and kisses me. The larches below are very green and stir gently their fronded branches. On the flat top of a boulder a boy and girl dance with exuberant elegance to the faint beat of a radio. The valleys are filling with dusty mauve shadow, the moorland ridges clarifying out towards evening. Form takes precedence over texture, colour and atmosphere intensify, then the sun is heading down. It is all so utterly beautiful. We must love one another and die.”
(that last "and" is italicized)
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klinefelter
Boulder climber
Bishop, CA
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Aug 14, 2008 - 11:27am PT
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Ben Cheek presumed dead on Shimshal Whitehorn, Pakistan. Ben was 28, from the UK, and a research biologist. He was attempting to solo the peak and was likely buried in an avalanche near the base.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 14, 2008 - 01:44pm PT
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Updated for Carolyn and Ben. Thanks for all updates and corrections.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 17, 2008 - 11:40pm PT
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Bump for Ryan, Daryn, Paul and Joe. Rest in Peace.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 17, 2008 - 11:59pm PT
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Jerry, thank you from the bottom of my heart for the incredible memorial you have created! It has been so hard for me to cry, always trying to be strong for family, friends and business. Tonight I'm alone, your Thread came up and I am crying healing tears.... Deep, hard healing tears. Thank you.
I pray that all the family members and friends representing all their loved ones lost and honored here on this site can cry along with me and heal. It is so hard to lose someone you love so dearly.
Tonight I especially remember the family of Inaki Ochoa. God be with you and all the healing/hurting people who so miss the ones they loved. Lynne L.
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