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rich sims
Trad climber
co
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 2, 2008 - 04:18pm PT
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I am turning 53 this month. I am thinking if I stay in shape I have at least thirty more good years.
SO who is still in the game? 60 Plus
Becky
Barber?
Kor?
Frost?
Gil
Dennis Kemp RIP died at 83 I believe, still climbing hard.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Very sorry to hear about Dennis, details?
I don't hit 52 till July, but never did climb that hard...
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Gordon, Stark and AlDude still get all Paleo out on the rocks
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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I am younger than all of you therefore I rock...
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rich sims
Trad climber
co
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2008 - 04:39pm PT
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Russ
I will not list Gordon (Todd)
He has defiantly climbed almost every where. But sh#t he’s not old and your not that much younger than him, are you??
I am talking 60 plus Guys
Jay what I have regarding Dennis death is sketchy at best. He was at a belay climbing in Australia. Some how what he was tied into broke lose and pulled him off.
I am sorry if I am off , as I said what I know is sketchy at best.
I had the opportunity to fly any where , I was thinking about getting back into climbing and thought about looking up people who I had enjoyed climbing with,.
So I among others goggled Dennis and came up with a caving and climbing club from way back. After corresponding with club members I received an email reporting his death a few years ago.
An Australian climber who’s name escapes me Young pixie lass about 79 in the valley also came up in the google search.
L Sheppard ring a bell. Only talked d to her a time or two. I remembered being dressed down at a camp fire at the meadows and watched her take a bite out of Leroy in the lounge thou I cant say it fazed him. Nor should it have.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Rich: Gordon looks about 70... might be early sixties. I'm 39.
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rockermike
Mountain climber
Berkeley
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Do you have to be hard to be old school? I'm soft but 53 and still hitting it in my own humble way. Climbed my first roped pitch in 1964 and climbed my first WI5 last week - albeit with a top rope ha.
Still cranking the classic 5.9s. In fact I'm more or less climbing at the level I was at 25 - even with 30 lbs extra baggage; cams and sticky rubber make a difference.
Still hoping to solo el cap before I retire to a monastery in the Himalayas and give up on on these petty vanities. ha om...
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martygarrison
Trad climber
atlanta
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Hey isn't Bachar still hitting it? JB......:)
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Idaho
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He's not that old...defending ya, j..not quite old dad. Bridwell should be closing in on 'Official Old Dad' status, eh?
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martygarrison
Trad climber
atlanta
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well you know, the new 50 is the old 40.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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55 here and still at it at a reasonable level - and I suck compared to some folks I know older than me.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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marty - yeah but I'm only 39....
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Don't forget Donini. 63 YO and still doing first ascents in Patagonia, crankin' 5.11 in Indian Creek and Eldo and climbing every damn day he can.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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I'm 54 this year... still get around
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WBraun
climber
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This place is scaring me, all these old farts.
This place is Geritol Nation.
I'll finally turn 21 this summer, and will be able to drink my first Old English beer.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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It won't be your first Old E Werner.
Ken
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Mimi
climber
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But hopefully, he's had his last. Old E was always a challenge to drink IMO, unless you're on a waste mission. Maybe if they're ice cold and all you've got. They used to be 66 cents in the Valley and the cheapest beer. What are they now?
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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A full page and not a word about George Lowe???
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