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Tami
Social climber
Vancouver, Canada
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 9, 2008 - 03:04am PT
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Somebuddy on one of the threads suggested this. So here ittiz:
The Great Sheridan Anderson ( 1936 - 1984 ) Appreciation Thread.
Royal Robbins writes in Joe Kelsey's book "The Climbing Cartoons of Sheridan Anderson" , High Peaks Press, 1989
.....(and good fekkin' luck findin' a copy o dat !! Doubt even ol' Chessler hasz any)
" There was, in fact, in Sheridan's nature an ineffable touch of grace, a certain primal innocence, and even gentleness, behind that rough exterior. Like most of us, he was caught in the mud and yearned for the sky. Hence his aspirations for the peaks and his association with those who climb them. Indeed the cynicism shown in his caricatures of climbers may have been fueled by his learning that climbers themselves were, on the whole, not as elevated as their goals."
Sheridan Anderson's cartoons were an inspriation for me when I started my own attempts at cartoons about climbers in 1981. To this day they continue to be an inspiration for me to throw rocks at the windows of the Church of Climbing. I daresay they always will.
Here I also wish to acknowledge the passing of another iconoclastic climber-cartoonist, Paul Dedi, of Vancouver, Canada. Paul's inspired work appeared in Alpinist Mag and there is a tribute to Paul & his work on the Alpinist website in case you are unfamiliar with what he did. (btw thissiz not shameless self-promotion even tho' I did write it )
Cheers, Tami Knight
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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His were the greatest! Big Al has a signed original at his house in Josh...
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Mimi
climber
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Cheers to Sheridan!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Anderson's Acme pinch grips gave rise to the term for a perfect jug;
"acmes"!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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How about the Summit calender (with the months alphabetically "for your convenience") with the Herman Ghoul ad for Pervitin.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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I am fortunate to have a copy of the Climbing Cartoons of Sheridan Anderson, and of Baron von Mabel's Backpacking. I'll try to find time to scan and post a few.
Might one or two of Paul's things be scanned and posted?
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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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Tami, any good places to see collections of your work?
I have Sheridans Curtis Creek Manifesto!
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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I, too, have the "Abominable Mountaineering" calendar. Not only did it arrange the months in alphabetical order, but it had an autographed picture of Mr. McKinley. Unfortunately, my technology is failing me or I would post my favorite Sheridan cartoon from Summit: "Dammit, Schlief, I thought you brought the hardware!"
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Delhi Dog
Trad climber
Good Question...
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"I have Sheridan's Curtis Creek Manifesto!"
Me too, which in its own way directed my ethics towards our watery brothers and sisters.
Love that book!
Tami, to add, I sure have enjoyed your work over the years-thank you!!
Cheers,
DD
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Then there's his fine diagrams in Advanced Rockcraft..
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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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" Shack - U can find collections of my stuff on pottyroom walls"
Would that be original artwork? Hrrrk hrrk!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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For a number of years in Zion bivy permits were to be had at an office on the right at the end of a hall. On the wall at the end where one turned was a copy of the full page cartoon from the back of Vulgarian Digest with an enormous bear-like ranger straddling a tiny sapling and motioning two climbers AWAY!
He is pointing to the right.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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NIIIIIICE!!!!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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I posted these on various other threads, but I'll put them all here...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Joe Kelsey's book "The Climbing Cartoons of Sheridan Anderson" has a lot of the cartoons, but the format is rather small...
..has Kelsey, or anyone else, thought of putting out a larger format, higher print quality book? I'm sure there is a rather limited market for it... also, the originals are probably in a state of deterioration at this point and in need of preservation (see Roger's post).
These would be great in the Yosemite Climbing Museum!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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from the Andy's Inferno summit register (Ken, you should go get that and preserve it before it dusts away!)
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Mimi
climber
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Ed, that register is hilarious. Thanks for posting.
Here's a good one of Royal and Liz.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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From Basic Rock Craft, La Siesta Press
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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I can't think of anyone that brought more humor and joy into what can be a rather dreadful and serious sport than Sheridan Anderson. Forever grateful for all the laughs EL wherever you are. My favorite portrait of the man in splendid company from Ascent 74.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Tami is right up there too!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Tami, remember the illustrations you did for the "This ain't the Cascades, Jack" article in the CAJ? That'd be a hundred years ago or so, but they were pretty good.
If I could find that issue, I'd scan em and post em, if only my scanner wasn't broken.
XOXOXOX
D
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Ed and Tenzing glamming it up, platform shoes and all, busts me up every time.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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great thread.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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I've lost quite a few of the originals thatteye did. Urgggh encore........
Well, I've got a big map case in the basement, full of art from all kinds of jobs. Dunno if your CAJ illustrations are in it or not, but I'll look. If I find them I'll sell them back to you for a thousand dollars each. Canadian dollars, that is, not the funny-munny they use down here.
D
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Nick
climber
portland, Oregon
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Mar 10, 2008 - 09:47pm PT
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One of my favorites. Summit July 1970
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Mar 25, 2008 - 11:14pm PT
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Awesome, Greg! Thanks for sharing that timeless classic.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 26, 2008 - 12:49am PT
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Awesome run there with that calendar Steelmonkey!
Thanks for the heads up on the time sensitive post.
I got them all now.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Mar 26, 2008 - 01:07am PT
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SHERIDANS work is what we bit our teeth on , thank God someone still remembers his mastery of capturing the sport and the times. His work speaks 100x more then words..... He'd have more insightful work since his passing then ever imaginable. So few in our sport are actually pushing it forward nowadays.....
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Mar 26, 2008 - 01:35am PT
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Viva E. Lovejoy Wolfinger III.
I remember stumbling across his article about Grandstaff in a local Vegas mag. Then Sheridan was gone.
Then Randy.
So glad to see his stuff live on.
We need to do one for Randall too.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Mar 26, 2008 - 01:50am PT
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And more than a half a lifetime later that one still gets me; "the heartbreak of monsoon malaise". LOL
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Phantom Fugitive
Trad climber
Misery
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Mar 26, 2008 - 08:59am PT
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steelmnky-
thank you for scanning the calendar. I had heard of it but never seen it. GREAT stuff!
jer
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Mar 26, 2008 - 12:49pm PT
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My favorite was "Did you free the Stovelegs"
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Ain't no flatlander
climber
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Mar 26, 2008 - 01:45pm PT
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Lest we knott forget, the whitewater and mountain bike world's had their own equivalent to the great Sheridan...William Nealy. "Kayaks to Hell" and "Whitewater Tales of Terror" are classics!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mimi just scored me a rare copy of The Climbing Cartoons of Sheridan Anderson by Dumais and Kelsey, 1989. It has a glass binding but I had to scan this one that I had never seen before.
The man was some kind of prolific!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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ISBN# for that book?
Never mind, the title works on google, currently unavailible @ Amazon...
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Baron von Mabel's Backpacking: ISBN 0-89620-082-5
The Climbing Cartoons of Sheridan Anderson: No ISBN. Copyright 1989, Richard DuMais and Joe Kelsey, High Peaks Press.
Royal Robbins wrote a memorial for Sheridan Anderson in Mountain 101.
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Anguish
Mountain climber
Jackson Hole Wyo.
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Chuck Schaap of Teton Mountaineering has a collection of Anderson originals framed in the stairwell of the shop.
He also would know the location of Mr. Dumais, who, I believe, is now at Crane Creek Ranch near Wilson. Dick still deals outdoor books.
Mr. Kelsey should be returning to the Hole within the next month as the snow around his cabin begins to melt (hasn't started yet..)
Knight now carries the torch. All hail Tami.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 26, 2008 - 06:45pm PT
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I think that Sheridan liked drawing Royal more than anyone else. As you work through your memoirs RR, this one's for you!
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Anastasia
climber
Not there
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Jul 26, 2008 - 07:48pm PT
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Bump!
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Larry
Trad climber
Bisbee
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Jul 26, 2008 - 10:39pm PT
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Millis
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 20, 2008 - 11:42am PT
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Cartoon bump!
Who is Millis?
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Sep 20, 2008 - 01:00pm PT
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SHERIDAN ANDERSON – A TRIBUTE
By Royal Robbins
Mountain #101 – January/February 1985
This cartoon was used to illustrate an extended review of a
Michael Tobias book by Mike Thompson and highlights Sheridan's
amazing ability to come up with the right cartoon for the right
moment.
Sheridan Anderson died the evening of March 31, 1984 of an acute attack of emphysema, a chronic illness from which he had long suffered. His death came as a sad surprise to his friends because he had recently over the telephone sounded stronger and healthier than he had seemed for some time. An added poignancy is that Sheridan, his age somewhere in his late forties, was living at the time with his grandmother, whom he had often described as "indestructible". She survives her grandson.
Sheridan's personal life was not such that one could recommend it to youth as a path to longevity. He ate a lot and drank a lot, and he wasn't too keen on exercise, health foods, or abstinence. His habits doubtless helped do him in, but his answer to that would have been, "A short life, and a merry one".
Although Sheridan was never a serious climber, he was intimate with the climbing scene for over 20 years. In fact, he was one of the chief chroniclers of the foibles, vanities and pretensions of many of the stars of the period. Sheridan had a double talent: the ability to read character, and the skill to render it with precise, satirical strokes. He was also a gifted cartoonist, and his drawings lightened the pages and enlightened the readers of many a climbing magazine and journal.
Sheridan's precision of pictorial rendering found valuable expression in four books: my two rockclimbing texts, and two of his own works, "Baron Von Mabel's Backpacking", and "Curtis Creek Manifesto", a fly-fishing primer. In these books, each considered outstanding in its genera, Sheridan mixed whimsey, earthy humour, and outrageous imagination, with clarity of presentation and accuracy of detail in a unique and original way. His backpacking book, for example, was done entirely in cartoons.
Sheridan took pleasure in cultivating an image of rogue and debauchee. Often it seemed to fit. Less obvious was another side of his nature, an aspect shown by his love for the mountains, his delight in the peace and communion of fly-fishing, his abiding loyalty to his friends, his appreciation of literature, and, rather unexpected for a satirist, his fondness for heroes. He once gave me a book he highly prized, about the life of Wyatt Earp. There was, in fact, in Sheridan's nature an ineffable touch of grace, a certain primal innocence, and even gentleness, behind that rough exterior. Like most of us, he was caught in the mud and yearned for the sky. Hence his aspirations for the peaks and his association with those who climb them. Indeed, the cynicism shown in his caricatures of climbers may have been fueled by his learning that climbers themselves were, on the whole, not as elevated as their goals. There seems little in Baron Von Mabel's make-up but an amusing cynicism. But the yearning showed through, as in Sheridan's poetic "Song of the Sierras".
Sheridan will be mourned by many friends, but will ever be part of them. What we will miss mostly are his sense of humour; his chuckles rising into guffaws and erupting finally into rich rolling laughter; his keen lively, artist's eye; and the vividness of his presence. His ashes were sprinkled over a part of the southern Sierra he loved. I am sure Sheridan would have been happy to think his friends would all quaff a few to commemmorate his passing. Here's to you Sherry.
A Note on Sheridan's Cartoons
by Ken Wilson
Royal Robbins' tribute pinpoints Sheridan's character and work with eloquence, love and respect. However it might be valuable to list the scope of his work as an annexe to his obituary. Although many of his more timeless cartoons are collected in the books 'The Games Climbers Play', 'The Winding Trail' and 'Mirrors in the Cliffs', a fuller appreciation of his work over the past 20 years is only gained by scanning the pages of the magazines.
In Summit he was particularly preoccupied by the activities of the leading climbers of the mid-sixties, notably Robbins and Harding - the former cast as a shining Superman, the latter as a mischievous Mephistopholes.
Ascent was graced with a more cultured 'New-Yorker' style of wit - Fakir's using jumars for Indian Rope Tricks, mileage meters used by mountain rescuers etc. For Vulgarian Digest he supplied a rich selection of irreverent sketches underpinned by the sexual innuendo and bacchanalia, which was that magazine's core philosophy.
Mountain commissioned him to illustrate lan McNaught's Davis's satirical articles. Despite the problem of long-distance communication in explaining the intricacies of the affairs of another country, the bite of his illustrations was unaffected. He produced a ridiculous series of farcical character studies that uncannily sent up the victims: Sir Jack Long-Gland groaning under his mountain-safety insignia. Sir Donald 'Sup-up' Williams with his beer flower, the avaricious leer of Lord Bonehead as he makes off with the loot, Nero Mystri, Joe Beige and Godzilla, Dr. Colin Knoblock, Hamish McPiton in the embrace of the dreaded Bullshitmaster snake, and Sir Isaac Hoont presiding over the Audleygate enquiry, his sage head nodding with boundless patrician wisdom.
Readers of the now defunct Mountain Gazette were regularly entertained by Sheridan's strip-cartoon hero. Baron von Mabel, a thinly veiled image of himself. Von Mabel took part in a series of zany adventures assisted by Hives, his incompetent Harpo Marx-like butler. The Robbins instruction books were greatly strengthened by. amusing but unambiguous technical illustrations. In the last few years as Sheridan's contacts with the climbing world grew more tenuous he concentrated oil fishing and mountain travel and produced two admirable books on those subjects.
His cartoons repay repeated study. Well disguised by self-mockery, whimsy, farce and sexuality, all delivered with a frenetic energy and highly competent draughtsmanship, it is easy to overlook more profound qualities. In truth he was an astute and affectionate observer of the world of climbing, celebrating the rich procession of personalities and events that it displays. He was also deeply wedded to the historic western tradition of the backwoods (epitomised by Ansel Adams, the
Sierra Club) while at the same time finding its pomposity continuously amusing. He might have chosen as a legacy his drawing of Von Mabel, doubling as Moses, bestriding some Oregan Sinai clutching a tablet inscribed with the memorable aphorism "Thou Shalt Not Wreck the Place". A bronze of that would not look out of place in •the headquarters of the American Alpine Club, a memorial that would doubtless cause Sheridan endless mirth.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 20, 2008 - 01:28pm PT
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Cool stuff. That first pic of the Summit cover has a kinda R. Crumb feel to it. S. A. sounds like one of those guys I would of liked to have met.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Sep 20, 2008 - 01:32pm PT
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I put this up an another thread and then killed my web space sometime after that, so this is just to repost over here where the celebration is going on. I think he would have been a great guy to sit down and have many beers with.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 21, 2008 - 11:56am PT
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Ditto that Steel! Thanks for the spread.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Sep 21, 2008 - 09:25pm PT
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Wow, and, yikes, I'm embarrassed to say I don't think I have the calendar in the archives (aka "man cave").
Couple more covers that I didn't see already posted:
Was this his first Summit cover? I think Roper alludes to it in "Camp 4". October 1964:
June 1968:
October 1972:
Sorry for the poor scans (er, point and shoot digi photos).
Cheers!
-Brian in SLC
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Early Galen Rowell survey from Mountain 25 January '73.
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Captain Aubergine
Social climber
Blighty
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Dec 13, 2008 - 05:49pm PT
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Howdy folks,
I have been trying to replace my copy of "Climbing Cartoons of SA" for years, ever since some $%^&$"$£% nicked my car. If anyone knows where one might obtain a copy, I have a Grandmother to sell.
Tami - 2 questions: Firstly, have you made any progress with the reprint thingy??? Secondly, you seem to have been quite quiet this side of the pond for a while - wots wrong, nothing bad left to say about ice climbers???
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Dec 13, 2008 - 08:36pm PT
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Need Batso statues?
Go to Blitzo's thread.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Dec 13, 2008 - 10:20pm PT
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In case no one has posted it, here's Kelsey's email address:
joekelsey1@aol.com
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 13, 2008 - 10:33pm PT
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Lauria...
'think we can get a story from him about the Pratt Kelsey on Higher Cathedral Rock?
Maybe you could loosen him up a little bit???
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MH2
climber
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Dec 13, 2008 - 11:40pm PT
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appreeshiatin
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Captain Aubergine
Social climber
Blighty
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Dec 20, 2008 - 05:36pm PT
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Tami,
I would loooooove to take credit for the Princess of Hearts memorial keepsake, however I cannot admit to being your stalker (in this case). Unfortunately, I also cannot recall ever having the pleasure of sharing a drink - more's the pity.
The honest answer is that your books have always shared a honoured place on zee bookshelf, next to my William Nealy paddlin' ones (also gone but not forgotten). Soooo when I woz doin my bi-annual google to see if anyone had a spare copy of the Sheridan book, I found this thread, with your name at the top.... I had no choice but to sign up and leave a plea!
Anyway, enough about us - or else this will end up being a personal love fest. More strength to the elbow of all those posting the fantastic Sheridan stuff, it is awesome to see so much stuff I have never seen before. My fave is the calander (which I might have to doctor for 2009....).
Cheers and Merry Crimbo
Captine Aubergine (Eggplant is my brother's name)
p.s. Tami - if you are looking to raise some cash, why not sign some of your old lurid spandex and put it on ebay. I can start the stalking proper then...
p.p.s. bring it on with that retrospective!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 25, 2009 - 03:52pm PT
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Pretty much on everybody's top 100 list.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 30, 2009 - 02:25pm PT
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MH- Do you have the rest of Joe's piece and where did it originally appear?
Tami- We are all your secret admirers...Blink...Blink...Right down to the lowly garden vegetables!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Bananna peels are over-rated...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 16, 2009 - 09:42pm PT
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Anderson Fairy Tales Bump!
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pocoloco1
Social climber
The Chihuahua Desert
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Nov 16, 2009 - 11:44pm PT
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New Standard Revised Edition
The
Curtis Creek Manifesto
Being A Basic Guide To The Art Of Fly Fishing On Moving Water...
written,conceived,and illustrated by SHERIDAN ANDERSON
The Author,
Sheridan Andreas Mullholland Anderson
-angler,artist,wander,eternal
foe of the work ethic.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Nov 17, 2009 - 07:49pm PT
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Thanks to Tami for starting this great thread, and all those that posted cartoons or comments. Special thanks to steel mnkey for two pieces I had not seen: the Obit by Robbins, and the Calendar.
Does anyone still have old Mountain Gazettes, that they can scan & post: "Mabel of the Mountains," another great series of Sheridan's cartoons?
Here is my all time favorite from Sheridan Anderson.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Nov 17, 2009 - 08:26pm PT
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Hobo Dan asked for this. Shows up in Mountain Magazine in 1973 and then in "Games Climbers Play."
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Nov 17, 2009 - 08:35pm PT
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Sheridan is the Bomb Diggety.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 17, 2009 - 08:46pm PT
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An absolute classic diabolical Batso from Mountain.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Nov 17, 2009 - 11:04pm PT
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A little bit of me in this one.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Nov 17, 2009 - 11:11pm PT
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This thread brought back so many wonderful memories! I had the good fortune to spend five months in Camp 4 in 1965 with a handful of climbers and Sheridan Anderson. Since I had a broken arm, Sheridan and I hung out a lot together during the day while others were out climbing. That summer, the tradition was for everyone to report back to him at the end of their day as to how their climb went. The following day Sheridan would be drawing cartoons based on what he had been told.
I have no idea what happened to these dozens if not hundreds of personalized cartoons he drew over the years which were never published. Very stupidly, I also never asked him for those he did of myself and Frank. I wonder if they were passed along in his family?
Certainly the social highlight of Camp 4 in 1965 was the celebration organized by Sheridan to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn. He had drawn a very large, detailed, and colorful cartoon postcard (10 x24 ") which he later mailed to the mayor of Zermatt. That evening however, we all gathered at his campsite to party and make toast after toast to Whymper and the boys.
As we got progressively drunker, the toasts grew louder and louder. Finally around midnight we were yelling out hip hip hooray for each reknowned climber or ascent that had ever been done anywhere in the world. Of course someone called the rangers, who seemed quite flattered and amused to be asked to sign the large cartoon postcard as well, being assured that their names would be forever memorialized in Zermatt. They also suggested that our party should continue down in the meadow where Curry Company employees were also partying out of earshot of the camp grounds, which we did.
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Jim Herrington
Mountain climber
New York, NY
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Nov 18, 2009 - 12:37am PT
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So when's the giant Sheridan Anderson coffee table book coming out? And who's working on it...?
Needs to be done, the complete SA...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 18, 2009 - 01:33am PT
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What about the learing one with the sheep?
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Nov 20, 2009 - 12:11pm PT
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Last time I saw Sheridan was at DR's in Round Valley - much too much wine was consumed.
Anybody have the, "The Little ape shall lead them" cartoon? Prophecy - you you believe in that stuff?
Sheridan claimed to have taught Pratt to climb. Anybody confirm that?
SG - Millis is Dennis Miller. See photos of him at the Waterskiing Tenaya thread.
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Tea
Trad climber
Behind the Zion Curtain
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Nov 20, 2009 - 01:23pm PT
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Awesome tribute to the master! Great posts!
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 20, 2009 - 03:26pm PT
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Mr. Meander here...got into this story on another thread. Thanks, Tami, for pointedly suggesting I copy it over here:
I have an audio tape he made just a few days before he died. Sheridan knew he was going to die, though I was far too deep in denial to hear him at the time. We went out for supplies, which besides a blank cassette included a fifth of Jack Daniels and a case of beer. This was in Vegas right after one of the winter trade shows when the outdoor industry used to pigyback on the Ski Industries of America at the Convention Center.
Sheridan was living with his granny in a walkup apartment up on Charleston, to "take care of her." She was pushing a hundred, but it was an open question who was taking care of whom. He pulled his boom box out onto the formica kitchen table, uncapped the Jack, pressed record and got down to business. Granny was watching wrestling in the next room. He knew I would be worthless at remembering accurately what he had to say, but I was the only friend who showed up so he was taking no chances. I did not do my share of the talking or the drinking that night, but I still have the tape and one of these days we can transcribe it and get a really rip-roaring Sheridan thread going.
I have plenty of other Sheridan artwork -- original and unpublished -- to share too. Some of it a unique form of "comic chess" played by passing the drawing board back and forth with other artists at his flat on Potrero Hill.
I never got to accompany Sheridan to what seemed to be his main social outlet those final years living with his granny -- a strip club. He kept suggesting it, and I guess I was too broke and too prudish to loosen up and see that it would have been a rare chance to watch him work a pretty interesting venue. Think Toulouse-Lautrec at the Follies Bergere, only scaled up to Sheridan's frame, ported out to six-four and well-over-300-pounds. He would regularly take his sketch pad into a bar and use it to introduce himself to the whole room. And not just the Mountain Room in the Valley, either. In the Sixties I trailed him around SF, watched Sheridan stride into many a North Beach hang, and the Blarney Stone in Cow Hollow that had killer fish-n-chips right out back. And when I returned, to work at the startup of Outside Magazine in '77, Sheridan was still there and came up to the office and dragged the whole staff, Will Hearst included, either across Third Street or to his then favorite Irish Pub out on California Street in the early Avenues. It changed the entire evening for everyone present. Can you say raconteur?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 20, 2009 - 03:37pm PT
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I would really like to har that tape/read the transcript!
Did he meet the undeground cartoonist S Clay Wilson while hanging in the city? Is that how Von Mabel met the Checker demon?
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 20, 2009 - 04:05pm PT
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scuffy b
climber
Whuttiz that Monstrosicos Inferno?
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Nov 20, 2009 - 04:54pm PT
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hanks for the link, Monkey.
That's a good profile.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 20, 2009 - 05:38pm PT
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Back cover of the book. I like Sheridan's self-deprecating bio:
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C. Small wall climber.
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Nov 20, 2009 - 10:27pm PT
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Note the happy sheep, gambolling along.
And the back cover has a ringing endorsement.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 21, 2009 - 12:24am PT
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A classic collaboration with Joe Kelsey from Ascent 1974.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 21, 2009 - 02:43pm PT
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The drawing. From the '75 Great Pacific Iron Works (Chouinard Equipment) Catalog:
It was by Richard Stine:
The Story: Malinda Chouinard and I went up to Ojai one Saturday for open studios. She was a high school art teacher then. The only studio I remember was Richard Stine's. We talked with him and Malinda bought that drawing. It's always been a favorite of mine too. I bought his book.
That drawing isn't in the book, but a lot of other Madman drawings are.
[photoid=135604]
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 21, 2009 - 03:20pm PT
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Nice artwork, Doug! Thanks for posting it.
For Tami, a sample of Mr. Smaill's artwork from Gordon's classic Squamish guide.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 12:44am PT
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So, Tami, was Anders the Nordic model for Gordie?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 22, 2009 - 01:05am PT
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I had met Gordie in 1975, but was probably only barely on his radar, as a friend of Eric's, and one of the annoying youngsters around. As of then, the date of his guidebook, only one FA/FFA that I'd been on was in it - the FFA (we thought) of Papoose One, with Eric. Gordie attributed it to Eric and Dave V.
Hopefully sometime Tami will see fit to lampoon me in cartoon form, to Tamiflu me. It would be an honour.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 01:07am PT
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Squished versus Ouched! LOL
Or perhaps T-Knighted...
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MH2
climber
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Nov 22, 2009 - 01:21am PT
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am on it
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 22, 2009 - 10:50am PT
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Tami --
My Stine book is copyright 1974, but then it's pretty much handmade, no typesetting anywhere, and held together looselelaf on two of those round steel snap loops, like a binder. Edition of 4000 it says. Printed on fine drawing paper, like pages just pulled out of his notebook.
Interesting that Malinda collects your toons -- good taste. When I was working on the Ice book with Yvon, I modeled for Sheridan to draw a bunch of technique illustrations. Not really cartoons, but like the rock climbing illustrations he did for Robbins' books where besides getting the technique you'd smile that Bridwell was demoing it. Hell, I even got profiled, liebacking. But Yvon wouldn't have anything to do with them. Something about cartoons being not the right tone for the book he had in mind. Wish I knew where those drawings went...
there was DEFINITELY an audience out there in the ethers & lurking in the phlogiston
Over on the Pratt thread, someone with a counter on his photos noticed hundreds of views in between any of our bumps, and thousands overall. This iceberg is mostly silent eyes, it seems. Intriguing, because just the ones above the waterline are more vocal than I've been used to hearing, for decades, giving feedback on my work. One of the reasons I like it here. Besides hangin' with you, of course.
OK, now back to Sheridan. Well, just one more Stine...ok two
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Nov 27, 2009 - 12:52pm PT
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In looking through my collection of old "Off Belay" magazines I found a boring article on "The Pyschology of Climbing" in the Feb. 1973 issue.
However! Sheridan illustrated the article. Here is the best cartoon.
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oldguy
climber
Bronx, NY
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Nov 27, 2009 - 02:19pm PT
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In response to the claim that Sheridan taught Pratt how to climb (or was it the other way around?), Sheridan didn't come on the scene until a long time after Pratt. The real story is that Sheridan exchanged climbing lessons for fishing lessons with Lloyd Price, and as a result both benefited greatly. To go fishing with Sheridan was exactly what one would expect from reading The Curtis Creek Manifesto. Sheridan used to drop by my house on his way to Las Vegas, mostly to show me the large format books on famous artists he had recently acquired and to have a nip or two from the bottle that was a too constant companion. If you ever had the good luck of meeting Sheridan, you might wonder why there wasn't more laughter in people's lives.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 27, 2009 - 06:28pm PT
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This drawing of Norman Clyde from the Rockcraft books is one of my favorites.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 27, 2009 - 10:32pm PT
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I think the cartoon in post #77 is also Norman.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 28, 2009 - 01:07am PT
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I didn't know that drawing from Basic Rockcraft was of Norman Clyde - fascinating! Hopefully Clyde approved.
Anderson of course liked to caricature Robbins and Harding. Is there anyone else that he identifiably drew?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 28, 2009 - 01:23am PT
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Anders- Check out the totem pole in the Rock Gods on the previous page.
RR,YC, Pratt and I think Batso are in that one!
He seemed to like Royal and Pratt the best.
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Dave Sessions
climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 28, 2009 - 09:39pm PT
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Besides his infamous humor, SA was a highly regarded fisherman. I had the good fortune to have him take me out to some of his secret spots along Cathedral Creek when I was around 10 or 11yrs old. The two of us whisked along in the vanishing light of a Tuolumne summer evening and I struggled to keep up as he hauled really good size trout out of one 'toilet-bowl' size pool after another.....
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 28, 2009 - 11:47pm PT
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Do you happen to recall the patterns that liked best?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 30, 2009 - 02:16am PT
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Here is a cute cartoon by John Svenson, from Ascent 1972.
Apparently monkees were to be found in Camp 4 even then.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Roper's 1970 guide says that Anderson participated in two first ascents in Yosemite Valley.
Andy's Inferno (1964, 'and others')
Aunt Fanny's Pantry (1965; Leo Le Bon)
"For some reason this route is very popular."
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Randishi, you noticed some telling details.
The easy (easier) one first: Stine's captions are full of crossed out words. It feels like he left 'em (hold the whiteout) as a sort of zen gesture to the moment. Not perfect; why pretend? Lapse of attention, worthy of a passing smile. Plus, he seems to be calling out the whole notion of new. What's new, really?
A flower for Clyde: it was the Sixties, after all. But that's not the answer. Sheridan is prankish, sure, but there's always something behind it.
I just finished reading the Clyde chapters in Daniel Arnold's Early Days in the Range of Light. What a cool book! And his portrait of Clyde now seems to me the best ever written. "When I think of Clyde in the Sierra he is a surprisingly physical presence; he is there in the holds he touched, the stones he slept on, the waterfalls and birds and flowers he admired."
Here he is repeating Clyde's 1930 FA of what became Norman Clyde Peak, and noticing the most alpine of Sierra flowers: "Clyde was particularly fond of polemonium -- they were his most reliable companions on the high peaks. And the flowers seem to like Clyde, too. Right next door, Middle Palisade hosts healthy bouquets of polemonium here and there, but in high summer Clyde's mountain grows them so thickly the air stiffens with their scent."
The scent is not subtle. Polemonium are related to violets; their scent is ultra-violet. Arnold tunes up to a full rave:
"The skeletons of last years polemonium carpeted the stone, hooking their roots into the most unlikely-looking chinks. Many had a few green fronds growing close to the rock below the dried husks of their other limbs, a first sign of the sun waking them from their winter sleep. Each plant must represent a stroke of luck. I saw one flower perched right on the edge of a cliff and another growing horizontally out of a seam in a block and it was hard to imagine how their seeds found their way in the first place. In a month there would be hanging fields of polemonium on Clyde's mountain..."
The chapter ends with Clyde's ashes being scattered from his summit. Smoke Blanchard carried them up there, accompanied by his son Bob, Nort Benner and Jules Eichorn. I got invited, but was too impatient to go climb something steeper. Daniel Arnold comes back to Clyde's flower:
"If a polemonium seed on the wind can find a thumbnail crack in a block of granite at fourteen thousand feet, I have to think that Clyde's ashes could do the same. To me this means that at least a few of the flowers on Clyde's mountain have little specks of him in their stems and fronds and purple petals. I think this small notion of physical immortality would give Clyde pleasure. His idea of a summit celebration was rolling crumbs to the finches who came to greet him; now his body nourishes the flowers that kept him company on the high peaks."
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cliffhanger
Trad climber
California
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I had the good fortune to meet Sheridan in the west end of camp 4 in Sept 1980. He had just returned from a back packing trip decked out with brand new Coleman gear; back pack, peak-1 stove, sleeping bag, everything all new Coleman. He explained that his new job was gear tester for Coleman and that he was favorably impressed. He did some hilarious antics with the Peak 1 stove as the lunar lander.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Jan 26, 2010 - 10:58pm PT
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I can't resist.
I have more!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 12, 2010 - 10:47am PT
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Another classic from the back of Summit December 1968.
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Chief
climber
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Jun 12, 2010 - 08:52pm PT
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Bump for a great thread.
I had been well acquainted with SA's work long before I gave up climbing and started trying to fly fish. I had never heard of The Curtis Creek Manifesto but it was very soon presented as "The Primer" for the serious trout hunter. His treatise and illustrations on the importance of stealth when fishing are priceless and have me howling every time I look at them. The great thing is that he's absolutely right. Thank you Sheridan, RIP.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 12, 2010 - 11:12pm PT
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We Kneed another TAMI 'preciation here, folks.
Yes sirree. no more in the car for Tami, KNOTT by me, anyway.
YAY Tami!!!!!
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jun 12, 2010 - 11:44pm PT
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Sheridan gave me his original of "The White Tower" being read by the climber sporting the afro hairdo, but I didn't find it when I opened my climbing literature boxes after hauling them around for 30+ years. But I still have hopes it'll turn up in another box along with some other archives that I thought I had. :-(
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Jun 12, 2010 - 11:51pm PT
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A little more Sheridan: from Baron Von Mabel.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 13, 2010 - 03:06pm PT
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Who among us hasn't been here a few times!?!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Jun 13, 2010 - 11:22pm PT
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Sheridan again: from Baron Von Mabel. A great intro to backpacking!
No! I am not working for the new publisher!
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Jun 14, 2010 - 10:13am PT
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I'm moving for the first time in two decades, unearthing all manner of detritus and keeping the recycling bin humming.
So the other day I open this mailing tube and out pops a fly rod Sheridan gave me. Also one of those cute little metal boxes containing flies he tied.
Another bigger tube revealed a fetching fly-fishing Amazon.
Photos eventually, but for now they're already buried in the storage locker.
Tami -- If you want to copy and post any of the Sheridan stuff you're babysitting, I'm all for it.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 10, 2010 - 09:58pm PT
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Another Sheridan cartoon from Summit May 1970.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 11, 2010 - 02:24pm PT
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I just KNEW I had the "White Tower" original somewhere. It finally turned up in a file. I took a photo of it, and one can see that the years have not been kind to it. The margins are a bit ratty and there are other flaws in it. Is it worth some restoration work. I realize that I missed the YCA art auction, but certainly there will be another. Or perhaps it should reside in the climbing museum. What do others recommend for its future? The tropics are not where it should reside IMHO.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Jul 11, 2010 - 05:29pm PT
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A worthy topic for a BUMP!! Thanks, as I have really enjoyed reliving those great days of the 60s and 70s well chronicled by the GREAT Sheridan Anderson!!!!!!
Rodger
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 11, 2010 - 06:08pm PT
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Thanks, Tami. If I can find some Acid-Free cardboard on this rock, I'll do as you suggest.
BTW, what do you do with HUMPING cardboard? Or should I just use my imagination???
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 12, 2010 - 11:53am PT
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Makin' sweet music on the B-flute!?! LOL
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Jul 12, 2010 - 08:11pm PT
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BooDawg: I bounced your question off my wife “Heidi” who has a Fine Arts degree and currently specializes in conservation & restoration of-----------antique purses and compacts.
She agreed with Tammy in every detail and added some other hints.
1. Seek out a reputable art gallery on Oahu? (as I recall) that does framing, and work them for advice for your climate.
2. If you buy acid-free board, be sure it is smooth-surface and not a textured or pebble finish, which might affect a piece done on paper.
I have bought acid-free plastic storage sleeves for my old climbing magazines. They preserve great in this nice dry climate, but in hot & sometimes humid island marine climate------that could be risky too.
The acid-free storage sleeves are most easily found on E-Bay in different size.
I would love to see this piece go back to Yosemite!
Hopefully you can work out an agreement with the museum there.
I am a little hazy on contact details.
Cool to have been given that by Sheridan!
Dude!
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 13, 2010 - 04:27am PT
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I posted these on the Norman Clyde thread, but Sheridan deserves to have more photos of him posted here as well.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 13, 2010 - 12:07pm PT
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Thanks, Fritz, for taking the time to pursue my questions about how to best prevent further deterioration of Sheridan's work and what to do with the piece for posterity.
I was re-reading the entire thread, and since Doug R. has turned some of Sheridan's work over to Tami, it'd be great to see what she has in her possession as well as what Doug may still have.
I'm also wondering what became of Sheridan's unpublished sketch books, etc. Many folks here have recalled how he'd just spontaneously produce REALLY GOOD cartoons and especially characture drawings of while groups or individuals would be reminiscing, joking around, and/or drinking. We appreciate what great charactures he did of Robbins, especially, but other climbers as well. I remember him doing one of me while I visited him in Bishop, but I wonder where such sketchbooks and other drawings might be.
Doug? Tami? Anyone else know or could speculate?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 13, 2010 - 10:31pm PT
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Another classic spoof from Mountain #31.
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Chief
climber
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Jul 14, 2010 - 12:06am PT
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Bump for Sheridan and a great thread!
Still working on the stealth technique whilst stalking
The Eleven Commandments from the Curtis Creek Manifesto**
1) Thou shalt know thy knots well and rig thy gear in an artful manner.
2) Thou shalt cast with precision and thy fly shalt like a cobweb alight.
3) Thou shalt fish upstream.
4) Thou shalt know thy waters and be wise about those things upon which thy prey doth feed.
5) Thou shalt cunningly plan thy strategy in advance of each hole, pocket and riffle.
6) Let not thy shadow or that of thy rod fall upon the waters.
7) Thou shalt move with stealth and keep thyself low and in deepest shadow and ever secret thyself behind tree, rock, hummock and shrub.
8) Thou shalt keep thy rod behind thee and thy line in readiness until thou art ready to cast.
9) Thou shalt avoid fly drag like the plague and watch thy lure like a hawk.
10) Thou shalt strike quickly but gently and thou shalt hopefully release thy quarry to fight another day.
11) Thou shalt love the waters and all things that nourish therefrom; and thou shalt cherish and protect them as thine own~For all nature is thy home and all living things are thy kin.
So just as I'm about to get all maudlin and start tearing up over Ten and Eleven, I flip the page to see the all too autobiographical piscean perspective offered by Sheridan's trout.
Vigilant, Cagey, Careful, Cautious, Alert, Wary, Guarded, Watchful
I definitely don't know anybody like that!
Edit; Something strange happened to the quote mark rig and it went huge and italicized so I had to bail back to a simpler version.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Jul 14, 2010 - 12:28am PT
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Tami!!
Are you telling the "bad boys" to stop??
End of the movie? Schools out for summer?
Not Likely!
Sheridan Lives!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 14, 2010 - 03:00am PT
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This is marvellous!
May I suggest that those in possession of Sheridan Anderson originals also consider scanning the drawings, front and back, in as high resolution as is possible? Peter H seems to know about such things. A scan isn't an original, but at least contains as much of the information from the original as is possible in such a format. Another thing, of course, is security and insurance. A thief robbing a house may simply take it, not knowing anything more than that it's hanging on the wall in the study, maybe in a nice frame.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 14, 2010 - 10:40am PT
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Eternal Foe of the Work Ethic!!! Right Freakin' On!!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 21, 2010 - 11:34am PT
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An unusual one from the back cover of Summit May/June 1965.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 21, 2010 - 01:36pm PT
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“Eternal Foe of the Work Ethic” YEAH! That really WAS Sheridan!
I can still hear him ranting on and on about how Utah’s nickname was/is “The Beehive State!” The tone of complete disdain in Sheridan’s voice as he spoke about everyone working together to make honey/money is still SO VIVID in my memory. I wonder if he ever did a drawing reflecting those sentiments…
So WHERE are his sketchbooks??? DR-Any thoughts?
Thanks, Steve, for the Grandma one. On the inside back cover of that same issue are these:
Cragman: The “longer runners” one is not in “Basic Rockcraft.”
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 21, 2010 - 10:13pm PT
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I can't recall another silhouette cartoon like the Grandma one by Sheridan.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
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Oct 31, 2010 - 06:18pm PT
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I was lookin' to see if I'd posted this one of Sheridan on this thread since it is a classic "Hero" shot. An artist himself, Sheridan was a fan of the early western artist Frederic Remington. He posed for this hero shot while joking about the heroics portrayed in Remington's paintings.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 31, 2010 - 08:40pm PT
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Nice shot Ken!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 31, 2010 - 09:18pm PT
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Did he ever do any acting, or similar things?
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Sheridan was always acting.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
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Actually, I think Sheridan was more like a continuous stand-up comedian. Humor seemed to flow out of him like, well..., honey from a slightly open container, enhancing the flavors of ourselves as well our perspectives of his favored subjects, like RR, especially.
I think the only two climbers whom I ever met who had such a natural gift for humor were Roy Coates (from L.A. in the late 50's/early 60's) and, of course, TM Herbert. Someone once commented that Roy's humor came even more naturally than TM's. But all three of them had the ability to keep one in a nearly constant state of laughter.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 15, 2010 - 11:30pm PT
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He would have had plenty to laugh at had he stuck around...
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BooDawg
Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
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Dec 16, 2010 - 03:43pm PT
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Tami: I don't know of William Nealy or his cartoon works, but if they are about kayaking, I would like to see some of his works. Could you please post up a few here or some links? It'd be interesting to see if he and Sheridan addressed similar themes in their respective sports. Thanks.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
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Dec 16, 2010 - 06:33pm PT
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Thanks so much, Tami! And could you please post a link to your new thread on this thread? My REAL life has been intruding is such ways (good, tho, intense ways!) that I haven't even been a decent lurker here in the past couple of months, so I might miss a new thread if you don't. Again, thank you.
Edit: I see you've put up the new thread! Thanks! Here is the link to it:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1348638/William-Nealy-and-his-brilliant-cartoons
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midori
climber
fujisawa japan
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I found Sherian's name on your page.
He was my best friend 30years ago.
He and I lived in Chiroquin Oregon at that time.
I still keep the letters from him after I came back to Japan.
I wish to share his sripit with someone who likes him.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Hi Midori,
I visited Sheridan's home in Chiloquin many times. Perhaps we met there, but my memory is terrible. Welcome to our little group here. Sometimes silly, sometimes crazy, but we all loved Sheridan and still treasure our memories of him.
Join on in. Tell us about some times you shared. We would love to hear from you. Maybe you would like to share some of your letters with us. Or just pieces of them. I have letters from Sheridan with great drawings on the envelopes. I can't find them right now, but when I do I'll bring them here for us all to enjoy.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Climbing Bump
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 30, 2011 - 01:04am PT
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Midori- Please share any memories of Sheridan that you would care to. We would love to hear your stories.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 15, 2011 - 12:55pm PT
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Midori wrote me about her time with Sheridan and recalled this moment...
He said before he died.
Do not forget to look up at the sky.
I will become a star and makes a wink.
Shine on you crazy diamond...
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 15, 2011 - 01:28pm PT
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It's interesting that Sheridan's and Chuck Ostin's thread surface again at the same time.
I smile each time I think of them. Two of the most memorable characters from Camp 4 in 1965.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 15, 2011 - 01:36pm PT
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Absolutely indelible characters!
Gotta love climbing for that...
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 26, 2011 - 03:57pm PT
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Here is an email that Midori sent to me on 4/30/11.
Hi, Ken
Thank you very much for your mail.
I am very glad to know many people love Sheridan and I want to let them know how great he was.
It is hard for me to write in English but I will try.
I first met him in 1979 or 80.
The year before that my former husband Toshio visited him.
His book was published in Japan. We lived in L.A. USA at that time.
He gave me a letter when Toshio visited him.
He said he liked me very much and wanted see me.
I was very surprised because it was the first time somebody likes me even though we have never seen.
Then Toshio and I visited Chiloquin to see him.
And we became very close and Toshio and I moved to Chiloquin in 1981.
We had a great time but Toshio passed away from the bubonic plague 5 months after we moved.
Then I came back Japan alone.
When I have time I will write stories I spent with Sheridan.
Midori Sasaya
5/20/11
Hi Ken
Thank you for your reply.
The CD I sent is Sheridan's letters.
I would like to share with Supertopo or someone who likes him if you think it is O.K. with Sheridan.
Please let me know after you read his letters.
You don't need to send it back to me.
I want to let people know how great he was. That is my goal.
I am writing the story about the days I spent with him but it will take time.
Another man Steve (Grossman?) gave me a mail and he said I can write it in Japanese because it is too hard for me writing in English.
I will let you know when I finish it.
Thanks you, Midori
5/25/11
Hi Midori,
Today the CD that you sent to me arrived at my home in Hawaii, and I was very excited to see it. I have looked at all the letters and the drawings that he created and sent to you. If he wrote you more than a hundred letters, he must have liked you very much. I am sorry that you have lost so many of them; it would be wonderful if we could add more of his words and drawings to his legacy. But what you have sent me gives to his friends in the climbing community another side of his drawings that his climbing cartoons don’t display. And his own, personal written words are not generally available or known at all, outside of his cartoon books on fly-fishing or back-packing.
Knowing Sheridan as I did, I am sure that he would have been proud, both of the drawings that he did and the words that he wrote to you. He could find both humor and Truth in nearly everything around him, especially himself.
I think Sheridan’s memory & legacy is best served by letting the climbing community see for themselves what you have offered as his own drawings and written words. I may be able to clarify some questions that others may have, and certainly others will have their own insights into his complex personality and life.
In your email to me on April 30th of this year, you said that when you had time, you would write stories about the experiences that you had with Sheridan. I know that I, and many others who knew him, would very much like to hear your stories. I understand that writing in English may seem difficult, but what you have written to the me and the climbing community so far tells me that your English writing is fine for telling your personal stories about the times that you spent with Sheridan. So please make the time if you can, and share your memories of our friend with us.
With much gratitude, Ken Boche (BooDawg)
Here is the first of the letters that are on the CD. I am in the midst of moving out of my house here in Hawaii and will be in the Yosemite area within a week, so as you imagine my life is in some disarray, so the letters will have to dribble out to The Taco as I can make the time for posting them. So sorry!
The CD was accompanied by a personal note to me which reads:
Dear Ken
Very happy to know you.
This is CD of Sheridan’s letters I still have.
I am so sorry I have lost a hundred of his letters. But I still memorize what he said.
You can share this CD on the Super Topo Forum, if you think it is O.K. with Sheridan.
Midori
(If there is anyone who knew Sheridan and who thinks he might object to these postings, please post your objections here or P.M. me.)
Also on the CD is a photo of Sheridan with some good-sized trout!
This first one is labeled “Airmail01” so I’m just going to take the letters in order and hope Midori put them in chronological order.
The Body of the letter starts here. Looks like he did the drawing, then typed over/around it. I suppose the drawing is a fantasy portrait of Midori.
I made a copy of the outside of the letter then cropped and inverted the bottom portion of the original, so that it’s easier for all here on the Taco to read.
There are several gems in the letter; my favorite is, “Got a phone… Helps me hang on to whatever sanity is left.”
The letter also reveals that the book of Sheridan's that Midori refers to in her letter to me as being published in Japan was his Backpacking book.
Truly, Sheridan's letters are works of art!
Any comments or insights?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 26, 2011 - 10:47pm PT
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BooDawg!
Wow!
Many thanks to you and,
many more thanks to Midori.
More please.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 26, 2011 - 11:01pm PT
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Indeed!
We'll be looking forward to seeing the rest when you get settled down again, Boo Dawg.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 27, 2011 - 08:11am PT
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Bubonic plague is as close as the friendly chipmunk and its fleas in the campground.
From Center For Disease Control Website: human plague in the United States has occurred as mostly scattered cases in rural areas (an average of 10 to 15 persons each year). Globally, the World Health Organization reports 1,000 to 3,000 cases of plague every year. In North America, plague is found in certain animals and their fleas from the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains, and from southwestern Canada to Mexico. Most human cases in the United States occur in two regions: 1) northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, and southern Colorado; and 2) California, southern Oregon, and far western Nevada.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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May 27, 2011 - 12:54pm PT
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Boo
Can't wait to see the rest of the letters.
see yah soon.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 27, 2011 - 01:34pm PT
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These next two appear together on the CD in their own separate folder, so I'm assuming that they are flip-sides of the same letter. However the postmark on the letter says May 27, 1982 while the date that Sheridan begins his letter with is May 26, '81, like he'd lost track of what year it was...
I like the way he personalized the address.
Here's the letter:
I'm projecting here when I think that the wolf that he drew as the background for the letter is really a self-portrait who was drooling over Midori. Look at that sparkle in the wolf's eyes and the tongue!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 27, 2011 - 03:22pm PT
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Nice posts - thanks!
Tami, you may want to read "Plagues and Peoples" (W.H. McNeill) or "Rats, Lice and History" (Hans Zinsser). They're full of interesting stuff about the importance of disease in human history, including how the plague bacillus came to be endemic in western North America. Essentially, there are several reservoirs of plague in Eurasia and Africa, including Mongolia. Largely confined to rodents, but occasionally erupting into humans. There was an outbreak in Mongolia and Manchura - essentially, northern China - in the late 19th century. By then, there was regular maritime contact between China and San Francisco. One theory is that it was transmitted by passengers on those vessels, either human or rodents.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 27, 2011 - 04:00pm PT
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Mighty,
You do Tami a disservice by not mentioning the proven prophylaxis practiced
by the Flagellants during the Black Death. It got to be pretty popular so
she might wanna try it ifn she goes camping in an infected area.
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midori
climber
fujisawa japan
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May 28, 2011 - 03:56am PT
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In the case of Toshio, the plague was transmitted by a flea. A flea jumped to a squirrel or a mouse from a wild animal.It is guessed. He is infected with the plague in Chiloquin Oregon. There is a latency period between one week from 3rd.
He visited LA during a latency period.
He became sick there with high heat continues.
He was admitted to the UCLA hospital in LA, but a name of disease was not discovered. The plague was found by an autopsy after he died.
He should have recovered with an antibiotic if they knew it was the plague.
They gave several kinds of antibiotics but it didnot work.
Only a specific antibiotic works for the plague. It is medicine called Chloromycetin in the Japanese name.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 28, 2011 - 06:05am PT
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Greetings, Midori,
It’s so kind of you to join us here and to help us understand the full meanings of these letters and his artwork in the context of Sheridan’s personal life. I have a few of questions for you, but I’ll ask them in the context of another letter.
The next four scans are all in the same folder on the CD, so again, I’m assuming that they are all parts of the same letter, but as one can see, they all hold together as a unit. It is interesting that neither the envelope nor the letter have dates on them although it does appear that the stamps were cancelled (very lightly!).
Since it is addressed to you, Midori, alone in Chiloquin, would it be correct that this letter was written and sent after your husband died? What would you guess is the date this letter was written?
Midori, can you tell us anything about the picture that is pasted onto the outside of the envelope? Is there a story to tell about it?
I have two favorite parts: “the men in and around the Chiloquin area, most are shiftless louts who couldn’t tell love from indigestion.”
The other is the Lord Byron Poem at the end.
Midori, do you think his drawings of the woman in these letters are supposed to represent you?
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midori
climber
fujisawa japan
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May 28, 2011 - 07:36am PT
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Toshio died Nov.22 '81
At that time Sheridan was in Vegas.
Because the winter climate in Ore.is not good for his asthma
sO he moved to Las Vegas before winter.
And I came back Japan the end of December.
I lived alone by the Sprague river in Chiloquin about a month.
He worried about me very much.
The picture is Spurague river raft race.
Yes,the woman he drew is me.
He often wrote about Tono,that was name of my dog.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 28, 2011 - 05:29pm PT
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Midori, thank you for clarifying that the woman in these drawings is you. In the CD package that you sent me, and on the CD, is a picture that I believe was taken of you in Oregon during the time you lived there. However it is a very dark picture, so I am going to wait to brighten it up in the Photoshop program when I get back to California. However, I wonder if you would be so kind as to post one or more pictures of you taken recently?
The following letter is postmarked May 25, 1981.
Midori, did you and Toshio eventually buy the house for sale that is mentioned in the letter?
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midori
climber
fujisawa japan
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May 28, 2011 - 07:39pm PT
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Toshio and I did not buy the house.
Though it was good to be very near to Sheridan's house in a town
Large-scale repair was necessary.
Thus I rent a house of the bank of the river in the mountain.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 29, 2011 - 04:31am PT
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This scan, like the previous two, has a Japanese label which I cannot read. There is no envelope, nor any letter or date associated with it. There is only this lovely drawing.
On the CD, the following 2 scans are labeled air-mail02. The "airmail"
series were sent to Midori after her return to Japan following the passing of her husband Toshio. The envelope is dated March 11, 1982.
Midori, do you think that this drawing is a self-portrait of Sheridan, a picture of himself?
With the Top-hat, the character takes on an Abe Lincoln - like personna.
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midori
climber
fujisawa japan
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May 29, 2011 - 06:14am PT
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I think this man doesn't look like him.
But I recieved 2 or 3 times the picture of the man like this.
And the picture of an animal in an envelope painted yellow is Tono.
I beieve.
Because he drew it after I sent him a picture of Tono.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 29, 2011 - 01:56pm PT
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Midori: Thank you again for sharing your letters and memories.
In the early 1980's I remember reading about a Boy Scout in Utah that died of Bubonic Plague. The doctors failed to diagnose the disease, until it was too late to save the boy.
It turned out that his troop had caught and skinned some rodent as part of a "Wilderness Survival" course. That was the best guess on how he caught the flea that bit and infected him.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 29, 2011 - 02:47pm PT
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Midori and Ken,
Wonderful collection of illustrated letters!
Thanks for sharing these gems with us.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 29, 2011 - 04:31pm PT
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This next one I could not make out the date on the postmark, and he didn't put much of his artistic talent into the address on the letter, But I LOVE his drawing of the crocodile/alligator going off to find some fish, possibly breakfast.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 30, 2011 - 04:49pm PT
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Here is the last of the letters that Midori sent me. There is a folder on the CD for a 5th aerogram but there are no photos in there. So except for the two photos that require Photoshop which I will do in CA, I have no more content to post here at this time. One of those photos does show Sheridan carrying more weight than I ever saw on him in life, so the reference to fasting in this last letter is not surprising, except that, perhaps, he attained a level of self-discipline that I never knew him to possess.
Thank you, Midori, for sharing these letters with us. We are really looking forward to hearing your stories about the times that you spent with Sheridan. It is clear from these letters that he liked you very much! Do you have any of them completed yet?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 31, 2011 - 10:34am PT
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BooDawg: Thank you again for taking the time to post Sheridan's letters.
Midori: Thank you for sharing your very interesting past. I look forward to more memories of Sheridan from you.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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May 31, 2011 - 11:01am PT
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That Cal map is priceless.
How did he label San Fran?
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midori
climber
fujisawa japan
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Ken,
Thank you very much for posting the letters.
Without your help I couln't do it by myself.
I hope Sheridan smiles in the sky.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jun 11, 2011 - 12:04am PT
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Teton Mountaineering in Jackson, Wyoming has a large glass-framed display of original Sheridan Anderson cartoons.
On 6/9/2011 I discussed the history of those cartoons with long-term Teton Mountaineering owner Chuck Schaap.
Chuck remembers Sheridan trading cartoons for climbing gear during various trips to the Tetons.
I did not do a close inspection of the cartoons, but most appear to be original sketches. Others are cut and pasted sketches, on a background.
Since Chuck remembers trading for them: I am more than willing to believe they are all originals.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jun 11, 2011 - 09:37pm PT
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Tami, I do agree. I was just in Neptune's cracking up over your 'How to fit climbing shoes" cartoon. Lady, you are one phunny 'toonster.
It's original, so did you trade it for a heap o gear?
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Jun 12, 2011 - 02:20am PT
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Thank you all for your kind words!
Ron: As nearly as I can make out, The City is labeled "San Fraweiseo."
Midori did send me another group of photo prints which I hope to scan and post ASAP. Thank you, Midori.
I'd like to see the collection in the Tetons!
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Erron
Social climber
Memphis
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Aug 16, 2011 - 08:15am PT
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This thread is AWESOME!
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Roperswife
Social climber
Norco, CA
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Aug 19, 2011 - 11:05pm PT
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I just found this thread. Pretty cool. I'm Sherry's niece. I remember him well even though I wasn't around him much. I wonder why? Actually I remember that he was REALLY allergic to cats and couldn't come to our house to visit. I remember the last time I saw him was when he came for my grandfather's funeral. I have seen some of the letters that he sent to my father (scantily clad amazonian women). He was definitely a great artist and QUITE a character.
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scuffy b
climber
dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene
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Aug 19, 2011 - 11:21pm PT
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Looks like San Francisco to me, a little ornamentation on the "c" that
suggests "e" and I think just a bit of extra stroke that makes the "n"
look like "w"
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Johnny K.
climber
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Oct 12, 2011 - 07:58pm PT
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:) up for Sheridan.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Oct 18, 2011 - 02:02pm PT
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FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!!
After a year of research, digging and generally asking anyone who would stand still long enough I have just finished a wonderful conversation with Sheridan's brother, Michael. Tracking down this family connection was not easy but as soon as Michael's daughter posted on this thread it all came together!
Suffice to say Sheridan's whimsical, witty, poignant and utterly wonderful illustrations will soon be coming back to life on T-shirts and hoodies! While his climbing illustrations will play an important part of this revival we are also producing apparel with his fishing and backpacking artwork and eventually some of his more obscure but equally compelling cartooning.
This has been a long journey to get to this point but as Michael said,
"I think Sheridan would have thought this was cool."
So... which of Sheridan's classic drawings speaks to you as being the most iconic?
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scuffy b
climber
dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene
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Oct 18, 2011 - 02:17pm PT
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Are there no worlds left to conquer?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Oct 18, 2011 - 03:19pm PT
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How did it go at Elephant Rock?
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scuffy b
climber
dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene
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Oct 18, 2011 - 04:05pm PT
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One of the chimneying pictures from Basic Rockraft?
A little cleaner, might translate better to a T shirt
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Oct 18, 2011 - 05:46pm PT
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hrrk, hrrk
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 18, 2011 - 06:06pm PT
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Did you do the stove legs free?
White tower,
She left with Bridwell and my master card,
whimper couldn't climb 5.10, Mummery couldn't climb five ten...
of course the first one should should be the grinning guy with the Ewe
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Oct 18, 2011 - 06:12pm PT
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This has to be close to the top!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 18, 2011 - 08:03pm PT
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Some of the cartoons from Baron von Mabel's backpacking should also be considered. A more general audience.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Oct 18, 2011 - 08:04pm PT
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I vote for:
She left with Bridwell and my master card,
whimper couldn't climb 5.10, Mummery couldn't climb five ten...
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Oct 18, 2011 - 11:04pm PT
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Anders... I completely agree that the chosen illustrations must have a broad appeal. Sure there will be some climbing-specific but there will also be fly-fishing specific and others that are just great illustrations/cartoons.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Oct 18, 2011 - 11:15pm PT
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I suspect you will want to use my three most favorite Sheridan cartoons.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Oct 18, 2011 - 11:27pm PT
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Here's a point I need clarified by the group...
I am wondering if the cartoons NEED the caption or if they stand alone as artwork of interest.
Will people need the fine print on a shirt?
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Oct 19, 2011 - 12:46am PT
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I think the captions go with the artwork, enhance it, give it the full meaning of Sheridan's incredible sense of humor. To leave the words out would diminish his artistry!
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Johnny K.
climber
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Oct 19, 2011 - 12:51am PT
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I highly agree with BooDawg.
My favorite choice would be fred in the clouds, "Say Fred,I think you're off route", and second choice would be the cowboy/sheriff rapping off the snake on the desert tower.(both posted on page 1)
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Oct 19, 2011 - 02:36am PT
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I fully understand that these cartoons need the caption to make the most sense but as Tami points out it does not always make sense on apparel. I am leaning toward INCLUDING the captions just because that is (I feel) the way Sheridan would have wanted it.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Oct 19, 2011 - 05:12am PT
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How about putting the cartoons on the back and having the caption on the placket?
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Oct 19, 2011 - 10:45am PT
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Oops! I forgot about the climbers are normal cartoon. Include that one too.
And I vote for captions.
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scuffy b
climber
dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene
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Oct 19, 2011 - 11:15am PT
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I saw one last night that I'd forgotten about.
A snake charmer in dhoti and turban jumaring up a rope which ascends from
a coil on the ground, with the end a few feet above the charmer.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Oct 19, 2011 - 03:17pm PT
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Scuffy...That is a cool one...I remember it too!
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scuffy b
climber
dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene
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Oct 19, 2011 - 03:22pm PT
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Inside front cover of 69 Ascent, I think, so it may be in a thread from
Tarbuster from a couple years ago.
Found it:
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Oct 19, 2011 - 05:01pm PT
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So, uhh, Tami...I ran into Josh the other night at the climbing gym (of all places...ha ha). Told him I miss the Pika t-shirts. Said he still had the screens...
Hmmm...
Cheers!
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Oct 19, 2011 - 05:24pm PT
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My personal take is that the words are as important as the graphics. Otherwise the artist wouldn't leet them be there. If you are going commercial with Sheridan's brilliant work you owe it to him to present the whole - wit of word and play of pen - 'toon. That said I confess that I do like the idea of the text on the placard.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Oct 19, 2011 - 06:29pm PT
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I am now FIRMLY convinced the words belong. They will appear.
Printing on the placket always looks cool and might be an interesting compromise. Of course the "independent" designs like Batso and the jugging guru avoid this issue altogether!
Brian and Tami... let me know if I can be of assistance...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Oct 19, 2011 - 09:46pm PT
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better to have fewer words and more equations!
e.g.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 22, 2011 - 07:53pm PT
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What part of Fly Fishing didn't you understand?
This drawing is quite large:
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 22, 2011 - 08:53pm PT
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That is pretty wild Doug!
Biggest nymph in his selection to be sure...and a major commitment of wall space!
Thanks for rolling it out to share.
Hillary and Tenzing rockin' out is a keeper! LOL
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climber bob
Social climber
maine
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these are from another talented illustrator pearl jusem...anyone know her?..
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climber bob
Social climber
maine
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Dec 15, 2011 - 09:58am PT
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found these in a june 1946 copy of appalachia magazine..i wonder if sheridan ever saw them..
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 15, 2011 - 10:17am PT
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"Piton-
a leader's best friend!"
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Grampa
Trad climber
Orange County
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Dec 15, 2011 - 10:53am PT
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I met Sherri once in TM, sometime around 75. He was a walking smile, happy to be alive, living life to the fullest. Don't remember much more than that because the TM store had just received a delivery of cold beer and.....
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Dec 15, 2011 - 02:42pm PT
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Both sets of illustrations are über cool! I am rather surprised to see those Pearl Jusem illustrations of the braless girl in a 1956 MIT publication! Very forward of them... Maybe the illustrations were added in the 70s edition?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 31, 2012 - 08:28pm PT
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Sherry Bump...
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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I actually went fly fishing with Sheridan Anderson in Tuolumne in 1974. He drove us up to where Gaylor Creek flows through some pipes under Tioga Road towards the Pass in his old truck with the camper shell. We followed the Creek uphill toward Gaylor Lakes and he showed me a technique called "dapping" or something like that? We got on our knees and advanced toward the edge of the creek through the grass and cast our flies into the edge of the creek from 20 feet away ('where the trout couldn't hear us', said Sheridan). And I'll be damned, we were pulling 20" Lake trout out of a little stream that's barely three feet wide. The big Rainbows evidently swim down from Gaylor Lakes and hang out in the tiny outlet stream to feed around sunset.
One thing for certain: Sheridan sure did know how to fly fish! I still have the same 1947 vintage bamboo fly rod downstairs that I used with Sheridan and want to put it to good use this summer up in the Sierra. Would love to hit Gaylor Creek again about sunset near the end of summer.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Those drawings have me on the floor. Thank You!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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I found these in early 1970's Vulgarian Digests.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Sep 18, 2012 - 12:00am PT
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Sorry it's taken this long to get these prints scanned. Midori sent them to me with some others, 2 of which I've temporarily misplaced. But here are three that will appeal to most here:
Midori wrote, "Sheridan caught a big trout and brought it to me. I cooked it and made a box lunch and 3 of us went for a picnic. We had a great time. The pic of Toshio & me is taken by him. Toshio & Sheridan is for the first time they met."
There are no references to these next 2 pix.
I assume that this one is of Sheridan & Toshio, taken by Midori.
Sheridan and an unnamed fishing buddy. The boat has a CF registration.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Sep 18, 2012 - 12:12am PT
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BOO Dawg! Thank you for taking the time to post those photos and Sheridan history.
More please!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 17, 2012 - 07:18pm PT
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A couple of great cartoons from Richard Fisher.
Anyone familiar with Richard Fisher? I bought these from a seller in New Zealand so he may a southern hemisphere talent.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 18, 2012 - 12:23am PT
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British?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 18, 2012 - 02:30pm PT
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Where is the seller located for that auction?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Nov 18, 2012 - 03:29pm PT
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Steve: This seller is in England. Hurry! Auction ends in 13 minutes.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 18, 2012 - 04:48pm PT
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Fritz,
Did anyone win that auction?
If you still have the page listing or seller contact information please send it to me as the seller would be a good place to start tracking Mr. Fisher.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 19, 2012 - 01:57pm PT
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Query out so we'll see what comes of it.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 23, 2012 - 09:00pm PT
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Climbing, Sock-toe-ber 1987, not-too-hard, man; by L.C.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Nov 23, 2012 - 09:22pm PT
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Did the Tee Shirt plan ever happen?
If so, where can you get one?
I'm in.
Tad
Just been swamped but the shirts are printed and all is ready to go. Just need to launch the website in the next week or so.
Simon
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 31, 2012 - 06:08pm PT
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A brimful glass of Sheri for everyone!
Happy New Year Folks!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 31, 2012 - 07:01pm PT
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I'll drink to Sheridan, and all that post fun cartoons and Sheridan stories.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Dec 31, 2012 - 07:29pm PT
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Has a hint of Samivel in his work.
I love his work! But did not know he did cartoonz.
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midori
climber
fujisawa japan
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Happy New Year!
May this year be happy to everyone.
Much love from far east, Midori
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Thank you, Midori, for your New Year's wishes! And also for sharing your letters and drawings from Sheridan with the rest of us!
Wishing you a most happy and prosperous New Year!
Ken
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duncan
climber
London, UK
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As a small boy I remember Richard Fisher postcards on sale in Keswick (English Lake District) in the late 1960s.
Richard is the twin brother of George Fisher, of the famous Keswick climbing shop, and was a stalwart of the local Mountain Rescue team.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Thanks for that Duncan!
So it sounds like Mr Fisher is English and worked in the 1960s possibly a little earlier.
Happy New Year!
All the best to you in the coming year Midori. Share some more memories with us if you would.
Do you recall meeting Sheridan for the first time?
Cheers,
Steve
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Eric Beck
Sport climber
Bishop, California
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Sheridan did a wonderful voluptuous lady on my left arm cast resulting from an expanding flake error in 1964. I wish I had a photo, sorry.
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midori
climber
fujisawa japan
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Hi Steve.
How are you?
Yes,I never forget his first Impression when I met him for the first time.
Toshio and I visited him from L.A. without an appointment.It took 2days.
When Toshio parked the car in front of his house he came out roaring
"Don't park a car in front of my house."
And he noticed it was Toshio he was very glad.He looked very happy.
We stayed his house for 3days and had a great time.
Midori
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 13, 2013 - 01:25pm PT
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Midori- I am doing very well!
Thanks for the introduction story. Any insight into Sheridan is welcome.
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duncan
climber
London, UK
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Halibut Hats
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 24, 2013 - 07:05pm PT
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Here is a little gem adorning a Ken Wilson editorial.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Apr 11, 2013 - 09:25pm PT
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Sorry about waiting so long to scan these pix. Midori sent them as 3" X 5" prints, and the one which shows Midori is horribly underexposed, and I don't have the tools/skills to improve it much, but I'd be happy to pass the prints on to someone who can do a better job. Haanster? Ed? Anyone?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 12, 2013 - 12:01am PT
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BooDawg. Thanks for taking the time to scan and post those photos.
Here is my quick attempt to improve the Midori scan, on my Photoshop.
It looks like someone with more Photoshop knowledge than me-----and some more time, could greatly improve this old photo.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Apr 12, 2013 - 02:00pm PT
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MUCH improved, Fritz. Thanks so much.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 16, 2013 - 07:13pm PT
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Tis the Mudra of Offering...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 29, 2014 - 11:17am PT
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Bump for Michael Anderson...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 25, 2015 - 12:57pm PT
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Sheridan's brother is a very accomplished climber in his own right and was knocking them back while Sheridan was drawing away.
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Rockies Obscure
Trad climber
rockiesobscure.com....Canada
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Joe Kelsey's 1989 book is awesome:
Sheridan Bump
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JohnnyBob
Social climber
Mount Vernon, Illinois
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Hello,
I knew and worked with Sheridan Anderson in San Francisco 1967-1968 when he married Leslie Fairbairn. Leslie was a close friend of my girlfriend, Janelle Andrews. We were witnesses at their wedding, iirc.
Janelle and I moved to Mountain View in 1968, but we remained good friends with the Anderson's and visited occasionally. Then I came back east in 1969 and unfortunately soon lost all contact.
I would be interested in discovering any info about old friends Janelle and Leslie, who would be about 70 now. I'm 76. Any leads or help appreciated.
I'm also willing to share my memories of Sheridan, if anyone is interested. I particularly remember his good humor, that he had a special affection for Yosemite, and was always painting or sketching something artistic. I was sorry to hear that he passed away in 1984.
Thanks,
John Menke
Mt Vernon IL
http://www.johnnybob.com
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado & Nepal
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Blow me over with a feather. This is the first time I've heard any mention of Sheridan being married.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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That is something, isn't it, Jan. I never even gave that a thought, myself.
On the 20th anniversary of the death of Sheridan Anderson, Evelyn Spence looked back on one of the most colorful characters flyfishing has ever known.
While he spent summers in Yosemite, he wintered in Reno, in Bishop, in San Francisco. “He was very much of the San Francisco crowd, “ says Frank Amato, the eventual publisher of the Manifesto. “He really captured the mindset of that time and place.”
When then-fledgling photographer Ed Cooper was looking for a place to rent in 1967, as the Summer of Love was peaking into pot and bellbottoms and beads, he moved in with Sheridan. It was a random union, but the pair got along and soon moved into a bigger apartment near Golden Gate Park in the Richmond District. Dubbed the 6th Avenue Delicatessen and Commune, there was enough room for darkrooms, easels, and girlfriends.
“When I lived with him, I had a girlfriend—now my wife—and he married a woman named Leslie Fairbairn, but he’d already been married before—to another Lesley (this one with an l-e-y ending) who had two kids,” Cooper says. “I think his attitude toward women was kind of archaic.”
Neither matrimony lasted more than a year or two, perhaps because Sheridan claimed that “marriage was an admission of failure.”
http://midcurrent.com/books/master-of-the-manifesto/
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JohnnyBob
Social climber
Mount Vernon, Illinois
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Yes, I've read in a couple of places that Sheridan was married twice, to Leslie Fairbairn and to another woman named Lesley. I knew the first, not the second. Reportedly divorced from both, and according to mutual friend & photographer Ed Cooper (edcooper.com), Sheridan remarked to him that "Marriage is an admission of failure". Sheridan always had a witty comment, like he called my girlfriend Janelle a "climber", which she was in a social sense, not a mountaineering sense. I didn't understand until later but Sheridan did. Sheridan was a few years older than me and was a good friend, a semi-father figure, helped a lot during the difficult time when Janelle and I were breaking up. I took up playing the kyoto, and Janelle took up playing with the policeman who lived in the apartment upstairs... :) Still that was long ago and I would like to establish contact again.
Oops, sorry, not that it matters but it was a "koto" (not kyoto), similar to this one:
It makes a wonderful twangy sound if you pluck a string then press on the opposite side of the bridge. It's very lightweight if you want to lug one up to the summit and serenade the stars...or whatever.
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climber bob
Social climber
maine
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unfortunately its bigger than my scanner
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 19, 2017 - 08:28pm PT
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Michael Anderson is quite an accomplished climber along with being Sheridan's brother.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jan 21, 2017 - 09:06am PT
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I enjoyed a nostalgia trip through this thread last night & damn if I don't have a few more Sheridan cartoons that I don't recall seeing in it.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 22, 2017 - 02:14pm PT
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Nice ones, Fritz!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 17, 2017 - 08:58pm PT
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Bump for Sheridan's favorite subject, Royal Robbins.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mar 17, 2017 - 09:15pm PT
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In honor of Royal Robbins, some more Sheridan Anderson cartoon love for Royal.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 18, 2017 - 09:25am PT
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From Mountain 101
SHERIDAN ANDERSON - A TRIBUTE
by Royal Robbins
Sheridan Anderson died the evening of March 31, 1984 of an acute attack of emphysema, a chronic illness from which he had long suffered. His death came as a sad surprise to his friends because he had recently over the telephone sounded stronger and healthier than he had seemed for some time. An added poignancy is that Sheridan, his age somewhere in his late forties, was living at the time with his grandmother, whom he had often described as "indestructible". She survives her grandson.
Sheridan's personal life was not such that one could recommend it to youth as a path to longevity. He ate a lot and drank a lot, and he wasn't too keen on exercise, health foods, or abstinence. His habits doubtless helped do him in, but his answer to that would have been, "A short life, and a merry one".
Although Sheridan was never a serious climber, he was intimate with the climbing scene for over 20 years. In fact, he was one of the chief chroniclers of the foibles, vanities and pretensions of many of the stars of the period. Sheridan had a double talent: the ability to read character, and the skill to render it with precise, satirical strokes. He was also a gifted cartoonist, and his drawings lightened the pages and enlightened the readers of many a climbing magazine and journal.
Sheridan's precision of pictorial rendering found valuable expression in four books: my two rockclimbing texts, and two of his own works, "Baron Von Mabel's Backpacking", and "Curtis Creek Manifesto", a fly-fishing primer. In these books, each considered outstanding in its genera, Sheridan mixed whimsey, earthy humour, and outrageous imagination, with clarity of presentation and accuracy of detail in a unique and original way. His backpacking book, for example, was done entirely in cartoons.
Sheridan took pleasure in cultivating an image of rogue and debauchee. Often it seemed to fit. Less obvious was another side of his nature, an aspect shown by his love for the mountains, his delight in the peace and communion of fly-fishing, his abiding loyalty to his friends, his appreciation of literature, and, rather unexpected for a satirist, his fondness for heroes. He once gave me a book he highly prized, about the life of Wyatt Earp. There was, in fact, in Sheridan's nature an ineffable touch of grace, a certain primal innocence, and even gentleness, behind that rough exterior. Like most of us, he was caught in the mud and yearned for the sky. Hence his aspirations for the peaks and his association with those who climb them. Indeed, the cynicism shown in his caricatures of climbers may have been fueled by his learning that climbers themselves were, or the whole, not as elevated as their goals. There seems little in Baron Von Mabel's make-up but an amusing cynicism. But the yearning showed through, as in Sheridan's poetic "Song of the Sierras".
Sheridan will be mourned by many friends, but will ever be part of them. What we will miss mostly are his sense of humour; his chuckles rising into guffaws and erupting finally into rich rolling laughter; his keen lively, artist's eye; and the vividness of his presence. His ashes were sprinkled over a part of the southern Sierra he loved. I am sure Sheridan would have been happy to think his friends would all quaff a few to commemmorate his passing.
Here's to you Sherry.
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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Mar 19, 2017 - 11:23am PT
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Ed, that was an era wasn't it...maybe a little more artful and respectful disrespect than we got going on today.
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Bramble
climber
Olympia, Wash.
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Mar 20, 2017 - 09:31am PT
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Hi, Folks.
I'm writing a story on Sheridan and The Curtis Creek Manifesto for The FlyFish Journal. Talked to some great people so far - most of them fishermen - but I'd like to talk to climbers too. It looks like some of you guys knew Sheridan pretty well. If you have Sheridan stories to share, will you send me an email? btallman06@gmail.com
Also looking for art to accompany the words. Thanks for your help. This thread has been an invaluable resource!
Brett
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 20, 2017 - 07:20pm PT
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amazing what you find lying around in the brush...
but that when we put it there we didn't think that it was ephemeral
time reduces our work and scatters it
as if so many leaves fallen from the tree in the autumn.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 11, 2017 - 01:10pm PT
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Does anyone know where the original drawing (or a good scan of it) that shows up on post #3 of this thread is located?
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 11, 2017 - 05:09pm PT
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Steve: Just to be sure, is it the Summit Magazine 1973 cover that Mimi posted? Let me know & I'll be happy to email you my 3.5 mb scan of it.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 12, 2017 - 07:54am PT
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Fritz- I have that one too but am trying to find the original drawing or a scan that doesn't have the magazine lettering in it.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 28, 2017 - 06:51pm PT
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Hey Fritz- Please send me your scan as it is better resolution than the one I have.
Thanks
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 28, 2017 - 07:05pm PT
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Steve: I just emailed it to you. 3.6mb.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 28, 2017 - 08:11pm PT
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Tami! Yes, Thank you.
I was suffering in the SE Utah desert this week, & it took me until today to check my stock of Sheridan art. I did not have a big jpeg of that RR cartoon, since I recall the original was quite small. 550 kb was the best I could do.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 28, 2017 - 08:15pm PT
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Thanks Fritz.
Now if I can only get Dropbox to cooperate.
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Loyd
Big Wall climber
Roseburg, OR
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Apr 29, 2017 - 04:33pm PT
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At one point in time before he passed away I took photos of all of the cartoons that he had in his collection. I will have to pull them out and print them.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 30, 2017 - 08:03am PT
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Loyd: If you need someone to scan your photos of Sheridan cartoons & convert them to digital images, I'll be happy to do it for free. I'll send you back your photos & a DVD with the digital images on it.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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A repost for a side conversation about Joe Beige Meets Godzilla.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 24, 2018 - 08:41pm PT
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This retouched version of a classic Valley scene I believe is Sheridan's work.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 24, 2018 - 09:49pm PT
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Nice one Steve! That's just beeyoutifull!
Here's a couple I scanned today out of the 1968 Ascent Magazine. My apologies if they were posted earlier.
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EccentricAl
Trad climber
Costa Mesa
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This is my first post on SuperTopo, although I've been reading and inspired by this forum for ever.
I got really fascinated by Sheridan Anderson this past year and was able to track down Sheridan's younger brother, Mike-- who just got back from a trip to the Stans (Uzbekistan, etc.!).
Mike's an incredible character in his own right (has hiked the PCT 3 times, gone on cross-country bike treks, illustrated the first Joshua Tree guide book, and has a pretty impressive climbing tick list!). We spent days talking about the two of them (Sheridan and Mike) and tackling this bizarro chest he has that's filled with some incredible Sheridan history-- drawings and letters (probably from many of you on the forum too!) and slides.
Anyhow, in the end, Mike and I figured it would be nice to celebrate Sheridan's life and illustrations (and his upcoming 82nd birthday!) with a little collection of tees... if anyone's interested, they're available at http://www.eccentricpractices.com. Also, been posting some scanned images of things in that bizarro chest on Instagram, http://instagram.com/eccentricpractices.
Super humbled by all the great minds who've chimed in on the thread over the years. Hope this message is received well!
Thanks!
Alex
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Beautiful old shot from Royal Arches, complete with the "rotten log" in the background!
K
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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^^^^Alex thank you, awesome!!!
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Following your IG now. The t-shirts are okay but not inspired to buy yet. Would love to buy as soon as I see a design I can use. Love Ms Prim but wife not keen on me wearing that about.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 10, 2018 - 08:39am PT
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I believe that is supposed to be the ever-enthusiastic Roper belaying the Wonderful Ms Pim. LOL
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EccentricAl
Trad climber
Costa Mesa
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Jun 11, 2018 - 08:34am PT
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Steve, noted on the Wonderful Ms Pim, not Ms Prim! What are her origins/back story?
Charlie D and Scrubber, thank you!
Spider Savage, wonderful! We'll be printing more shirts that will hopefully fulfill the requirements of wife-approved and inspiring! Any illustrations that you'd really want to wear?
I'll leave you with a few more slides we were able to scan.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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I found out at the the Oakdale Festival that Michael Anderson, Sheridan's younger brother, passed away recently. He was quite a good climber in his own right and very generous with me regarding access to Sheridan's work. Rest in Peace Brother.
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Bookman
Trad climber
Peak District, England
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Hi from across the pond. I'm the custodian of the Ken Wilson (of Mountain magazine fame during the 1970s and later as book publisher) Photographic archive. I also acquired from KW a few items of interest concerning Sheridan Anderson. The small cartoon is from an inscription in a book given to KW, presumably a SA self portrait with his wife/partner Mary. However perhaps of greater interest is that I have on our wall an original cartoon, namely "Golden Oldies, Tenzing and Hillary". There is a faint inscription to Ken (Wilson) and signed by SA.
I will photograph tomorrow during daylight and post later. I'm also lucky enough to have a copy of "The Climbing Cartoons of SA" by Kelsey & DuMais.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Bookman! That's wonderful! Thank you for taking the time to share some Sheridan artwork. We are quite thankful!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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I'm with Fritz on this one: BIG thanks for that, Bookman!
Also to EccentricAl for the photograph of Sheridan in the Sierra Nevada and on Mount San Gorgonio, and from the previous page on the Royal Arches.
Eccentric Practices!
Hi... We're a couple goobers with a passion for climbing and mountaineering. We love the history of the sport. More specifically, we really really love the history of the sport in the western United States. The dreamers, the dope-smoking Stonemasters, the dirtbags and fun-hoggers, the legends who walked the Valley floor. With great reverence for those who paved this path before us, we begin our story. https://eccentricpractices.com/
 Priceless contributions, gentleman.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Scan #91 from EP's page shows Norman Clyde and Sherry in all but one frame.
Is this Tom Gerughty at the top? Could he have been the photographer?
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Bookman
Trad climber
Peak District, England
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[photoid=545591]
I had meant to say that the previous cartoon I posted was dated June 1973, San Francisco.
As promised a photo of the original 'Golden Oldies' (see p.67 of "The Climbing Cartoons...").
You can just about see a faint inscription top right of the drawing which seems to read, "Dear Ken, if you likee (sic), appreciate the grand treatment like in "boulder trundle. Sheridan." The picture measures approx. 12.5" x 14".
If I find anything else I will happily share, regards, Chris Harle (Matlock, England)
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Roots
Mountain climber
Redmond, Oregon
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I love seeing his work. Excellent!
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Mouse: If you check out my postings on March 15 and 16 on the Norman Clyde thread
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=440068&tn=120
you'll see that I posted pictures of Sheridan and Norman wearing the same clothes as in your picture. Plus there's a picture of Tom Gerughty who was there in the Soda Springs campground that evening when I took my pictures. Tom is certainly the other photographer.
Edit: Those dates would be 2010.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Bookman: Thanks for posting up the original of Sheridan's Tenzing & Hillary.
The same cartoon you reference on pg. 67 of Joe Kelsey's "The Climbing Cartoons of Sheridan Anderson" was then likely borrowed from the pages of Mountain.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 18, 2019 - 08:21am PT
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Now that SuperTopo, as we have known it, is dying, I have been archiving those threads that I find especially memorable and personal. My greatest disappointment, so far, is that nearly all of Sheridan's work that used to reside here has disappeared, even tho some of it can be found among the clutter of Photobucket. Of course, this is understandable since his cartoons were copyrighted by various publishers, so they have vanished here.
My wish and hope is that someone or organization (AAC, NACHA, YCA, Patagonia, Joe Kelsey, Doug Robinson, or ??? could secure most of the copyrights and republish them, possibly on a website if not paper-bound, so that they might be available to the climbing and fishing communities once again. I think Steve Grossmann got permission to use two of Sheridan's cartoons for use on T-shirts for the "Women's Reach" Oakdale Climbers' Festival from Sheridan's brother who has now passed on.
I realize that most "modern" climbers are focused on social media and that there may not be a market for such a collection, but that's only one aspect of this endeavor.
More to come...
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
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May 18, 2019 - 09:37am PT
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Boodawg. Years ago I was lucky enough to obtain a near perfect condition Sheridan Anderson issue from Summit Magazine. I passed it on to Tami via Anders.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 18, 2019 - 10:16am PT
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Boodawg: I posted a fair # of those Sheridan cartoons that got removed. My current collection, mostly scanned from old issues of Vulgarian Digest, Summit, Off Belay, & Mountain is about 25 cartoons.
I'll send you an email at your 2011 Yahoo address & after you send me a mailing address, I'll forward a DVD with those images on it.
Best wishes!
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
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May 18, 2019 - 12:57pm PT
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Keep an eye on Alpinist.
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
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May 19, 2019 - 10:30am PT
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Rumor has it there will be some good stuff from/about Sheridan there in a bit. Not sure which issue.
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Polebridge, Montana
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May 19, 2019 - 11:46am PT
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Is this Brett Tallman, upthread as Bramble from Olympia, WA the same Brett Tallman from Whitefish, MT? I know he fly fishes too I think. Small world if so.
Arne
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