tahoe523
Trad climber
Station Wagon, USA
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The annoying thing I find about Clint is that he has too many climbing partners. Booking a weekend with him would be, I imagine, like reserving a spot at French Laundry- you have to know someone that knows someone to get bumped up the list.
Most of us aspire to be as helpful and as kind. And if you happen to catch this yourself, don't forget- me and my two #6s are waiting (im)patiently. I look forward to holding a rope for you sometime this fall.
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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Tahoe-
Charlie don't surf
and Clint don't do OW (not unless you disguise it by putting it in the middle of a long route...)
Maybe put away the #6's then see if one of his weekends magically opens up :)
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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"I know somebody, who knows somebody ... who robbed somebody." - Snoop Dog
My favorite line from the remake of Starsky and Hutch.
I haven't forgotten about the ow project - your lead once the temps cool down! :-)
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J. Werlin
Social climber
Cedaredge, CO
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The Machete Direct TR reminded me of all the rebolting work Clint has done. Not to mention his generosity in providing copious route info whenever someone asks. One of the best citizens on this forum and in the climbing community.
Many thanks for your efforts Clint. Appreciated.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Clint is one of the tops here, Fo Sho.
Rock On!!!
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Thanks, but the rebolting is really a team effort. If it wasn't for Bruce, Roger, Bob, Greg, etc., I wouldn't be out there to share in the glory.
Bruce bounced back from a near-fatal bike crash, but he is back and he is picking great projects and also getting more bolts than me, every time!
Plus he is always carrying the crowbar and the chains.
Somehow I neglected to mention on our last trip that one bolt took me 2 hours to drill, at Pinnacles! Apparently I found a very tough rock under the surface? Bruce replaced about 4 while I was beating madly to finish the one. My wrist is still a little tender, but getting better.
At Parkline Bob and I each got 4 on Friday, then he got another 5 on Sunday. It would have been more, but I left the tuning forks on the ground by mistake on Saturday.... Bob also ground the slots in the tile chisels last weekend (still to be taper ground by me).
And Roger is several thousand bolts in front of me. :-) But it takes a team effort to get it done, and I'm happy to be able to contribute.
Thanks to Greg for keeping us supplied with quality gear, sponsors, and other folks who have fixed ropes on stuff I couldn't do!
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Mark Sensenbach
climber
CA
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Clint/ Bruce/ Roger/ Bob/ and others thank you for the help.
Thank You!!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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When I moved to Seattle in '93 I was a little worried that the rock climbing options would be minimal. But Mountain 145 had story on Index Town Wall that got me to the town, and then in the Index General Store I ran across Index Town Wall Climbing Guide by some guy name Clint Cummins. The guide really fascinated me with its hand drawn maps and topos that gave away just the right amount, but let my imagination fill in glorious climbing riches. And it had far more complete coverage of Index than any other guide. Anyway thanks Clint!!!. I hope you got rich off of it! ;-)
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Missed this before, but cheers to Clint.
Helped me out both directly with great beta and pics for finding the top of something I needed to rap into, and indirectly via all the info and stories on his climbing webpage and topos/annotated photos. Like Dingus said, BITD it was Clint and Tuan's site and rec. that were the center of valley climbing info on the net.
Still need to get on the Ho Chi Mihn.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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Clint was nice enough to accompany me to Tollhouse Rock in early February to help rebolt several routes I put up there 35 years ago! After the rebolting was done we were hiking out when we came upon what looked like a rollover crash by a 4x4 vehicle. The vehicle was gone but there was a bunch of debris and also a couple of windshields.
Clint folded up one of the windshields, dumped everything out of his pack and loaded the windshield in. The other windshield was too shattered so I had to pick up all the broken pieces of glass. We had quite a haul of debris coming back from the top of Tollhouse Rock.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Thanks Clint!
Your efforts on behalf of the climbing community are beyond compare. We appreciate your positive example.
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