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Tarbuster

climber
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Sep 4, 2008 - 11:13pm PT
No Pics.
German Mike tho I'm pretty sure.

That was the lackadaisical ascent that prompted Cilley then to figure we should get real and attack the Salathe like a proj, taking the time to work things out. (Alas, my attention span was too short for that line of productive mischief...)
Russ Walling

Social climber
Nutsonthechin, Wisconsin
Sep 4, 2008 - 11:15pm PT
holy cow! here is d'Jodys' web page....

http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/arvo/~jody/
Tarbuster

climber
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Sep 4, 2008 - 11:15pm PT
Here's Swiss Michi from BITD, '81:

Tarbuster

climber
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Sep 4, 2008 - 11:21pm PT
...And You & Matias on Lurking Queer:

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 4, 2008 - 11:23pm PT
A couple from S Face Watkins, also '81, done with "E" & Ed Kaufer:



Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 4, 2008 - 11:31pm PT
Half Dome during the Slabs approach, '83, unsuccesful attempt with Walt "The Bip" Shipely,
The Zebra is the white right facing corner dead center, not far off the ground:



We got some weather:



Talk about cool free climbing potential, a lot of the Zebra is/would be tight hands/rattly fingers:

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 4, 2008 - 11:40pm PT

http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/arvo/~jody/

Yup, that's D-Jody there Russ.
I like the "How did I become what I am" link...
He got his PHD!!! -Rockin'

...I guess this thread, plus "The Mussy Nebula" is sort of a How We Became What We Are...
I know, sad huh!!
But it was/is sumtimes fun. Ha!
Russ Walling

Social climber
Nutsonthechin, Wisconsin
Sep 4, 2008 - 11:45pm PT
d'Jody was super smart, and talented...... I still have some of his LSD inspired art. Actual talent. PhD is no surprise.

Man...them was some fun times! Where is the 80's Climbing thread or did we already do that? Punk Roy driving the Swiss Mobile down Tioga with no brakes was a hoot.... listening to Nina Hagen and the Talking Heads.... bivouacs at Dead Mans..... Tahoe with Strappo and Pete Minks..... ho-mannnn!
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 5, 2008 - 12:00am PT
Warbler and some others pushed this thread into the 80's a ways back...

Here's The Zeesh (Eric Ziesche), Swiss Michi, Mike Paul, John Mallory, and that Swiss smuggler (what was it they smuggled, Tampons or sumpin', right?), JT, like '82!

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 5, 2008 - 12:08am PT
1981, Glacier Point Apron,
Connie "The Breed" (I dint call her that, fer chrisakes), Tarbuster in drag, Russ, Mike "Watusi" Paul, Dimitri "Da-Meat" Barton:

Russ Walling

Social climber
Nutsonthechin, Wisconsin
Sep 5, 2008 - 12:13am PT
Wasn't Connie like a third cousin to Cher or something?

"No way Weenis....." one of the best ever!
WBraun

climber
Sep 5, 2008 - 01:02am PT
That's "Glacier Point" not the apron.

You guys look kinda distorted.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 5, 2008 - 01:19am PT
OK, so I'm a cuple thousand vert off.
It is distorted, because Shawn "The Weenis" Curtis, RIP, liked those near fish eye (no pun) lenses.

"Don't call me the Weenis!!!"
He'd say.

Naturally, when us guys said it, he'd sort of endure it.
You know, affectionate jibe.
But when Connie outed him with it, that was a deal breaker!
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 5, 2008 - 01:25am PT
Right now I have to bust out with mid 80s pearls.
I know yous guys have seen these before, but hey, cheap entertainment is hard to find...

Kauk, Mussy, Warbler, Deucey:



Bill Russell relaxing on Werner's Le Mans:



Charles Cole bolt testing with Werner's Le Mans:

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 5, 2008 - 01:31am PT
Deuce, Yabo, Richard Harrison, a guy from Vegas named Wendel, Warbler,
Camp 4 lot:



Tucker Tech: "Werner, go to your room, er van, right now young man!!!"



Werner, Deuce, Schultz (picking his nose):

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 5, 2008 - 01:32am PT
Mike Paul, Rudi, Woodward, the REAL Schmutsvink, lodge lot:



Dick Cilley, proud, on his Detroit Steel



YMS Gods:

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 5, 2008 - 01:37am PT
The Time Machine (Russ Wallings van) 1981:

WBraun

climber
Sep 5, 2008 - 01:39am PT
That bolt testing boulder is still there last time I looked.

They turned it upside down to hide the evidence.

WTF were we thinking? But we were all smart guys U know ......
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 5, 2008 - 01:41am PT
Very smart asss guys indeed!
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Sep 5, 2008 - 01:50am PT
Dave "Too Tall" Nielsen on Stoners Highway, 1982:



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