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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 13, 2008 - 10:51am PT
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Flashes were banned but photography was rampant.
OK, big news;
This may be roadable.
LK had a great time and is into doing it again.
There would be many hurdles though.
Thursday came off thanks to all the help volunteered by the AAC , the good folks at Neptune Mountaineering (who have been giving back to the Boulder climbing community for more than 35 years), and numerous other people.
Pulling this off in another town would require comparable efforts, but who is going to step in?
How could we guarantee a minimum house sufficient for Layton and Karen to show a reasonable benefit? (the costs to do Macky/Golden were close to five figures)
Then there is Vegas.
Close by, so costs are minimal. The house could be smaller (plus he needs to tune up the show by trimming lots off and he could road test it at the same time).
Possibly even a Thanksgiving "SushiFest with Layton" type benefit event on the next or former day?
(just spitballing here,...... I'm gonna make some calls )
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 13, 2008 - 11:35am PT
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Spit ball away Ron. I am sure Jorge and Joanne would help for a Vegas show.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 13, 2008 - 12:34pm PT
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Thanks, Ron and Neptune Mountaineering and all the other helpers, for putting on a great event. If I can't make a repeat performance, I at least hope to buy the video.
Staging such events takes a very great deal of work, mostly volunteer. It helps that one has been done now, to establish that there's an audience and to 'train' the speaker. But putting on another event will take significant money, up front, and volunteer effort. I hope that as far as possible, all needed things will be donated.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Oct 13, 2008 - 12:36pm PT
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PR
A disk of the video would be a great fundraiser. . .
I'd pay premium for one. . .
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Oct 13, 2008 - 01:32pm PT
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Hey Phil,
One of your comments about Kor cracked me up.
I thought I was hating the name Lumpy Ridge all by myself!!
How UNmajestic!! Now I know I'm not alone.....:o)
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Scared Silly
Trad climber
UT
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Oct 13, 2008 - 01:40pm PT
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Ron, my suggestion would be a Salt Lake evening during this winter's OR Show. Yeah there is always lots going on but there would be good sized crowd on hand to make it happen. There are several good venues.
The travel distance is not so much that it should not be a burden. And any needs that Layton might have could be arrange. Besides then those young whipper snappers running around the OR show who do not know about Layton could learn a little history.
I have enough contacts here that I would certainly be willing to work on making it happen.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 13, 2008 - 04:00pm PT
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I think I'd rather see the Kors go to a city that mostly appreciates what they DO have rather than one where so many don't deserve it.
I'm not talking about mormons BTW, and I have close friends in SLC, but I also have some very specific people there in mind.
A few of THEM even post here.
I hope they read this. (It is an example of the candor and forthrightness they lack.)
Its their stink that I'd rather not hold my nose for.
Other than that SLC is a welcome cosmopolitan change from much of culturally deprived Utah.
But as I told you Allen, I think Seattle, San Francisco, LA, or San Diego could do just as well or better.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 13, 2008 - 04:15pm PT
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It seems likely that Layton could do several shows, limited only by his interest and endurance. As the objective is to help him raise money for medical bills, and honour him and his climbing career, it's entirely up to him - whether/where/when.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 13, 2008 - 04:30pm PT
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Layton always gets "final cut", but he gives great value to the opinions of friends, perhaps even to a fault.
He certainly has regrets, but the most inspirational thing about him is that he always tries to make the best of things. He is doing the climb of his life now. It is a climb with no summit and each day brings new challenges.
But the alpenglow always seems to be the most beautiful late in the year.
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goatboy smellz
climber
dirty south
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Jan 12, 2009 - 06:20pm PT
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Steve Bartlett is having a fundraiser for Layton this Thursday at Neptune's.
http://www.neptunemountaineering.com/neptune/
"Thursday, January 15 - Desert Towers presented by Crusher Bartlett - $5 (at the door)
Monster Tower, the Colossus of Cannonville, Staggering Rock, Northern Frights, the Garston Trout and Islet in the Sky. From the Fisher Towers to Monument Basin, from the San Rafael Swell to the Maze. Crusher Bartlett has been climbing desert towers for twenty five years, he will spin tall tales of taller hunks of rock, and show slides of some wild ascents on wilder towers set in the most beautiful scenery in the world. This is a fundraiser to buy Layton Kor a laptop. Suggested donation $5. Once Layton gets a laptop, we'll get more Layton Kor slide shows!"
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jan 12, 2009 - 06:37pm PT
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Crusher should have given me a call. Something tells me that Kor The Younger will be spending more time on the laptop than his old man, but good on him.
But why desert climbing? That stuff is all choss. Who would want to climb THERE?
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2009 - 07:08pm PT
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Yeah Piton Ron no kidding. Sand in the eyes, grit in the teeth. No conga lines of NEWBians thrutching. Who wants to climb there?
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 12, 2009 - 07:30pm PT
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hey there ... say, thanks so very much for sharing this wonderful dog story.... it is really worth the effort to care, no matter how time comsuming...
time for life, is what life is all about...
i will always remember this man, for this good deed, and how he still cared, after all those years...
thanks all...
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MisterE
Trad climber
Raising Arizona
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Jan 14, 2009 - 01:08am PT
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Vegas, baby, Vegas bump
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