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Nov 27, 2008 - 03:20pm PT
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From the Seattle Times, May 14, 1983
A University of Washington Student who identified himself as Brett Brown scaled his way to the top of two seven-story exhaust chimneys near the campus parking garage yesterday afternoon. He wedged himself between the two towers for a few minutes before making his way back down to the ground, where he was greeted by a small crowd of onlookers and by UW police. The authorities gave him a verbal wrist-slapping but made no arrest.
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schwortz
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davis, ca
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Nov 27, 2008 - 03:34pm PT
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la poste, creysse, france
some scaffolding at a site i was working at, carsac, france
climbing a pyrmid, khufu i think, giza, egypt
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2008 - 03:36pm PT
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schwortz, I think you have to try again.
Great shots everybody.
oops. Never mind, I've got the links now.
I've been on the pyramids too!
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schwortz
Social climber
davis, ca
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Nov 27, 2008 - 03:41pm PT
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fixed...thanks...
and i got chased off that pyramid before i got too far...
_almost_ bribed a guard to climb menkaure but decided against it seeing as it wasnt really worth the risk...
if you go out to dashur you can climb up one of the smaller pyramids without any issues still...
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Nov 27, 2008 - 04:45pm PT
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 27, 2008 - 06:24pm PT
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thanks Peter
Ah, the Great Bardini, how that man is missed.
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Scott_Nelson
Trad climber
San Diego
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Nov 27, 2008 - 06:33pm PT
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UCSD Buildering Pics:
Mandeville Loading Docks
Visual arts building
Center Hall Death Chimney
Gilman Parking Structure
HDB Tyrolean Traverse, Singapore
Encinitas
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Nov 27, 2008 - 07:00pm PT
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Bump....
This all has been well worth the time taken to view all the photos.
There used to be a time when I would look at every building with this all in mind.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 27, 2008 - 07:07pm PT
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Claremont Hotel, Berkeley 1963
Winter Sport Show
Somehow, Rowell, Harper and I got talked into this. Had a hell of a time finding anything on top worth anchoring for the rappel. All the wood columns were rotten.
Benefit were the drinks passed out the window as we slid down. Met some nice young ladies, hounds that we were. Had to rappel every hour for three days. Somebody had to do it.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2008 - 07:47pm PT
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Thanks guido!
Yodel-ay-ee--ooooooo
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Llama
Big Wall climber
The bubble that is Irvine, CA
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Nov 27, 2008 - 08:36pm PT
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A little aid buildering...
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martygarrison
Trad climber
The Great North these days......
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Nov 27, 2008 - 10:09pm PT
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kman, I have those pics of us doing some pretty wild stuff at csus. If you dont have them digitized I can do it and post.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
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Last >>
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Nov 28, 2008 - 01:06am PT
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Just of the recent posts , the Scott_Nelson stuff shows heavy commitment to the game ( big and tall ) , and radical's daughter(s?) hung out to dry is classic , but that " Brett Brown " photo is so sick . . .
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Nov 28, 2008 - 03:42am PT
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Doug Drewes transitioning out of the double kneebars and onto the rail on "Student Center South By The Column". Cutting your feet and going from that edge to the top in one shot was always exciting. Circa 1975 or 76.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 28, 2008 - 02:06pm PT
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Man, all these cool shots have turned out even better than I hoped for.
You can just tell that there is a great story behind most of these pix too.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Nov 28, 2008 - 03:35pm PT
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The shots of the towers @ the U of Washington reminded me of a story...
I vaguely recall a story I heard from Adam Gradzowski, about some guy climbing a tower/sculpture thing up at Evergreen State. I recall something like there was one bolt for the 80' (or so) and this guy did it within site of the graduation ceremonies and peeled from the top avoiding a grounder by mere feet (held by a Rawl button head and Leeper hanger).
Anyone know about that story ?
(would'a been early 80's)
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Nov 28, 2008 - 03:49pm PT
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I was looking for bouldering shots of the Towers in Red square at University of Washington, but couldn't find any.
That's a classic chimney problem too. There has been more than one person stuck at the top after doing the exit moves and finding out getting back into a chimney at 60 feet is much more frightening than exiting it.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Nov 28, 2008 - 04:07pm PT
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TrundleBum: I vaguely recall a story I heard from Adam Gradzowski, about some guy climbing a tower/sculpture thing up at Evergreen State. I recall something like there was one bolt for the 80' (or so) and this guy did it within site of the graduation ceremonies and peeled from the top avoiding a grounder by mere feet (held by a Rawl button head and Leeper hanger)."
I don't recall the specifics, but Adam Grosowsky and Jeff Ellington went to Evergreen and are who you are thinking of. They are both earlier slack / high line pioneers. I do know they both did some high railing walks and solos around campus and had a highwire rig in the woods. I've known Adam since he was twelve, climbing in Southern Illinois, and visited him at Evergreen around the time you're talking about.
It was pretty fun visit and we spent quite a while getting running full-tilt and jumping onto a line down (11mm cranked down hard), which involved much Keystone Cops hilarity as well as a few big and horrific 'bow string' launches into the abyss. Adam is still climbing, walking down in Eugene, OR these days and Jeff is over in Bend.
P.S. Doug Drewes (in the photo above), Alan Carrier, Adam, myself, Jim Tangen-Foster, and a few other folks formed the nucleus of the third wave of SoIll climbers in Gill's wake.
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Nov 28, 2008 - 04:58pm PT
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