Waterskiing Tenaya Lake 1978

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Risk

Mountain climber

Olympia, WA

Dec 13, 2008 - 02:00am PT

Karl Baba

Trad climber

Yosemite, Ca

Dec 13, 2008 - 11:53am PT

I remember the Y2K opening of Tioga. Susan the Coyote and I actually thought we'd be badass and broke the 1/8th of an inch of ice to dunk ourselves!

Cool to see the pictures on the waterskiing. One of the unpictured guilty parties told me about this a few years back

Peace

Karl

tom Carter

Trad climber

Dec 13, 2008 - 08:48pm PT

Millis has it pretty close. And he was a mess that morning. Pretty funny tying the rope through the car windows to get the rope high enough to clear the bank. As now the doors were tied shut we had to climb through the windows to get into the Opal. I skied first and was so excited that when taking over as driver I yarded Allan right out water superman style (cars have soooo much more friction than boats). So we had to re-start. One car passed us going west while AB was skiing. Millis and I were in hysterics - they were standing up in the front seat pointing at AB arching way out into the lake. The rope was an 11mm Fantasia tied to a piece of pipe (handle) so at 150 or 165 feet we were not within the Federal Waterskiing Association regulations?

The skis were picked up at a yard sale in Fresno by a good friend. And since the skis had a pair Mallards on the top deck we called ourselves the "Lame Duck Ski Team". Cowan was beside himself (he didn't turn us in) but "morally" his knowledge of the crime made him complicit (in his mind)! Anyway we always figured we would do it again and the skis stayed in Tuolumne under Tarbuster's and my tent for a decade or so until Messick rescued them from the cleanup crew one fall. They are down in Midpine somewhere?

As for the Gorilla suits, I have to post a photo with the help of Mastadons scanner and DSL. Those were some good days. I remember when Allan, to give the fashion police a fit showed up to a "chic" ski event wearing oven mitts for gloves and a tea cozy as a hat. I think our team won the charity race?

As for the Tequilla even I didn't drink that stuff for at least 10 years after the "event". But I do remember never having as much fun being so belligerent. Tequilla does buy you diplomatic immunity - right? Someday I must reveal that bizarre and twisted evening.

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Dec 13, 2008 - 08:54pm PT

"rope through the car windows"!!!!!!!

I just checked with Messick today.
The famed lame-duck ski is currently in the hands of one Swiiliam J Russell.

Lynne Leichtfuss

Social climber

valley center, ca

Dec 13, 2008 - 08:54pm PT

Mr. Carter, we all would like to hear the bizarre tale on this nice wintery eve. The rain and snow just shouts out for a good story : D

guido

Trad climber

Santa Cruz

Dec 20, 2008 - 03:22am PT

Carter, off Tenaya and Tequilla and into Sax.

Lynne Leichtfuss

Social climber

valley center, ca

Dec 22, 2008 - 01:23am PT

Cool photo, keep findin' them .... we enjoy the viewing...Peace, Lynne

Mimi

climber

Jul 23, 2009 - 12:35am PT

Never had the chance to waterski there. Alpine, that pic goes with these. Me, Billy and Walt in Leidig Meadow around 1985.

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

sorry, just posting out loud.

Jul 29, 2009 - 12:54am PT

I missed the rest of this thread last time around.

Great stuff.

How do we get those skis into the Yosemite Climbing Museum?

;)

Mighty Hiker

Social climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Oct 17, 2009 - 07:00pm PT

Time to bump this one, for its exuberance.

John Moosie

climber

Beautiful California

Oct 17, 2009 - 07:10pm PT

hahahaha. Man.. I laugh every time I see those pictures. Love it.

dogtown

Trad climber

JackAssVille, Wyoming

Oct 17, 2009 - 07:40pm PT

Coooooold. As Heeeeeeeell! Evvvvvvvven in Theeeeee Summmmmmmmmer!

JakeW

Big Wall climber

Oct 17, 2009 - 07:49pm PT

I've heard tales of this for years!!! I always wondered if it was true. I've scoped it a few times and it seems like maybe there's too many little trees grown big now...or those guys were making use of a very short run.

David Wilson

climber

Oct 17, 2009 - 09:25pm PT

great story! what sort of infraction would that be if caught? it's hard to imagine there's a law other than 'disturbing the peace' that could possibly cover waterskiing as a roadside event. 21 years later, maybe it's time again

John_Box

Ice climber

Bellingham

Apr 16, 2010 - 03:19am PT

To The Top!!!

Skeptimistic

Mountain climber

Apr 16, 2010 - 10:09am PT

You'd think that the skis mounted on the roof rack would've been a dead giveaway to the rangers...

Fuzzywuzzy

climber

suspendedhappynation

Apr 16, 2010 - 11:56pm PT

We drove directly out of the Park and had breakfast at TPR.

However, ranger Paul Cowen did question us about the correlation of events and the presence of the skis.