Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Feb 14, 2009 - 10:04pm PT
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Whoever gave Stevie his scanner must be remembered in Heaven, as the guy is a veritable salt mill. Just look at all this stuff he is posting these last 12++ months.. It is effing amazing. I bet Mimi is in on it too!! Gems, never before seen by most. Incredibly invaluable contribution; you know, this stuff otherwise will vanish.
ultrahugs, ph.
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Frank Sanders
Trad climber
Devils Tower. Wyoming
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Feb 14, 2009 - 10:13pm PT
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Where is that Mimi dude, anyway???
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2009 - 10:24pm PT
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We are defintely a team and it is all in the interests of fun and nostaglia. I relish your tales and recollections equally much.
And a rootin', tootin', shootin' big ole howdy to you too Frank--from Mimi-----dude.
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Walleye
climber
Inking the deal at Ralph Spoilsport Motors
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Feb 14, 2009 - 10:32pm PT
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Somebody give Grammici a sandwich and a milkshake. I can hear him moaning already about that photo.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Feb 14, 2009 - 11:48pm PT
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Cool article. Only the first photo made it into the version of Yosemite Climber which was printed. I read a story here once that most of the first choice photos got destroyed in some accident, and George had to pick a new bunch of photos? [edit: see posts below - stolen from Bridwell's car]
There is a color version of the first one:
It seems to work as well in color as it does in black&white.
George posted it on his thread "a couple graham bed shots":
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=261099
I read here someplace that was taken after Mike Graham had come down from El Cap after running out of food up on the wall and losing a lot of weight.
A fuzzy/modified version of the Short Circuit photo made it into the 1987 Meyers-Reid guidebook.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 15, 2009 - 12:14am PT
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You know, I climbed with George once. . .and I now live in
a house that's only less than a block from where I met George,
in a beautiful Victorian mansion (with gargoyles), in Denver,
in 1975. . .wish he still lived there!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2009 - 08:57am PT
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The fact that most shots didn't make the book struck me too! Nic is everywhere and the shot of Max and Mark on Gates of Power is sweet (shouldn't it be Gait of Power ala Carlos Castaneda?).
I sure hope those originals didn't get lost in the slide shuffle.
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Walleye
climber
Inking the deal at Ralph Spoilsport Motors
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Feb 15, 2009 - 08:59am PT
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I think the original choice photographs were stolen out of an automobile.
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Hankster
Trad climber
Eldorado Springs, CO
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Feb 15, 2009 - 10:12am PT
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I swear I'm totally straight, but that Mike Graham was a total cutie pie. I bet he got more tang than an astronaut. Keep these stories going.
Caylor
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 15, 2009 - 10:23am PT
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Mike was and still is an awesome guy.
Went climbing with him last fall and he still has that awesome fire burning inside him. He can still project his ass way out toward limits that stop ordinary men.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Feb 15, 2009 - 10:30am PT
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Bridwell told me years ago, that the shots in the book are the backups, as the original set was stolen out of his car IMRC. I'm not sure if it's true or not, but thought I would add to the lore of the book.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Upper Fupa, North Dakota
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Feb 15, 2009 - 10:30am PT
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this thread might be my favorite, bump (well, at least for this morning)
That Yosemite Climber book was really something. Too bad I was already way down the path to ruin when it came out, but it really sealed the deal.
Hopefully George (Jorge on the Taco) will post up! He is "the Man" and might even tell us all about that night at the Trade Show and the "quiet" meal we had at the Korean Restaurant. MIght be the only time in the last 20 years I was actively looking in my wallet for a bail bondsman card.
Here's to George!
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 15, 2009 - 10:34am PT
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The original set was stolen. Yes that is true.
He had to basically start over.
Weird someone would want to steal someones photos and slides?
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mazamarick
Trad climber
WA
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Feb 15, 2009 - 10:40am PT
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Great posts! You're inspiring me to pull out my collection of Mtn, Climbing, and yes, Summit, magazines from the 70's and sort through them. Are there any other periodicals from that era that would have Yosemite in them?
Keep posting, I'm lovin it!
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Blinny
Trad climber
JustKathNotMark
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Feb 15, 2009 - 10:44am PT
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SunnyJim (that would be Gramicci) a cutie pie?
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. . . he was frikken Adonis!
And the coolest part of the whole deal was that he NEVER KNEW IT. I still don't think he does. He was so totally normal.
A friend of mine from Mammoth was headed to the rescue site to visit me. . . and let me tell you, she is one drop dead, magnificent creature. . . long flowing blonde hair, blue eyes like Kim Schmitz', dressed in velvet and lace, FLOATING across camp toward a bunch of us sittin' there watching her. . . I REALLY wanted her to meet SunnyJim (that would be Gramicci) and after staring at her like a mindless gape, he botled up from the table and started to power away toward the dorms. . . I grabbed him and said "SIT AND STAY! I want you to meet my friend". . . and he abssolutely refused. . . said . . . and I quote, "Brockman, I gotta leave, I always say stupid stuff around beautiful women!"
:-)
He had no clue that just about every woman in the park stammered and stuttered and shuffled their feet and acted like dorks around him.
Ahhhhhhh. . . it's such a rare and magic thing to meet somebody who is so thoroughly beautiful - from the inside out!
Magic, Dads. . . pure magic!
ox
eKatOldDad _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WhoCares?
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Thorgon
Big Wall climber
Sedro Woolley, WA
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Feb 15, 2009 - 11:00am PT
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Amen, brother, it has it ALL!!!
Thor
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Mimi
climber
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Feb 15, 2009 - 12:36pm PT
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Yes, Jorge, thanks for all the hard work. I began Valley climbing using each of your guides back to the original two-ring version.
Jorge or anyone, since the oldest guide seems to lack a publication date, when was the first one available for purchase?
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