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Evel
Trad climber
Rocky mountains
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Apr 21, 2009 - 03:35pm PT
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Condolances to family, now he'll always have the sun at his back, and splitters galore
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Apr 21, 2009 - 04:52pm PT
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stimson spent some time around our campfire a few thanksgivings ago, i think it was the trip where he led illusion dweller. a humble and gracious man. here's to the life well lived.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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Apr 21, 2009 - 05:35pm PT
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The one and only Stim Bullitt. Indian Cove. Thanksgiving '05:
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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Apr 21, 2009 - 05:38pm PT
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Stim climbing, same trip.
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IntheFog
climber
Mostly the next place
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Apr 21, 2009 - 05:42pm PT
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He got his name honestly. His given name was Charles Stimson Bullitt. Charles Stimson came from his maternal grandfather, who moved out to Seattle from the midwest and started building stuff in the 1880s.
Being an old school WASP, he had no problem going by his middle name.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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Apr 21, 2009 - 11:16pm PT
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Alex Bertulis & Stim Bullitt:
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Apr 21, 2009 - 11:23pm PT
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Nice stuff, Fluoride!
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Ezra
Social climber
WA, NC, Idaho Falls
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Apr 21, 2009 - 11:28pm PT
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Stimson had a interview in Rock and Ice a few years ago.
I guess the patagonia rep gave him the shirt to lead illusion deweller, and then took it back after he led the route. Stim didn't seem to ruffled by the whole thing, kinda a funny story none the less.
I wish I had known him. Wishing his friends and family well, he is certainly in a better place, climbing endless 5.10 (if one exists).
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spyork
Social climber
A prison of my own creation
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Apr 22, 2009 - 12:24am PT
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I was listening to Flouride telling about Stimson last week. Seemed like a cool dude. Sounds like he lived large. RIP.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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Apr 22, 2009 - 04:15am PT
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Yeah, spyork, it was wild that we were just talking about him the other weekend. Random, but always a pleasure to recount any time spent with Stim. He was such a remarkable person.
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Sumner
climber
WA
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Apr 23, 2009 - 02:07pm PT
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Stim left indelible impressions on all of us who knew him and his luminance never dimmed even as his body failed.
Stim was a rock climber extraordinaire, but that was only one facet of this Renaissance man. For a few pictures of other aspects of Stim see
http://www.katoon.org/stim/
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dave goodwin
climber
carson city, nv
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Apr 23, 2009 - 03:15pm PT
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RIP Stim.
what an inspiration he is.
reminds me of this quote:
"how old would you be if you don't know how old you are?"
peace
dave
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Ezra
Social climber
WA, NC, Idaho Falls
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Apr 23, 2009 - 06:50pm PT
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Thanks summer,
those pictures are frigging priceless,
made me shed a tear.
-e
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Binks
Social climber
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Apr 23, 2009 - 07:24pm PT
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Wow... I just finished reading "River Dark and Bright" a few weeks ago, and hoped to meet the man one day. I also have "To Be a Politician" on my shelf. It was his longevity as a climber that inspired me to read his works. I wanted inspiration for climbing during the second half of life.
It seemed like he'd live forever based on the vitality with which he lived his golden years.
RIP to a true legend.
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Binks
Social climber
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Apr 23, 2009 - 08:45pm PT
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bump...
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Apr 23, 2009 - 09:06pm PT
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Stimson qoute from the mountainzone article:
"I started climbing at age 50, as an experiment, and the appetite grew with the feeding..."
Amazing!
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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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Apr 23, 2009 - 10:36pm PT
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Stimson and Becky were/are both Northwest climbers, did they ever rope up together? That I would have loved to see. RIP Bullitt.
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the museum
Trad climber
Rapid City
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Apr 23, 2009 - 11:46pm PT
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bump...what a great guy...and thanks for the pics Flouride.
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flyingkiwi1
Trad climber
Seattle WA
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Apr 24, 2009 - 12:35am PT
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To the long list of people and groups that Stim influenced, add the hard-working would-be regime-changers of Climbers4Kerry. We may not have got what we wanted, but he was there to help us do what we could.
Ian
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 24, 2009 - 01:32am PT
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hey there all... say, thank you folks for always respecting these wonderful climbers, and shareing here, i have learned so very much...
my condolences to his family... he sure was loving his life and doing what all "little boys" love to do! enjoy the great outdoors...
i enjoyed the picture of him, sorting, or, looking at, all his gear.... just like a young kid, raring to go!...
i can see why you that climbed with him, enjoyed it so....
thanks for the share...
and again, concolences for the family... (i just say the thread/post, from nana) (so i found my way over here)...
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