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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sad news but what a life lived!!! Rest in peace Ricardo...
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Barbarian
Trad climber
slowly dying in the OC
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What a life! Truly one to be celebrated - full value all the way.
Rest in Peace, Ricardo. Rest well.
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Scared Silly
Trad climber
UT
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Sad as it another passing of an era. Though at 100 he had a good life in the mountains which most can not be dishearten by.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Thanks for putting this up, Gene!! Everybody note here that Cassin was 100.5 years old....
Our very own Jim Herrington, the noted photographer, was just, or may be still, there, by the way and must have photographed Cassin in the last month. www.jimherrington.
I think my first pitons (nearly 50 years ago) were Cassin wafers, and maybe some steel carabiners of his as well.
RIP
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TYeary
climber
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The passing of a true icon.
If us "youngsters" can see so far, it is because we stand on the shoulders of giants. Ricardo Cassin was one such giant.
Tony
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Reading accounts of his ascent of the Piz Badile in the 1930's is a humbling experience. When you consider the equipment they had, just the vision that they could do something like that, it boggles the mind.
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Alan Rubin
climber
Amherst,MA.
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Truely sad. But at the same time wonderful that he lived such a long full life with success not only in his mountain adventures but as a family man, a businessman, and a very respected member of his community.I must also state that while such claims are always controversial, and essentially meaningless, any list of the greatest, most successful climbers of all time will have Cassin at or near the top. Rest in peace.
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apogee
climber
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One of the earliest, truly visionary alpinists. RIP, Mr. Cassin.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Somehow I find this good news.
Now the legends from our time that have passed this year have a leader. Cassin was a gentleman and a hard-arse climber. Can you imagine Bachar and Cassin sittin' around the eternal campfire shootin' the shite? I am not ready to be there yet, but what a party!
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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No sorrow this time. Just great joy for a full and fully lived life. What a remarkable legacy he carved in time. 100.5 years old no small feat that.
Rest in Peace great man.
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Gene
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 7, 2009 - 02:46pm PT
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Thanks The Libraian. What treasures. Way cool.
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lucasignorelli
climber
Torino, Italy
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In one of those coincidences that will be probably discussed for years, he died at 23PM of August 6th - exactly 71 years (minus a 7 hours) from reaching the summit of Grandes Jorasses after climbing for the first time (together with Gino Esposito e Ugo Tizzoni) the Walker Spur on the north face. It was Saturday, August 6th 1938.
From L to R - Riccardo Cassin, Ugo Tizzoni and Gino Esposito (the guy with the rope coil and the ice axe) reach the Boccalatte hut around mid day, August 7th, 1938.
http://www.summitpost.org/images/original/538210.jpg
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Iron Mtn.
Trad climber
Corona, Ca.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
One of the true GREATS!!!!
~RIP~
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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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Cant imagine a better life than what he lived.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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Praise & honor to a giant among The old tyme Hardmen.
Respect!
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Wow, to do what he did and live to be 100!
A life well lived!
RIP
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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I always loved the photo of him on the Royal Arches,
on the tree. . .
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