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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 14, 2009 - 12:24am PT
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hey there say, did not know if ed has an appreciation thread, but after his hard work on one...
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DUE to all those wonderful flower pics of his that i just saw...
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DUE to all his other great post...
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DUE to the fact that he's been here a long enough time and well loved, well, here we go:
these things MUST be inspired, you know, and STARTED on the spur-of-the-moment, to be so much-more-so, the wonderful fun, when they are first done, and i am doing this out of inspriation for his fineness...
have fun ed...
cleo and a few others wondered too, if you had one...
wow, i apprecaite you ed hartouni... )
EDIT:
*link to "garden flowers" post/thread that i was so inspired by:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=646686
*link to his "appreciation thread appreciation thread" that was really neat to see, and has his "small history note" as to a peek into why he set it up (if you scroll down, when you get there):
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=956670
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Sep 14, 2009 - 12:27am PT
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Ed, flatly, is the MAN!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2009 - 12:28am PT
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hey there, say, and good eve to you russ, say:
fine move, here...
and three cheers, for stepping in, like a slide to homeplate... :)
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Sep 14, 2009 - 12:40am PT
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Ed's one cool Daddy-O!
I think he used to play guitar with the Grateful Dead!
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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Sep 14, 2009 - 12:42am PT
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Yeah, we like Ol' Ed.
And not just because he likes the Wide......Hi Ed!
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Sep 14, 2009 - 01:05am PT
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We had a really great time at the Rock Ice Mtn club when Ed presented Yosemite Obscurities.. big laughs, ooohhs and ahhhs. People taking notes . A great invitation to some of Ed's fav's. Thanks for coming up to Santa Rosa .. it's a lot of work to put together such a delightful and informative show. Ed, your truly appreciated. LP
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 14, 2009 - 01:16am PT
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Ed a man of many views;
in action on Baobob Tree, Blair, Wyo
ibid, with exclusive alumni shirt from one of his alma Matters
Comfortable with the free solo, seen here on the aptly named, Ed's Crack in Vedauwoo,
But tentaivelly amenable to new concepts like 'lo-tech' Via furrata
But safety is always first!
He takes the time to see,
your pain!
a keen observer/recodrder, of the human condition;
I give you, Cimber,
inovator
explorer,
explainer,
socialite
yet still man of Mystery,
Dr Ed Hartouni!
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Bark! CA
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Sep 14, 2009 - 01:30am PT
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Nice tribute, Jay!
Ed is simply just one of my favorite people!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 14, 2009 - 01:34am PT
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Just send quarks, and nobody needs to get hurt.
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jstan
climber
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Sep 14, 2009 - 01:41am PT
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After being around for awhile one tends to realize people actually assemble
several lives in parallel universes, if you get what I mean. And each of those
lives tend to be constructed with the same care.
Quite inspiring.
One can't expect success as the work required is very large.
But it's the trying that is important.
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 14, 2009 - 01:43am PT
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Ed is one cool dude, and very nice to boot!
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Sep 14, 2009 - 01:51am PT
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Nice Photos!
Ed's a very thoughtful, decent person.
I assume that's Ed's own personal shop...I don't think beer is allowed inside Livermore Labs.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 14, 2009 - 02:05am PT
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Don't believe the hype! That's pretty much what the nerve center of LLL is like. Sometimes, late at night, when the guards are asleep, we can use the gattling guns... except that they are said to not allow cameras or hard drives... maybe that's Zanderland...?
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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Sep 14, 2009 - 03:01am PT
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Ed!!!!
The one and only. The MAN! Thanks to you and Jay (and Russ!) I now look at OW's in the best of ways. I look forward to when our paths cross again. Widefest '10!!!
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Bark! CA
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Sep 14, 2009 - 03:10am PT
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EDit: Just wanted to do that - heehee!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
the ground up
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Sep 14, 2009 - 03:56am PT
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Thanks for the obscure routes . . .
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altieboo
Boulder climber
Livermore, Ca
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Sep 14, 2009 - 06:31am PT
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I have Ed to credit in my learning of crack technique.
Oh and I appreciate the ride that he gave me to Rob Sharpe's house to go to yos when he wasn't even going himself. He had other adventures that day. But he got me through some of the worst parts of the hangover that morning. Good steady talking.
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Sep 14, 2009 - 09:00am PT
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Ed's all right in my book.
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Jilli
Trad climber
ahhh! ...who knows where at this point!
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Sep 14, 2009 - 10:01am PT
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Mr. Ed Hartouni has always been a source of inspiration for me! Since i was a teen, he has been a climber to look up to. Good ethics, good style, and most of all: the best laugh on earth, without a doubt. =0)
Luke and i look forward to climbing with you this next year Ed!! We're comin' back...
Jilli
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Sep 14, 2009 - 10:05am PT
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Thanks, especially to Jaybro, for fine portraits with various and, yes even quizzical, Ed looks.
In his own word, just yesterday:
at the start of my career as a physicist I was fortunate to meet an unbelievable number of the then still alive "physics gods" from history. They had made the wonderful, innovative, profound leaps in our understanding of the world.
I learned, however, that they were all different people, some warm and generous, others nasty SOBs who seemed to enjoy making other people fail, and everything in between. The lesson was that just because you are capable of great intellectual feats doesn't mean you're going to be a "good person."
You [Ray-J] have made contributions to climbing and this community, creative and innovative and climbers know you for that... you'll always be a bit crusty and cranky... but you have also given, in a very deep way, to the community.
I send those words back at'cha, Ed. Reading your posts here, you were one of the Tacoans (a tribe from Mars?) I became most curious to meet. And I was delighted to find, in person, a guy who on many levels was plain fun to hang out with.
Here's looking forward to spending more, uh...obscure, more off-width and off kilter, time with you, Sir.
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