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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 2, 2009 - 02:28pm PT
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I've recently discovered the answer to this question, which still blows me away. File under "little known facts" about Sierra climbing.
Who do you think fills the bill?
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Dave Black of PSOM fame.
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treeman
climber
mule city
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Dave Black the skinny white guy from Prescott who drank like a fish and went on to be a bada** whitewater kayaker?
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tr4
climber
Jah Meadows,ynp,ca
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hey tim, how about rand black, or there was a bad ass climber named mike freeman...that guy could crank the rads!
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treeman
climber
mule city
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RB was just in town, definately still not a black guy!
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Rokjox, being from Idaho, you've probably never seen a black person, much less a black climber, unless he was being run out of town by the Christian Identity Movement.
How about LeRoy R.? 70 years old and still can lead 5.10 on a good day.
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treeman
climber
mule city
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Pate- I think you may be thinking of Mike Freeman, who climbed in the gunks in the eighties and was super bad**s.
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treeman
climber
mule city
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Mike was hanging from the 'Pancake' on Nectar Vector at Millbrook.
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treeman
climber
mule city
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His posse included Clune, Gruenberg, Mileski, et al. Sorry for the drift, Ken M. Maybe a hint?
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treeman
climber
mule city
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Clarence King?
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hooblie
climber
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tell 'em why clarence king isn't a reckless answer treeman
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treeman
climber
mule city
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Something like he changed his id to a james cobb(?) proclaiming himself to be an african american so he could marry a black woman?
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treeman
climber
mule city
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So do I win?
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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If predjudice and racism are American, Rox, you are indeed more American than me.
I don't think racism is American. Rox, deduct a few points.
Sorry, wrong thread.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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He spent the last two seasons fighting me over ditch irrigation rights. Being a Cali, he naturally figured he could stop me from using the irrigation ditch to run water across his property.
You control a drainage easement across his property? Drainage rights and water rights are not the same thing.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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"We are CONSERVATIVE tolerant, not LIBERAL tolerant."
wtf is that?
like as in Hayden lake conservative?
Idaho is amazing, but the reputation is not helped here.
"bedsheets" really rox?
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treeman
climber
mule city
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Yeah, what he said!
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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"I just figured it was one of those things THEY don't do"
"he says he's from Compton (dont they all?)"
"we in Idaho ran off the ORIENTALS"
This is the classic one always used-
"One of my best friends (as a kid) was a black kid"
Rox, I haven't looked back at the thread since I've been writing this response so I'm sure you've edited the hell out of your posts, but...
I know what you're TRYING to say, but the way you say it comes off with a predjudice tone- the kind of low-level racism that is so prevalent in our country. Congrats Lance, you ARE more American than me.
Bottoms up!
Jefe Bret Harte.
OH, and sorry I played the race card/thread drift- the Clarence King story is interesting.
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General Ripper
climber
GnarthWest
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What the f*#k are you talking about? The chinaman is not the issue here, Dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line, you DO NOT... Also, Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.
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