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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 13, 2011 - 03:50pm PT
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Bump to the moon!
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NotIt
Trad climber
SF, CA
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Aug 13, 2011 - 04:13pm PT
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I laughed till I cried.
My pathetic attempt to read this aloud to my wife left me unable to complete most sentences without protracted bouts of hysterical laughter and her shaking her head.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Aug 13, 2011 - 07:49pm PT
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Thank you for the bumps, because I somehow missed this until now. I got to meet Kevin in Camp 4 in the early 1970's, when he was demonstrating a front lever on an ad hoc ring set. We lost an extraordinary person when he went. I also remember a picture of McCarthy doing a front lever in Dachstein Mitts in a Chouinard catalog around the same time.
Fortunately, we still have gems like Rich still with us to relate these stories to us (and Peter to bring it to photographic life!).
Thanks again for the thread, and for the bump.
John
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Bump for a classic Rgold story:
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richross
Trad climber
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Kevin at the start of Country Club Crack 1977. Belayer is Barry Bates.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2012 - 02:09pm PT
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Two of my stories with historical content have received New Year's bumps from Steve Grossman. This one, through no fault of my own, has also acquired some historical material, but that isn't why I'm bumping it.
In these times of national and international dysfunction, the sheer pointlessness of the triple lever and our epic failures in performing it bring me a smile of nostalgia for a time when there seemed to be more room in our lives for unabashed silliness.
Happy New Year to all, and may you find time for some nonsense in your own lives.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Running with your notion...
Back in 1884 nonsense flowed freely!
Because we are older...
and wiser...what say you?
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Charming, Steve! And welcome back to this marvelous tale by a brilliant writer!
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 7, 2013 - 05:16pm PT
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Herewith, a bump from the SuperTopo Archives of Irrelevant Fluff. I can't invoke Jim's newly-minted cry of BBST, since it would be pretentious for the author to assert his own work made anything better. And so I've adopted the pretense that, by virtue of having added two illustrative videos to the the account, I have made it something new, or at least not entirely old, and so, I hope, worthy of a second look.
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lucander
Trad climber
Shawangunks, New York
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Rgold needs to retire from the triviality of academia and be a full time staff writer for Alpinist, Rock and Ice, Mproj, and Climbing.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 02:12am PT
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Which is to say I need to aspire to an even higher level of triviality than I am currently engaged in? Excelsior!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jim M is 80 now and a little more portly, I'll have to alert him to this thread. Thanks for the ride down memory lane....Kevin is still missed.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 24, 2014 - 07:15pm PT
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McCarthy is in the house!
Perhaps a glimpse into the mind of the man who would grip for three!
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2014 - 09:51pm PT
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In the midst of controversy over content, I thought this bit of fluff might be worth fluffing up.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 15, 2014 - 03:27am PT
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Ho my the words flow so sweetly, that despite the great content I find myself weeping.
Please don't take this in the wrong light, I love the way these posts take one back in time.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Dec 15, 2014 - 04:41am PT
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Glad it showed up again and I got a chance to see it.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 16, 2014 - 12:26pm PT
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big time, East Coast Best Written Belongs On The Front Page Bump!
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 29, 2015 - 10:14am PT
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An update: subsequent generations of climbers inevitably surpass their elders, but they do have better padding...
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