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drunkenmaster
Social climber
santa rosa
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 6, 2010 - 02:05am PT
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a good old climber friend of mine passed away doing what he loved, climbing, last saturday, his name is Tyler Anderson. he began to live his dreams with a few friends and i here in Cali and all over the USA then all over the world finishing in Peru. im sure he was having the time of his life in Peru just as i remember him always having long ago around here. he was and im sure he still is a strong and cheerful spririt that will continue to inspire me and probably all that knew him to be happy and brave like him. happy go lucky and upbeat barely describe Tyler, he was a powerful and uplifting soul who will not ever be forgotten.
Rest In Peace old friend.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100804/NEWS/100809835/1350?Title=Former-Santa-Rosa-man-falls-to-death-on-Peru-peak-
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drunkenmaster
Social climber
santa rosa
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 6, 2010 - 02:09am PT
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you were and still are such a bad ass climber Tyler - much love and respect.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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God Bless and Rest in Peace Brother...:(
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Fletcher
Trad climber
from the place of breath
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He was such a light and buoyant spirit as I've come to learn from my pal tyeary. So sorry to lose him. Rest well and peace and love to the many he touched.
Eric
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Into the great mystery now.
Rest easy Tyler.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there drunkenmaster.... say, may the good lord bless you, and all his friends and family through this very hard time...
my prayers to you and them all...
this is always very sad, thanks for sharing so that we can
pray (or send out our deep feeelings as well) for those that are hurting...
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Prod
Trad climber
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Nicely put. I am sorry for your loss.
Prod.
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NBB
Social climber
Boulder
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Tyler and I climbed together in Yosemite in 2009. He took a break from the guiding thing in Peru to come to the Valley and try to accomplish some free climbs - Astroman in particular, which we climbed together. He was a good partner. I'm really sad to hear about this accident.
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aw
climber
colo
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Tyler was a great friend to me for a short period of time. Sadly, I have not kept in touch with him these past 4-5 years, which makes me even sadder to hear this news.
I first met Tyler in Huaraz Peru in 2004. At the time he had been living there for the past year and a half, and was the true Gringo local. He spoke fluent Spanish, learned on a 5 month solo bus trip throughout Mexico and Central America, which made him a very convenient friend for all the clubbing and bar hopping in Huaraz, as he could actually communicate in Spanish, in the crazy loud clubs. He also knew every bartender in town it seemed like. At the time Tyler had been just climbing his heart out in the Cordillera Blanca, and also did an insane amount of mountain biking on the multitude of high altitude roads and trails in the Blanca. He was just getting into guiding.
The next summer I was hanging out in Huaraz and both Tyler and I found ourselves partnerless and raring for adventure. This was really convenient, since we were already great friends and drank together all the time anyway. Over the next month we embarked on a series of three adventures which still stand out in my mind as the best I have ever had in my 14 years of climbing.
We both agreed that one in particular was the most "perfect" climb we had ever done. I asked Tyler what peak he wanted to climb and he said he knew of a mountain that he had seen from another peak, called Mururaju. It wasnt super tall, I had never heard of it, we had no pictures, could find absolutely no beta at all. True onsight, all we knew was that it existed, and tyler assured me it would go. He found it on a map and sketched out our approach from the road. In the far southern reach of the Blanca, we didnt have the option of donkey's, so we formulated a ninja plan to attack the mountain. One day in, one day to climb the peak, one day out. We carried everything on our backs for 6 miles to basecamp beneath a stunning face. It was exactly what I would have asked for had I been given a choice. A tall rock face with ice runnells running all the way to the summit.
In the morning we started up the central gulley and found perfect ice. It led to more perfect ice, and more runnells, and more perfect ice. It was easier than we thought, and we were laughing out heads off at the sheer joy of discovering something so incredibly fun and unexpected. We raced up about 12 pitches of perfect ice, before encountering a huge, frozen cornice guarding the top of the face. It was about 20 feet tall and overhanging. It was my lead and i was nervous about the quality of the snow, but figured I could try to aid it on pickets if I had to. But I didnt. It was perfect ice, again, and I sunk one screw and hacked up to the overhanging lip, where I acutally had the chance to throw up my heal and press out the mantle around the overhanging lip above the 2500 ft drop. Surreal. I found myself on an absolutely flat top, literally about 3 feet from the true summit. It was super sunny, we were hot, and stripped down into t-shirts at 19000 ft. We rolled around laughing, having never experienced a more pleasant, less miserable, or more fun alpine adventure in our lives. We both knew how lucky we were. We both kept telling each other as long as we climbed we would probably not have a more perfect climb. The way down was a mellow walk off down a long low angle glacier, and we were back at the tent before 5 pm.
The other adventures we had will have to wait for another story. Tyler was a really safe climber. He was a mountain guide, and safety always came first. He wasnt a bro bra, out chasing the gnar, he just wanted quality adventures with good friends, safely. He spent most of the last 5 years hanging out in Peru and Colombia, while coming back to the states now and again to make some money by building zip line courses.
what a great guy, I'll miss you tyler...
andy wellman
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michele anderson
climber
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Tyler was my brother-in-law... my husband, Charlie & Tyler's mom are in Huaraz right now to celebrate this superb man and bring him back 'home'. Home being a relative term, as the world and its mountains were really his home. They are building a memorial with some of Tyler's amazing friends in Huaraz and will leave some of his ashes on that site, in the hills overlooking town.
I will show Charlie this site when he gets back ~ in all the shock and devastation, it is so comforting to hear all the people who knew Tyler and appreciated his very unique and lovable nature. He was an excellent climber and his attention to detail & safety kept his brother on the straight and narrow when they went out together. NBB - is it at all possible to email that photo you posted of Tyler in Yosemite? What a great shot of him in his element, we would love to have it. I don't know how these forums work, but I can post my email address if that is easiest.
All our best to all of you
~michele anderson
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aw
climber
colo
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A memorial service is being held in honor of Tyler Anderson today or tomorrow, Friday or Saturday, the 6th and 7th of August, in Huaraz Peru. Tylers parents and siblings have flown down to Huaraz to be there.
Tyler did not have a computer in South America, so he did not have many pictures to be found when he died. His friends and family ask that if you have pictures or stories of Tyler, to send them to this email address: ZAZUPERU@GMAIL.COM. They will be shown and read at the memorial service, and his family will keep the stories and photos as a remembrance of Tyler. Over the past 10 years he has literally made countless friends and had millions of adventures, it would be a shame not to put together a better record of what hes been up to all this time.
Thanks, andy
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aw
climber
colo
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Michelle,
I have some great photos to send you, but cant find the digitals, I only have hard copies. Send me your address to greenergrasspublishing at gmail dot com and I will put them in the mail to you and Charlie. So sorry for the loss to the family.
-andy
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elcap-pics
Big Wall climber
Crestline CA
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Sorry to hear this news.... it has been such a bad summer for our community. RIP Tyler... you were known and loved.
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Jingy
Social climber
Nowhere
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Didn't know'em, but give my condolences to the friends and family of Tyler.
Tragic ending to what sounds like a life well lived.
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Tea
Trad climber
Behind the Zion Curtain
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Condolences to all close to him.
The tribe has lost another good one.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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ouch. Thoughts to his family and friends. Turning out to be a sucky summer. As my gramma always used to say "only the good die young"
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Tyler was a friend of mine. I first met him at Zarela's in Huaraz, Peru, back in '02. We were working on her house, doing light constuction.
He began by guiding for her and others in town, like Ted Alexander from Sky line adventures. He was guiding for Mountain Madness on Yanapaccha at the time of his accident.
Tyler adopted Huaraz and Peru as his home away from home. Every season we would catch up and have a few(many) beers and shoot the sh#t, usually in the Vagamundo. Tyler had become as much as a local as a gringo could. He was even called "Huaracino" by the locals. He invested himself in his adopted people and gave much of himself. In return he was well liked and respected, not only as a climber/guide, but as a true friend of the people who lived in the mountains he so loved.
He was taken to Lima to be cremated and then back to Huaraz to have his ashes spread on the mountains he climbed. The service was this morning.
The last evening I spent with him was at Naresuan's 45 Birthday Party. There were many of our "little group " there that night. We were all drinking Wayne (Dr. Thrill) Crill's insanely strong Gin and Tonics.
Tyler was laughing , wearing that stupid, worn out sweater and full of life. He was seriously in love for the first time. He was looking toward the future, with high hopes and dreams.
This is how I will remember him.
Those of you who knew him or climbed with him may want to contribute to a memorial CD being put together by friends in Huaraz. Please send your contrbutions, pictures or anecdotes to
zarelaz@hotmail.com or zazuperu@ gmail.com
On behalf of Tyler's friends in Huaraz and in the states, I thank you all for your kind words. This has not been an easy thing for me to write, but it was a joy to have known him.
Tony
edit, sorry for the repeated information.I hadn't read the posts above yet.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Aw Hell. Never met him, but best of thoughts to family and friends.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Wishing Tyler well on his greatest journey. Hoping those left here feel the Love present in their Grief.
Peace
Karl
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Martha Jane
Mountain climber
seattle
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A group of 16 old friends of Mt. Madness from Seattle and a Sherpa friend went into the Cordillera Blanca in 2008 with Tyler and now hear that he died in those mountains he was so fiercely proud of and that he knew so well. My whole family is on the Ptarmigan Traverse right now, but on their behalf, I send the strongest and most deeply felt condolences to you all. Tyler was one of a kind – whip smart, wry, unattached yet thoroughly engaged esp. with the people of Peru. He loved and was demonstrably loyal to his crew and wasn’t afraid to show it – from the kitchen staff, mule herders and porters who obviously admired and felt close to him to his co-leaders with whom he seemed to have a disarmingly warm, brotherly relationship.
Tyler was so light on his feet and so trustworthy and calm. He showed us one of the most spectacular landscapes we've ever seen and introduced us to a beautiful people in a place he was happy to call home.
Farewell friend.
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