Mussy Nebula: "The Insult Continues" Part IV

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Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 12, 2006 - 04:15pm PT

Put the coffee down and back away from the keyboard Roy.

To catch up, risk all and go here:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=164463&f=0&b=0#msg165569

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Mar 12, 2006 - 06:45pm PT

be it animals or the chilluns, if yer looking for quality child care, LEROY is the au pair of choice.

(rates and references available on request).

note TEAM DEADLY shadowbox on the wall, and 1st generation FISH products leopard skin toiletries bag on the desk

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Mar 12, 2006 - 06:50pm PT

'tar, if we keep this nonsense up indefinately we damn well MAY crack the speed of sound and bust a move on that there STONEDblaster thread/s......

Klimmer

Mountain climber

San Diego

Mar 12, 2006 - 11:56pm PT

Gawd, I feel like I entered an alternate Universe in these long "Mussy Nebula" threads - wow! Weird stuff man. What the hell are you guys smoking, drinking, or dropping?

Here is someone I got to meet through rather unusual circumstances at the Mountain Room bar in YV -- Earl Redfern. I met him through a mutual friend Joe Yaggi.

Joe, a friend, climbing partner and fellow "SDSU Leisure Connection" outdoor leader and I, lead a trip to Yosemite with a van full of European and Asian foreign exchange students who were learning English at the American Language Institute at SDSU in the Fall of 1988(?) It was bitter cold on that trip and snowing in the Valley, so we inevitably did short day hikes all over the place, visitng the museum, van tours etc. and spent the evenings in the Mountain Room Bar dancing late into the night before crashing in large group tents in the reserved campground each night.

Joe knew Earl, and one evening we all met-up at the MRB and Earl immediately hit it off with some of the girls on the trip (and definately ending up sleeping with one of them later that night). On the same trip, I met a very pretty (and rich) participant, a Chinese woman named Theresa. We ended up dating for awhile afterwards back in SD (all I can say is wow!)

Anyway, after a nice evening of group dancing he invited a van full of us to his place in El Portal, and we witnessed a private slide showing of some of his latest Baffin Island multi-element big-wall ascents. We all ended up crashing at his place afterwards and drove back to the valley in the morning.

Earl's team intented to Skydive into basecamp, do a 1st Ascent route on Thor(?), and paraglide off the summit. The static line jump ended up getting cancelled at the very last minute, the climb was successful, and they didn't end up paragliding off the summit due to inclement weather but rapped instead. Still an amazing adventure. Earl was way out-there combining incredible sports together into one amazing multi-element adventure. He left a very big impression on me. He was a visionary.

He was also really into designing great outdoor adventure clothing, with the trade name "Thor" and everyone on the team wore his climbing garments. I hear they were and are pretty coveted garments. He even designed a multi-level "condo like" bigwall bivy-ledge the team slept in together. He was into everything, even BASE jumping, and had one of the coveted BASE patches for jumping off The Captain. He was also a private pilot. He did so many things and very well. Very inspirational individual and very cutting edge.

Saw Earl again in San Diego, and we talked for awhile when he came down to give a slideshow at the Sports Chalet. We shared good memories of that night in Yosemite and El Portal. Like I said, he was way ahead of his time in my opinion. I still feel that is the future -- doing all these activities in one grand multi-element adventure and pushing the envelope in many different directions all at the same time. You have to be good at many different things not just one. A Will Gadd kinda climber. What an absolute grand adventure.

I miss him.

Russ Walling

Social climber

Same place as you, man...... (WB)

Mar 13, 2006 - 12:42am PT

Tardaddy: see if you can add to my story on the Danny Granduski thread... party at our house in JT, slide show on Dannys ass... kinda like this pic:

oh... and here is Strappo standing outside the TimeMachine in the Lodge lot.... Yummy!!!

Russ Walling

Social climber

Same place as you, man...... (WB)

Mar 13, 2006 - 01:12am PT

Dick always was real good with animals and children.

The Merced was always good for some diversion back in the day

On our way back from Juarez after a Grade VI tequila binge:

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Mar 13, 2006 - 01:23am PT

yo fish, beleive it or not the current hueco contingent beleives they invented bouldering -- at hueco, no less -- and that you and gill and cilley and murray are simply the contrived deluded inventions of a few deluded has-been never-were as#@&%es like me....

oh fukk, waitaminnut......

Tarbuster

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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 13, 2006 - 04:58am PT

Yeah Russ i was hopin you would draw some fire onto that faited jtree bash, involving a slide show on Dan's passed out carcass.

I'll bust on over there threadside and see 'bout it.

'Nice bit on Redfern Klimmer, he was quite a guy, wore a sport coat to trade shows, seemed kinda amped and sqeezable...

Man, are we doin' Leroy PROUD or Whut!?

Ya, sports fans, I took thread notes on the flight back from Boston tonight and am ready for ramming speed... Let's git this jalopy rollin'. I think I smell Stonemaster oil burn up ahead-

"We know who's got the biggest Dumptruck"

Tarbuster

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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 13, 2006 - 05:26am PT

Sometimes, Guys Had Ta Werk Fer a Livin'

But we never compromised our STANDARDS.

Tarbuster

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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 13, 2006 - 05:55am PT

So, Bruce Brossman Did a Really
Good Job of Indulging his guides at YMS.
In Tuolumne, We had the Rat Room, a place where we cooked and ate. We had really great parties outside, replete with bonfires, Tiki Torches, A full stereo with records of Dwight Yoakam and the Like.

One night, a camper asked us to quite down and Bruce Told him "Fuh-Getaboutit!!!"

TM Herbert was there every Friday all Summer Long (Still Is).

Leroy

climber

Mar 13, 2006 - 06:01am PT

Ya, Cilley Barber ,Thats the ticket.Did the first ascent.With my first wife ,Whitney Houston,Who I´ve seen naked.Barber didnt even make it out of the bar.But we included his name on the first ascent out of pity.Left whitneys name off because hey,she gets enough publicity.

Jobee

Social climber

El Portal

Mar 13, 2006 - 10:35am PT

...utt-ohhh "help me Mr. Wizarrrrd"! Neb sucked me back in.

Yo Leroy...looking smart with that living slinky i've got a couple in my back yard if your'e still into snake charming!

jow

Tarbuster

climber

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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 13, 2006 - 12:52pm PT

Hey Jobini,
Here's me 'n Lisa in Boston over the weekend:
I call her the "Bunny", cuz she sets the pace like one of those motorized bunnies at a dog track (the one no dog ever catches).

Russ Walling

Social climber

Same place as you, man...... (WB)

Mar 13, 2006 - 01:02pm PT

Holy shit!!! That is the recent incarnation of Roy!!!!!!! Use the edit button man and get that thing off the page. You were doing much better about 23 years ago... let's keep the memory alive.

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 13, 2006 - 01:14pm PT

Serial Killer is right. If you look close, and I don't recommend it, I have braces too, so the resemblence to "Jaws" from the Roger Moore 007 film is quite striking...

Plus, T*R has been baraging me with cute little EMail notes, so this should eclipse that once and for ever.