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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 10, 2012 - 02:51pm PT
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From Rock and Ice Number 7, March 1985 (cross-posted with the Porcelain Wall thread)
Does Neal Kaptain lurk here? I only met him once, bouldering at the Joe Brown Boulder at Roubidoux, maybe 1989 or 90. He must've had fun with this. Too bad Galen isn't around to chime in.
Side note, could the caption be right for that image of Harding on the Moose's Tooth? That doesn't seem like a climate that'd be forgiving of Daisy Dukes. Then again, Batso was harder than most.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Mar 10, 2012 - 03:43pm PT
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Thanks for posting that article, Marty.
Harding was always one funny and interesting character.
Good read, thanks!
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Mar 10, 2012 - 03:49pm PT
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neal has done some drive-bys.
he's not likely to become a regular poster.
heh
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 10, 2012 - 04:43pm PT
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Great find Marty!
To save my neck you really need to upright scan each page or rotate the double page ones.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 10, 2012 - 05:25pm PT
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"I don't give a rat's ass if someone chops my route...I'm not building highways."
Damn, I love that guy.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 10, 2012 - 06:16pm PT
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The photos are all upright on my screen. What gives? Try hitting refresh on your browser. If that doesn't work I can try to reload them. Sorry about that.
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wildone
climber
EP
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Mar 10, 2012 - 06:42pm PT
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Thank you SO much! One of the most entertaining interviews I've ever read. I wish climbers today wouldn't take themselves and everything else so goddamned seriously. It's ridiculous. If you can't laugh at yourself, and the absurdity of everything that we take so seriously, like Warren could, you're missing out on a lot of laughs in this short life we have.
Semper Farcissimus!!!!!!!!!
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Mar 10, 2012 - 06:53pm PT
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that early run of rock&ice that neal did was pretty remarkable for a punk upstart journal.
jim holloway to warren harding.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Mar 10, 2012 - 11:06pm PT
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Thanks marty(r)!
All hail to the great Warren! What a character, what a tough dude.
Interesting question regarding the Mooses Tooth caption with Harding climbing shirtless and in Daisy Dukes . . . must be a typo. But then again in the right conditions . . . who knows? I think he looks like a solid free climber in that photo, immortalized in space and time. I read "Downward Bound" in my formative years and have never been the same since.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Mar 10, 2012 - 11:48pm PT
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Great find!
Warren is one of my all time favorite climbing characters.
Always entertaining, always accessible.
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Dirk
Trad climber
QUEENS NEW YORK
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Mar 11, 2012 - 03:00am PT
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Thank you for posting this. God bless Batso.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 11, 2012 - 03:20am PT
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Thanks for the correction Marty!
Great Batso material.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Mar 11, 2012 - 03:30am PT
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One of my early partners was an et al. on that climb and also on the fiasco on the nose reunion......I miss Warren....
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pimp daddy wayne
Gym climber
Manchester, VT
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Mar 11, 2012 - 01:11pm PT
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Nice one!!!
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Ryan Tetz
Trad climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Mar 11, 2012 - 06:41pm PT
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Awesome wish I would have got to see one of his slide shows!
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Mar 12, 2012 - 09:11am PT
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i have a very good copy of this mag for sale.
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elcap-pics
Big Wall climber
Crestline CA
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Good stuff! I met Warren back in 69 and hung out with him from time to time BITD. He had a great sense of humor and was friendly to all climbers. I miss him still. Thanks for the post, I hadn't seen the interview before.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Three things:
1. Warren's pointing in the direction of the wine re-fills.
2. It's Susie Condon, NOT condom (an inexcusable typo)!
3. Is the $2.00 price still good? If not, how much will it take?
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eagle
Trad climber
new paltz, ny
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great article. i was always more of a harding fan than a robbins fan.
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