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Tami
Social climber
Canada
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 7, 2013 - 12:52pm PT
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Coke and Whores!?!!Not !!!!
Unless you've been living inside a brick you know BIG MIKE had an awful snowboarding crash & broke his back.
He's on the road to recovery & has a great cheerleading team but.......
.....this unplanned visit in hospital has obviously strained their finances.
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SO HERE IS THE FUNDRAISER and AUCTION if you wanna jump on in.**
Straight up donations to Mike's PayPal account:
m_cowper at yahoo dot com
AUCTION ITEMS CAN BE POSTED HERE TOO
My suggestion for that is to post a photo/s of the item plus a background on it ( e.g. THISSIZ a WOODEN WEDGE used on the FA of the GRAND.......or thissiz an AUTOGRAFFED copy of the old ANDERS 1980 guidebook!!!! ) as well as a time-frame on the auction ( five to seven days really seems to work well ). At the end of the auction, you send yer thing to the winner and the winner forks over the largess to the paypal account! ( or sends a cheque to Big Mike ! )
Watch out fer a painting going on the block in the next few days. Yes !!!!
And always stay tuned to http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2079402/Sending-Big-Mike-some-good-vibes for the latest on Big Mike's recovery.
Final note: this thread was agreed to by both Mike 'n' Sandra.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Final note: this thread was agreed to by both Mike 'n' Sandra.
Is this a first?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Is this a first?
It might be. I also promise to record all the funds and what they were spent on, so you guys know I ain't getting no free hookers and blow!! I will post a list as we go.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Help climber viciously attacked by Blackcomb thread. I'm down.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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I'm in, Mike seems to have a disproportionately large heart inside his already large frame.
Just make sure that my money goes toward the hookers and blow....or some sticky green. :)
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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How long will Mike be unable to work? Hopefully he's not a carpenter or something.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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I'm a window washer and I'm currently unable to work although most of my contracts don't come up until spring. At this point we still have no idea, but I would imagine it will be at least July until I am back to lifting ladders. I will have a couple guys working for me starting in may hopefully but I also need to be able to pay them.
Sandra is the one who is currently spending more money on gas coming down here all the time and missing shifts here or there to come help me with my recovery. I don't have any extended health so after I get out if here any equipment I need to get around will be covered by me, and a pass at the recreation center so I can continue my rehab.
I also expect to be coming back to gf at least once a week for follow up therapy once I am well enough to graduate. So extra gas for my truck, assuming I will still be able to drive.
Please, if you are in dire straights yourself don't even consider it. I will figure out a way to thank those who can, maybe some prints or something.
Anyways thanks for your consideration and ALL YOUR SUPPORT SO FAR!!!
I love the taco and this communities heart is larger than any of us can conceive!!
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MH2
climber
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Help climber viciously attacked by Blackcomb thread. I'm down.
This kind of thing makes the Taco worth watching.
Oh, yeah, the community support thing is pretty good, too.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Tami,
I'm having trouble finding the correct website for direct donations. Could you (or anyone else with the correct link) post a direct link?
Thanks.
John
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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I'm in. I've never actually met the guy but he seems like a great person and everyone needs some help from time to time.
I'm located in San Jose and am a professional bicycle mechanic. The going rate for a tune up around here is $75-$90. If you donate $50 to Big Mike I will do a full tune up on your bike. I have 7 years of shop experience and run my own mechanic business out of my garage / turned bike shop. Get your bike dialed and help a fellow taco member.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Good Luck Big Mike you can do this.
I will see what art I have that might be worthy to auction for you.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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I think I might be able to help with an auction item. Here's the deal:
Quite a few years ago, my first novel was shortlisted for the Boardman-Tasker prize for mountain literature. I thought it was a thriller about sex and drugs and rock and ice, but apparently it was literature to those Brits, and wound up taking second prize. (It was also shortlisted for a mystery novel prize in Canada.)
It was translated into six languages, anthologized, serialized, and if course eventally relegated to history.
But I managed to score a bunch of copies of the original hard cover edition, and I've still got them. Anyone who wants to help Big Mike and Sandra can contribute to the cause, and get a damn fine read in return. But no cheap'n'cheesy low bids to get a book. Give enough to make it hurt you and help them (whatever that amount is).
I'm sitting in the airport in Las Vegas right now, and won't be able to follow this thread much for a few days, but I know this amazing superhero climber chick in Vancouver named Tami, and I'm asking her to handle this for me while I'm out groveling up things that I wouldn't have given a second thought a decade or two ago.
David
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Ok. So you can donate directly to me by going http://www.paypal.com/ and going to the send money link.
My email is m_cowper@yahoo.com.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I really didn't want to have to write this post begging for money.
but then I realized that I would be selling you prints! Which would make me a professional photographer. Who might hopefully have some images posted some mags real soon.
So I'm down.
Peace. ;)
Edit to add print info
Ok so, I got my first donation of 30$. By Jon Beck Thanks Jon!!! I won't post your name here unless you want me to, shoot me a pm. So here is the deal.
5 bucks gets you a wall paper of your choice and size. (Max 1600x800)
30 bucks gets you one 6x9 print with no watermark
50 for two.
75 for four.
100 for six.
If you want bigger ones, I can do large panos ect, I'll have to find out pricing for prints and price accordingly.
Eventually I'll set up a webpage, but for now I have my Flickr page with over 1500 images that I have posted here on supertopo.
It's here http://www.flickr.com/photos/63748573@N07/
Ill try and organize it into sets a bit better, but for now you can try and remember when I posted it and go back to that date, or if you're having trouble finding a certain image, shoot me an email!
Once you figure it out, let me know via email.
It will take me awhile to get them printed and sent off, once I get my hands on my originals again which are at home in whistler.
Thanks alot for all your help!!!
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pocoloco1
Social climber
The Chihuahua Desert
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Chilo's Chile
www.chiloschile.com
1 case of salsa shipped to the Highest Bidder.
Bidding closes 12:01 am Pacific Time on 03-12-2013
Bids must be posted on this thread for a time stamp and to eliminate any confusion. Proceeds go directly to Big Mike.
Get well Big Mike, your attitude inspires!!!
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Do we bid by sending a PM to the person auctioning sumtin?
And that person will do a regular update of the bids? I'm a sucker (BIG) for auctions ... Wanna get the rules down....
Susan
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Awesome idea, Tami. Big Mike more then deserves a thread like this for all his positive contributions. Plus he's just a cool dude.
I will be watching the auction items closely! I always need more gear, even when I don't haha. I would personally love to see the bids out in the open - more exciting that way, IMO.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Alpinestars Tech 8s Motocross boots, size 10. I wore them maybe four times. Starting bid is $120.00. I'll pay shipping and highest bid pays to Mike's paypal. Bidding ends, sh#t I don't know.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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ok. This is on topic. I've got a new (ish) Dell lappy running windows 7. I have some stuff to put up for auction/sale, but when I insert the camera SD card with pics the computer does not show an icon for the SD card. I can't figure out how to access the SD card and download the photos to the hard drive.
Help.
Edit: Finding 7 pretty hard to understand as opposed to Vista in general; I'm not an IT guy.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Thanks Tami, really cool of u to start this up :-)
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Ok so, I got my first donation of 30$. By Jon Beck Thanks Jon!!! I won't post your name here unless you want me to, shoot me a pm. So here is the deal.
5 bucks gets you a wall paper of your choice and size. (Max 1600x800)
30 bucks gets you one 6x9 print with no watermark
50 for two.
75 for four.
100 for six.
If you want bigger ones, I can do large panos ect, I'll have to find out pricing for prints and price accordingly.
Eventually I'll set up a webpage, but for now I have my Flickr page with over 1500 images that I have posted here on supertopo.
It's here http://www.flickr.com/photos/63748573@N07/
Ill try and organize it into sets a bit better, but for now you can try and remember when I posted it and go back to that date, or if you're having trouble finding a certain image, shoot me an email!
Once you figure it out, let me know via email.
It will take me awhile to get them printed and sent off, once I get my hands on my originals again which are at home in whistler.
Thanks alot for all your help!!!
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