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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 15, 2009 - 01:56pm PT
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Back when my good friend John Steiger first became the assistant editor of Climbing, he went to see the Man about a Hangdog! This interview is pure Bachar and JS knew right where to work his arguments.Great stuff from Climbing October 1986.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Aug 15, 2009 - 02:04pm PT
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Great, Steve, thanks tons for this.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Aug 15, 2009 - 02:14pm PT
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Paging Bullwinkle... Bullwinkle to the courtesy phone.
(thanks for posting that up Steve... I'd forgotten about it)
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Aug 15, 2009 - 05:55pm PT
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Thanks for posting. I was smiling the whole read. That guy stuck to his guns through the sport phase, and came out the other end looking real wise.
Also, I had to laugh with the moritorium section. I wrote a song about Bachar after he died, and included a part about the moritorium. One of my lines had something about shaking like a leaf, because I knew he was scared on that climb. There he is quoted "I wasn't shaking like a leaf," awesome.
Anybody know if he ever soloed equinox? cuz that ryhmes with hot rocks.
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Gunks Guy
Trad climber
Rhinebeck, NY
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Aug 15, 2009 - 10:01pm PT
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Awesome! I remember that article. Had a big impression on me back then. Thanks for posting.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 15, 2009 - 11:34pm PT
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Whoa.....ah.....
Cool breeze blowin 'n sh#t.
That's the stuff kids!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 10:14am PT
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Bachar Bump!
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Aug 20, 2009 - 10:26am PT
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I think he's saying that Werner Braun is a dancer.
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fluffy
Trad climber
boulder
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Aug 20, 2009 - 10:55am PT
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great re-read
thanks for posting that
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kubok!3
climber
Austin, TX
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Aug 20, 2009 - 12:45pm PT
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What a great interview. Thanks for posting.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Aug 20, 2009 - 12:55pm PT
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1986 and Bachar was already saying Werner has been climbing a long time! Is he 108 years old yet?
THanks
Karl
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pk_davidson
Trad climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Aug 21, 2009 - 01:16am PT
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2 cool SG, I'd completely forgotten that article.
And it was written on the first PCs brought into Climbing via Steiger.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 21, 2009 - 02:43am PT
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Thank you again Steve for a great thread post. I missed this one, so it was very cool.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 22, 2009 - 10:39am PT
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JS did a really fine job on this piece and JB is right in the thick of the stylistic wrestling match and sharp as a razor!
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Aug 22, 2009 - 10:45am PT
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Thanks for the post, Steve. I still have this issue, and the article is one that really stuck with me. If I recall correctly, the P. Bard shot out the roof was also on the cover of Reader's Digest in the '90s.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 24, 2009 - 10:58am PT
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Reader's Digest---The home of extreme sports! LOL
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 29, 2009 - 12:51am PT
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One thing leads to another...From Rachel Da Silva's excellent collection, Leading Out- Mountaineering Stories of Adventurous Women, this thoughtful essay by Susan Edwards that mentions the thread piece by JB.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2009 - 10:49pm PT
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Dance Bump!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dance of the Woo-li masters?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2010 - 06:10pm PT
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I have been thinking about JB a lot lately as the snow melts this season.
Phil Bard wrote this excellent tribute for the Sept/Oct 1983 issue of Mountain.
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