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coloradohigh
Trad climber
milliken, co
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 28, 2009 - 08:34pm PT
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was thinking of a friend the other day and a story he once shared with me came to mind.
For those of you who have been to vedauwoo know that it’s rather easy to access many of the climbs and allows for the non-climber type to venture around with great easy. On this particular day, Bob Scarpelli was partaking in a solo marathon of some crag. While doing his thang, a family with a couple of yougns took notice and watched in amazement for quite some time. Once done, Bob proceeded to walk down to the trail and in the direction of the family. As he approached them, one of the yougns spoke up, “hey mister, you must be somebody”. Bob looked at the boy, “no kid, I’m nobody”, and vanished into the distance.
fact or fiction?
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Oct 28, 2009 - 08:56pm PT
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under the warm wing of my girl,
i feel im sumbody.
curled up next to my kayak in the back of my camper
on a misty-meadow-autumn bivy,
i still feel im somebody.
i just chopped the heads off two sick chickens. had to do it so they didn't infect the whole brood.
then i felt like nobody.
i guess im somewhere in-between.
edit,
im sure that bob conjured up that response to the impressionable youth..
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 28, 2009 - 09:11pm PT
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I'm surprised Scarpelli didn't stick a beer can up his ass and them use him to clean his windshield.
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coloradohigh
Trad climber
milliken, co
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 28, 2009 - 09:17pm PT
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yes jim, only he would do such a thing and get away with it.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 28, 2009 - 09:40pm PT
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I believe that was one time after he soloed Horn's mother.
I think his statement was more like;
"Fuk no, I ain't shit! There are three or four guys like me at every climbing area."
He's gotten away with Way, worse!
A story he once told me, in a semblance of the original wording;
"I was pissed! waiting for somebody to meet me at the Nautilus. Who, never showed
These Greenies were hanging around the right tube... "craig said a hold broke off, now it's a twelve"
So, I was pissed and that didn't help so I started soloing the right tube. That, shut those gossiping greenies up! I got to the crux and tried to break of a crystal "Is this it? is this where it's 5.12?'
Dead silence. so I climbed higher, 'How'bout here? is this where it's 5.12?" no answer. I didn't really mean to do the whole climb, but I got to the top, hassling those kids every few feet the whole way."
"Sheesh, Bob, you really are an as#@&%e!"I said.
"you know me, Jay, I am!"
On a lighter note. someone many of us here know, was asked, after a feat of daring do, "Are you somebody? Are you Dale Bard?"
he got a good laugh, just telling me that story.
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coloradohigh
Trad climber
milliken, co
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 28, 2009 - 09:50pm PT
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oh man, the turns that stories take. some become major lombard streets.
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scuffy b
climber
Whuttiz that Monstrosicos Inferno?
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Oct 29, 2009 - 12:06pm PT
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No derring-do.
There were people at Generator Crack.
I just wanted to do the first 8 feet.
I walked to the base:
"Are you somebody famous?"
"No."
"Are you Dale Bard?"
"No, but I'm flattered."
So then I did the first 8 feet and came back down.
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