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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Jun 21, 2006 - 04:17pm PT
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I contacted Anguish to try and help him out and get that black and white photograph he mention posted. He responded and sent along this photo.
Included with this photo is this text from his email. I quote Angus,
"Daryl and I had just got off Wet Denim Daydream when he was set to do the 2nd ascent of PO Wall with his other friends. I remember him taking as much time to fold this red headband he is wearing as he took to worry about gear, etc. He knew he had to look good for this climb, and I think one of the pictures of him on PO Wall - in the bandana- remains among those that best identify him.
In any case, I helped hump a load up to the base of El Cap with him and one of his party. The other two were already started and on the wall. I took along an old Leica and was shooting B&W film. It might have had pinholes in the shutter and the film was likely developed in less than ideal conditions, considering I was a climbing bum at the time. Much of the role is fogged and the grain and contrast are crummy. I found the negative just after I did the obit for Alpinist. I managed to wrestle out this print with the help of a photographer here at the Jackson Hole News&Guide.
The picture needs no other explanation."
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daryl_hattens_daughter
climber
saskatchewan, canada
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2006 - 12:30pm PT
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aww thankyou soo much thats awsm!! haha its kinda funny but foir those of you who knew him iyt would probably say alot about his character...which isnt bad obviously but he seems liek he was a good guy.
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Jun 26, 2006 - 01:54pm PT
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Janelle - you're welcome. This thread is really cool. That photo is pretty classic. I had not heard of your father before this thread was posted. I've been a climber for almost 20 years - the history of climbing is important to me and the players from way-back-whenever are cool to learn about.
Cheers,
Doug
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Mar 12, 2007 - 01:25am PT
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Daryl Hatten was my first friend in Yosemite.
I didn't fit in anywhere and really had no friends and he was cool to me and made me feel at home.
He gave me encouragement to climb and that helped my confidence.
I was really lost and unhappy when I first got to Yosemite and he made me laugh and made me feel like I belonged.
I never forgot that.
He had style and integrity and was a sincere human being.
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daryl_hattens_daughter
climber
saskatchewan, canada
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Topic Author's Reply - May 7, 2007 - 03:57pm PT
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hey everyone...yea i kno its been awhile since i've been here but i said i would check back. i noticed there were a few more posts on here and i just wanted to thankyou all again. It's almost like a closure to me to know a bit more about my father. thankyou all, take care and good luck in the future,
xoxo Janelle
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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What stich said. In my limited dealings with Daryl, he was one of those guys. Running into him was always a little like coming home.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Hi again Janelle! (I'll PM you, so you know to look.)
I thought you might like the following article. It is from Mountain magazine, #61 - May 1978, and is in part about your father. Mountain magazine was then the leading English-language climbing publication.
The article is about the second ascent of the Pacific Ocean Wall, on Yosemite's El Capitan. Daryl did five or six routes on El Capitan altogether. On almost any photo of El Capitan (try google), the PO Wall is on the right, steep side - the crazy wall. When they did the PO, in June 1977, it was probably the hardest wall climb in the world, and certainly the hardest in Yosemite. A real accomplishment.
When I discovered this thread, and SuperTopo, last spring, I didn't have a scanner. But now I do, plus I thought you and others might like something more about Daryl. Hopefully Greg C won't mind my posting something in Daryl's honour.
Anders Ourom
A little OT, I've been thinking for some time about a memorial thread for Eric Weinstein. He died of liver cancer in early 1984, and was never really commemorated. I wonder if there's any interest, and enough stories and photos?
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daryl_hattens_daughter
climber
saskatchewan, canada
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Topic Author's Reply - May 10, 2007 - 09:37am PT
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wow again guys...thats soo cool....i never ever thought my dad was famous till i ran into this site...and im really glad i did. I love how much you guys have done for me,and other friends of my dads. i can't thankyou enough. p.s...IM GRADUATING SOON!!! :):)
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Double D
climber
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Jul 25, 2008 - 12:25am PT
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I knew I had a photo of Daryl (RIP) somewhere.
Daryl Hatten "Breakfast of Champions" just prior to Vern and Margaret's wedding in TM. 'Nuf said.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 25, 2008 - 12:32am PT
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Thanks, Dave - a marvellous shot! You may want to send a note to Janelle, so she knows the thread is reviving. Hopefully her address is the same.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jul 25, 2008 - 01:36am PT
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What a great shot!
Damn. That brings a tear to the eye.
Berg heil, Daryl.
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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Jul 25, 2008 - 02:49am PT
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That last photo as adjusted by Picasa. Picasa works well at fixing old faded scanned photos. If in doubt just hit "I feel lucky."
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 25, 2008 - 06:11pm PT
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About 20 messages back, I posted some pictures from the memorial we had for Daryl in late September 2004. It's a bit overdue, but now I'll add the backstory.
About 50 people in all attended, including Daryl's sister Darlene and her husband, and three who'd come all the way from California. It was a grey and showery afternoon. We met at the Stawamus Chief in late afternoon, and mingled, drank some beer, and swapped some stories. A chance to see many friends.
Most of us then hiked up the back of the Chief. We drank some beer and told more stories about Daryl, handing his Chouinard wall hammer from one speaker to the next. It has one notch for each grade VI Daryl had done. Jim Brennan had made a lovely wooden box for Daryl's ashes, and at the end each of us took some ashes and spread them to the winds. (Dave Yerian and friends later spread some of the ashes on the summit of El Capitan.)
We then hiked down. Scott Flavelle had cleverly brought a pickup full of wood, and suggested we have a bonfire on the old highway by Eleven Bolt Rock and Cacodemon Cave, the 'Psyche Ledge' where we all used to hang around and camp. It's now in the provincial park, so presumably fires aren't encouraged, but we did it anyway, and had quite a good time. Nightfall, and pouring rain, may have helped.
Ironically, at exactly this time, many of us were involved in opposing a proposal to build a tourist gondola on the Chief. It would have significantly changed the character of the whole area. With a lot of hard work, we were successful, and the developer backed off.
For the nostalgic, here's a photo of the site of our party, from 1978. The usual early morning scene. I don't think Daryl's in it, though.
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Double D
climber
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Jul 25, 2008 - 07:50pm PT
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Mighty Hiker...thanks for the story. That picture says it all. Canadians at their best, eh? The only thing that was confusing...it looks like the guy strolling towards the camera on the right side of the picture is eating something for breakfast... not drinking breakfast, eh? (-;
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 13, 2008 - 03:09am PT
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hey there janelle... i just found this by way of the more recent darly hattens post....
so, you may not be around at the moment, to see this:
the time may not have been right for you to enjoy your dad when you were young... but time does do unexpected things.... i am so very glad that now you have a treasure, and one that you have searched for, out of love...
i did not know any of the climbers or your dad (my brother did climbe in yosemite, and that is why i came here)---but i do know that when a daughter or son wants to earnestly know what had been missed so dearly in there life:
the good lord has a way of answering---in his time---and in his way---a way that will richly reward your search...
god bless you so much... you are the ongoing seed of something special left by you father... and may you have a life to bring out the joys and honors that he may have longed for in ways that a father, does...
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 13, 2008 - 01:35pm PT
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Here's the first picture that Stewart sent me. It's of Daryl, probably in about 1974, standing in front of the Black Dyke, on the Grand Wall at Squamish.
[Photo copyright (c) Stewart Wozny, 2008]
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 13, 2008 - 03:54pm PT
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The person with his back to the camera is Randy Atkinson. The balding guy on the right, who looks like he's eating from a bowl of cereal, was if I remember rightly one of Daryl's friends. I don't remember seeing much of Jock at that time. I'll post more photos from Stewart as they arrive.
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Anguish
Mountain climber
Jackson Hole Wyo.
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Aug 13, 2008 - 03:54pm PT
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Who are the other diners in Double D's picture?
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 13, 2008 - 07:08pm PT
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I just talked to Yerian on the phone yesterday and we both said how glad we were to have made it to Squamish for the Memorial. It will always stick out in my mind as the best memorial service a person could have or be at. You Canadians are awesome folks, take pride. Wayno--one of the three yanks who had the mind to show up.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 28, 2008 - 02:48am PT
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Stewart has sent me some more pictures of Daryl early in his climbing career, and asked that I post them. Here they are - hopefully I've got the captions straight. All photos copyright (c) Stewart Wozny, 2008.
"This one was taken maybe '74 or '75 and was taken near Victoria. It seems as though he's having a smoke break"
"This one had to be taken shortly after he got out of the slammer, and was taken on the same sea cliffs near Victoria. Note the Don Whillans hat (oddly enough, one of his heros.)"
"some sea cliffs near Victoria"
Daryl looks very young in the second photo, and all must have been taken in 1973 - 75. Stewart adds "there's considerable debate about when Daryl started his climbing career, but I can emphatically state that for all practical purposes that he would have qualified as a total beginner with little evidence of ability other than lots of enthusiasm. Needless to say, he turned out to be a fast learner.."
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