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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 14, 2006 - 03:56pm PT
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Mike Baker
Harald Berger
Charlie Borgh
Christine Boskoff
Eric Brand
Tom Burke
Daniel Carlsson
Sara Johanna Carlsson
Raleigh Collins
Jerry "Nikko" Cooke
Doug Coombs
David Dedo
Andres Delgado
Franco Dellatorre
Tony Devonshire
Danurbu Dorje
Tashi Dorje
Howie Doyle
Jimmy Ray Forester
Mikael Forsburg
Charlie Fowler
Hans Gmoser
Brian Hall
Heinrich Harrer
Kelly James
James Juarez
Steve Karafa
James Kim
Erica Kutcher (late 2005)
Jean-Christophe Lafaille
Jason Lane
Brennan Larson
Norman B. "Ike" Livermore
Nadim Melconian
Scott McAndrews
Alvin McLane
Karen McNeil
Dennis Miller
Eric Newby
Sue Nott
Roberta Nunes
Minga Nuru
P.J.O'Connell
Aidan Oloman
Heather Paul
Alfonso de la Parra
Nathan Thomas Parrish
John Gilbert Patterson
Ray Peters
Carlos Pinto
Raleigh Raleigh
Patty Rambert
Charles Walter Rosenthal
Emily Sandall
Dan Scott
Jeff Shoen
Todd Skinner
Vern Steifel
Charles C. Thompson
Dick Webster
Duncan Williams
Dustin Yoder
Kristen Yoder
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This list is too long, and sadly too short. There are others. Add them here in solemn rememberence of 2006. May it end quickly and in peace.
*updating as we go
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Louis
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Dec 14, 2006 - 03:58pm PT
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And a celebration to those who came too damn close to making the list. May you avoid it for many years to come:
John Bachar
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2006 - 04:04pm PT
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Cheers to that. Let's italicize those.
John Bachar
Bill Lundeen
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:11pm PT
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Raleigh Collins
Darrel Hatten
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scuffy b
climber
The town that Nature forgot to hate
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:11pm PT
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Dennis Miller
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:12pm PT
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Raleigh Collins
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:16pm PT
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I think you mean Charlie Fowler.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2006 - 04:18pm PT
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Thank you. Fixed it.
This is sobering.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:19pm PT
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Daryl Hatten died in August 2004. SuperTopia did have a nice visit from his daughter Janelle in 2006, which brought back many fine memories.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:21pm PT
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oops, my mistake. sorry about that. I was flipping through a tahoe guide yesterday and saw Hatten's name on the FA of Hemmrhoids in Flight (Leap), so his name was on my mind.
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:21pm PT
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Mike Baker,
a true desert rat!
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Jonny D
Social climber
Lost Angelez, Kalifornia
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:29pm PT
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Can someone elaborate on Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff, are they no longer around?
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Irisharehere
Trad climber
Gunks
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:33pm PT
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They are overdue, from an expedition in Tibet, where they were believed to be attempting an unclimbed ~6500m peak. There hasn't been anything in the way of freakish weather in the area where they were believed to be, so the possibility of some sort of accident is on peoples minds.
Search efforts are underway
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a.s.
Big Wall climber
SF, CA
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:39pm PT
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Dan Scott
(j-tree accident in January)
Serrator Crack
climbing his FA, Boriqua, in the creek
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:39pm PT
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I'm thinken they got arrested! That's just me thinken though!
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sling512
Trad climber
Chicago
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:40pm PT
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David Dedo
19 years old, wicked strong climber from Illinois. RIP my friend.
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:42pm PT
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Is that Jeff Shoen from Berkeley / Bay Area? What happened?
RIP Skinner, a good man with a good heart.
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scuffy b
climber
The town that Nature forgot to hate
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Dec 14, 2006 - 04:46pm PT
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Heather Paul (the Jackson Hole one, not the Colo one)
though she may have died before the New Year.
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Dec 14, 2006 - 05:01pm PT
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Never forget Nadim Melconian,aside from being a climbing badass he had a giant heart and a great spirit-
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2006 - 05:30pm PT
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:-(
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 14, 2006 - 05:31pm PT
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Andres Delgado and Alfonso de la Parra, of Mexico, reported missing on Changabang in October. Extensive searches apparently found no trace. (This was from a thread that ended in early November, with no update.)
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Dec 14, 2006 - 05:33pm PT
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Tom Burke. Great partner and great friend.
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toejahm
Trad climber
Chatsworth, CA
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Dec 14, 2006 - 05:35pm PT
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Nick Steinbacher
Nephew and Friend
Lost in Iraq
December 10, 2006
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2006 - 05:37pm PT
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Locker: Point well taken regarding our soldiers. We'll stick to the climbing community here.
Kenneth, Sorry to hear about your nephew.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 14, 2006 - 05:47pm PT
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Patty Rambert, the Mayor of the Sierra, fell on the north face of Mt. Mendel.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Dec 14, 2006 - 05:52pm PT
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John Gilbert Patterson. Died in November of '05, but I will post his name anyway. My brother, my acoustic music other half, and the one who decided the same day I did to "become a rock climber." We had many years of climbing together, and many adventures.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 14, 2006 - 06:08pm PT
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Hans Gmoser, in a bicycling accident. A very accomplished alpinist in the 1950s and 1960s, did a great deal to promote heli-skiing and mountain guiding in Canada.
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Twight is God
Mountain climber
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Dec 14, 2006 - 06:46pm PT
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Even though he died in late 2005, a name that deserves mention is
Jean-Christophe Lafaille
Perhaps the greatest all-around climber of this era, and maybe ever. 8000 meters, A5, M9, 5.14, ED+, you name it, he did it. His death is a sobering reminder that even for the most talented climbers, the mountains are still king.
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SamRoberts
climber
Bay Area
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Dec 14, 2006 - 07:07pm PT
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Norman B. "Ike" Livermore. Helped create Redwood National Park, stopped trans-Sierra road near Mammoth, started the wilderness conferences that eventually led to the Wilderness Act, etc.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 14, 2006 - 07:08pm PT
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I was told to delete the thread because anti-war activists can google the name and give further grief to families so this time I'll spell it backwards
doR nosdrahciR
killed by an improvised explosive device you know where.
This has been the toughest year yet.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 14, 2006 - 07:12pm PT
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Eric Newby. ("A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush")
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Mike Morley
climber
Nederland, CO
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Dec 14, 2006 - 08:03pm PT
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I agree with Ron, this has indeed been a tough year.
Scott McAndrews - lost in the Mammoth Mountain tragedy
and most recently Vern Stiefel. I considered both to be friends.
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KenD
Trad climber
Palo Alto, CA
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Dec 14, 2006 - 08:26pm PT
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Scott McAndrews
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lemon_boy
climber
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Dec 15, 2006 - 12:35am PT
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i hadn't heard about mike baker's passing. does anybody have any details? he was definitely a guy who loved finding obscure routes in the middle of nowhere, gotta love that.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2006 - 02:06am PT
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James Juarez
He was the third guy in the Mammoth incident, along with Scott and Walter.
Who were the guys killed in the avalanche just before that? One was a patroller.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Dec 15, 2006 - 04:18am PT
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Please add Jason Lane, climber of Bozeman Mt.
My first El Cap route partner.
Rolled his truck dodging a deer with no seatbelt on...what a shame.
RIP bro
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2006 - 04:59am PT
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Man, that's not what we like to hear. Be safe folks, especially AFTER you're off belay, driving and such.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Dec 15, 2006 - 08:51am PT
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Scottie McAndrews--fine man, heart of gold, sorely missed.
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darod
Trad climber
South Side Billburg
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Dec 15, 2006 - 11:39am PT
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Carlos Pinto, Chilean climber that on his first visit to the valley this past season, sent a number of great climbs, including Astroman, NIAD, Salathe in a day, HDRR in half a day, nothing impressive for current standards, but notable nevertheless...
Died on a climbing accident a couple of weeks ago, back home.
Also Franco Dellatorre, a Swiss explorer and mountaineer, possibly fell on a crevasse, while attempting a crossing of the Northern Patagonian Ice Cap.
RIP bro's
(what a long f*#king year this has been)
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Tani
climber
Vista, CA
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Dec 15, 2006 - 11:48am PT
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Jerry,
Are you referring to the avalanche in Blacksmith Creek near Bridgeport? Sara Johanna Carlsson, a patroller from Mammoth, was killed in that incident. Her two partners, CJ Pearson and Joshua Feinberg (also Mammoth patrollers) survived.
Tani
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flamer
Trad climber
denver
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Dec 15, 2006 - 12:01pm PT
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Lemonboy....Mike Baker Passed at home from natural causes.
A true desert explorer.
RIP.
josh
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2006 - 12:06pm PT
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Thanks Tani. That was the one.
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Dec 15, 2006 - 12:13pm PT
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Alvin McLane, another desert rat...
RIP all.
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Dragon with Matches
climber
Bamboo Grove
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Dec 15, 2006 - 01:10pm PT
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Heinrich Harrer.
Amazing man, amazing life.
Youth world champion ski racer
Escaped POW
Mentor to Dalai Lama
FA Eiger North Face
FA Mt Deborah
FA Mt Hunter
FA Carstenz Pyramid
Author "White Spider"
Author "Seven Years in Tibet"
Austrian amateur golf champion
Resembled Brad Pitt
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2006 - 01:20pm PT
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This year? How did I miss that?
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2006 - 07:52pm PT
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Bump.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Dec 17, 2006 - 08:34pm PT
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żAustrian amateur golf champion?
The mind reels.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Dec 17, 2006 - 08:39pm PT
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Definitely too many... RIP to all - we miss you much....
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Mom
Social climber
So Cal
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Dec 17, 2006 - 11:09pm PT
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As this year moved along and with each death in this community I knew it was going to be a very sad was going to be a very long and sad list... and the holidays are yet to be over. May those of us left covet each and every day with new awe and wonder... may our fallen rest in peace... as long as we remember them they are never really gone.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 18, 2006 - 01:10pm PT
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Kelly James
Still holding out for the other two on Hood.
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Paul_in_Van
Trad climber
Near Squampton
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Dec 18, 2006 - 08:32pm PT
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Aidan Oloman
Feb 26, 1976 - Jan 14, 2006
Missed by many, RIP.
Paul
Edit: corrected birthdate, thanks Jerry
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 18, 2006 - 10:49pm PT
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Paul, you may want to double check those dates. Who was Aidan?
Edit: http://www.aidanoloman.com/
1976-2006
Thank you for sharing Paul.
Aidan:
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 19, 2006 - 02:30am PT
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Councillor Ray Peters, of Squamish, in April. A staunch friend of the climbing community, and of hikers, mountain bikers, and trails.
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Anastasia
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Dec 20, 2006 - 09:33am PT
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This brought tears to my eyes.
Steve, I can never forget and neither do I wish to...
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Howie
Trad climber
Calgary, Alberta
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Dec 20, 2006 - 11:47am PT
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Can't speak.
Lump in my throat. This list is too long.
Please climb safe.
H
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Conrad
climber
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Dec 20, 2006 - 03:07pm PT
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Harald Berger, ice mixed and rock climber from Linz, Austria, was killed on the 20th of December when the ice climb he was climbing collapsed.
The 34 year old man is survived by his expecting wife. The climbing community here in the US extends heartfelt condolences to his family and close friends. This is very sad.
In addition to being a three time world ice climbing champion he pulled hard on the stone.
Be strong Hari - you are in our thoughts.
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ice ninja
Mountain climber
pittsburgh, pa
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Dec 20, 2006 - 03:09pm PT
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that happened today?
I am sorry man.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 20, 2006 - 04:21pm PT
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Thanks for sharing Conrad. Sorry to hear about that.
I regretfully moved up the two guys from Mt. Hood. Jerry Cooke and Brian Hall
What do you guys think of adding a photo next to the name of each of these so they aren't just names on a list, but reflect the character of our friends and brothers? Perhaps you can edit your posts to include photos?
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Tahoe climber
Trad climber
a dark-green forester out west
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Dec 20, 2006 - 05:19pm PT
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Erica Kutcher
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Dec 21, 2006 - 02:06pm PT
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Addendum on Hari Berger:
His wife is no longer expecting. Hari and Kirsten's daughter, Zoe, was born last night after Hari's death.
The cycle of life continues... thankfully.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2006 - 03:50pm PT
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Charlie Fowler
Christine Boskoff
~sigh~
This thread really hurts.
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slobmonster
Trad climber
berkeley, ca
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Dec 27, 2006 - 09:19pm PT
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a.s. -- thanks for posting those photos of Dan. He & I climbed together in Ouray quite a bit, when we both lived there, '98 & '99. I hadn't heard of him in years, though we seem to be following somewhat similar paths... and the news from J Tree last January hit hard.
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Garlu
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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Brutal. So much good that would have been both in the mountains and the hearts and minds of their friends and families lost. But ask yourself this did the thought of giving up the game ever cross your mind while making your way down the list? I’d venture to say most who died didn’t either when they encountered these lists and saw people they knew. I hope they took the time to truly envision the possibility of their demise and decided to reach for the next hold anyway. It seems to me that if you can do that your precious last seconds are filled with thoughts of love and joy not regret and fear. Maybe that kind of regret is worse than death. In my ears I hear Jim Carroll screaming “those are people who have died, died they’re all my friends why did they have to die”?
Sorry, death makes me wax poetic. James Kim-nice touch. Btw.
Namaste, Y'all
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jcobb
Mountain climber
Edmonton, AB
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Ugh, this sucks. Important to try to keep your eye on the good stuff, not the bad; find their presence in your life, even though they may be absent.
Tony Devonshire, from this past fall here in Alberta. A link: http://www.citytv.com/calgary/yourcity_36800.aspx
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okieterry
Trad climber
Norman, OK
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Thanks for listing my bud "Jimmy Ray". Could you put his last name on there too? It's "Forester"
Jimmy climbed in Yosemite many times (he did 14 El Cap routes). He died on the day after Thanksgiving while free soloing a route at El Potrero.
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easywombat
Mountain climber
London, England
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Duncan Williams, aged 32, on Ama Dablam on 14 November 2006. Five others died with him.
RIP
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Seems unlikely that we'll see such a devastating year for climbing for a long time.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
California somewhere
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Erica Kutcher's death was actually in July of 2005 Jerry, not 2006. Just a heads up. I did a number of climbs in 2006 with her glowing smile still etched in my head. She'll never be forgotten.
Unfortunately, I still know people on this list for 2006. Burke was awesome. Many a fun day putzing around doing FA's with him, Todd, Tucker and the crew. I miss the guy.
Hope 2007 brings a much smaller list of those not sharing the rock anymore.
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kirra
climber
Golden
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P.J.O'Connell ~ RIP March 23rd, 2006 ~ While riding his bike.
An wonderfully impressive and caring individual to his wife Carolyn; his children, Kathleen - Ellen - Mike - Dan - Joe & Shannon; his friends to numorous to mention; and his climbing companions in the Sierra C3 Club and the Arizona Mountaineering Club.
P.J. - I'm even more impressed to discover you were 70-something -- I figured 50...possibly. We will all miss you but thank you for leaving us such an inspiration of strength behind.
RIP P.J. ~ God Speed ~
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 5, 2007 - 06:47pm PT
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Thanks for the updates. Do we know who the other five were on Ama Dablam?
-Peace
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KevinC
climber
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Let's not forget:
Dustin Yoder
Kristen Yoder
Brennan Larson
the three college students who died on Artesonraju. Great kids who passed way too soon. RIP guys.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Where the Yoder's related to Jim Yoder? thx
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Ricardo Carlos
Trad climber
Off center, CO.
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Raleigh Raleigh
I received a call from a beach and sailing day’s friend. Had not seen her for years, so I was even more surprised when the reason she called was Raleigh landed in her Palm Springs Pool. I did not know that Raleigh after the film gig on EL Cap started hang gliding and base jumping
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easywombat
Mountain climber
London, England
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The other five on Ama Dablam were the Sherpas Tashi Dorje, Danurbu Dorje and Minga Nuru, and the Swedes Daniel Carlsson and Mikael Forsburg.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2007 - 01:33pm PT
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That brings us to sixty two for 2006. Erica was '05 but I'm leaving her there. Is this the entire list? Trying to keep it to the climbing community.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville
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Jan 11, 2007 - 06:34pm PT
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Author:
joepuryear
climber
From: Leavenworth, WA and Talkeetna, AK
R.I.P.
Charlie Borgh
April 20, 2006
http://mountrainierclimbing.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_mountrainierclimbing_archive.html
I met this young man at Jtree a few years ago.
I was cruising the loop at HVCG on my motorcycle and looking for a site. I stopped and asked a young couple if they were leaving that night. Charlie walked up to me, extended a hand and asked me if I would mind sharing the site with him and his partner.
I stayed for 4 days with Charlie and his girlfriend Kristina. They were great company. They were down from Washington state and soon they were both returning to school. They asked me to take them on some classics and I was only too happy to oblige these eager and friendly climbers. Charlie was strong and was soon leading at my ability, although he had told me he had only been climbing a couple of years. He was a bold and fearless leader and was always a good belayer. We went on night climbs and stayed up late by the fire talking of past and future adventures.
Charlie was a bright, witty, strong young man. He was full of positive enegy. He was passionate about climbing and life in general. He was fearless.
When I left for home we assured eachother we would head out to the valley for some "big things" soon.
Charlie emailed me a few months later and asked me to join him on his first bigwall on the column. I was too busy working and did not make it.
I regret not going.
I read of Charlie's death here on this thread today.
I am so very sorry to hear this news.
Rest in peace my friend, you are in my thoughts.
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Philippe
Trad climber
nederland, co
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Jan 13, 2007 - 09:20pm PT
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dan, almost a year, not a day goes by...miss you, see you on the captain?
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Trusty Rusty
Social climber
Tahoe area
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Jan 14, 2007 - 01:39am PT
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Here's a few other climbers-
Steve Irwin
Glen Ford
Don Knotts
Dennis Weaver
Saddam Hussein
James Brown
Slobodan Molosevic
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 4, 2007 - 05:47pm PT
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Thanks. Posted Mike in the '07 thread.
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