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Anastasia
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 24, 2008 - 03:50pm PT
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Happy Birthday my dear friend and may this be one of the best years of your life. May it be full of incredible surprises that make this a grand time to be alive.
AF
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 24, 2008 - 03:51pm PT
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Yeah John!
Especially with them new fangled glasses you got!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Mar 24, 2008 - 03:58pm PT
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yeah, what they said! Things are already looking up in the eyewearworld.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Mar 24, 2008 - 04:02pm PT
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Happy Birthday, John!!!!
Sorry the disc I sent was bunk, dude! I'm such a dumbass! Guess I better get on the stick since it's a special day!
Cheers!
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martygarrison
Trad climber
atlanta
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Mar 24, 2008 - 04:02pm PT
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gosh is he 39 again?
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Mar 24, 2008 - 04:07pm PT
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Good wishes as well on your B-day.
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Indiana
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Mar 24, 2008 - 04:08pm PT
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Happy B-day! If those belay specs can double as reading glasses, you may be able to double your sales with the senior ST'rs 'round here?
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F10 Climber F11 Drinker
Trad climber
e350
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Mar 24, 2008 - 04:12pm PT
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JB Happy bday, I hope your out hitting some rock, mind is in a couple days and I will be in JT. I guess spring time is as good as any time of the year to chalk up another one. jb
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Mar 24, 2008 - 04:14pm PT
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Happy birthday to you.
You design a great shoe.
You climb like a monkey,
And you now have a cool view.
Lame...
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 24, 2008 - 04:15pm PT
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Damn, thanks guys!
It was actually yesterday but all your Happy B-days make it all that much better.
Man, it's rough being 39!
heh heh, jb
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Anastasia
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2008 - 04:21pm PT
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 24, 2008 - 04:28pm PT
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Anastasia
Is that your pen name, Rohan. . .
LOL
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Anastasia
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2008 - 04:30pm PT
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You never know...
I might be using all of you for research.
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Wow! Look what I found... Bachar Stuff!
http://www.cafepress.com/bacharstuff
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Mar 24, 2008 - 04:38pm PT
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A belated Happy Birthday John. We really don't know each other and I think the last time I spoke with you was in '75 or '76. Best wishes.
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L
climber
Green grass and high tides forever...
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Mar 24, 2008 - 05:22pm PT
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Your favorite politician has just 3 little words for you, John:
Happy Birthday!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 24, 2008 - 05:44pm PT
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And Johnny has three for most everybody else. Dream On Sucka!
Mark Chapman photo from Fifty Favorite Climbs.
Keep on dreamin' JB and thanks for showing up and playing with us. Happy B-Day!
Time for the two iron, dude.
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TYeary
Mountain climber
Calif.
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Mar 24, 2008 - 05:47pm PT
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Hey John,
Happy Birthday man! I guess I owe you a bucket 'o beer now.
Tony
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Mar 24, 2008 - 06:16pm PT
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Happy Birthday, John;...you made it another year;...something to toot your horn about. Enjoy.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Mar 24, 2008 - 06:26pm PT
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Baby's got a brand new pair of shoes.
HBD, John.
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WanderlustMD
Trad climber
Lanham MD
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Mar 24, 2008 - 06:42pm PT
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Happy B-Day!
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Ouch!
climber
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Mar 24, 2008 - 06:55pm PT
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Happy Birthday. Sorry I mucked up your picture on your birthday.
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burp
Trad climber
Salt Lake City
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Mar 24, 2008 - 07:24pm PT
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All the best, bro! Keep cranking!
burp
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Mar 24, 2008 - 07:26pm PT
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long may you climb John,
you continue to be a real
inspiration.
Happy Birthday.
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rhyang
Ice climber
SJC
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Mar 24, 2008 - 08:15pm PT
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Happy birthday John !!
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Double D
climber
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Mar 24, 2008 - 08:16pm PT
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Happy Birthday John...you might think about asking for a rope this year!
Dave D
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graham
Social climber
Ventura, California
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Mar 24, 2008 - 08:21pm PT
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Yeah Happy birthday John!
Dave has a good idea Bro
Cheers
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Mimi
climber
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Mar 24, 2008 - 08:37pm PT
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Happy belated birthday, JB! Keep on crankin'!
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 24, 2008 - 08:37pm PT
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You still alive? Hehehe
Good thing too.
Happy Birthday John, and many more in the future.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 24, 2008 - 09:46pm PT
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Happy Birthday you old fart!
Thanks for showing us the way.
Still our hero: always will be.
Photo sequence by Bullwinkle
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Mar 24, 2008 - 09:48pm PT
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Yeah, Happy B-Elated Birthday John!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 24, 2008 - 10:00pm PT
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have a good one John... and many more to come!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Mar 24, 2008 - 10:50pm PT
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Gratulerer med dagen!!!
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SammyLee2
Trad climber
Memphis, TN
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Mar 24, 2008 - 10:58pm PT
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Got to add mine.
Dude. It is so fine to be able to communicate with a superstar of our sport. I know you would not and do not want that "title" and I appreciate that.
We've all said before, this is really the only sport were the "stars" will talk to the beginners. It let's me know that I am in the right place.
You have a very happy birthday and many, many more to come.
SammyLee
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Mar 24, 2008 - 11:05pm PT
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Happy Birthday to you from one that greatly admired your talent for many years.
Can we touch you now?
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Mar 24, 2008 - 11:12pm PT
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Happy B'Day John!
Hope you did something special, and you have a grand year!
Peter
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the Fet
Knackered climber
A bivy sack in the secret campground
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Mar 24, 2008 - 11:25pm PT
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Respect.
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 24, 2008 - 11:30pm PT
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Thanx again everyone - good to know I still got friends!
I did have fun - I went soloing in the Gorge (a few 5.8's and a 5.9). Then I had a putting contest with my son and friends....
I gotta go change my dentures and get some shuteye....hasta la vista amigos, jb
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east side underground
Trad climber
crowley ca
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Mar 24, 2008 - 11:32pm PT
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Ya bachar happy b-day, keep climing and riding for many years to come!!!!!!
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captain chaos
climber
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Mar 25, 2008 - 12:35am PT
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Happy Birthday John... hope all is good, from the snowy Himalaya- Craig
Last weeks turns in the Annapurna-
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 25, 2008 - 03:01am PT
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hey there... SAY, not sure if i am late, here...
but say, on your birthday, may you have good cheer...
and may guest abound...
and not just in your home, but all through the grounds, ...
of the great outdoors...
and, say, perhaps even to help with the chores...
may the year be a good one...
and even better than expected, when the setting sun, is done...
on each and every day, that fills it...
as i now say, 'happy birthday', for a year's perfect fit...
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Mar 25, 2008 - 03:16am PT
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Happy Birthday, Spiderman!
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Mar 25, 2008 - 11:39am PT
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Bert-day salutations from one of the Montucky gang.
Drive for show, putt for dough.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Mar 25, 2008 - 11:59am PT
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Thanks for ongoing inspiration, John.
You leave me shaking in my shoes.
Uh...in your shoes?
Love and respect,
Doug
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Mar 25, 2008 - 04:44pm PT
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Happy Bday Jack! Funk on!
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Ricardo Cabeza
climber
Meyers,CA
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Mar 25, 2008 - 04:51pm PT
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Happy Birthday Bachar!
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Bachar was born in 1957. He grew up in Los Angeles, California and started climbing at Stoney Point. He attended UCLA where his father was a math professor, but dropped out to climb full time. Obsessed with the sport, Bachar immersed himself in books on physical training and nutrition, and soon was able to outperform his fellow climbers.
John Long, whom Bachar met in the early 1970s, shared his interest in physical training and convinced Bachar to try free soloing, starting with the classic Joshua Tree route Double Cross (5.7). Bachar also put up notorious bouldering problems in Joshua Tree such as Planet X (V6) and So High (V5). The committing crux move of the latter problem is 25 feet off the ground[1].
Bachar made a name for himself in Yosemite with his unroped ascents of New Dimensions (5.11a) and The Nabisco Wall, a three-pitch affair (Waverly Wafer (5.10c), Butterballs (5.11c), Butterfingers (5.11a))[2]. Bachar's superb physical fitness gave him an edge; his campsite at Camp 4 was filled with exercise equipment, including the hanging ladders that became known as Bachar ladders. At his peak Bachar was able to perform a one arm pull up with 12.5 lbs of weight attached.[3]
Confident of his free soloing ability, Bachar posted a note in 1981 promising a "$10,000 reward for anyone who can follow me for one full day." No one took the challenge. That same year he put up Bachar-Yerian (5.11a) in Tuolumne Meadows with Dave Yerian. One of the boldest first ascents ever, the 500 foot face climb is protected by a mere 13 bolts, each one placed while tenuously hanging from a hook. Bachar was a vocal critic of climbing tactics such as bolting on rappel which came into vogue during the 1980s.
In 1986 Bachar and Peter Croft made an link up of El Capitan and Half Dome, climbing a vertical mile in under 14 hours.[4] In the 1990s Bachar free soloed Enterprise (5.12b) in the Owens River Gorge and The Gift (5.12c) at Red Rocks for the Masters of Stone video series. He was featured in the documentary Bachar: One Man, One Myth, One Legend (2005) by Michael Reardon.
Bachar lives in Mammoth Lakes, California and is Director of Design of Acopa International LLC, a company which manufactures rock climbing shoes.
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We all know this, it was just nice to find this on wikipedia. You're a star, John! Party like it's 1999! Yesterday...
Happy Birthday Dude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJmIN8RNBUg
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Mar 25, 2008 - 05:21pm PT
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Feliz ano, dood.
JL
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 25, 2008 - 07:12pm PT
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Thanks again everybody!
Largo, let's hook up for a Half Dome day at Josh again... heh heh
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dougs510
Social climber
down south
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Mar 26, 2008 - 01:06am PT
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Hey John,
Name's Doug and a I hail from Tennessee. I regret not having the opportunity to meet you thus far. You are indeed an inspiration.
Happy Birthday Bro,
Doug
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Mar 26, 2008 - 01:47pm PT
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Belated Birthday Wishes John:
First Lead of Acid Crack
Clean & Jerk
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Anastasia
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2008 - 04:46pm PT
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Bump because it never hurts to get a Birthday thread up to at least sixty post...
Smiles,
Anastasia
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Mar 26, 2008 - 06:11pm PT
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Belated happy bd. Remember, you're only one day older than you were yesterday.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Mar 26, 2008 - 06:40pm PT
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happy belated birthday !
it was an honor to meet you at the OR show this year. hope you are healing from that nasty pull dude - that has to hurt...
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lucho
Gym climber
San Franpsycho
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Mar 26, 2008 - 07:09pm PT
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Happy Birthday John! Hope all is well with you. Lookin forward to seeing you in the Meadows again this season. Take Care Man.
Lucho
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Loomis
climber
Lat/Lon: 35.64 -117.66
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Mar 26, 2008 - 07:10pm PT
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A little late, but Happy Birthday John!
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jgill
climber
Colorado
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Mar 31, 2008 - 11:18pm PT
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Happy birthday, John! You are the best.
John
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sawin
climber
Orange, CA.
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I think there is Spider and Spiderline documentation missing.
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