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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2008 - 12:31am PT
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Hi Lynn. Peace to you tonight. Sending you a big hug.
Today my tears are of joy for Rowan and his new lungs!
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Sep 18, 2008 - 01:07am PT
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I'm kinda speechless,
but,
seems like this is one of the best things about this forum, Jerry, Lynne, the fellow who was holding on to his partner on GP during the avalanche, sheesh...and all who let it out a bit here,,,
Thank you for posting, Inspiring!
That almost full moon is commin up!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 18, 2008 - 02:17am PT
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Recent years seem to be as harsh or harsher than ever, a function of time and friendship I suppose.
A nice homage.
Thank You sir.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 25, 2008 - 04:53pm PT
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Updated for Ouch!, Frank, and James Welton.
So sad.
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Oct 25, 2008 - 05:17pm PT
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Thanks Jerry! You are a gem. I love that you added Frank to the Memorial, he did climb several 14,000 ft peaks....
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 25, 2008 - 05:59pm PT
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... with 5" legs, no less! A climber indeed. Wasn't there another 4-legged climber that passed on a short time ago?
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Jim Wilcox
Boulder climber
Santa Barbara
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Alan Nelson. Back in April, I believe
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2008 - 11:05pm PT
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Thanks Jim. Have any details? A link?
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2008 - 11:28am PT
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Thanks Jim. I put him in the April slot, though I didn't see any specific date in that thread. It referenced a point in time three months earlier.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Jerry, this Thread is more far reaching than you may realize.
People from throughout the world read the comments on supertopo and your climbers memorial and have made contact with some of us who have lost loved ones.
People connecting with others are together working through their so very difficult grief and slowly processing the, what can be overwhelming, emotional pain, hurts and hardships of losing their very special loved one.
Thank you.....
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2008 - 11:48pm PT
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Wow. Thats great, and warming on a chilly night.
Light a candle for our friends and loved ones who have passed on.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2008 - 09:50pm PT
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Bump for Benjamin and Laura.
And I'm just not sure how to deal with this: "[The] disaster was the latest in a deadly season in the Alps. According to figures..., almost 100 people died this summer in the French, Italian and Swiss peaks, most of them in the Mont Blanc range."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/25/france
A similar thing happened last summer as well.
http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP20/newswire-fatalities-alps-boermans
The vast number of fatalities in the Alps alone, that are largely unreported in the North American climbing press, show just how incomplete this list is. I have to wonder if anyone keeps global stats on this.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jerry
I would suspect that either UIAA or possibly a French mountaineering organization might, something like the AAC. . .
but that's just speculation on my part.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Thanks again Jerry,
Really gives us something to think about, besides all our insignificant day to day stuff.....
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 8, 2008 - 01:22am PT
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Here you go Sibylle
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