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Brock
Trad climber
RENO, NV
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Mar 22, 2009 - 06:42pm PT
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1. Rob Shibao. My former chemistry professor for taking me out for the first time climbing...On an overhanging 5.11c crack ("Just do a hand jam"..A what?). I was hooked ever since. He taught me the ethics of climbing cleanly.
2. Dave Griffith. "YSD/ D-Griff" for doing laps on the same 5.11c that same first day...I was impressed.
3. Tom Herbert. For the K2 movie stunt work that got me so interested in climbing. And for later on teaching me better technique to improve my climbing.
4. Dave Burridge: My climbing partner for the past 19yrs.
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Mar 22, 2009 - 09:53pm PT
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Here's my top 25;
Warren Harding
John Bachar
Ron Kauk
Jim Bridwell
Mike O Donnell
Roger Breedlove
Peter Croft
Steve Gerberding
Scott Stowe
Dave Bengston
Steve Schneider
Perry Beckham
Chris Mc Namara
Hans Florine
Brian Mc Cray
Ammon Mc Neely
Erik Erickson
Conrad Anker
Larry Zulim
Bill Price
Michael Haag
Kevin Stricker
David Russell
Brad Zdanivsky
Ben Folsom
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Rockin' Gal
Trad climber
Boulder
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Mar 23, 2009 - 03:40pm PT
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1. Lynn Hill, who showed me in 1979 a girl could be better than the guys
2. Phil Bard, photographer and all-around Valley climber
3. Sue Foley, my first climbing partner who worked at the Ahwahnee
4. Alan Nelson, RIP, nerves of steel
5. The Werner Brothers, Peter and Michael, RIP, who let me tag along
6. Allen Steck, a class act still climbing
7. George Bracksieck, who gave me the opportunity to turn climbing into a job
8. Bill Critchlow, the safest person I ever climbed with
9. Cindy Trotter, an Indian Creek expert
10. Coral Bowman, who I am still in awe of
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Bump it
Contribute!
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Gobee
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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(Hero's)
Royal Robbins
Jim Bridwell
Steve Schneider
John Barbella
John Bachar
John Long
Ron Kauk
Lynn Hill
Peter Croft
Erik Eriksson, my #1
(Who I climbed with)
Kirk "Tage" Montgomery
Dan "Woody" Woodward
Stan Sharp
John Barbella
Steve Schneider
Ed White
Ken Kliss
Steve "Crusher" Bartlett
Mike Ayon
Erik Eriksson/"E"
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sully
Trad climber
CA
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Lynn Hill
Jo Witford
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superbum
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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CJ Pearson
Royal Robbins
Peter Croft
Steve House
Mark Twight
John Long
Greg Child
Greg Crouch
Jim Donini
Cullen Kirk
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scooter
climber
fist clamp
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gotta love CJ Pearson. Smart, solid climber, good bro. Always good to see when a good friends name pops up more than once on a list like this.
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oldcragger
Trad climber
Truckee,CA
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Royal Robbins: For teaching me what I needed to get started
Jeff Sewell(ymon) For getting me on the sharp end and my first unroped solos
Randy Vogel: For selling me my first rope and the Joshua Tree Bible
John Long: For his stories, motivation and the memorable day I was belaying next to him while I laughed my ass off as he guided some anorexic Hollywood models up a slab and then later that day when we carried a litter together with a guy that cratered on Guillotine.
Bachar: For selling me my first Aces and everything he did
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
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Liza Anderson
Dave Hitchcock
Dave& Phil Bircheff
The Bards
Chuck Cochrane
Vern Cleverger
Donny Reid
Jeff Mathis
Billy Nickel
Walter Rosenthal
Thank you 10 and all my friends
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Radish
Trad climber
Seki, California
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EC Joe.... for sure........
Ron Carson.....
John Barbella.....
John Bachar.....
Greg Epperson....
Todd Gordon.....
Royal Robbins....
Fred Beckey......
Jim Bridwell.....
Peter Croft....
Herb Leager....
Heidi Wirtz.....
Joe Trapeeneese....
Larry Zulium......The best valley crack climber I know, and he's 60..
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Royal Robbins
Trad climber
Modesto, California
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Top Ten who influenced me? Let's see...
John Muir, Clarence King, James Ramsey Ullman(the last two not because of their routes bur rather because of their writing), John Salathe, Walter Bonatti, Don Whillans, Joe Brown, Henry Barber, Peter Croft, and John Bachar. I choose most of these individuals because they did things I wish I had done or could do.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Hi Royal,
Do you remember your quip about Don Whillans?
Paraphrased: "There is no one else, other than Whillans, I would rather be with in a tight spot in the mountains....Unless only one of us were to come out alive."
Maybe you wrote it somewhere; I only remember you saying it around a camp fire.
Also, did Joe Brown come to the Valley in the early 70s? I recall that he did, quietly, but no one remembers.
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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The Syndicata- all ya'll. Actually, all AZ pioneers/hardmen
Steve Elie- 80's mentor
Evetree- beanfest mushies
Kerry Estey- smooth female energy/footwork
Jim Erdman- the best partner ever
All The Derels(DRLZ)- Colin, Matty, Farmer, Black, Charley
Croft
Kamps
Ben Moon
Bachar
edit- gotta add Charlie Fowler. He validated my "quesadilla- every-morning-for-frugality-reasons". Inspiration!
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Knave
climber
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Climbers that I've climbed with that made lasting influences:
Chris Gonzalez (introduced me)
Terrence Phillipe (influenced me early on)
Chris Clifford (inspired me to train, but not too much)
George Conner (keeps me grounded in ground up ethos)
Dave Croy ( a confidante and friend in the Hills)
Sean Malee ( a polymath that keeps the fire)
Sean Kinny ( Heal your elbows and get back out here)
Erik Hurst ( always fun and happy go lucky )
Scott Frye and Steve Moyles (through REI Berkeley days)
Climbers that I've respected from afar:
Messner, Robbins, Chouinard, Pratt, Several Lowes, Bridwell, Kamps, Barber, Long, Stump, Bacher, Croft, House and recently Honald. Certainly more but
these guys come to mind when I look at the pinnacle in my estimation. They havn't so much directly influenced me as make me appreciate the states of the art from the perspective of a recreationalist with only a few notable ascents. Oh and Illgner's Book helped me wrestle with a few demons, though I still tend to sew the pro at times in a fear based manner.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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All folks who I know personally and who are/were influential partners, mentors, or heros, in no particular order:
Mike Libecki
Peter Croft
Chris McNamara
Eric Berghorn
Hans Florine
Tom Addison
Galen Rowell
Jim Lundeen
Alex Lowe
Kevin Jorgeson
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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"weschrist
and of course
weschrist "
I love it! he makes sure, in case you'd missed it, that he is, indeed an aszhole! Even if he Can, climb.
Good fer him!
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Shivasana
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I should add Tony Yeary. He's one of those teachers who were teaching me even before I knew him! Must be a past life thing!
Eric
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Perhaps the most influential for me is a climber who's name I do not know. It was my first day at the Gunks, and we were walking to do my first climb. Along the way I stopped and watched a good climber lead Retribution. He floated up the rock with a power, grace and joy in movement I had only seen before at the ballet. My life was changed forever in that moment. It was 1972.
A few other climbers who had a direct impact on me, in no particular order...
John Guibord
Rick Morse
Mike Loughman
Erik Ericksson
Bob Kamps
Herb Laeger
Also broke some personal barriers climbing with Jan McCollum, Guyzo, and Rob Brown...
And of course, The Scrutinizer.
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Ron Raimonde
Big Wall climber
Sedona,Az
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HMMMMMMMM. In no particular order
John Middendorf
Charlie Fowler
Jim Bridwell
Joe Tasker
Royal Robbins
Muggs Stump
Michaele Piola
Gary Hemmings
Jimmy Dunn
Clint Eastwood
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