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dogtown
Gym climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 13, 2009 - 12:01am PT
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I was up on the stone today in the Landers Wy. Area, And it rained off and on all day. Only got a little bit done. ( sad. long trip ) But look what that Mailman delivered when we were away!
All signed, sealed and delivered.
Thanks a bunch, Largo and Dean for doing this Book. The layout and the tribute to John is so fitting. It is awesome. The Lithography and the fit and finish of this book is of top Quality. Moreover, the Photo’s and the text well, they bring back some good times.
I also want to say thanks to the bro’s. From the old school that still climb at T & S. Mike Graham and Darrell Hensel. ( The Tradition Lives )Oh, and Ricky A. Let's do it! Hope to see you soon.
Bruce.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 13, 2009 - 12:47am PT
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Sweet Dogtown. Gotta' get my copy. Was gonna get it on their tour to San Diego, but don't know what's happening with it now. Anyone have any news ???? If no tour I think I can order it from Mr. Graham I think ? Lynnie
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 13, 2009 - 01:24am PT
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Dogtown
Your book is all fuked up.
I can see it's got graffiti written inside it.
Punk ass kids these days can't leave anything alone .......
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dogtown
Gym climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2009 - 02:37am PT
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WB.
I know! Can you believe that shit! punks! LoL a lot!
Bruce.
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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Sep 13, 2009 - 09:09am PT
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Cool!
Prod.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Sep 13, 2009 - 12:15pm PT
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Sweet! Think of John today.....special day for Bachar, one of the origianl Stonemasters.
Peace
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rich sims
Trad climber
co
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Sep 13, 2009 - 01:00pm PT
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Bruce
Sunny down South a few miles and it's off to the rock .
Bruce (ot)
I have two houses signed for the new Amasond Geothermal system.
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10b4me
Ice climber
the reticient boulder at the Happies
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Sep 13, 2009 - 01:57pm PT
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hopefully, mine will be here anyday now
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Sep 13, 2009 - 02:48pm PT
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Climbed "Superpooper" (great route)with Mike at Tahquitz a couple of days ago and he gave me an advance copy of the book. Warning: I am way too close to the subject , so don’t look to me for an objective review.
The book is a beautifully designed and realized work. It succeeds in capturing the feeling of those days when climbing was the only thing that mattered and,as Krakauer put it,“life overflowed with purpose,” i.e., the next hard climb.
There were others in the 1970s climbing just as hard or harder than the best of the Stonemasters . I think of Roger Briggs, Jim Erickson, Dave Brashears, Michael Kennedy and rest of the Colorado gang, or Henry Barber, Steve Wunsch and the East Coast crew, and there are many other examples. Not to mention the Brits, Livesey, Fawcett, etc. Similarly, others were just as bold or bolder (Henry’s many solos and Krakauer’s solo expedition on Devil’s Thumb come easily to mind). Some were even pegging the fun meter in the same fashion, and making similar outlandish mischief (Al Harris'escapades in Wales, Henry seated on the floor of a crowded Welsh pub, shooting darts across the room, stark naked). But the Stonemasters were unique because of John long, who was a world class climber, a charismatic leader,and a marvelous writer in the bargain. The triple threat of John Long is the heart of the book. It is as if Michael Jordan were a great raconteur, as facile with the pen as he was with a basketball.
I was concerned that the Stonemaster book might be nothing more than a vain tribute to our generation’s lost youth. At our age, the stage of life where you realize the grim reaper is on the backswing, it is only natural to look back fondly to a time when you were young and without adult cares. But I think the book avoids becoming maudlin. Even the grainy, out of focus shots carelessly dashed off on Richard Harrison’s Kodak Instamatic camera will strike a cord in anyone who can recognize the passion for climbing (and life) that is apparent in the faces of the long hairs who populate the book.
Dean’s wonderful shots of John Bachar, John Yablonski and Lynn Hill are great to have in large format. Dean also did fine work in uncovering lost photographic gems. Kim Cooper has an amazing shot taken at Hidden Valley campground in Joshua Tree around 1973. Tobin is standing, balanced on Gib Lewis’ shoulders, juggling several balls, while in white socks and knickers a nerdy kid, who clearly has yet to feel a razor on his face, looks on. Wait a minute, that scrawny little geek is Bachar! How he transformed himself into the zero-body-fat, steel-tendoned master of the climbing realm seen elsewhere in the book illustrates the transformative power of the Stonemaster ethos.
John’s writing just gets better with age. His caption for a picture of a climber holding a bong so big it looks like an oboe, is "playing the 'Bamboo Overture'”. Brilliant!
Hats off to John, Dean, Mike and Wendy for getting this done, and doing it so well.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Sep 13, 2009 - 03:46pm PT
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Can't wait to see it.
Some sort of rendering of that time in the age of climbing has been long overdue.
Makes me wonder if and when someone will assume the progression and tackle the 80's.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 14, 2009 - 12:13am PT
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Can't wait for my copies.
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Barcus
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, Ca.
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Sep 14, 2009 - 01:52am PT
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I'm picking up a copy @ FaceLift!
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dogtown
Gym climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2009 - 06:59pm PT
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Ricky, your right. I would just like to mention a few names Bill Odenthal and Dave Tyler, who I climbed with every weekend off and on for twenty years at T & S. both of which still kick ass.we hated you dudes but, The Stonemasters They RULE! My rock climbing world. We all wanted to be like them. they had it all! All fit, The fame, The Girls, the other? The brotherhood. all of it man! We were all going, Wow, man Look at that shit!
Bruce.
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dogtown
Gym climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2009 - 01:07am PT
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Ok, I bumped my own thread! First time for everything. The book is well done. Buy it!
Dogtown.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Sep 24, 2009 - 01:09am PT
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screw you!
I'm still waiting!
;-)
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dogtown
Gym climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2009 - 01:16am PT
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What? It’s worth the wait trust me. I’m still waiting for some of your sushi.
Dogtown.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Shivasana
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Sep 24, 2009 - 02:09am PT
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Got mine yesterday... worth the wait. I'd even wait some more, but too late for that. Gonna savor this one. Thanks!
Eric
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 24, 2009 - 09:12am PT
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Masterbumper.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 24, 2009 - 10:57am PT
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Rick A;
Apparently John isn't the only Stonemaster who has a gift with the pen. That was an excellent little writeup.
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