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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 22, 2009 - 04:03pm PT
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This man is THE man!
From Rock & Ice 1993 by Chappie and George Bracksieck.
Merry Christmas from me! (Let me know if this is too small to read...)
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Gene
Social climber
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Dec 22, 2009 - 05:07pm PT
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Never saw that before. Thanks, IHP.
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Dec 22, 2009 - 05:18pm PT
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Whoa... What a savage dude!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 22, 2009 - 07:18pm PT
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Thanks, Simon - that's awesome!!
And he hardly mentions the Shield.
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slabbo
Trad climber
fort garland, colo
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Dec 22, 2009 - 07:23pm PT
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Sheild, Trip........ robbins" He has gotten inside the rurp and is looking out"
Ths baffin was the first grade 7 ??????
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 22, 2009 - 09:17pm PT
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Great find! Not much written by or about Charlie as he mentions. Cool to hear about his adventures.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Top of the 5.2-5.12 Boulder
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Dec 22, 2009 - 09:20pm PT
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I remember this.
Met him, in the Valley, too. Mid 90's, looking for Werner.
What a cool, unassuming, self possessed guy.
oh, yeah.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 22, 2009 - 09:38pm PT
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Bad ass.
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Dec 22, 2009 - 11:43pm PT
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"Fell only twice."
Obviously he wasn't pushing himself quite hard enough!
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 22, 2009 - 11:49pm PT
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Yeah he was "THE BAD ASS"
He was the real Burt Bronson
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Top of the 5.2-5.12 Boulder
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Dec 22, 2009 - 11:59pm PT
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South American Sailor, ain't he?
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Dec 23, 2009 - 12:13am PT
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Thanks for the post.
I agree with WBraun, and Charlie was also a kind and caring human.
I love that comment: "We thought climbing should be an amateur sport, or not even a sport at all."
He was so right on!
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marv
Mountain climber
Bay Area
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Dec 23, 2009 - 01:09am PT
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a personal hero of mine, much more so than climbers closer to my generation (I'm early 30s). This article has all of The Three I's: Interesting, Informational, Inspirational.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Dec 23, 2009 - 01:36am PT
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"We thought climbing should be an amateur sport, or not even a sport at all."
In '75 I approached him in my capacity as an equipment pimp to see if he would consider a production license deal. While he accepted the proferred Mountain Room indulgences he made it clear in a very polite manner that he was not interested in pimping himself. Clearly a man of integrity.
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Esparza
Trad climber
Westminster, CA
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Fantastic!
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and partner
Trad climber
Leavenworth, WA
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Howdy- I climbed w/ Charlie in the late 60's. Leaning Tower, and some new stuff near lower falls. Also did some aid on the S. Face of WA Column. Great guy. Sorry I did not do the Nose w/ him the week I left the Valley, on a bike, for WA St.... which was his goal then. So- he solo'd it. He reminded me of Red Skelton on the ground, but was totally cool on the rock. A great partner. His girlfrined at that time said "Chaaallie can do anything Chaaallie says he can," (with a strong NE accent).
Never put off what ya can do. Life is short.
Dave Dailey
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Top of the 5.2-5.12 Boulder
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Ah, Dave is Wise.
Good on ya, mon.
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Bargainhunter
climber
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Feb 24, 2014 - 10:50am PT
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Can anyone please post the last page of the interview? It's not loading from the original post.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Feb 24, 2014 - 07:30pm PT
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A big loss. I hate to say this but for me, it IS too small to read and I dont know how to tweak my computer to make it bigger.
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