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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 17, 2005 - 12:48pm PT
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in today's NYTimes... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/arts/17trevanian.html
Rodney Whitaker who wrote under the pseudonym Trevanian, was the author of The Eiger Sanction and a number of other novels...
...he didn't much like the movie, but who has read the book?
RIP
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Hootervillian
climber
Hooterville
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Dec 17, 2005 - 12:59pm PT
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i just watched that movie two nights ago, i love it. thought you draw the line at hauling ice.
kinda OT- last night was the tahoe adventure film festival, Shane McConkey edition, awesome ski basing off the eiger and just about everything else, including the leap. guest speaker was rick sylvester, came down to talk at the mike in a straight jacket! what a stud. the guy was waaaay ahead of his time.
[a]CNet.com Reviews[/a]
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Dec 17, 2005 - 02:01pm PT
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I think I read most of his stuff and while the "Eiger Sanction" is what he is most known for, his book "Shibumi" was the better read.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Dec 17, 2005 - 03:10pm PT
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I read the eiger sanction and thought it was great, in a trapped in the airport kind of way. Didn't like The Loo sanction as much and never read shibumi.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Dec 17, 2005 - 04:20pm PT
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Trevanian was a brilliant writer! I didn't know his real name until now.
The Eiger Sanction was of course brilliant, and his other works - The Loo Sanction and The Main - are worth reading. Might have been one other, can't recall at the moment.
I always loved the concept of Shibumi. I remember asking my Japanese mates who gave me the Jolly Roger beta about the word, but they were not familiar with it. It may be Ancient Japanese.
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steelmnkey
climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Dec 18, 2005 - 12:03am PT
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Funny this comes up now...I just tonight saw a reprint (first ever?) of The Eiger Sanction book at the Smut Hut in Tucson. Love the book (Yurassis Dragon, etc.), love the movie. Classics.
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capndick4
Boulder climber
wading knee deep and going in
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Dec 18, 2005 - 12:11am PT
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I saw the movie first and was impressed by the story line and the breathtaking back drops. I loved the book as well.
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Dru
climber
HELL, BABY, HELL!
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Dec 18, 2005 - 12:33am PT
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"He was busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest" -Trevanian, Incident at Twenty Mile.
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Dec 18, 2005 - 12:49am PT
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Trevanian was a modern day Hugo - master of the twist ending. Eiger Sanction remains the best climbing film of all time. Shibumi would make a great film. I'm mean come on the guy slit throats with credit cards and was a fifth level master of Tantric sex - no physical contact needed to achieve multi orgasms for him and his babe!
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