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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Feb 23, 2014 - 11:27pm PT
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WHAT.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Feb 23, 2014 - 11:31pm PT
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Damn.
RIP Charlie . . . you earned it as one of the best.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Feb 23, 2014 - 11:35pm PT
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Tribute to a special life......
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Feb 23, 2014 - 11:35pm PT
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Wow. What can you write about such a legend? Wow.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Feb 23, 2014 - 11:36pm PT
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Whoa! This is jarring news!
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Jaysen
Trad climber
NY
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Feb 23, 2014 - 11:40pm PT
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Thanks for all the incredible routes, and sorry we destroyed them.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 23, 2014 - 11:58pm PT
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zbrown! You say it very well!
It's always a bit troubling when someone 5 years younger than yourself dies. Even more troubling that this particular youth died.
I never met the man, but I admired the way he lived life large.
Best thoughts for Charlie.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 24, 2014 - 12:45am PT
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One of my heroes growing up a climber. The man who climbed inside the rurp and was looking out. Rest in peace Charlie.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 24, 2014 - 12:47am PT
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A lion and a gentleman.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Feb 24, 2014 - 01:06am PT
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Along the lines of Fatdad's famous quote....
Charlie took the Rurp from a piece used as a 'last resort' to a staple on long, hard aid routes.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Feb 24, 2014 - 01:27am PT
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Here he is in recent years aboard his boat in those waters. His passing really is huge for many of us.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Feb 24, 2014 - 01:48am PT
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Rowing to Antarctica with Gillette on the Sea Tomato!!!
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Feb 24, 2014 - 03:36am PT
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Skiing, solo, across crevassed glaciers with a shower rod suspended from his waist as a safety device!
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Feb 24, 2014 - 03:48am PT
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One of those rare individuals that showed the rest of us what is possible and one that shifted a collective paradigm of climbing possibilities.
RIP Charlie.
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Feb 24, 2014 - 04:22am PT
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What a lot of fine adventures you packed into your life, Charlie. R.I.P.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 24, 2014 - 07:27am PT
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hey there say, oh my...
i did not know much about him, only by the few shares, i've read here, since i am not a climber... as always, thank you all for the history of the times, and the men/woman, that climb...
my condolences to his family and loved ones...
may they be strong, as they move on, without him...
:(
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Gilroy
Social climber
Bolderado
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Feb 24, 2014 - 08:04am PT
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Mad, mad, mad respect. Rest in peace.
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