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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Little Joe,
I happened upon this thread just today - I've been occupied elsewhere for a few days.
After going through all your photos and remembering those days, I was lamenting how deprived I felt by not spending more time up in Santa Cruz while all this was going on and not being able to share all this - at least in memory.
Then BooDawg posts some photos of the launch and I find myself in one. I swear I had no memory of that event - but I do now. Thanks Ken.
You undoubtedly deserve all the admiration for your sailing prowess - and you certainly have mine. On all of our river trips you probably realized how I manipulated the days so that you got most of the difficult rapids. You must realize that Joyce always felt safer with you at the oars than me. But just so you don't get too big-headed, I got some of my pride back when you admitted that you never felt comfortable running Big Mallard.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Bump for the boat!!!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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AH-----"Big Mallard!" Featured in the "Big Drops" book.
I guided on the Middle Fork Salmon in the early 70's, but later got the "guide beta" on Big Mallard on the Main Salmon.
The easy, but scary run, is left of the "Mallard."
Get up close to the left bank, take a deep breath------close your eyes if it feels better-----but don't touch an oar----and you are through.
Otherwise! Go way river right, and row or paddle like a mad-woman-----because the whole river is roaring river left at the "BIG Mallard."
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 2, 2010 - 01:01am PT
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Thanks Fritz
Probably only rowed it 5 times but it always gives me a thrill. Never feel really comfortable with Mallard. Maybe it was the time Rick Barker told me he flipped there? Watched Glen barker, aka Glenbob, gets hammered in his white water canoe. Lauria loves to give me sh#t on this one, I probably deserve it. No way would I ever go right.
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Mimi
climber
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Gotta say sailors are at least as sexy as climbers! Heartwarming photos!
Having experienced both wall climbing and sailing, I readily equated the two. Rope handling and technical maneuvering, living on a small platform above a medium that won't do you any good if you fall into it, and dealing with the other elements. A beautiful existence either way and especially memorable with a close crew.
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roy
Social climber
New Zealand -> Santa Barbara
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Hi,
A truly inspiring project! And an incredible amount of work. My very much small boat project took many many hours...
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Cheers, Roy
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Stunning, what a beauty!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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NOICE! But I gotta comment on that you-know-what-eating
grin on your unmasked face while rolling on the epoxy- naughty boy!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Guido,
Mimi just called you sexy.....NICE!
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pc
climber
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Fantastic Guido! Thanks for sharing.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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awesome. thanks
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Thanks Guido, that is an awesome post. You dream well. Where in Santa Cruz was this boat built? I was trying to see if I knew the area. I can only imagine navigating those mountain roads with a 50 ft boat.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Guido, you the man!
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Guido, WOW, hats off to you on this accomplishment. Do you have that boat down in NZ?
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Off the hook!
This just made my morning.
What kind of time did this project take? I just searched this thread and didn't see any comments.
Thanks,
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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If this ain't a post on those making dreams tangible, then...
Guido, proud man, proud.
And that 'yak isn't none shabby at all neither. What a beauty.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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This is such a great thread. I think I'm gonna have to stitch up a kayak one of these days.
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roy
Social climber
New Zealand -> Santa Barbara
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Hi,
I have to confess that building my boat (previous page) was orders of magnitude easier than Guido's. Some care, but not a lot of special skill, was required. The boat is the "Coho" model from Pygmy boats (www.pygmyboats.com) and took about 130 hours of work. It will consume your garage for a while but the result is a head turner.
Cheers, Roy
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nutjob
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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It seems too trite to just say "stunning" or "amazing." I can't put together words that do justice to the magnitude of this effort! It is truly inspiring, and a beautiful allegory for the rewards of right living.
Guido, I was already impressed by you after I flailed on Coonyard Pinnacle last year, but this is at such another level... the vision, the determination, perseverance, the skill, and obviously huge passion required to slice through the mind-numbing amount of tedious work to complete the masterpiece. Such a huge capacity to love life and make good things happen!
Very well done.
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