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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 17, 2010 - 11:43am PT
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I vote (as usual) for heavy on the Miles/'Trane...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
Will know soon
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May 17, 2010 - 04:59pm PT
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Ed, have van ..... please, could use your help in finding a place to recon.... Thanks. Will you be there Friday as I will need a Friday to Sunday night place to live. Lynnie
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 17, 2010 - 06:57pm PT
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I'm planning on being there Friday morning through Monday...
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MisterE
Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
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May 17, 2010 - 09:00pm PT
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Meh. Sad to report we are not going to be able to make this event.
Jan, please make our reserved sites available for the next in line. Hope that is Lynnie!
So sorry we are missing this,
Skip and Erik
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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May 18, 2010 - 12:03pm PT
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Jan-
As you are already aware of my reasons for being unable to attend, I decided to reveal some of the problems here to those whom I planned to meet and climb with.
On 25 April I took a fall on a decent in Eldorado Canyon, managing to break several ribs in the process. I was initially encouraged by my Dr. of a fairly prompt and uneventful recovery. Complications of blood clots in the lungs required anti-coagulation which was overdone, and led to internal bleeding that nearly finished me. I'm now home from the hospital and wishing that I were in Yosemite with my climbing friends.
There will be another time for a Yosemite visit this fall or certainly next year.
I too, plan to lift a cold one this next weekend to "absent companions."
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 18, 2010 - 04:30pm PT
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hey BDC, give us a yell when your plans are solid and we'll make sure you have partners...
...heal well!
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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May 18, 2010 - 07:45pm PT
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May be able to make it up May 22nd, but the afternoon of the 21st am having an infected upper left molar yanked. Bet I don't want to travel right afterwards.
Looks as if it's gonna rain, but so what!
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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May 18, 2010 - 11:09pm PT
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Thanks Ed! I'm mainly still very sore and very anemic from blood loss from internal bleeding. Did have a cold beer tonite, though.
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okie
Trad climber
San Leandro, Ca
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May 19, 2010 - 09:18am PT
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Will some of the Sacherer classics be revisited? Reeds Left...there's a vintage bolt on the 2nd pitch with a cool hangar made out of some sort of sawed-off horizontal piton- a Sacherer bolt?
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Park Rat
Social climber
CA, UT,CT,FL
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May 20, 2010 - 06:54am PT
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Bumb
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 20, 2010 - 05:44pm PT
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hey there say, jan... if you are around,.... make sure to check with ken... he should have a very small package for you...
if not, hopefully by friday or sat...
best wishes to all...
god bless...
:)
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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May 21, 2010 - 02:23am PT
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Rodger,
Sorry to hear about the injuries. Hopefully you'll be feeling better fairly soon.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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May 21, 2010 - 10:13am PT
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Clint-Many thanks!
Rodger
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
Will know soon
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May 21, 2010 - 01:15pm PT
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Blood Thinners are dangerous.....get better pronto :D
Hope to arrive at Hodgedon @ 2-4 and would like to stay in Eric and Skippies site if possible. Or anywhere :D
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 21, 2010 - 02:20pm PT
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They're out. Look for 510OW.
I'm leaving in a bit, trying to do car deal (green Saab Wagon) or I'll be in the grey (Rose quartz™) hatchback I had at your house, Lynn
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Pointman
Big Wall climber
Newark, California
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May 21, 2010 - 05:32pm PT
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Frank was the classiest climber I knew and was honored when he asked me to climb one day with him. He was scrapping the barrel for someone to belay him. : ) Did Moby Dick with him and later he confided he was perusing it for elimination of any aid,which he did at a later date. At the time I was rated pretty highly and upcoming in the ranks but, never really lost the title of one of Bridwells Boys. He was pretty happy with my belaying technique. We did agree to climb again soon but alas, I got my draft notice soon after, was off to swatting bugs in SE Asia and never got back to climbing. Guess the death wish got taken away from me. I stray...... Recently found my way to this site to look up old buds and was going to get down to Bridwellfest to say hello to a few old buds, mainly Jimmy, but a nasty infection set into my left knee and hospitalized me for a week after surgery, and have just finished rehab and a very hefty several rounds with anitbiotics to get it gone. Upon getting acquainted with this site.........heard of Frank's demise and can only say, glad he is getting plenty of attention with you all. He was ACES!!
For those taking notice of Mr. Baldwin? I got to know him pretty well over the unlit campfire at the Lodge for a couple days, and was awoken a gloomy morning, along with a couple other climbers, by rangers lead in by Wally Reed to help in getting him back for burial, down from a rumored ledge he ended up on in his fall from the Column. I also discovered him as we approached the wall, not up on ledges after all, but further down. Seemed as tho Evans, (can't remember his first name) was so in shock and out of sorts upon repelling down, that he was remiss in his directions. Not a great day at all for those of us climbers who went to get a brother down. Guess he had repelled off the end of a short rope in the dusk, as they were in decent.
Anyway..........with my limited knowledge of the two, past the mid sixties, but steadfast respect and brief friendship of Mr. Baldwin I will salute with a couple well picked brews to them. FRANK SACHERER was Da Man of Men.....
I also learned of Galen's accident as well. Attempted El Cap, with he and Tom Fender, only to drop the water on the free fall traverse as the hauler of that pitch, and caused us to repel down only to have a storm move in, and me having to get back for a important mid term so, they climbed it a week later without me to post the fastest time ever. 3 Days! LOL!! On my fortieth birthday I went up there, and showed my wife the climb only to discover 3 groups on it, all climbing it in one day. Damn!!!
Oh well....thanks for listening and allowing my rant. May Huey be with them all forever!!! Mike Kilmer.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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May 21, 2010 - 06:31pm PT
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Wow, Mike Kilmer. I remember you. We always wondered what happened to you. Thanks for sharing!
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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May 21, 2010 - 08:52pm PT
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I AM BUMMING in the biggest way! Can't make this weekend, got family events I'm attending to this weekend. My heart and soul are with all of you, have a blast and be safe. Wish I could be there!
Peace
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Mimi
climber
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May 21, 2010 - 10:02pm PT
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Thanks for posting, Mike. Good stuff.
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