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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 26, 2014 - 03:10pm PT
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Thanks for the scanning and posting Marlow!
I have been too busy to do much of that lately and it really adds to the conversations here.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Jan 26, 2014 - 04:11pm PT
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Two Blues for 100' of climbing.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jan 26, 2014 - 05:18pm PT
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Donini gets my vote.
Thx Jim for all you do.
Plaid
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 26, 2014 - 05:36pm PT
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What, he doesn't wear socks? Quelle gauche.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jan 26, 2014 - 08:59pm PT
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Many contributions much appreciated, thanks Jim!
Charlie D.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jan 26, 2014 - 09:27pm PT
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Big bump for Jim!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Apr 13, 2014 - 08:46am PT
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I've just returned to my home in N.H. after climbing with JD for a week in Yosemite. As usual, I had trouble keeping up with him; even thou he is 3 years older than me. Jim tells me he has never broken a bone, whereas I've broken many, ( Jim's technique is far superior to mine).
Just wanted to add here that there is a nice article on Jim and three other "older" climbers--all friends of Jim, in the latest issue of Ascent magazine.
It's a great read!
I was lucky to do the Salathe Wall with Jim, back in 1971, and he is still out there crushing it.
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Karla
climber
Colorado
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Apr 13, 2014 - 04:14pm PT
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I couldn't agree more with you Steve! Jim is a wonderful guy on & off the rock. It means a lot that he loves my dog so much;)
Hugs to you Jim and thanks for all the climbs, dinners, laughs, adventures..I hope there are many more to come!
Karla
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Apr 13, 2014 - 05:04pm PT
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Karla,
Yes, and Jim cooks a fine meal. In fact he eats healthier than any climber I know. Jim bought a few juicy salmon steaks for "big bird", who arrived in Fresno, as I was leaving.
Perhaps their diet will assist them in doing the NIAD.
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Karla
climber
Colorado
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Apr 13, 2014 - 10:57pm PT
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Hi Steve!
Let me guess...that besides the salmon steaks he also had fresh asparagus, new potatoes and a Chilean Malbec?!
Yes, Thom/Big Bird/Mission(as he's known as here), will be in good hands dietarily so for the duration of his trip.
I'm thrilled that these two are getting a chance to connect for some high adventure. It looks like the weather will be perfect for quite some time!
I hope you and your Mrs are doing well!
Karla
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Apr 13, 2014 - 11:22pm PT
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Jim Donini is the real deal. Period. I hope to be one-tenth as productive, and to have one-hundredth of the style, as he has demonstrated throughout his climbing career.
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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Apr 13, 2014 - 11:35pm PT
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If all climbers were like Donini... I would hang out at climbing areas 24/7, begging climbers to influence my child.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Apr 14, 2014 - 10:53pm PT
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Few major climbers and first ascent peak baggers, if any, are as gracious as Jim and his wife Angela. Many of the hard core, famous ones, hang with an elite cadre.
You can imagine my surprise when Jim and Angela encouraged me along with a friend who had never ice climbed, to accompany them to the ice park in Ouray, CO. With Angela, Jim and friend Ralph Tingly supplying the gear and the guide experience my friend and I both sended. It was so much fun and totally an awesome experience.
Jim shares his love of climbing with the common folk. In my book that makes him incredibly special. Don't know to many others that do.
Cheers to the Donini's along with Tuff, Boqui, and Lela. :)
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Apr 14, 2014 - 10:56pm PT
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With Donini and Tingey on ice.
Doesn't get better than that.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Apr 14, 2014 - 11:02pm PT
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Don't forget Angela, she's a great climber and so much more. Cheers to the great folks in Ouray! :) Oh yeah, and Rodrigo Fica, a new friend from Chile.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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May 14, 2014 - 01:40pm PT
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Worth adding this to the thread, I hope:
Digging through old binders the other day, I found the original topo for The Old Smuggler's Route on the north face of Aguja Poincenot in Patagonia. One of the best climbs Jim and i did together. I posted it up with a few of our better pics:
The Old Smuggler's Route topo & pics
Hard to believe that was almost 18 years ago.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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May 14, 2014 - 01:59pm PT
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So, let's just say both me and Jim are at the Black Canyon this weekend. And let's just say someone says, "Hey, you guys should arm wrestle or something!" And let's just say, I drink a beer for every year of age difference prior to the event to sort of even things out, since I understand that Jim doesn't drink (at least much) and I'm 13 years younger. And, let's just say, I won. My question is, would you appreciate Jim as much as you did? Would my standing go up (or down)?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 14, 2014 - 03:47pm PT
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So there's a nasty rumor out there that i don't drink......not till after 6:00 pm and then wine nearly every night with dinner.
At 150 lbs. soaking wet, arm wrestling isn't my go to activity.
Yeah Greg....that was a great route!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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May 14, 2014 - 03:56pm PT
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It's not often that a high level of wisdom is also still highly operational.
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TWP
Trad climber
Mancos, CO
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May 14, 2014 - 05:15pm PT
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In 1976, I met Jim Donini while climbing the Nutcracker in Yosemite. As I led up the second pitch "gully" I laid eyes upon a stunningly beautiful blond topless woman, Juanita Hunter. With little provocation she became quite talkative and let me know she was climbing with Jim Donini, just returned from Patagonia and the first ascent of Torre Egger. Fortunately, I understood the import of this achievement and was duly impressed. Juanita was not feeling well. In fact, she found a way to go off alone one the ledges and throw up.
From this beginning, I ended up spending most of the next two weeks sharing a non-Camp 4 campsite with Jim and Juanita and an incredible string of other luminaries, including Warren Harding and T.M. Herbert.
Warren was amidst his protracted adventure to place a climb upon another panel of Yosemite rock: the Porcelain Wall adjacent and below Half Dome. He invited me to join up and I did for a while, but that's another story.
I climbed again with Jim at Granite Mountain and the Mace in Sedona. At Granite Mountain, Juanita explained her illness on Nutcracker. "It was morning sickness, but I didn't know it at the time," she related as she tended to her daughter at the base of a climb.
Thirty four years passed before I next crossed paths with Mr. Donini one fine day in Indian Creek below Supercrack.
Jim almost immediately remarked, "Haven't I meet you before?"
"Yes, we have," I answered, "but if you really remember me you've got as good a memory as the best politician on Earth. It's been 34 years!"
We've gone on two llama pack trips to the Wind Rivers since. My admiration for the man knows no bounds.
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