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cliffhanger
Trad climber
California
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I had the good fortune to meet Sheridan in the west end of camp 4 in Sept 1980. He had just returned from a back packing trip decked out with brand new Coleman gear; back pack, peak-1 stove, sleeping bag, everything all new Coleman. He explained that his new job was gear tester for Coleman and that he was favorably impressed. He did some hilarious antics with the Peak 1 stove as the lunar lander.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Jan 26, 2010 - 10:58pm PT
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I can't resist.
I have more!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 12, 2010 - 10:47am PT
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Another classic from the back of Summit December 1968.
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Chief
climber
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Jun 12, 2010 - 08:52pm PT
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Bump for a great thread.
I had been well acquainted with SA's work long before I gave up climbing and started trying to fly fish. I had never heard of The Curtis Creek Manifesto but it was very soon presented as "The Primer" for the serious trout hunter. His treatise and illustrations on the importance of stealth when fishing are priceless and have me howling every time I look at them. The great thing is that he's absolutely right. Thank you Sheridan, RIP.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 12, 2010 - 11:12pm PT
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We Kneed another TAMI 'preciation here, folks.
Yes sirree. no more in the car for Tami, KNOTT by me, anyway.
YAY Tami!!!!!
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jun 12, 2010 - 11:44pm PT
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Sheridan gave me his original of "The White Tower" being read by the climber sporting the afro hairdo, but I didn't find it when I opened my climbing literature boxes after hauling them around for 30+ years. But I still have hopes it'll turn up in another box along with some other archives that I thought I had. :-(
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Jun 12, 2010 - 11:51pm PT
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A little more Sheridan: from Baron Von Mabel.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 13, 2010 - 03:06pm PT
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Who among us hasn't been here a few times!?!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Jun 13, 2010 - 11:22pm PT
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Sheridan again: from Baron Von Mabel. A great intro to backpacking!
No! I am not working for the new publisher!
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Jun 14, 2010 - 10:13am PT
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I'm moving for the first time in two decades, unearthing all manner of detritus and keeping the recycling bin humming.
So the other day I open this mailing tube and out pops a fly rod Sheridan gave me. Also one of those cute little metal boxes containing flies he tied.
Another bigger tube revealed a fetching fly-fishing Amazon.
Photos eventually, but for now they're already buried in the storage locker.
Tami -- If you want to copy and post any of the Sheridan stuff you're babysitting, I'm all for it.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 10, 2010 - 09:58pm PT
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Another Sheridan cartoon from Summit May 1970.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 11, 2010 - 02:24pm PT
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I just KNEW I had the "White Tower" original somewhere. It finally turned up in a file. I took a photo of it, and one can see that the years have not been kind to it. The margins are a bit ratty and there are other flaws in it. Is it worth some restoration work. I realize that I missed the YCA art auction, but certainly there will be another. Or perhaps it should reside in the climbing museum. What do others recommend for its future? The tropics are not where it should reside IMHO.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Jul 11, 2010 - 05:29pm PT
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A worthy topic for a BUMP!! Thanks, as I have really enjoyed reliving those great days of the 60s and 70s well chronicled by the GREAT Sheridan Anderson!!!!!!
Rodger
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 11, 2010 - 06:08pm PT
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Thanks, Tami. If I can find some Acid-Free cardboard on this rock, I'll do as you suggest.
BTW, what do you do with HUMPING cardboard? Or should I just use my imagination???
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 12, 2010 - 11:53am PT
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Makin' sweet music on the B-flute!?! LOL
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Jul 12, 2010 - 08:11pm PT
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BooDawg: I bounced your question off my wife “Heidi” who has a Fine Arts degree and currently specializes in conservation & restoration of-----------antique purses and compacts.
She agreed with Tammy in every detail and added some other hints.
1. Seek out a reputable art gallery on Oahu? (as I recall) that does framing, and work them for advice for your climate.
2. If you buy acid-free board, be sure it is smooth-surface and not a textured or pebble finish, which might affect a piece done on paper.
I have bought acid-free plastic storage sleeves for my old climbing magazines. They preserve great in this nice dry climate, but in hot & sometimes humid island marine climate------that could be risky too.
The acid-free storage sleeves are most easily found on E-Bay in different size.
I would love to see this piece go back to Yosemite!
Hopefully you can work out an agreement with the museum there.
I am a little hazy on contact details.
Cool to have been given that by Sheridan!
Dude!
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 13, 2010 - 04:27am PT
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I posted these on the Norman Clyde thread, but Sheridan deserves to have more photos of him posted here as well.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 13, 2010 - 12:07pm PT
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Thanks, Fritz, for taking the time to pursue my questions about how to best prevent further deterioration of Sheridan's work and what to do with the piece for posterity.
I was re-reading the entire thread, and since Doug R. has turned some of Sheridan's work over to Tami, it'd be great to see what she has in her possession as well as what Doug may still have.
I'm also wondering what became of Sheridan's unpublished sketch books, etc. Many folks here have recalled how he'd just spontaneously produce REALLY GOOD cartoons and especially characture drawings of while groups or individuals would be reminiscing, joking around, and/or drinking. We appreciate what great charactures he did of Robbins, especially, but other climbers as well. I remember him doing one of me while I visited him in Bishop, but I wonder where such sketchbooks and other drawings might be.
Doug? Tami? Anyone else know or could speculate?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 13, 2010 - 10:31pm PT
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Another classic spoof from Mountain #31.
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Chief
climber
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Jul 14, 2010 - 12:06am PT
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Bump for Sheridan and a great thread!
Still working on the stealth technique whilst stalking
The Eleven Commandments from the Curtis Creek Manifesto**
1) Thou shalt know thy knots well and rig thy gear in an artful manner.
2) Thou shalt cast with precision and thy fly shalt like a cobweb alight.
3) Thou shalt fish upstream.
4) Thou shalt know thy waters and be wise about those things upon which thy prey doth feed.
5) Thou shalt cunningly plan thy strategy in advance of each hole, pocket and riffle.
6) Let not thy shadow or that of thy rod fall upon the waters.
7) Thou shalt move with stealth and keep thyself low and in deepest shadow and ever secret thyself behind tree, rock, hummock and shrub.
8) Thou shalt keep thy rod behind thee and thy line in readiness until thou art ready to cast.
9) Thou shalt avoid fly drag like the plague and watch thy lure like a hawk.
10) Thou shalt strike quickly but gently and thou shalt hopefully release thy quarry to fight another day.
11) Thou shalt love the waters and all things that nourish therefrom; and thou shalt cherish and protect them as thine own~For all nature is thy home and all living things are thy kin.
So just as I'm about to get all maudlin and start tearing up over Ten and Eleven, I flip the page to see the all too autobiographical piscean perspective offered by Sheridan's trout.
Vigilant, Cagey, Careful, Cautious, Alert, Wary, Guarded, Watchful
I definitely don't know anybody like that!
Edit; Something strange happened to the quote mark rig and it went huge and italicized so I had to bail back to a simpler version.
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