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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Thanks, but the rebolting is really a team effort. If it wasn't for Bruce, Roger, Bob, Greg, etc., I wouldn't be out there to share in the glory.
Bruce bounced back from a near-fatal bike crash, but he is back and he is picking great projects and also getting more bolts than me, every time!
Plus he is always carrying the crowbar and the chains.
Somehow I neglected to mention on our last trip that one bolt took me 2 hours to drill, at Pinnacles! Apparently I found a very tough rock under the surface? Bruce replaced about 4 while I was beating madly to finish the one. My wrist is still a little tender, but getting better.
At Parkline Bob and I each got 4 on Friday, then he got another 5 on Sunday. It would have been more, but I left the tuning forks on the ground by mistake on Saturday.... Bob also ground the slots in the tile chisels last weekend (still to be taper ground by me).
And Roger is several thousand bolts in front of me. :-) But it takes a team effort to get it done, and I'm happy to be able to contribute.
Thanks to Greg for keeping us supplied with quality gear, sponsors, and other folks who have fixed ropes on stuff I couldn't do!
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Mark Sensenbach
climber
CA
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Clint/ Bruce/ Roger/ Bob/ and others thank you for the help.
Thank You!!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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When I moved to Seattle in '93 I was a little worried that the rock climbing options would be minimal. But Mountain 145 had story on Index Town Wall that got me to the town, and then in the Index General Store I ran across Index Town Wall Climbing Guide by some guy name Clint Cummins. The guide really fascinated me with its hand drawn maps and topos that gave away just the right amount, but let my imagination fill in glorious climbing riches. And it had far more complete coverage of Index than any other guide. Anyway thanks Clint!!!. I hope you got rich off of it! ;-)
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Missed this before, but cheers to Clint.
Helped me out both directly with great beta and pics for finding the top of something I needed to rap into, and indirectly via all the info and stories on his climbing webpage and topos/annotated photos. Like Dingus said, BITD it was Clint and Tuan's site and rec. that were the center of valley climbing info on the net.
Still need to get on the Ho Chi Mihn.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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Clint was nice enough to accompany me to Tollhouse Rock in early February to help rebolt several routes I put up there 35 years ago! After the rebolting was done we were hiking out when we came upon what looked like a rollover crash by a 4x4 vehicle. The vehicle was gone but there was a bunch of debris and also a couple of windshields.
Clint folded up one of the windshields, dumped everything out of his pack and loaded the windshield in. The other windshield was too shattered so I had to pick up all the broken pieces of glass. We had quite a haul of debris coming back from the top of Tollhouse Rock.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Thanks Clint!
Your efforts on behalf of the climbing community are beyond compare. We appreciate your positive example.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Was hoping there was one of these already.
Just want to say how much I respect Clint's ability to sidestep all the BS & constantly contribute positive climbing content. He posts great answers/pics/topos/beta to almost every climbing related query or discussion, even the n00b questions get a serious answer from him. When you are jonesing for climbing content just click on his name & search back in his posts to find solid gold every time, just don't forget to bump it.
Cheers to you Clint, one of the great sages of the taco!
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mynameismud
climber
backseat
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The Betaman is a working legend.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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over the years I've been honored to work with him on a mammoth project that ebbs and flows with interest... he is a motivator and a positive force propelling it forward many times..
not only that, but to see him around the Valley doing all the things he does...
he's a force of nature, but one of those subtle forces that always seems to be around...
I'm appreciative, and a bit of an admirer, here's to you Clint!
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Aaron McDonald
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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May 13, 2014 - 01:23pm PT
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Clint,
We need to do another trip!
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WBraun
climber
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May 13, 2014 - 01:36pm PT
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Clint is the best.
He's awesome .....
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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May 13, 2014 - 01:41pm PT
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Clint is one of the foundations of this crazy site, much appreciated.
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Avery
climber
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May 14, 2014 - 01:23am PT
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Thanks Clint, for keeping me honest.
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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Jun 16, 2014 - 09:43am PT
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Clint provides crucial climbing facts here.
Thanks!
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Jun 17, 2014 - 06:45pm PT
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What people may not know about Clint is that he's not only a walking encyclopedia of climbing, but also has a vast catalogue of bad 70's songs in his head.
Here's a sighting at Parkline last winter when he and Bob Steed where gracious enough to let me crash their party. Thanks for putting up with me.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Oct 24, 2014 - 09:12pm PT
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Rajko
Trad climber
Cambridge, MA
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You can now also find here comprehensive texts about Lake Willoughby and Mt Katahdin written by Clint in the 1979 and 1984 editions of Harvard Mountaineering respectively.
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
Technically...the spawning grounds of Yosemite
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Wicked awesome. :D
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Cool poster - a blast from the dusty past.
Crater Club - check. (I "founded" that when I plunged from Low Exposure in the Gunks into the Frog Pond, ending a bogus free solo attempt in sneakers).
"I dreamed a dream, in time gone by...."
RIP, Nick - who was ticking the climbs in the 50 Classic Climbs book, and didn't return from the Wishbone Arete (with partner Francis, summer 1984).
Thanks for scanning the old journals - nice to share those, as other journals have gone online as well.
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