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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Okay, whatever.... BEST DARNED SLIDESHOW EVER was by Croft.
OS soloing in the Bugs, in the rain, on his knees... because his polypro stuck better than his shoes???
Then the whole massive projection screen fell over in slow mo on the crowd.
PBC early 90's.
Dudes a fûckin manimal. Respect.
Hahahaha! One of my employees put that disaster into motion! She was somewhat intoxicated from slinging drinks and sampling a few too many at the FISH Booth and decided to make a break for her tent. Getting through the crowd was tough and she was a bit disoriented so leaned up against a post to rest. Yep, the post was one leg of the giant screen and it toppled in slo-mo into the crowd. Probably looked like a quick zoom with some bad 3D effects to the onlookers until it crashed onto them. Good times!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Classic connection Russ.
When the screen came down, Croft was in the middle of describing the loosest section of rock he'd ever encountered.
Definitely seemed like special effects! Especially with our slow reaction times.
Holy cow folks got loaded at those things.
Ohhhhh, and things just got weirder...
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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It's a lot like Woodstock... if you remember it, you weren't there! :-)
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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PBC - April 6th, 1991
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peter croft
climber
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I was just made aware of my request for anxiety meds some years ago. (I think I would remember something like that) I mean, I guess that's what KabalaArch was saying. Trying to sift through his story it's hard to tell where kookiness leaves off and heavy drinking begins. I have no idea who this guy is...wait!, Kabala, you must have been the one in the next room begging for a complete head transplant. Apparently the one you had was hearing voices. Now I understand your anger at the local docs. While I haven't heard about any reluctance of prescribing medication I would venture a guess that they would draw the line at head replacements.
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thekidcormier
Trad climber
squamish, b.c.
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Welcome to the taco mr croft! Why exactly did you leave Canada? When are you gonna come send the cobra crack and genus Loki?!?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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That's the first time Loki has been called a genius.
(And her genus is felis.)
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bmacd
Boulder climber
100% Canadian
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Pete, Tami told me your sister has been running into a few Bigfoot on her camping trips ? Except no one has explained to her that is what is happening ...
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Well, Peter, seems like you're getting into the swing of things here on the ol' Stuportopo....I actually had a higher opinion of you than that! Oh well...another personal hero bites the dust of the Digital
Campfire. Who can we drag down next?
Really, though, all seriousness aside, as inspirational as your climbing is, I appreciate your humble and humorous, human qualities as much. I love it when the gods descend from the heavens and walk among us as equals. I wish we could have shared an adventure or two. Maybe next life-cycle we can share a rope or a romp in the un-known??
JelloOfUn-knownOrigin
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tarek
climber
berkeley
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given the stature of the honoree the clearly well-intentioned op might seriously consider a "burn after reading" fate for this thread--despite a few nice posts. A good ribbing is the province of pals, not weirdos. this stuff is pretty bad--like a hs reunion as envisioned by Stephen King. the nutcases here have probably lost us the opportunity to hear from Croft on the Squamish thread, but they don't seem to show up there.
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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heavy drinking
Peter, and ST, please accept my apologies.
Before moving forward, next time I'll look inward first.
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Climb4
Big Wall climber
Canela, RS, Brazil
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I think that i'm fortunate, and everybody else that learn climbing and trully fell in love for the sport watching guys like Peter Croft, Ron Kauk, Jim Bridwell, Lynn Hill, John Bachar and so many others. Of course, today we have A. Honnold, Tommy Caldwell and Dean Potter taking climbing to unprecedent levels, but look's like the 80's and early 90's Masters of Stone had something more to offer in terms of knowledge and passion. Watch Peter climb, is watch climbing taked to State of the Art.
Welcome Peter!!
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Bruce- Thank you for starting my Monday with your encouraging acknowledgment. I guess have a few loose tiles, and I was too quick to hit the Enter button. Unfortunately, I can’t “Make it didn’t happen”; all I can do at this point is to say I’m sorry for impugning the integrity, and the privacy, of Mr. Croft. Can’t say I didn’t deserve the flame war I instigated, either, for my unintentional conceit.
I have nothing but the highest respect for Mr. Croft. His freeclimbing is legion, and the interest he’s taken in the High Sierra points to a very well rounded Alpinist. His Evolution Traverse, which includes a fair amount of technical rock, sets the bar so high that I wonder if anyone has attempted to repeat it.
Stephen Kabala
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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His Evolution Traverse, which includes a fair amount of technical rock, sets the bar so high that I wonder if anyone has attempted to repeat it.
Is this a joke? It has been repeated, more than once or twice. A lot of people dream of doing it as well. It is now known as the best full ridge traverse in high sierra. There are shorter traverses that are a lot more popular, but they are more popular because there are less qualified people out there who can actually do the whole Evolution Traverse...
donini
Peter, thanks for giving old guy's George and me beta on the Evolution Traverse.
How did you like it? Did you do the whole thing or part(s)?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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I know a threesome of a 67, 66, and a 20 year old who did the Evolution Traverse a year and a half ago. That would be me, George Lowe and Ben Lepesant. Great adventure!
edit- Vitaly, we did the whole traverse in two full days. Great Fun. Forget simul climbing or using the rope much. We belayed two or three short pitches and made a few raps, otherwise it was fun soloing. However, falling is not an option.
Like any other climbing, if you don't do every meter of if you haven't done it.
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Your penance shall be the delivery of 3 loaves of cheese bread to PC.
Okay, that's fair enough. That's if PC is down with it. Are we talking the Great Basin Bakery, or Schat's? And, if from Schat's, anyone tried their Energy Loaf?
You know, even after my head extraction, I'm still hearing voices.
<Thank you Tami>
<Jim, I still have my Mtn issue featuring Torre Egger. I expect you to Man up to the image I formed during my 1st year or 2 of climbing. I think a lot of ST does.
That said, how does one go about ownership of an estancia in Patagonia?>
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