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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jun 13, 2009 - 08:04pm PT
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This is a shot to the gut.
Having just lost a climbing partner, intellectual foil, and good friend, I have some idea of what Dingus, Nurse Ratchet, Em, and the rest are going through.
No words left.
Don't know what to say.
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goatboy smellz
climber
groove tube hell
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Jun 13, 2009 - 08:12pm PT
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So sad what a shocking loss… my heart goes out to you Em and Dingus and Dave and all those he touched online and on the rocks.
A quote from Bruce on why we love climbing.
"They seek those moments when time stands still.
The catalysts are as varied as the individuals who pursue this path: a meteor shower; a
night sky so star-filled that it snatches your breath; another rise of the sun over distant
mountains vast and untouchable; dodging a rock careening crazily down a gully; a
desperate icy struggle through whiteout and ground blizzard down to the safety of camp
after an unsuccessful summit attempt; standing atop a mountain with a friend, the whole
world at your feet, a blinding sun blazing out of a flawless sky, taking the time to watch
that sun dip below the horizon even though camp is still many miles and many thousands
of feet distant; stumbling over boulders and through brush in the darkness; watching the
starlight and the storm wrest for possession of the night sky, seated on a narrow ledge
beside your rope-mate with only the clothes on your back for shelter, shivering the night
away, knowing that, sometime in a distant place you cannot now touch, the world will
once again grow bright, the sun will rise, and you will look out on the infant day with
new eyes."
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=579304&tn=27
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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Jun 13, 2009 - 08:14pm PT
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WORD.
Bruce knew, huh?
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Aaron Johnson
climber
Bear Valley, CA
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Jun 13, 2009 - 08:23pm PT
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I crossed paths with Brutus only once at the top of Bear Creek Spire. We had dropped out water bottle and Brutus was insistent on sharing his remaining water. It wasn't much but it helped. Hiking out with Brutus was and enjoyable end to a long day.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jun 13, 2009 - 08:24pm PT
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That's just not possible...
I can't believe that and that it's turning out to be another tough year on our community. Am glad to have met him briefly at the first Sushifest. My condolences to all who loved him.
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TYeary
climber
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Jun 13, 2009 - 08:26pm PT
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My condolences to family and friends.
Tony
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ec
climber
ca
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Jun 13, 2009 - 08:51pm PT
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So sad. Condolences to Em. Bruce was the man!
 ec
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Jun 13, 2009 - 09:04pm PT
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i knew Brutus from selling him the wide sh#t at Marmot and he always had a kind word for us goombahs there- i recently met em too and she was so kind to me about all the beta for Lone Pine-my heart goes out to her, and i hope for her eventual peace.
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east side underground
Trad climber
Hilton crk,ca
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Jun 13, 2009 - 09:10pm PT
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very sorry, condolences to family and friends
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Jun 13, 2009 - 09:25pm PT
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This is still so hard to believe. Sharing the sushibar with him and Em a couple times brings back fond memories. As we said our goodbyes at the first sushifest Em offered some words to me that I hold so very close to my heart. The kind of words that make you look at yourself and your life in a different way. I want to reach out to her but I don't know how to do this. Maybe soon I'll see the way...
I can only imagine her pain.
Watercress and smoked trout == The Sierra Roll (A Brutus recipe)
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troutboy
Trad climber
Newark, DE
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Jun 13, 2009 - 09:50pm PT
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Like so many others I first met Brutus through rec.climbing, then later met a few times in person through mutual friends.
It's amazing how much we come to like and appreciate people through mechanisms such as rec.climbing and supertopo, and how difficult it is when they are no longer with us.
My heart goes out to Em and all of Bruce's friends and family.
Tim S.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Jun 13, 2009 - 10:31pm PT
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This is very sad news indeed. We need more climbers with character like Bruce, not less. Sarah and I send our heartfelt thoughts to his family and friends.
R Vogel
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MH
Trad climber
Mays Landing, NJ
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Jun 13, 2009 - 10:47pm PT
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I'm generally a lurker her on ST, but a loss such as this will get me out. Brutus had long been on my list of people I wanted to meet and climb with.
My heart goes out to Em and all of Bruce's friends and family.
Mark Heyman
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crøtch
climber
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Jun 13, 2009 - 10:58pm PT
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Em, I'm so very sorry.
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bc
climber
Prescott, AZ
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Jun 13, 2009 - 11:04pm PT
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While ice climbing in Lee Vining several years ago I watched an experienced team climbing a a few routes over from us, and I thought I recognized one of the climbers. They topped out, and later as they trudged through the snow below us I heard his partner call him Bruce. I didn't know anyone named Bruce, so I let it go. They left, and later that day it dawned on me that, hey, that was Brutus from the internet! I've always enjoyed his posts and photos and truly regretted not getting the chance to say hello to him that day. I feel like I've lost a great friend I never met. Love and peace to all his family in this difficult time.
Bill Cramer
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Bobo
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Jun 13, 2009 - 11:06pm PT
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I was on only one trip with he and Em, more recently we'd say hello to them at PG San Francisco. Bruce was one of those people that acted like you were an old pal even if you weren't, he was always glad to see you...good traveling to you Bruce.
Em you are in our hearts and prayers.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Jun 13, 2009 - 11:46pm PT
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I am so sorry to hear of this. My condolences to the family and friends - I wish there was more I could say.
-Tom
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Jun 14, 2009 - 12:12am PT
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It would be hard for me to say just how much of what I think or know about climbing rocks was learned from Brutus on rec.climbing.
The greater loss is in real life, and I'm full of regret for all of the loose talk of getting together that didn't happen or Wide Wednesdays that I didn't go to in the name of traffic.
I can't quite comprehend this loss, especially for Em.
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bajaandy
climber
Escondido, CA
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Jun 14, 2009 - 12:17am PT
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There are in life certain people who have the ability to 'shine through'. Having only read his musings at SP, and not having had the pleasure to meet the man in person, I can honestly say that Brutus of Wyde had a gift. How else can I explain the sense of loss I feel right now? I never even met him, and yet I feel like an integral part of the tribe has been taken away, well before his time. I can only imagine... no I CAN'T imagine how those of you who knew him and knew him well must be feeling right now. Numb, I would expect... My heart goes out to you. A terrible, terrible loss. My deepest sympathy and condolences to family and friends.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 14, 2009 - 12:17am PT
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hey there, to mooch and all, say, i did not know him, by my heart is very very sad to hear this...
my condolences to you all, friends and family...
god bless, in the wake of this sadness... very sorry that your dear friend is gone... :(
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