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snoreta01
Boulder climber
east vinod nagar , delhi
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I congratulate you.
Rocky
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona, Spain
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Hi Dirt, I've been listening to your songs again. The steel string with the rounded cutaway that appears in several of the videos is the Blanchard, correct? Or is there more than 1 steel string?
By any chances do you ever play country blues stuff? I don't hear much of a suggestion of that sort of thing in your videos, but I'm just curious, since that's what I mostly play on acoustics.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Yes that is the Blanchard. there are only two guitars posted in thos videos, the Blanchard and the Gilbert. I should make one with the DOOlin to further confuse people, haha.
I don't do any country , but sometiems I will play apppalacian stuff (old time they call it in a global sense) and a few of my compositions are definately american, NOT celtic, and then again some sound more like classical pieces, but at heart, I like Celtic, it is teh bigest influence for me, adn really, the best kind of music.
I honestly think that if hte idit English had not tried to stamp out Irish culture, tharer would be at least ONE IRish composer rom that era who would be seen in the same class as hayden(SP) and brahms and all those guys, the big guns, even bach and Beethoven.
HTat's just my opinion, probably nobody but an irishman would agree, haha, now ask me if I care.
Turlough O'Carolan was THE guy for incredible harp tunes, as good as ANY coposer who ever lived to me, and I do ahve a I am told the best arraingments of his work for the guitar ever. that's roma Juliard trained calssical guitarist who used to give concerts in Europe, who looks around for this stuff, so I think he's probably right.
I really should work out a few more, but I'm pretty self absorbed in my own music and writing new ones, so, maybe yes, maybe no.
Still every once in a while, an Ocarolan tune just poops in unbiden, from the dark recesses of my mind, adn I cam play it, haha, wiwthout haveing to do any real work, so, I guess I can't turn that down.
I'm glad his ghost still visits from time to time.\
Check out hte late great Derrick Bell ( forrmerly of the CHieftains, tohaer a true musical prodigy play ocarolan on the harp-- you really won't beleive it. Sad he died young. I always meant to contact him and now it's way too late, adn so, also take the lesson, do it today, cause it might not be around tomorrw.
Good advice for normal people as well ash the dying, LOL.
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RRK
Trad climber
Talladega, Al
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ok here's an "action" shot of Dirt from wayback, clawing himself up some poison-ivy infested chosspile in NW Georgia. (Catch courtesy of Jim Corbett, photo courtesy of RRK). What's unusual about this shot is the near absence of gear hanging from OC. The picture posted previously of Dirt displaying his gear is actually of his "stinger" rack. When he starts up something new he carries at least three times that amount of gear ("Do we really need this anvil and forge?"). The good news is that it's impossible to be injured in a fall when climbing with Dirt since you can't break ground-effect with all the gear he wants to haul up and thus can't climb up high enough to really hurt yourself.
(The foregoing should provoke a response which will be entertaining for days to come.) Here's the shot (maybe)
RRK
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there dirtineye... say, just dropped by to say hi... got to run... got to try and find new work, or i will lose my itty bitty home, here...
sad but true... but i will leave you "happy smiles" none the less and hearty prayers... :)
say, keep remembering to look in the mirror and smile, as a smile is mighty powerful, as it reaches the inner man... no matter how we feel that we feel or look, the smiles transcends...
:)
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scuffy b
climber
just below the San Andreas
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He must have been out of his mind to be climbing with no socks.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Just where does he think he's going?
Oh well, 'footwork looks fairly articulate.
The whisk broom is a nice touch...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there RRK... say, thanks for sharing the nice humor and pic of dirt/curt....
say--sure hope he has some tid-bits to add in, on the pic and all...
:)
*say, dirtineye, so you BRAVED poison ivy, huh, now did ya'?
:)
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Indiana (the other Mideast)
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...somewhere in Alambama, an umpire is missing his home plate hand-broom! LOL!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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And Crawford, Texas is celebrating the return of its village idiot.
Curmudgeonly bump.
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RRK
Trad climber
Talladega, Al
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Hmmm my previous "bait" did not get a bite. This one will - it's Dirt downclimbing a pitch. This is also my preferred method of downclimbing, which is easily confused with "falling" by the casual observer. (In my own case if I'm saying "Sh#t Sh#t Shit" then I'm falling, otherwise I'm downclimbing) (Catch courtesy RRK, photo courtesy Mike Erickson.)
Couple of things about this shot - first is the complete absence of climbing shoes on Dirt. When my wife (who is not a climber) saw this shot she said "doesn't Curt have any climbing shoes?" Clearly she is a master of the obvious. Also see how far away from the wall I am while making the catch? The only reason that Dirt climbs at all is to get up over your head and wisk dirt down on you. My advise is, whenever possible set a directional and back off out of "clod range", take your shoes off and enjoy the show.
What is not obvious from this shot is the fact the the rope had already gone "tight" and Dirt was in the process of being projected into low-earth orbit through the "slingshot aid" method, which we pioneered a few years back. Note the belayer's "snatch" arm at nearly full extension. Also note the look of terror on Dirt's face, which a dead giveaway that Dirt is no longer falling, but rather gaining altitude rapidly. You shoulda been there - we could have sold tickets to this one.
(If he doesn't say anything about this I'm calling the paramedics)
RRK
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justthemaid
climber
Los Angeles
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Don't dis the beloved whisk boom Kenny. You know you like it.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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They certainly seem to have some interesting climbing techniques in Alabama. But then, who knew that they had climbers, and climbing?
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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That wisk broom is a classy touch. I'm going to have to get one of those. I wonder if it makes you lighter- witches and brooms and stuff.
Z
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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We can only hope Zander.
Alas, I think you just get Dirt in Your Eye.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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I doubtthat I am legentd ,aterial, butteh broom ahs certaly madeit's mark.
People laugh, until they try it.
very handy for getting a loose grit or lichen off the thing your life is about to depend on, haha!Steg got one. Brad MCleod got one.
And they only cost about a dollar at wal-mart. In the south a broom, a clipper, (pruning snips) adn a small folding japanese saw can be very helpful, LOL.
I usually would try to take teo PI off teh year before, as much as possible, cute hteroot, adn spray with roundup. I mostly tricked poele ( I'm not allergic to PI) into doing the really nasty stuff for me, LOL, Shannon swore he didn't get it, so I sent him uptheis really nice little crack taht is one of the nicer 5.7's at Lost wall, machete crack, cause we used a machete ro get the 2inch PI rots out, not to mention the 4 foot hgih stalks. Next day I call him anp and say, shannon, you got poison Ivy? the voice comes back liek this, as funny a ything as I ever heard him say" Form Head To Toe" witha litle pause between each word, and an aaaair of digust to it. HHA I got PI from that jsut by standing as far from the wall as possible, and still it got all over me. BUt he was greabbingthe roots bare handed.
I bet he does not do that again, hehe. THe only problen is I rean out of friends who claimed the didn't get it, BOO HOO.
Been pretty sick since Jeff left, got an infection in teh liver, that's no fun. But how it appears to be on the mend, and the docs are going to ry a procedure to get rid of the external drain and make things a lot safer and less painful ans stessful, which will e god if it works, and bad if it does not. only ohe option is more surgery to redo the breand new duct, ans surgery is a big risk for noe these days, but ny suregeon is good ( hel I lived though a wipple didn't I) so we'll roll the dice and see if we have to.
THose pics, never did finish that forst one, that's teh direct of Supergumbiewannabee, whre tie TI pin was stolen. I figuresds ou whta to do later, but then I broke my elbow and bythe times that healed enough to do taht overhanging 5.11 move, I as getting sick from cancer and just didn;t knwo it. BUT it was baffling in a wtf is wrong with me? sense. Oh well, the FA was dne freon the indirect, and I think the roof is the best part anyway.
Idiots should not steal fixed gear that is the ONLY pro protectng a ground fall. a pox on such fools. that pin was sent special from Ushba while they were stillin business it as the ONLY thing htat woudl go there, damnitall.
Perkins will probably go put a bolt there, but the pin was better ans less destructive and was never going to corrode. and that was important since water ran over that section a lot.
RRK actually loves having dirt dumped on him.. My pal Jeff Allen holds the record for dodging the most rock branches nd vines tossed down in one short climb though. SOmetimes in the south you have to excavate the routs, LOL.
In that falling pic, yes, I'm climbng in trail shoes, it's omly MAYBE 5.9, an no, I did not greab the rope , but it looks that way. that's one of my favorite pics. I hiet a wet slimy edge, started so slip, but instead of going back, I tried to gut it out adn put two sets of fingers onm the tiny slimy eges, adn slipped off.
Once the slime was gone, it want pretty easy. that's wha
t's fun about new or largely unclimbed routes-- you get an adventure, hehe.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Sent some big Love from India recently to the DirtBro
I'd call it a Prayer but let's pretend I was trying to haunt you first.
PEace
Karl
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Karl, you can call it prayer. I'm not turning anything down from sincere folks.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Thanks DirtMan
I think you getting real about your prospects on this thread and being open to accepting "what is" is a real contribution.
Oftentimes the dance of words around this kind of diagnosis turns into false optimism the results in every saying "Fight it dude, yur gonna live!' and nobody had a chance to clear their decks and make their peace.
That, and some classic Republican bashing at the end and you're going out in style.
Just better straighten up a tiny bit more for the final round or you'll go to where they send all the Republicans!
(just kidding, except fatty!)
Peace
Karl
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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posted two more bits on Photobucket since peopel asked for it.
Tell me if the sound is OK, I still ahve to get EFFING XP upgrade fixed-- Micr$oft ruined my quicktime player ARGH!
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