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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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jludes-
By jove, that is the one!
(what is a jove?)
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Bushman
Social climber
The island of Tristan da Cunha
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Jove = Jovian = Jupiter
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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That photo on the bench was taken by Mike Graham, if I’m not mistaken, on a road trip to the Canadian Rockies in 1975, where Richard, Tobin, Mike and me squeezed into Mike’s Datsun station wagon and headed north from Yosemite. That was our first big mountain trip and I think the photo might be Radium Hot Springs where we stopped for a swim and a shower on our way back from the Bugaboos.
Richard dearly loved Tobin, but that didn’t stop him from making fun of him and the fact that Tobin was a preacher’s son and wouldn’t drink beer. I remember on that road trip Richard rolling his eyes when Tobin requested a break from the Hendrix and Pink Floyd to play the cassette he brought along for the trip: Simon and Garfunkle’s first album which included “Go Tell it on the Mountain” , a traditional religious tune. After one round of Simon and Garfunkel, with Tobin singing along on “Go tell it on the Mountain,” Richard would roll his eyes, shake his head, and blurt out, “Ok man, that’s enough, put something else on”.
The one of Bachar and Harrison is great but is not familiar to me; it looks like the summit of Tahquitz. I don’t think that’s me or Tobin in the background.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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And A Star Blew Through The Sky as another we learn, has died...
Smoke signals and Mother Earths' Morse Code!
That is how it was with him and I.
He had a way of just showing up
When I would be 'moking up
RIP StoneMaster
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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we were already our own tribe after a few months so we mostly just built the ship as we sailed it.
Well said JL
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Was that Porsche Orange by any chance...?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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I was going to say Red but my one brain cell voted orange...Maybe it was that Doin person that worked at ski mart...
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Ed Lasley, or Doine Pedorsky , (All spellings are suspect.)
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Visited Richard and Tina in the 1980s, my first trip to RR. Richard insisted we do Rock Warrior first thing.
Later that same trip, Richard and I climbed with Shipoopi and Steve led this crack climb.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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I don't remember what Ed drove but I do remember Doyne's bad ass Porsche. It was a wicked 916, and full race. I'm not sure how he got it licensed for street but it was one of a kind and effing FAST.
I rode to San Diego with him once to meet others and climb. We never located the others. I had a feeling he had been given false meeting coordinates.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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I love and value spicy climbs and a few people out there always delivered when it comes to leaving behind challenging routes done in pure style, lines that would engage your imagination. If I saw Barber, Lowe, Wunsch, Kamps or Rearick on an FA then I had to check it out. Richard Harrison was also on that short list for me as a climber's climber, a Stonemaster.
So very sorry to hear about his passing so young and my heart goes out to his family and friends. I never had the pleasure of meeting him but I always had great respect and deep appreciation for his ability and style.
A beacon of inspiration for me so Shine On Richard!
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Dimes
Social climber
Wonderland of Retirement
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Nice to see this thread still front and center.
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hashbro
Trad climber
Mental Physics........
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does anyone have a video/audio of Richard speaking?
Richard had a very memorable/ubiquitous way of almost laughing......as he spoke (because he obviously enjoyed almost every moment of being alive).
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Keith Leaman
Trad climber
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Nov 10, 2014 - 09:17am PT
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Sympathies to those who are close to Richard, and respect for ST's Guard of Honour representing on this thread.
Thanks for posting those memorable photos. I met Richard a few times ca '71-'72 either during "rock gymnastics" sessions at Baldy Canyon, or at Joe Brown boulder, or Tahquitz...Paul Gleason, Phil, Schnurr, Haney, Dominick et al, always spoke highly of all the young Stonemasters that we had the pleasure of roping up with, and sharing the rock with, during those unforgettable golden years.
It seemed that within just a few short weeks they were establishing bold new problems and free climbing difficult aid routes. Their infectious spirit for pushing the proverbial envelope accelerated the astounding speed at which they broke new ground.
Audentes Fortuna Juvat
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Jefe'
Boulder climber
Bishop
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Nov 10, 2014 - 09:42am PT
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My sincerest condolences to Lisa and to all his friends and family. Lisa, I want to thank you again for giving me his cell so I could contact him. I first met Richard in 1970 through mutual friends Brad McElwain and Frank Gingrich. We were Sophomores in high school, and you could always find Richard by the bright orange duvet he always wore. Had a lot of good times in the basement. For the people that have been there, it was Frank who painted all the mountain scenes in there. Brad and I went with Richard on his first nailing expedition. It was in the canyon below the first tunnel on the Baldy Road. He had accumulated a bunch of pins and wanted to stand in some slings. It was the most rotten rock imaginable, but Richard being fearless and calm, just pounded away on pins for about a 100' traverse, 50' off the deck. He told a few years after that, it was the most scared he had ever been. Another time, winter of 1972, Richard and Brad climbed the North Face of Telegraph Peak, solo of course. Richard dropped his axe, yelled at Brad, who reached out with his axe and stopped it. Richard had a picture of this. Later that same winter I think, Richard and John climbed the same face. As Spencer mentioned earlier, Richard was the best mentor for climbing, very humble. Encouraged me to lead my first 5.9 with him, Serpentine, at Suicide. Did my first 5.11 with him and Dutzi, or Royd Riggins, not sure. I saw where Lisa mentioned his staph infection. It also ate away part of his hip bone, which caused his limp. Because of that, he couldn't climb for I think about 2 years. But, he started road racing motorcycles with Ging, which of course he exceled at. I have a lot more stories to add. Jeff Butts McCarthy
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GibO
Trad climber
Breckenridge
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Nov 10, 2014 - 01:12pm PT
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Wow, I just heard of Richard's passing. The news hit very hard. Even though I haven't seen him for decades, many fond memories jump out to me.
Richard will be missed.
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OTC
Social climber
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Nov 11, 2014 - 01:15am PT
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Fletcher Jones was selling used cars. Randy and Richard invited us in to
their home. So this cat shows up, Cosmos in a silver porche 924. Vegas ya gotta love it. Richard Harrison/stone masters...thank you
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Nov 11, 2014 - 08:34am PT
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And there was a memorable road trip in 1975 to the Canadian Rockies, with Tobin, Mike, Richard and me, all stuffed into Mike's little Datsun station wagon. A high light was Richard and Tobin doing the Beckey/Chouinard on the north face of Mt. Edith Cavell one day, and Mike and me the next, because we only had enough ice gear for one team at a time.
He told me that this gear went on that trip...
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Nov 11, 2014 - 04:26pm PT
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Jeff,
Thanks for posting; great to have one the old Uplanders remembering Richard.You mentioned racing motorcycles and that prompted some memories.
Richard loved racing bikes and I remember he had one against the wall in the basement; he would talk about how much fun it was when your knee was an inch off the pavement in a turn.
He loved all things of high horsepower, and talked me into going to the drag races at Ontario Motor Speedway one day. Afterwards,he asked me how I liked it and I admitted that seeing the cars going straight down the track didn't do much for me. His eyes lit up and he said something like, "Oh man, I just love the roar of the engines when you can feel it in your gut."
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