Yosemite Facelift 2015

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SC seagoat

Trad climber

Santa Cruz, Moab or In What Time Zone Am I?

Sep 29, 2015 - 12:09am PT

Ferretlegger showing the chicken wing maneuver

Are you sure? It looks like either he's airing out his underarm (which has a huge hole) or it's some sort of "I come in peace" gesture.

Erik and Skip...those were awesome outfits. You guys are so creative!

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Susan

Lollie

Social climber

I'm Lolli.

Sep 29, 2015 - 01:30am PT

Big like to the German outfits :-D

justthemaid

climber

Jim Henson's Basement

Sep 29, 2015 - 06:34am PT

When we found out it was the 25th anniversary of El Portal Octoberfest... we had the perfect outfits in the car. Octoberfest rocked BTW.

Ferretlegger?... more like Chickenwinger. Nice ventilation hole in the T BTW ;)

A few pics from the Upper Pines Command Module Alpha. A shout out to all our (250 or so) happy campers this year. Check in went smoother than ever and we had almost no issues with parking and trouble makers.

Fish Finder

climber

Sep 29, 2015 - 08:22am PT

there are some great photos of the event here

http://www.yosemiteclimbing.org/new-page/

Steve has just gone through and revamped the web site

THANKS!!!!

MisterE

Gym climber

Being In Sierra Happy Of Place

Sep 29, 2015 - 01:11pm PT

The park was so clean we resorted to some unorthodox trash-collecting - without much success:

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Sep 29, 2015 - 01:31pm PT

Sunday Night Dinner at Facelift.God rest ye merry, children!

Mountain climber

there and back again

Sep 29, 2015 - 02:49pm PT

Still in the park for a couple more days. I had a great time. The facelift/tribe reunion was a blast. Great work, great friends, great gathering.

Everyone deserves a big high five and fist bump for making this the most productive park clean-up in the nation.

If you did not make it this year don't miss next!

Tobia

Social climber

Denial

Sep 29, 2015 - 03:16pm PT

Good to see Bob Finn! Last time i saw Bob was the day we got laid off from YP&CC warehouse, 1978.

phylp

Trad climber

Upland, CA

Sep 29, 2015 - 03:32pm PT

JTM and Mr. E, those outfits are wonderful!

Jon Beck

Trad climber

Oceanside

Sep 29, 2015 - 04:09pm PT

Thanks again to everyone. Great clip Moose! I should have gotten more but I had a crap camera with no memory, but did catch a bit of Rick, Annie and Don playing.

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MisterE

Gym climber

Being In Sierra Happy Of Place

Sep 29, 2015 - 07:57pm PT

Set-up crew on Tuesday

madbolter1

Big Wall climber

Denver, CO

Sep 29, 2015 - 08:58pm PT

It was truly wonderful to meet so many great folks for the first time and to finally connect some faces to some online handles.

Harrison, you are the man! And we've gotta find some way to continue our conversation. As I said, I really enjoy the way you think.

Thanks to all! Well worth the trip from Denver, and I plan to make it every year that circumstances make possible.

MisterE

Gym climber

Being In Sierra Happy Of Place

Sep 29, 2015 - 09:05pm PT

^^The best part of the event for me was when Richard won a rope at the end of the raffle - everyone wanted it.

It felt like The Valley was giving him back a clean rope.

I loves me some irony!

Edited - sorry Richard.

madbolter1

Big Wall climber

Denver, CO

Sep 29, 2015 - 09:16pm PT

That was me, Richard, but you are sure right! I was stunned when my name was called. I almost couldn't respond because I was so shocked. The reaction so many people had was very gratifying, and I can only say thank you very much.

Fish Finder

climber

Sep 29, 2015 - 09:35pm PT

it was a great line up this year

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Sep 29, 2015 - 11:34pm PT

hey there say, ... wow, i LOVE the 'nita approved' photo, :)

thanks for sharing, all this neat fun! and success!

Fish Finder

climber

Sep 30, 2015 - 11:21am PT

Ok so here it goes

My tenth and the facelifts 12th
Wouldnt miss it for the world

it really is all about this man

Thanks for all you do Ken and for being a Friend

The first night Tuesday was the 10th Real Rock Film (support these people and go see the film when it hits your town, you wont be sorry)
it was crazy with the auditorium and the theatre both packed

The theatre even ran a second show for those who where not able to get in the earlier shows

I ran into this guy

Mike (Gator) the superintendent of the park introduces Ken

Here is where it gets really good and its time to thank all the sponsors

for me it was all about the New Belgium Fat Tire Ale

Everything they make is amazing

and the 1554 was really really good

its a dark beer that they discovered a recipe thats from 1554. Duh!
the recipe may be old but it had me partying like it was 1999 or is that 2019?
Aimie the New Belgium rep is way cool and has this great energy!
Thanks New Belgium!!!!!!

SWAG......dont even get me started

These are some of the people who get it done for every night time show

note the special red staff shirts
my guess is these will become very collectable

Here is Bill the coffee guy
he is there morning noon and night giving people what they want
legal speed (caffeine)

Thanks Bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and Hood River Coffee

The park is really going high tech these days

#faceliftshouldbe2weeks

closing shot of the nightime slide shows and just a tip of the surfboard that was donated... more on that later

the second night was headlined by the gracious and HOT Lynn Hill

Her slide show was great!

here she is with Leo and Fattrad looking over a book that fatty brought for her to sign.....

she was in the plaza with Ken to sign the surfboard that would be auctioned off later... so I asked her to sign a facelift shirt that will be auctioned off here later for those of you who were not able to attend, probably separate thread.

impressive handwriting with a felt marker and soft organic cotton

Ok so this brings us to the middle of Facelift or hump day if you will

which brings me on a tangent from the routine

Excuse me ladys......but guys have you ever had this fantasy

Ok just kidding this is a family event

This is Hope and her friend from Taiwan, they live in the same town but had not met until they came to the Yosemite Facelift. Go Figure

The point being that this is an international affair and every year I meet someone from another country who has become friends. The sweet Lolli Pop comes to mind from years past and is greatly missed.

Speaking of international flair

Timmy at the podium announcing his candidacy for Superintendent of Yosemite National Park

Timmy has been a huge supporter of the Facelift for years and has this unmatched hyper energy that really gets the crowds going

He is FUNNY!
but what most of you may not know is that behind the sceenes he is all
bidness. He queries and takes notes like he is writing a fukcing wikipedia
page. Then he turns it into comedy. Quite amazing and not easy to do!

Thanks Timmy!!!!!!

So Timmy is at the podium presenting at the Volunteers of the Year Awards..

here is my friend Matthew (next to the Super) of the volunteer NPS rescue team
My guess is that he will become the new Werner

so Timmy is there to present the award for the Facelift Volunteer of the Year Award better known as the "Golden Grabby Award" as the prize is a gold trash picker upper stick!

And the winner is...................Leo Burke

I sure hope I have his energy when I am 82

Congrats Leo , its a pleasure working and hanging out with you at Facelift

OK so this thing can not go without mentioning

for several years Jeffs son Tyler has donated his artwork to be auctioned off at the Facelift

handboards and surfboards
This years was beautiful, made from repurposed wood from a late 1800's water tower in Santa Cruz, it was signed by Ken Yager and all the headliners

Thursday night the headliner was Tommy Caldwell

what cant be said about this guy

He is in his prime

Just recently freed the Dawn Wall, has a lovely wife and child and is getting all the attention he deserves for all the hard work

I have seen his show several times over the years and this was by far his best!

Go Tommy!!!!

no photos of Tommy as I only saw him in the dark theatre
but here is the trailer from Valley Uprising

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The Merced School of Art collected a bunch of junk and made statues around the village

I caught Timmy reading poetry to Poseidon and if I'm not mistaken...
he's reaching for his JUNK (bottle with red tip)

OK lets back up a moment
there is an awful lot of work that goes on

First there is one tent

then there are 2

the booth needs to be set up everyday and broken down (not the tents)

the auditorium has to be cleaned set up and broken down then cleaned again
everyday

to be continued.....