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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Mar 18, 2009 - 12:28pm PT
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In the early 70s before I got my first car - a 1965 VW convertible bug lovingly named Tom Bombadil and the source of many a fine tale as well - I would take my Mom's Chevy Nova at warp speed from Morrison to Eldo on (pray for me I drive...) hwy 93. I have to admit to having once forced a Rocky Flats transport truck with radioactive warning signs off the road. OOPS! At the time it didn't dawn on me what I had done. I was just in a hurry to capitilize on a blue bird day of ditching school. Just about the time I was turning at the Dyno Mart I flashed on the meaning of those signs. Holy glow in the dark crap.
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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Mar 18, 2009 - 01:38pm PT
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I feel transported to a different time and place... too dangerous on a workday!
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Mar 18, 2009 - 02:14pm PT
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A few years later while finishing the last pitch of the Edge as the full Harvest Moon rose over the vastness of the eastern plains I noticed the strangest of eerie glows emanating from Rocky Flats. For a moment I wondered if that truck had... Nah couldn't be.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 18, 2009 - 02:16pm PT
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Philo
Wasn't that the glow of the base jumper?
Who did it????
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2009 - 02:32pm PT
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This is for Chiloe and Brad......
Loved the pic, Hankster. The yard looks a lot classier now. BITD there were no tiles, just mud
and grass with our dubious dog.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Mar 22, 2009 - 03:13pm PT
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Man Hank, get some sunshine and lotion. The blazing glare off the gams is blinding. It burns, it burns.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2009 - 08:00pm PT
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Yah, Hank's other photo from his yard is more pleasing to look at for some reason ... the cowboy hat?
I did find one more photo of the trailer in yesteryear, and in snow. Will try to scan that soon.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 24, 2009 - 09:05pm PT
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I'm still waiting for the video....
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Mar 24, 2009 - 09:44pm PT
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Ed,
I only do the NE beta dance in person, after several cold ones... come on out this summer and we can do it up! :-)
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2009 - 10:02pm PT
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But while we wait for the video of that, here's one last look at Hank's trailer, in our
last year there -- winter of '77.
And of course, the Naked Edge behind.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Mar 24, 2009 - 10:22pm PT
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Let me see if I can get him liquored up and record him! :)
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 25, 2009 - 12:43am PT
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either way... I do plan on a Vedauwoo trip now that 510 OW is operational again... and it isn't that far from yous guys in Colorado... I'll see what I can. If I'm still employed by then I will probably be wanting an extended vacation away...
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Olihphant
climber
Somewhere over the rainbow
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Apr 27, 2009 - 04:33pm PT
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Bump to tell Mr. Ed that if he makes it all the way out to Vedauwoo and doesn't make the 90 minute detour to Boulder where a spectacular TacoParty would surely await him then you sir would be a punter.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Apr 27, 2009 - 04:35pm PT
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an honor to be called that, famously an accusation shouted by Hershey...
but I will not miss it this year...
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 27, 2009 - 06:37pm PT
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Those Boulder Tacoans are a fun crew, all right. How could they not be, living where they do?
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FrankZappa
Trad climber
80' from the Hankster
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Jul 11, 2009 - 10:56pm PT
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It's up for rent. Stop by or call Dan; 303.720.8957. We already miss Hank.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jul 12, 2009 - 12:23pm PT
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Uh, and where did Hank go ???
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 14, 2009 - 09:47am PT
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Hank has left the building?
Whoever moves in next, it should be someone else who understands that's the Naked Edge
out their window.
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Jul 14, 2009 - 10:55am PT
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Those are some nice pics on page one....
Thanks
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Bump for the Caylor trailer man tube for rent.
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