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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 30, 2009 - 01:18pm PT
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I like Larry's idea in the first 20,
who is writing the book?
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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May 30, 2009 - 05:50pm PT
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The quotable Pratt: "I will not give it up nor even slow down, not for man, nor woman nor wife nor god."
Whose going to invite Roper over for stories and typographical advice?
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Ezra
Social climber
WA, NC, Idaho Falls
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May 30, 2009 - 06:08pm PT
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Thank You!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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May 30, 2009 - 07:15pm PT
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Joe, aka Old Guy and other infamous names:
I am sure many of us await publication of your book which would be a rare look into the early days of climbing, personalities and living in the 50s and 60s. I remember watching the prep for the 2nd ascent of the Nose in Camp 4 and the high energy level and anxiety of the unknown that everyone felt at the time. I also remember you blasting off to Europe and coming back years later with vivid tales of vagabonding in that lively era. Wild things for a 14 year old kid hanging in Camp 4. We young lads quickly lost our innocence climbing and socializing with the real gypsies of that era. Hopefully we will get a glimpse into the real story behind 'Fitschen's Folly" and other adventures.
cheers
Joe
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Bon voyage Guido!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Here is that photo from Tom Evan's elcapreport site repaired (it had majorly faded and shifted)
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martygarrison
Trad climber
The Great North these days......
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Only met Chuck one time in 73. I was getting ready to throw a tr on Chingondo after doing the Iota and Chuck, bald head and all came cruising up. I was young and in awe of the legend. I watch attentively on how he setup the belay.....
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Bump for a great one...
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Sep 11, 2009 - 12:19pm PT
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Here's a fun story posted to another ST thread which I think should also be here.
It was originated by:
MisterE
Trad climber
From: Canoga Porn, CA
"Mom used to tell stories about goings-on in "Pratt's Camp" (C4 before it was C4) in the early days.
One of my favorite was the following:
Campers with pets were required to stay in the "climber's camp", and Chuck's idea of a good time was to wait until the middle of the night, then let all the dogs loose, climb onto a boulder and was the ensuing chaos".
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Sep 11, 2009 - 02:10pm PT
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Another fun Chuck tale was his draping bacon on the side of a large tall canvas tent that had been pitched right up against the mantle boulder opposite Columbia Boulder. This was in the days of El Cid, the uberbear of the sixties. Obviously stuff happened and the non-climber unfortunately oblivious tourists moved their tent or left immediately.
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jstan
climber
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Sep 11, 2009 - 04:13pm PT
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bump
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DrDeeg
Mountain climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Sep 22, 2009 - 01:24am PT
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Speaking of the great bear El Cid:
Several of us were driving with Pratt back from the Lodge into Camp 4. He saw El Cid pillaging a garbage can, and he shut off his engine and lights and coasted silently till he was close to the bear. Then he turned on his bright lights and laid on the horn.
El Cid just looked around and glared at us, then went back to the garbage can.
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dogtown
Gym climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Sep 22, 2009 - 02:15am PT
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Pratt bump! Hey Doug. Hey Peter.
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
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Sep 22, 2009 - 12:03pm PT
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Recently heard a story about Pratt's car that suffered from some hammer blows. Pratt sold it to Bridwell who drove it around for years. Anybody got any photos of the infamous vehicle?
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Sep 22, 2009 - 10:23pm PT
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Bridwell wouldn't buy it until there were hammer blows. He even paid more.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Sep 22, 2009 - 10:50pm PT
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Care to elaborate on that mysterious statement Peter?
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Oct 25, 2009 - 09:07pm PT
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This thread gets many more reads than is apparent. I posted the letter that Chuck sent on the second page of this thread in May. Photobucket now keeps track of the number of times an image is downloaded or viewed. There have been over 2700 views of the letter.
This month, before Pate's bump, there have been 332 views. Given that this thread has otherwise been buried, it is interesting that so many people have sought it out.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 27, 2009 - 12:17am PT
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Wonderful contribution, Royal! So many superb memories from those that knew Chuck well in this amazing thread. Here are a few Tom Frost shots of Chuck taken on the FA of the Salathe Wall.
Chuck leading the pitch off of El Cap Spire.
Tom notes with much admiration that Pratt showed the same deliberate grace while in slings that typified his free climbing and that it was always a real pleasure to watch him climb.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Nov 17, 2009 - 01:37am PT
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Ken, this is a great article that I had never seen before. Thanks!
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