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potthead
Mountain climber
reno/tahoe
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Jun 19, 2010 - 11:57am PT
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a helmet cam would be pretty awesome, and i'll tell him he better show at the next Woodson gathering!
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REIGN 1
Social climber
Carlsbad, Ca
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Jun 20, 2010 - 04:39pm PT
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Potthead, tell Rick I've been racing jetskis and motocross the last ten years and just got back into climbing. Me and dan just went up snake dike for my first climb back. I'm worked. Hahaha
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TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
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Sep 25, 2010 - 08:40pm PT
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RP "The Man" bump...
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Footloose
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe
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Sep 25, 2010 - 09:49pm PT
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Check out this photo:
My Rock Climbing Lake Tahoe book calls the man in this photo "Rick Picket." Should it actually read Piggot or Piggott?
The man in this photo (after the crux of Karncave, 5.13b/c at Caverock) mentored me as well back in the day. In the gym in Reno!
If it's Piggot or Piggott, not Picket, nice to know the truth.
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TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
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Sep 25, 2010 - 09:59pm PT
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Sure looks like Ric, but it's a little difficult to make a 100%/lay my money on it ID.
Ric had the same physic; tall, about 6'4"-6'6'(just guessing/i'm 6'2" and he towered over me). very slim/ripped. Always had long, black hair from the first to the last time i saw him('71-91)...and very mello personality/intense focus.
my 2pennies worth...
edit: and i always thought it was spelled Picket, as in Wilson Picket, but then, i never asked him how it was spelled.
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Brian Biega
climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 25, 2010 - 11:04pm PT
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Hey Footloose-
The spelling may be off there. If so, my mistake.
Hi Rick-
Hope you are well!
Cheers, Brian
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Sep 25, 2010 - 11:09pm PT
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Rick's a cool dude for sure!!
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Footloose
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe
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Sep 25, 2010 - 11:30pm PT
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Brian, thanks for the clarification.
Hey, come on down to Woodfords Canyon, sometime,
let's climb.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Sep 26, 2010 - 12:28pm PT
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It's RP for sure. Rick must be 57 now.
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Footloose
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe
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Sep 26, 2010 - 01:01pm PT
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Ha, ha. I think I remember you, pothead. Say hi to Rick and tell him I still climb up and down (fun strategy from Rick) as part of my workout. Happy times.
I'm at High Altitude Fitness now in Incline Village, winter season - tell him to drop by sometime for a visit.
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Tahoecedar
Mountain climber
Tahoe City, CA
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I have a couple of photos of Rick on summitpost.org...he was a great inspiration! That is him climbing at Cave rock in the photo, and it's spelled Piggott...not like the fence...
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Hi All, The Poway Mountaineers are planning a reunion in the Fall. Any leads on contacting Rick are surely appreciated. Thank you. -Bruce Adams
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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I remember seeing Rick a lot at Woodson in the late '70s, and early '80s. My description would be similar to the one above: "mello personality, intense focus." Incredible skill demonstrated on incredibly hard problems.
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Hey Mooser! I sure liked your "Thankyou" article on your coaching page! Guess I'll even say it : Thank you! Hope Friction KIng brings you to the event! Thanks for the bump. B
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Another great story involves the brief, forced cohabitation of Piggot and Dick Cilley at my place in El Portal. Dick was dossing at our place. Piggot was coming up to see about soloing Sunkist and needed a place to crash. I told Cilley that Rick would be joining us and he muttered "Oh Golly", or words to that effect. I believe it was shortly after this experience that Dick made his famous remark about how Piggot "could fill a room with his silences."
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Thanks, brunosafari! I assume that Friction King knows of the event? I don't really qualify to show up, though, since even though I'm a Poway climber from the '70s, I was never a PMB. But I sure hope Tim goes!
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2013 - 07:35pm PT
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A quick silk banana story..
AS 15/16 year olds we were at woodson as much as possible
and whenever possible would tag along with eeyonkee (Greg)
or Rick cuz they were "the guys" and they were puttin up
and could do the shiz....anyway , one day Rick tells me
I gotta check out a new one he just did....so we walk to
this "thing" ....I'm thinkin this ain't a crack , not a
mantle..what the heck is this...Rick chalks up and does
a casual lap ... my turn...now Piggott is about 6'-5" ish
and could kneebar the thing..just hiked it..me 5'-9".
didn't happen... I thought How the hell did he even think
of this thing..the guy had Vision.
I'm sure Greg has done that one , love to hear his take
on it.
Bruce, good on ya for puttin that together !
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Here's my take on Silk Banana...I was closer to being President of the United States.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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^^^ :-)
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