Goodbye to Bob Schultz

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Niece_Anna

climber

Lincoln, NE

Aug 16, 2010 - 09:52pm PT

On behalf of Bob's family in Nebraska, I would like to say thank you for this forum and all of your kind words. It has brought a lot of comfort to our family.

Gary

climber

Desolation Basin, Calif.

Aug 16, 2010 - 10:39pm PT

Sounds like a pretty good guy. RIP.

terryl

Trad climber

south lake tahoe ca

Aug 17, 2010 - 11:51am PT

A Celebration of Life will be held for Bob Schultz at the Sierra at Tahoe Ski Resort on August 29th at 2:00.

Come share your stories and memories with Bob’s family and friends.

It will be pot luck, with beer and wine available for a very small fee. Please do not bring your own liquor as this is a violation of Sierra at Tahoe’s license.

Please do not feel you need to bring a dish. We always have more than enough food and absolutely do not need everyone to participate. If you do want to bring something we suggest the following:

Last name: A–E: appetizer
Last name: F-K: pasta salad
Last name: L-N: green salad
Last name: O-R: fruit salad
Last name: S-Z: dessert

Of course - if anyone has something they particularly want to bring – go for it. The above is just a guideline.

Hope to see you there.

SteveW

Trad climber

The state of confusion

Aug 17, 2010 - 01:30pm PT

My sincere condolences to Bob's family and friends.

Strawbilly Dave

Social climber

Strawberry, CA

Aug 17, 2010 - 05:52pm PT

Stolen from Kerouc-modified for Bob

"So in America when the sun goes down and I sit on the old broken-down river pier watching the long, long skies over New Jersey and sense all that raw land that rolls in one unbelievable huge bulge over to the West Coast, and all that road going, and all the people dreaming in the immensity of it, and in Iowa I know by now the children must be crying in the land where they let the children cry, and tonight the stars'll be out, and don't you know that God is Pooh Bear? the evening star must be drooping and shedding her sparkler dims on the prairie, which is just before the coming of complete night that blesses the earth, darkens all the rivers, cups the peaks and folds the final shore in, and nobody, nobody knows what's going to happen to anybody besides the forlorn rags of growing old, I think of Bobby."

em kn0t

Trad climber

isle of wyde

Aug 18, 2010 - 12:29am PT

So sorry to hear of this tragic accident. I only saw Bob once, climbing at Woodfords; it was a beautiful day on the rock. Clearly from this thread Bob was a very special and accomplished person.
Deep condolences to his wife, friends and family.

John Harrod

climber

South Lake Tahoe, CA

Aug 21, 2010 - 04:18am PT

I worked at Sierra Summit from 1983 until I came to Sierra Ski Ranch in 1989, worked for Pete Sprock for a few seasons, then worked for a few years at Sierra At Tahoe. For some reason, I was the avalanche cat every year I groomed, in every storm. I loved going to pick up the boys in the morning for blasting or ski cutting. So I got to know Bob, maybe not as well as most of you, but I can say this; out of many great crew over the years, he was the nicest patroller I ever knew. For that matter, he was one of the two or three kindest, most thoughtful people I ever met at Sierra. And for years after, every time I saw him, he would stop and ask me how I was doing. He cared. He treated me like an old friend who was important to him. He was a genuine, straightforward man who talked from the heart and meant what he said. And he was competent. I would have trusted my life in his hands in any situation. I don't understand what happened. We'll probably never know. I'm sure he wasn't being reckless, but it is an inherently dangerous sport.

What Doug Nurock said, sums it up, about Bob.
~Bob was one of those rare souls loved by all. He listened with focus and intensity and had the ability to put anyone at ease. He exuded warmth and caring, always finding the perfect words to support and inspire the people around him. Bob died doing what he loved, outside, in the mountains that had been his life for so many years.~
I could not say it better.
I will never forget you, Bob. You will be in my heart till my dying day.
John H.