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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 10, 2010 - 12:07pm PT
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This is the place...Bump!
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dickcilley
Social climber
Wisteria Ln.
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Oct 10, 2010 - 02:59pm PT
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Scott was by far the most welcoming climber I encountered in Arizona.John Galt and I went out for the day with him to some of his cherished basalt and he said to us.Use chalk if you want.People are more important than ethics.I didn't use chalk that day out of respect.John did.I remember we smoked cigars for some special reason.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Oct 10, 2010 - 05:09pm PT
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Welcome Scott!
I've been lucky enough to see one of the fabled slideshows as well as running into you a couple of times over the years, but I'm sure nothing worth recalling. Very cool to see you here! Hope you'll pull up a chair to the virtual campfire and maybe share a tale or two from the old days. To be a climber back in the early days of AZ rock must've been like a kid in a candy store. Thanks for leaving such a legacy of tremendous routes and a great example for us to live up to!
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Oct 10, 2010 - 05:35pm PT
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Anyone who did battle with the dreaded "Yellow Queeziness" and survived IS a "Bitchin' Dad!
He should tell us all about it.
SteelMonkey, beautiful work as always. I would guess Granite Mountain, from the Front Porch looking up towards Cotimundi Whiteout. Right?
Scott I know you asked me but in my opinion, SteelMonkey makes some of the best topos in the business.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Oct 10, 2010 - 08:12pm PT
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Yup, Sorcerer to Slammer. Thanks for the compliment Philo. I know SB has been involved in many areas across Arizona, but for some reason I always think of Granite Mountain when his name comes up.
I would really love to hear more about the early days of Granite Mountain. Can't imagine what it would have been like to have a blank canvas like that to paint so many masterpieces.
Edit: I meant to say it before, but that's a nice topo of the Dragon route Philo!!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 11, 2010 - 06:29pm PT
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Second those Steel topo kudos!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 15, 2010 - 11:45am PT
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Scott- Who were the original members of the Syndicato Granitica and how did the group take that name? There had to be a Prescott connection?!?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 15, 2010 - 09:35pm PT
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Friday night Bump!
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Oct 20, 2010 - 06:47pm PT
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Hey everybody be sure and check the nice comments Paul Davidson added on first page.
The "Hole to Hump" was a running event, starting at the Colorado River near Phantom Ranch (Grand Canyon) elev. around 2500' and running the 75 miles or so to Humphrey's Peak (Highest point in AZ around 12,600'). If I recall correctly they started at dawn with one foot in the river, ran all day and night to (hopefully) arrive at the summit for dawn.
It sure must have felt like a kid in a candy store to be such a talented, visionary climber in these parts 40 years ago. From what I know of him, Scott seemed to have been behaving more similar to a monk in a temple. We are so fortunate here in the Southwest to have such an inspiring mentor who has a tremendous respect for the land and other people.
LEAVING EDEN
Ever seeking the higher, I climbed
too many mountains.
It's possible to gorge
even at the table of enlightenment.
The way is never so obvious as routes
checked off in the guidebook or
the number of summits trod;
too many lovers begin to erode the soul,
too many bootprints reduce a mountain to sod.
The pull now is down
to the sinks -
Badwater
The Devil's Kitchen
Salt Cellar Flats
Funeral Basin.
Sometimes we must lie down in abandonment
and receive its briny baptism,
sometimes we must go off the deep end
to find what's deep.
I followed a lone set of tracks into the wilderness
and the wind erased any trace of the old way back.
Sometimes it's best to go barefoot
in the first place.
from "Imaginary Summits"
by Scott Baxter
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 20, 2010 - 07:01pm PT
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Welcome Scott- I still remember the great reception you gave me during my Torre Egger slide show tour in 76.
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scott baxter
Gym climber
sedona, arizona
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Oct 23, 2010 - 03:46am PT
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Jim,
Thank you for welcoming me into the fold. I'm happy to be here. Your Torre Egger visit to Flagstaff was a landmark event, and I have some photos to post as soon as I get the technology down. Tarbuster is helping.
Scott
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Oct 23, 2010 - 11:27pm PT
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I-got-a-nice-e-mail-too bump.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 24, 2010 - 12:19am PT
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hey there, scott, say.... i must have missed this.... very happy to see and learn from a new well-known climber-face, here...
god bless, and welcome to the supertopo site...
:)
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2010 - 12:15pm PT
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Granitica Bump!
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The Galloping Poet
Gym climber
son, etc.
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G-damn, this Baxter has quite the legacy (partly due, no doubt, to having come up through the prestigious San Diego public school system) !
Must be tough for his offspring to live up to??
By the way, if he weren’t so famous for his climbing, he could probably be high in the running for skinniest legs in Northern Arizona, if not the entire southwest. Those were some short shorts!
What’s the farthest he’s ever fallen?
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Kathy Kindred
climber
DANVILLE
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Jan 30, 2012 - 12:17pm PT
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Can anyone tell me what happened to Jim Whitfield, a friend and roommate of Scott Baxter's in the 1970's?
I went to NAU with Jim and Scott but have lost touch with them. Jim was also a rock climber, a photographer, an artist and an adventurer. My maiden name was Kathy Reeves when Jim and I dated off and on from 1967-1980. If anyone knows how to contact Jim Whitfield or Scott Baxter, I would sure like to know. Is Scott in Sedona? Did Jim die? If so, when and how?
Any information about how to contact Jim or Scott would be appreciated.
Please respond to:
kathykindred@gmail.com
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