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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Bump for Mike Sherrick
"bumped" into Mike and his wife (sorry I can't remember her name) at old Donner Summit this summer. Very nice people. I'd forgotten he'd bagged this one.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Mike's wife is Natalie.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 8, 2011 - 01:27pm PT
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Make a Wishbone Bump!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Great post Steve! Here is a picture from our transcon bike ride. Sorry of the crappy slide quality
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Thank you. very nice post.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Basil Darling, who was one of the "clients" on the first attempt in 1913, was a badass in his own right - plenty of hard technical first ascents in the local mountains near Vancouver BC, including the NE buttress of the West Lion, solo, and also the FWA of the West Lion.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Interesting that the second ascent of the Kain route was done by Dmitri Nabokov, son of the novelist.
At least he channeled his energies into healthy outdoor avenues.
I think Robson leads my list of mountains I wished I'd climbed.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 7, 2011 - 08:16pm PT
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Wishbone list bump!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 16, 2011 - 05:21pm PT
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Local Hero Bump!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 17, 2011 - 12:57pm PT
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Nice shots Jim!
Really highlights the ridgeline.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 17, 2011 - 03:21pm PT
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Claunch bump! Ditto on the nice pics Jim. Steve, did you find any other Don Gordon stuff in that archive?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 17, 2011 - 03:52pm PT
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This was the best of the old CAJs but there are lots of good accounts in the AAJ especially if Fred was involved. I have to poke my nose into that time period to interview John Rupley in the near future and will get started on Don's career.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 26, 2013 - 08:14pm PT
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Big Bad Bump!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2014 - 12:37pm PT
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Claunch Bump...
Have you seen God in the mountains today?
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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I believe that Dave Cheesmond and Tony Dick climbed the Wishbone in the early 80's then traversed the mountain and did a new route (so far unrepeated) on the Emperor Face. They had an incredible spell of good weather.
Talk about an enchainment. The big Cheese was an incredible climber.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Dec 11, 2014 - 01:58pm PT
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Interesting stuff, Steve, particularly for a Kiwi outsider. Love the early pics.
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
Technically...the spawning grounds of Yosemite
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Dec 11, 2014 - 08:28pm PT
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TFPU, Steve. Great reads! And...wow.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2016 - 12:28pm PT
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Local hero bump.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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RIP bump for Don. You made it, buddy.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 25, 2017 - 10:09am PT
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I am in touch with Don's estate so I may be able to learn a bit more about him in the near future. Quite a character!
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