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Nate D
Trad climber
San Francisco
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These are inspiring. Thanks for posting Blitzo, and thanks for the years of hard work Al!
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Al, Dave not longer works at Lockheed. Shortly after his career ended there, he got married. Last I heard, he manages a restaurant in San Jose. However, reliable reports state that he and Rick Harlan have been seen again climbing together at Castle as recently as two weeks ago. Just the facts.
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rob kassell
Trad climber
san jose, ca
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"a hold broke on california 5.11".....i just thought the name implied it was sandbagged...as if california climbers blah blah blah.....compared to the other 5.11's at castle rock it definitely seemed sandbagged. i'm curious the hardest or sketchiest climbs that yabo or anyone else has free soloed at crsp? i used to love running laps on mullah but was always afraid the "globe" would break off when i'd swing free...after all it is sandstone.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Wait a f*#king second...
Where is "Run and Gun?"
Al, is there a picture of you hanging at Granite Stairway in SLO?
There is a pic of a corner crack system, this pic reminded me of it.
Me thinks there be a connection to backcountry routes along hwy 108. Have you climbed around there?
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 4, 2006 - 11:58am PT
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Mungeclimber. "Run And Gun" is at Billyland, at Echo Lakes. Tahoe area. He didn't hang or fall on it.
Another Dude Photo.
The first ascent of "Smokehouse Brown" 5.10. Higher Phantom Spire.
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 4, 2006 - 11:27pm PT
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Sorry, munge, I was thinking you were saying he was hanging on a climb. I guess you ment a picture of him climbing, hanging on the wall at Granite stairway.
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Yo Munge,
Done a few short hard FAs' around Pinecrest and a new 5 pitch route on Granite Dome. Been years since I've been to the Stairway. Some good granite on 108 - Late
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Gotcha Blitzo. That's what I wuz meanin.
Al did we already talk about that 5 pitch line?
If not, we need to. But for the snow, I think the summer season is upon us. ;)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Hey Aldude,
What's up bra?
I know I was an arse back in the day.
'Still am.
But more sincere this time. Playin' any tunes? I know you do great things with "Low Rider". Suh-weet!
Long live Al Dude, of the D-Dudes; remember those guys?
Hey man, 'gotta go rig up some jive on my "Mussy 'Neb" proj.
C-ya.
(libido roy)
(thanks werner- hey werner FYI this thing really took a long time to load, could be my ISP; I'm on dial up, but I usually do better than most who only have that)
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WBraun
climber
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Roy
I believe it takes a while for the photos to link from the photobucket server. On dialup, loading photos is always slower than most pages due to the high bandwidth of data that needs to be retrieved from the different servers.
On my DSL it took 3 seconds to load this thread :-)
After you load the page once it should be faster the next time if your browser caches the photos in your temp folder on your hard drive.
And further more blah blah blah, and more blah blah.
You understand ........
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Roy Boy - The Head Sancho -lured into this virtual time warp just like me. Saw the '" TOPOS ". Classic! Too bad the general public will never gaze upon blessed artifacts. See ya around cyberfire.
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dcaunt
Trad climber
Chico, CA
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Jan 27, 2010 - 01:17am PT
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Dude! Finally getting the hang of this forum stuff. Just wanted you to know that I too appreciate you. So what if it took me a few years to catch up with this appreciation thread, right? Best memories come from the Meadows of course. Seemed like you and I were always eyeing the same lines, luckily there was still plenty of virgin rock BITD.
Every year it seems harder to remember names of routes and who done em, for example did you do "Go for the Gold" next to Paris is Burning? That is an awesome route.
To possibly rectify Morris statement about the Al Hussein on Platypus rock at Castle, I dug these pics from deep in the archives. Not sure if they are first ascent footage or not. Maybe Morris knows, as long as he is outta the fog. PS. Morris thanks for keeping the record straight, otherwise I might have faded into obscurity, being out of the scene for so long.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jan 27, 2010 - 01:31am PT
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Played a little music tonight with Al dude and Paul Borne.......they don't call him the dude for nothing.......he's The Man....
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Jan 27, 2010 - 02:26am PT
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Props to The Dude.... Now get your ass back up on the rock, youngster.
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Jan 27, 2010 - 03:09am PT
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what is that stuff on the dude's head?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jan 27, 2010 - 03:47am PT
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Boreal Ballet sighting
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Nick
climber
portland, Oregon
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Jan 27, 2010 - 09:43am PT
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Al Baby! Al always had talent and go for it right from the very start, surfing, climbing and partying. When we first took him out, I would point him up a climb and not tell him how hard it was, assuring him it was 5 easy. He would get after it and get up it, always. Here's to you Al.
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Jobee
Social climber
The Portal
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Jan 27, 2010 - 12:03pm PT
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But ... AL,
"what have you done for me ... lately?"
big smiles coming at cha.
Jobee
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Jan 27, 2010 - 05:00pm PT
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Yo Dave - We did a stack - o - hand drillin eh? Technology....Yay!
Put up Go For The Gold w/Vaino - easier than Paris!!!
Nick - thanx for gettin me out there (late bloomer - age 25)
Since Blitzo deleted the pics here's one from the "Alps"
Dave - Pls send Fang!!
Jobee - Freeway of Love,Pump up the Jam,My Prerogative & Mony Mony - till we jam again......
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Jobee
Social climber
The Portal
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Jan 27, 2010 - 06:48pm PT
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Wow! Love that last image Al, you look swank!
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