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shipoopoi
Big Wall climber
oakland
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Jan 26, 2011 - 04:01pm PT
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greg, welcome to the taco, ready to walk the walk? because i know you are always talking the talk. ss
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 12:09pm PT
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I think I'm the lamest poster (poser) in the history of this forum... took until this morning to find these greetings and requests... here's one...
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 12:18pm PT
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Only took me a year to notice this thread...
Another pic?
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micronut
Trad climber
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Jan 16, 2012 - 12:35pm PT
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Greg,
Enduring Patagonia inspires me to keep writing about my futile struggles in the low end alpine arena. When I get writer's block I often dust off the cover and dig in for for a dose of literary inspiration. Thanks for sharing your adventures with all of us hacks and scardeycats who may never get to gaze upon the patagonian icecap but have been there with you a time or two.
Welcome to the Supertango, land of hardmen, wierdos, heroes, never weres, deadbeats, misfits, hasbeens and may someday bes. Most of us are somewhere in between. Enjoy the show. Glad to have you on board.
Here's a taste of the kind of low budge writing you inpire:
http://www.supertopo.com/tr/The-Gift-New-Years-Eve-and-A-Long-Day-on-Half-Dome/t11321n.html
http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Above-Average-Trip-Report-The-Meadows-and-Beyond/t361n.html
See you around the Taco,
Scott
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:16pm PT
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Well, I will cop to being excited out of my mind for China's Wings upcoming release...
Here's a little blurb that explains how an off the cuff remark of Charlie's helped launch the entire project http://gregcrouch.com/2010/fall-in-love-with-it
Plus, it's absolutely fabulous to learn that EP still has legs, and is still reaching people. For years I thought that book was a failure, as all I heard was silence, overwhelming silence, but once I joined facebook, all kinds of people have connected with me to share how much they've enjoyed it and been inspired by it... which actually ended up pulling me through when morale was pretty low...
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:19pm PT
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Micronut, that's a pretty unique adventure, a winter Snake Dike. My friends Tom Lambert and Theresa Ho did that recently, too... a definite coup.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:20pm PT
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And Fattrad, I've been here for a decade. If you drew a line between Lunardi's and Larkey Park, I'd be sitting pretty close to the exact midpoint of that line right now.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:26pm PT
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Greg- it's been too long. We should meet up soon. Congrats on the book release, I can't wait to see it- remember celebrating the advance at Edinburgh Castle, uh, about 7 years ago??
Tim D.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 16, 2012 - 01:30pm PT
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Hey Greg- Glad this thread finally hooked ya.
Post away because this thread is all you baby! Epics to book promo...
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:31pm PT
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Holy beJesus, TIM D? Theo and I were just talking about you the other day...
That was a great party, but it'll be eight years in May.
Hope you and yours are doing well... there's a rumor you're leaving CA... confirm or deny...
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:34pm PT
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:37pm PT
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Denied for now, though things have been highly unsettled I'll e-mail you.
Here's a picture to atone for my thread drift:
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:40pm PT
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:42pm PT
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No apology needed, Tim D. Psyched to hear from you. I don't even have a functioning email for you any more, so definitely check in. Theo and I would love to see you... been getting some screaming good surf lately.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:50pm PT
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Belated greetings Greg! Wonderful shots of Charlie,
an old friend on Cerro Torre.
Share more of your adventures with us, please!!!!
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:52pm PT
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Well, I've always said that taking pictures of Patagonia is a lot like taking pictures of Cindy Crawford: even when she looks bad, she looks pretty good.
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fsck
climber
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Jan 16, 2012 - 02:03pm PT
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hey greg, i'm kinda bummed to hear how you felt EP had failed. i know many people who loved the book, myself included. i loved all the gnarly alpine tales but my favorite by far was the "ball washer" story. so many mountain books focus strictly on alpine tales of bravery but it was so cool to get a hilarious insight to "normal" life back home.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Goleta, California
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Jan 16, 2012 - 02:18pm PT
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Thanks, FSCK... I can always get a laugh with that ballwasher tale. It's more reliable than the Supermouse. Kinda hard to pass yourself off as a tough guy when your day job is " ball washer."
I'm happy to report three things about that job: first, that Phil, the evil mastermind of the "FunWash," is still a good friend, and second, that I'll never have to install another one of those things, nor third, spend another minute in a MacDonalds.
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