RIP Connie Tobia

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the kid

Trad climber

fayetteville, wv

Mar 31, 2011 - 09:10am PT

i remember connie! Sad to hear her pass..

Tony Bird

climber

Northridge, CA

Mar 31, 2011 - 09:39am PT

best written bit on here in my memory, tarbuster--thanks for being a poet. she must have been quite a person to know.

dickcilley

Social climber

Wisteria Ln.

Mar 31, 2011 - 03:45pm PT

Sorry to hear it.

Ghost

climber

A long way from where I started

Mar 31, 2011 - 03:52pm PT

Sorry for the loss of your friend. Sounds like someone we'd all have benefited from knowing.

dirtbag

climber

Mar 31, 2011 - 04:42pm PT

Her kids might appreciate receiving copies of these photos, especially if they did not know she climbed.

R.I.P.

scuffy b

climber

dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene

Mar 31, 2011 - 07:24pm PT

Thanks, Tarbuster, for your beautiful tribute.

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Apr 2, 2011 - 01:49pm PT

Memorial bump for Connie.

Mimi

climber

Apr 2, 2011 - 02:52pm PT

Connie's family and friends, I'm very sorry for your loss. Very sad. Missed meeting this interesting woman by one climbing season it appears.

Bad Climber

climber

Apr 2, 2011 - 10:55pm PT

Damn, Tarbuster, well said!

Me thinks yer a poet.

BAd

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Apr 30, 2011 - 09:49pm PT

Bump...

Rick A

climber

Boulder, Colorado

Apr 30, 2011 - 10:27pm PT

Very sorry for the loss of your friend, guys. The photos and remembrances are very moving.
Rick

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Apr 30, 2011 - 10:44pm PT

I have so much to say about Connie, but I have no words. Roy, you said some of it for me, but my most vivid and special memories of Connie are from the Olympia years. She was a very, very special person.

Here's a fairly typical Connie story. I was deflowered rather late in life by a girl who basically chased me down and tackled me. For a few months there, she and I made up for a lot of lost time. So we're at her cabin, you know, doing what young people do, when Connie walks up and knocks on the door. We both yell "JUST A MINUTE CONNIE!!" Connie laughs and calls out to us through the door "Oh, take your time guys, I'll wait." A few minutes later we conclude, and Connie came in with the most marvelous, amused smirk on her face. Good Times.

I think the fact she died of liver failure is the hardest pill for me to swallow, given my recent history. RIP, sister.

rottingjohnny

Sport climber

mammoth lakes ca

Apr 30, 2011 - 10:49pm PT

None of us are going to live forever and compared to the cavemen we have lived a pretty decent life...so let's stay happy and keep the death thing in perspective...ook , ook, zonk...Rj

Lynne Leichtfuss

Trad climber

Will know soon

May 1, 2011 - 12:04am PT

I hope the family and loved ones get to discover and read all these wonderful posts ! They give a beautiful aspect and tribute to a precious life. (All our lives are precious.)

Thoughts and Prayers for comfort and peace to all who held space in her life.