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Tarbuster
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Feb 22, 2006 - 06:48pm PT
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And UNABONGER?! WTF that is the moast shite kickin' handle I have seen thus far.
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Grug
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Golden, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2006 - 06:22pm PT
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I just got back from visiting Dan. If you're in Boulder, you can drive to El Dorado State Park and hike a mile up the Rattlesnake Gulch trail to visit Dan's memorial bench (replete with some of his ashes). I visit him every couple of months or so.
Since I went with my 10-year-old daughter, I am reminded of a couple of intelligent "tongue twisters' that Dan had me commit to memory sometime in the 1980s and I, last year, had Taylor commit to memory.
"Smegma spasmodic frogs from the far-flung Isles of Langerhuns."
and...
"My eschtacological perspective has evolved to the point of disincluding all macrotelological addedums". This one relects a philosophical viewpoint to which I adhere.
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bob d'antonio
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boulder, co
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Feb 26, 2006 - 06:32pm PT
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Greg...how did the surgery go? Hope all is well. Drop me a line if and when you want to get out.
Later, Bob
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 26, 2006 - 07:24pm PT
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Next time I'm there I'm making a pilgramage to the Dan bench.
The first quote is firesign theatre , I am privileged to have riffed it back and forth with Dan. Ed H, coulda been there, in spirit anyway, don't know if he ever met Dan. If he reads this, he knows him a little, now.
Don't know the second one, hope it's original, it's profound and 'is' words to live by.,
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Tarbuster
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Feb 27, 2006 - 01:25am PT
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Dan doin, what he did best, spreadin' the love and hangin' with the beeutiful people.
Janiec, Russ, Kieth Gotschall, Native Uber-Babe, Dan.
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healyje
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Portland, Oregon
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Feb 27, 2006 - 01:29am PT
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Looks like she could be a member of my Wife's tribe...
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Tarbuster
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Feb 27, 2006 - 01:37am PT
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She was highly educated; fiercely gorgeous and very serious about her heritage. She new all the "secret" Indian names of the Peaks surrounding us. This pic taken in Estes Park CO, at Corey Dudley's wedding at the Stanley Hotel of "The Shining" movie fame. Circa early/mid '90's.
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Grug
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Golden, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2006 - 09:42am PT
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Bob. The surgery went fine - thanks for asking. I'm hoping to be climbing by end of May.
Jaybro. Thanks for contributing on the firesign theatre. I've been saying this thing for 20 years without knowing where it came from.
One more thing about Dan's memorial bench. The plaque says, "In loving memory of "Clean Dan" Grandusky. Then a picture of the Grateful Dead bear and a quote from Dan "Be there or be talked about".
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Tarbuster
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Feb 27, 2006 - 10:47am PT
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clubber
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eldorado springs,co
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okay,this one is for dan,please excuse my typing skills.
Back in the early 80s'to mid 80's alot of us climber dirtbags found work as window cleaners for Clean Dan(remember these were desparate times). even Yabo did a stint with us(thats another story).anyway,it was a great climber job cause if you wanted to take the day off to go climbing it was cool with the boss(dan)heck he would probably go with you and supply the weed too! or ifn ya wanted to go on a road trip and didnt have any weed,Dan would give his last nickel bag and a tank of gas and a guide book and some cams too. oops, i drifted. So one year Dan decides to take us window cleaners to Cabo San Lucas,Baja,mexico. All expenses paid.(this might be one of the reasons the company went belly up,instead of paying his taxes Dan took us on this trip,seems reasonable to me anyway)So about 7 of us went and Dan brought along this brand new mountain bike (in the box)for this guy named jimmy? who Dan only met ONCE on pearl st mall and Dan told him he would bring him a mountain bike .after a few days of drinking its time to deliver the bike to jimmy in La Paz,about 100 miles from cabo.our driver,Captain God Damnit(mike od)and myself eat some little tiny peices of paper for the drive. We get to La Paz and ask Dan do ya have Jimmys address or phone #. Well no. how do ya expect to find jimmy,Dan? I'll just ask someone. So the first people we see are some street vendors and Dan runs up to ask where to find jimmy,and guess what....they knew right where he was!!!! so Dan takes him to lunch and gives him the bike ,only the second time they had met!
Clean Dan was one of the most generous people in the world and was always interested in what you were doing,climber or not.
Dan,r.i.p. peace and fuk-nes, steve s.
(i have other dan stories to tell)
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Leroy
climber
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I can easily see Roy with his best Burt Lancaster grin tearing those invoices in half.He used to kill Russ and I the things heŽd do when he was on pot.
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Leroy
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I wish IŽd been at Cory,s wedding.
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Leroy
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Dannys dying is literaly like apiece of me dying.Who else could tell a Dick Cilley story like Dan.Ask not for whom the bell tolls .It tolls for thee.Danny would love that.
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Grug
Trad climber
Golden, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 3, 2006 - 10:59am PT
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Welcome back Leroy.
An interesting thing about Danny's business problems were that the IRS would confiscate anything of "real value", like a house, but would not go after all of the little things like climbing gear, record albums, books, videos etc. Because of this, Danny was able to indulge more than ever in acquiring lots of the little things. You could show up at Dan's with only a bathing suit and he could outfit you for an Everest expedition (and would).
I don't think I bought climbing shoes for 10 years because Danny would just give me some when I needed.
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Tarbuster
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Right on Leroy, I'm wicked ripped right noW!
(Check out my "Time Machine from the Mussy Nebula" thread "Sport", yer a factor). 'Hope all is well in Spain; that's gotta be the ticket. Good on ya.
Yeah, Grug, when Danny was gettin' the micro hair scrutinization from the IRS, they actually made him count out things like #'s of pairs of pants in his posession.
And Leroy, the Anne Walker/Corey Dudley wedding:
During the ceremony, every time I looked into the crowd from up on the groom's "podium", I'd look at Russ and could not hold myself from completely BUSTING up. I had to tilt my head so I couldn't see Russ's face or I was totally going to lose it.
That beautifull American Indian Woman, fully busted on me for wearing green horn rimmed sun glasses and cowboy boots with my Groomsmen's tux. And, unh, unh, no way she bought that "I'm a western wear enthusiast" stuff. She hit me straight up about it.
I just had beers/dinner with Dudley and he reminded me of a Dan Crescendo:
After the wedding ceremony, reception, etc, the Inside crew, Bridesmaids, Groomsmen, CLOSE family, AND OOPS, a few climbers, where all having a nice bit of quiet time up in a really nice room there in the Famous Stanley Hotel. We were quietly gathered around a beautfull big Super King size bed Some were relaxing on the overstuffed furniture in the posh, quaint historic suite.
Danny is sitting on the floor against the bed: he wips out a FULL bag of weed, gets right into rolling a monster spleef, no hesitation, passes it around. People are a little unnerved, because of all items, the least of which is proper decorum, ANN'S DAD IS AT THAT TIME VERY HIGH UP IN THE NSA. (um, national security agency).
I figured, our cover already blown, I took a big old drag and not another person in the room even touched it.
I don't think Dan burned it quite down to the roach.
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Tarbuster
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Good story Clubber.
The dude was really thinking about people around him and always willing to go overboard to help out.
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clubber
Trad climber
eldorado springs,co
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Another cool thing about Dan was the never ending steam of "unusual" people that would end up living at his houses or just visiting. Visiting climbers,visiting psycho's(often ending up moving in),visiting intelligent people,or just plain homeless people taking a shower and getting "jacked"....made for some interesting evenings and mornings too!! The cast of characters that knew Dan was amazing. peace and fuk-nes steve sangdahl
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Tarbuster
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photo hand off by greg cameron
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Leroy
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Danny discovered u could pry open the display window of the 4seasons restaurant.Inside was a bunch of climbing gear.One night ,drunk,danny some Poway mountain boys???? and canadian rifraf ??? stole it all and got cold busted driving around the loop.Spent the weekend in jail.got off with time served.Pretty lucky.
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Grug
Trad climber
Golden, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2006 - 09:44am PT
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Incarcerated in the Yosemite jail by order of Judge Pitts circa 1978:
"Clean Dan" Grandusky (ambassador of good will - ringleader)
Tom Gibson (poway mountain boy - was at the wrong place at the wrong time)
Mike Tschipper, George Manson (canadian riff-raff).
If not for Mike Tschipper throwing one of the stolen boots out of the getaway car (onto the street and leaving the matching one in the car), they might have gotten away. Driving the wrong way on the one-way loop, perhaps, also lead to their ultimate capture.
One can't help but think that the world would have been safer if these hooligans had gotten longer sentences.
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