The Legendary, incredible, JOHNNY WATERMAN

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Raymoe

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Warsaw, Mo

Mar 17, 2017 - 09:17am PT

I first met John in the summer of 1975, we both worked at Northland Wood Products in Fairbanks Ak. He was a very unique person for sure, but I really enjoyed his stories. John worked the Green Chain, the hardest job at the sawmill, he stacked green lumber all day long, he had amazing strength and endurance at only about 5’3”, he said he needed to prepare his self for the Mt Hunter climb. At break time he would pull out his flute and play music, would keep us all in good spirits. He took me climbing with him a couple times out on Chena Hot Springs Road had me doing things I didn’t think I could do. He lived in a Red Econoline Van that was full of climbing gear. He was the type of person if you ever met him you would never forget him. R.I.P John
Ray Wells

Gnome Ofthe Diabase

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Out Of Bed

Mar 17, 2017 - 02:07pm PT

Pardon my capture & paste
but the loss of the posts to this thread, from the likes of mnt10910, for example have left big holes. I'm sorry that you were not able to appreciate the incredible territory that John covered.

Raymoe

Social climber, Warsaw, Mo, Mar 17, 2017 - 09:17am PT

I first met John in the summer of 1975,
we both worked at Northland Wood Products in Fairbanks Ak.
He was a very unique person for sure, but I really enjoyed his stories.
John worked the Green Chain, the hardest job at the sawmill, he stacked green lumber all day long, he had amazing strength and endurance at only about 5’3”, he said he needed to prepare his self for the Mt Hunter climb.
At break time he would pull out his flute and play music, would keep us all in good spirits. He took me climbing with him a couple times out on Chena Hot Springs Road had me doing things I didn’t think I could do. He lived in a Red Econoline Van that was full of climbing gear.
He was the type of person if you ever met him you would never forget him.
R.I.P John
Ray Wells

Woe ! That's Cool! Glad you found the place and the thread !?
Was it the result of a Google search?
, thank you for a fine personal remembrance of a driven individual.

Some of us knew of the teen phenome who had left for Alaska.
'That' John Waterman! He inspired a few other suburban kids to dream big.