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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Dec 23, 2014 - 08:47am PT
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Climbing with Eric is always a blast.
I stepped away from the stone for a few years at the end of the 1970's... returned in 1987 about 50 lbs out of shape....
E gave me a call, wanted to go to El Gran Trono... I said "Sure Thing"...
didn't tell him about my condition.
After the long drive, full of adventure, we arrive late at nite and get a alpine start right at dawn.
E jumps on the first pitch of the South Face, a 10 something, I do have some skillz and was able to get...but only by a hairs breath, the off fingers part.
E hands me the rack for the next 5.7 pitch, it takes me about an hour to lead it. E gets up to me after about 5 min of climbing and looks at my sweating, out of breath, incredibly FAT bod lying in the hole, completely gassed.
He says, in his most stern way, "I better lead the rest of this if we are going to get off by nite"... Sure thing, no problem, I answer.
The rest of the climb went down OK, I climbed as fast as I could but arrived at all the belays totally gassed, cut n bloody from the epic struggle with the jams. We got to the top, the sun was going down fast, E knew the way down... thank god...my wobbly legs were out of gas and loosing the truck in the brush had us wandering around for an extra hour of torture.
At the Truck, all I could do was lie in the dirt and drink water from the cooler.
E took pity on me and made me some food, opened up a cold one and nursed me back to health.
All he could say was, "I guess your sort of out of shape, no worries, we can do some of the short climbs around here"
One of the best partners ever!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Dec 23, 2014 - 09:05am PT
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D.Eubanks
Big Wall climber
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Dec 27, 2014 - 08:54am PT
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Es' the man
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L.A. Woman
Social climber
Buggerville
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May 19, 2016 - 04:24am PT
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Stellar and vast climbing career...E da brah!
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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May 19, 2016 - 06:23am PT
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Super E
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L.A. Woman
Social climber
Buggerville
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May 19, 2016 - 03:52pm PT
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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. Thanks for sharing your heart!
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fosburg
climber
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May 19, 2016 - 08:54pm PT
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Did he get the chop?
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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May 21, 2016 - 07:33am PT
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The guy is so chaod he gets 2 appreciation threads
HAHAHA
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WBraun
climber
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May 21, 2016 - 07:37am PT
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E and Shipley ..... bad to the bone ......
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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May 21, 2016 - 07:43am PT
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I guess I just dreamed that I posted these photos here already
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Stewart Johnson
Mountain climber
lake forest
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May 21, 2016 - 08:04am PT
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Choadage!
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L.A. Woman
Social climber
Buggerville
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May 21, 2016 - 01:49pm PT
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Craig, that was on the Bugger thread.
Nice photos! Bump
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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May 21, 2016 - 05:06pm PT
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Erik Eriksson
Spelled the Viking way.
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L.A. Woman
Social climber
Buggerville
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May 23, 2016 - 02:21pm PT
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Eirikr the Viking!
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L.A. Woman
Social climber
Buggerville
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May 23, 2016 - 03:17pm PT
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Don't drink, not a stalker, no cable. E is a good friend.
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L.A. Woman
Social climber
Buggerville
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May 23, 2016 - 03:46pm PT
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E drinks from a Norse horn with a Valknut on it ; )
Specifically an Auroch horn.
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