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Double D
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Mar 27, 2008 - 08:41pm PT
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stich: Thanks for the post and link to the Hoover story. Although I had read it when it came out, I'd totally forgotten about it.
I worked for Mike for one project BITD, "Survival of the Fittest." Man, I could tell you stories...but I will refrain.
If you ever want to get stoked to surf, watch Endless Summer II. Mike and Beverly worked on it and in the credits the film is dedicated to Bev.
Mike's work goes way beyond status quo, that's for sure.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 27, 2008 - 08:42pm PT
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Ray,
I'm pretty sure those pictures are in the Ascent issue mentioned up thread.
Headintheclouds!
That is a really cool shot of the hotel and the Nordwand.
The behemoth looks like it could fall over and crush the umbrellas...
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Mar 27, 2008 - 09:42pm PT
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"more than leader, he like the title of leader"
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Mar 27, 2008 - 09:55pm PT
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I once went over there from Chamonix with my gear. I spent about 5 days sleeping in this tiny little "construction" at the base.
Fortunately, it stormed, and I never saw anything above the first ice field. Lots of loud rockfall to keep you thinking, though.
I was by myself, so I guess it is a good thing that I never saw it!
Surely there must be a few around here that have done it. Hell, Jello put up a new route on it.
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marky
climber
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Mar 27, 2008 - 11:46pm PT
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best climbing movie ever, or best movie ever
I say: the latter.
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nick d
Trad climber
nm
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Mar 28, 2008 - 12:26am PT
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"Survival of the Fittest."
Didn't Scott Baxter participate in that show? I remember some talk about it from a Syndicata banquet long ago. Sounded like quite a scene.
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AndySan Diego
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 28, 2008 - 12:42am PT
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How about George Kennedy’s Swinging Singles Climber Ranch? That place was sweet.
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Robb
Social climber
Pick Up Truck Heaven
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Mar 28, 2008 - 01:03am PT
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"Whillans harness, check (took my biggest fall in it; balls are okay!)"
Shoot, that's how I learned how to climb, whatever you do, DON'T FALL!!!
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allapah
climber
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Mar 28, 2008 - 03:51pm PT
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"Surely, Herr Doktor, you do not object to a morning shower?"
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Mar 28, 2008 - 05:44pm PT
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Trevanian is a superb novelist, and not a bad short story writer - check out "The Sacking of Miss Plimsoll" which is hilarious.
Among his more creative ideas in The Eiger Sanction were his characters' names - Jemima Brown, Miles Mellough, and of course my favourite, Anna Bidet. "She pronounced her first name with a dark vowel, 'ah-na' ...."
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Varied locales along the time and space continuum
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Mar 28, 2008 - 06:07pm PT
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Every time I watch the Eiger Sanction, I discover a new gem here and there.
The dialogue is great... camp but oh so enjoyable. Yes, good observation on the fun names PtPP. Kind of Bondian in that respect.
Ben Bowman (George Kennedy): "He looks like he could give you change for a nine-dollar bill, all in threes."
Many more quotes here, many hilarious. It probably help to appreciate them if you've seen the movie at least ten times:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072926/quotes
Fletch
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Mar 28, 2008 - 08:43pm PT
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In the novel, he describes how Miles Mellough [Jack Cassidy, who is David Cassidy's dad] is deceived when Jonathan suddenly throws on his headlights, and Miles brakes thinking that Jonathan has thrown on the brakes. I never bought that, even as a kid. There is also an interesting section of text where the lead car in the chase suddenly stops in a huge cloud of dust, and the two passages are written side by side in the book as they happen simulataneously.
What I most emphatically DID buy, especially as a horny 15-year-old, was Trevanian's description of Grade IV Lovers, as described in either Shibumi or the Loo Sanction - my memory fails. Particularly fascinating was his tale of the love games the protaganist and his lover were playing, where they shagged for hours, each trying to make the other c#m first. She eventually faked it, and fooled him.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Mar 28, 2008 - 10:25pm PT
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I read Shibumi and don't remember that, but in ES (the book) Miles eats his dog.
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AndySan Diego
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 29, 2008 - 03:27am PT
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George Kennedy: "We're gonna drink a lotta beer, GodDxmit"
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perswig
climber
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Mar 29, 2008 - 08:29am PT
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Same book PtPP remembers, paraphrased:
(protagonist's Basque buddy falls to cave floor and sustains massive, mortal trauma after rope cut while on rappel)
protag: "Pain?"
buddy: "No thanks, I've got enough already."
protag: "Yer a dickhead."
buddy: "Yeah, but it's a better exit line than you'll ever have."
Good stuff. Dale
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Dolomite
climber
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Mar 29, 2008 - 02:07pm PT
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So, am I supposed to retire my grey jumars?
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