Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2011 - 01:24am PT
|
One of my favs. So was Chuck.
Me, too. I remember checking out the AAJ from the Doe Library and reading this article with my roommates. We lost a great writer and a great man.
John
|
|
ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2011 - 02:55am PT
|
|
|
tinker b
climber
the commonwealth
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2011 - 08:38am PT
|
tfpu, tfb...thanks for bumping...
|
|
PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2011 - 08:50am PT
|
I agree with many of the above comments.
One of my all time favorite climbing stories.
Pratt was the spiritual leader of the end of the 60's.
This tale set the standard of what it took to be a Yosemite "hardman."
|
|
Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2011 - 11:59am PT
|
It's been a goodly while since I last read this but it hasn't lost its
power. A beautiful piece of writing. Those were hard men with soul.
|
|
le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2011 - 03:11pm PT
|
Long Live Pratt
|
|
LongAgo
Trad climber
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2011 - 03:34pm PT
|
He lives in my memory as a humble, kind soul who stood apart in his pure love of climbing distinct from his place in the rankings and feat counts of the day.
Here is another of his stellar pieces, View from Dead Horse Point and comments from a 2005 supertopo thread:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=109581
Tom Higgins
LongAgo
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!