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cintune
climber
the Moon and Antarctica
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Mar 22, 2009 - 10:02pm PT
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Mar 22, 2009 - 10:27pm PT
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My son Beck says his new sport is tennis;..........he's tried his hand at the dirty/dangerous sport of climbing....
Use your feet, son.................................
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2009 - 12:44am PT
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Thanks, Steve! Todd: nice stomach friction shot there! An often under-valued technique.
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Mar 23, 2009 - 12:39pm PT
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Since I posted in the daugther thread, I guess I should post the boyz.
They made the transition from tr to their first leads last summer
I need to get some pics of them chimneying up the hallway.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Mar 23, 2009 - 12:43pm PT
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Sooner than you might think ...
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Mar 23, 2009 - 12:46pm PT
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shane at 2 years old, alabama hills. minutes before a complete meltdown.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Mar 25, 2009 - 01:55am PT
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Get em' started early;....
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Hardluck
Social climber
N of Mexico, S of Sanity
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Mar 26, 2009 - 02:48am PT
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Kellen, 5 years old in Malibu
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Mar 26, 2009 - 03:02am PT
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Not only can he climb, but he is a gifted artist as well.....(I like to brag...)
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2009 - 08:46am PT
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Jackson Pollock in Huggies! Looks like you have a real renaissance man there, Todd! ;-)
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Mar 26, 2009 - 10:22am PT
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Tory is 15. We had a pretty good summer. South Crack:
With his sister Kyra, topped out, and friend Isabella
Fingertips .10b
An hour later (harder than it looks over those knobs)
Summit of Cathedral Peak
Spotting Dad
In a couple weeks we're going to ski through here
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Fletcher
Trad climber
here to eternity
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Mar 26, 2009 - 11:43am PT
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Ah, Todd has an artist in the family. We have one too (my three year old daughter), who is also working in the same media (furniture and permanent marker).
Eric
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2009 - 11:46am PT
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DR - What a great series of pics! Sweet!
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Mar 26, 2009 - 12:02pm PT
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Todd,
Nice artwork!
I remember when are oldest boy William was ~13 months old. We'd just moved into our house and I was re-painting a couple of bedrooms, the green room and gold room respectively.
Anyhow, I'm in the habit of wrapping the paint roller in foil vs. cleaning it. So I'd left the paint soaked roller in the gold room and planned to go back to painting the next night.
I get home from work and my wife relays the story of Williams artwork. I guess he'd seen me painting and wanted to help. My wife was upstairs and heard grunting sounds from downstairs. She went to investigate. William had managed to remove the foil from the roller, and had proceded to roll it on the carpet from the paint tray, out the door and was grunting his way up the stairs.
Yup, I'm proud of that boy. He still hasn't caught up to my childish acts of stupidity.
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Cracko
Trad climber
Quartz Hill, California
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Mar 26, 2009 - 12:35pm PT
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Doug,
The pic of your boy spotting you was classic !! Also, the skateboard pick told a whole other story. My last trip to JT with my 15 yr old son and his two friends was a testament to the challenges we now face as "old school" parents with the "new" generation. Between their blowing things up in the fire pit, and trying to text message every three minutes, I finally convinced "the boys" to pick any of the surrounding summits and scramble to the top. My son led the charge,and the ensuing "stumblefest" greatly delighted me. As we sat on the summit, my son's two friends looked at me as if to say, "What are you....crazy!". But, the chatter around the fire that evening, and their interest in bagging another peak the next day, made me feel like I had shared something of great value with them. Thanks again for the share.
Cracko
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Cracko
Trad climber
Quartz Hill, California
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Mar 26, 2009 - 12:37pm PT
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And Todd,
Your posts make me laugh and cry at the same time. We need to compare stories !!!
Cracko
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Mar 26, 2009 - 12:55pm PT
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Mr Shane on his virgin rope up, jtree.
The young lad turned 3 years old today.. happy bday bud!
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Mar 26, 2009 - 02:26pm PT
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Inspiring Thread!!
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JimC
climber
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Mar 26, 2009 - 03:07pm PT
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Finally after all these years my own personal "rope gun"!
In NH fall of 2008
Casual on the Pear at Lumpy Ridge- summer 2008
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james Colborn
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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Mar 26, 2009 - 03:39pm PT
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Seamus at 5 weeks last May.
The boy warming up for the big send from this past fall at Split rock at Donner St. park.
Pulling down hard.
Pulling on dime edges in T Meadows
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