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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Aug 31, 2009 - 06:12pm PT
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Sorry to hear about your friend, Jesse.
From:
http://www.birdchautauqua.org/events.htm
Jeff Maurer is a bird ecologist at the University of California, Davis, where he earned an M. S. in Avian Sciences in 2000, and currently lectures and researches lead poisoning in California condors. Jeff conducted a study of goshawk ecology in Yosemite National Park from 1994 to 1998, in which he investigated the role of forest structure, diet, and forest fires on goshawk nesting and productivity. He has also researched great gray owls and peregrine falcons in Yosemite, and conducted counts of migratory hawks at various locations in North America with Hawkwatch International. Jeff has lived at Crowley Lake and worked for the Inyo NF. Jeff teaches also with the Sierra Institute and the Yosemite Association, and enjoys watching shorebirds in California's Central Valley at the magical spring puddles of water, Mono Lake's smaller cousins, known as vernal pools.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Aug 31, 2009 - 06:13pm PT
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Very sad. Condolences to his family and friends.
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gavilanz
Trad climber
Davis, Ca
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Aug 31, 2009 - 06:39pm PT
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I just heard this devastating news. I was lucky enough to have counted him as a good friend. I am so sad... everything being said about him is the absolute truth. Easily one of the most sincere, happy, carefree and generous people I've ever known. We met on a god-forsaken ridgetop in eastern Nevada while counting migrating hawks. He hired me to help with his goshawk research in YNP a couple years later (with a bit of Tuolumne climbing thrown in for good measure) and we also spent an autumn counting more hawks in Veracruz, Mexico. It didn't really matter where he was...life was good and fun wherever that might have been. I would and do think about how I need to live more like Jeff did. His life is a great example for me and I think for most everyone who knew him. It is heartening to see the outpouring on this forum. The world is a lesser place without him in it.
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 31, 2009 - 07:24pm PT
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So sorry to hear this.
Losing a friend or loved one
suddenly is a major thing.
Very sad.
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Two Pack Jack
climber
The hills
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Aug 31, 2009 - 08:59pm PT
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I still can't believe this. I keep re-realizing all the events that have transpired, and every time it is just as painful as the last. I still can't believe in my mind that he's gone, and I woln't see his sweet, charasmatic smile again.
In his own way, I think he brought out the best in people. Echoing a sentiment above, the world is worse off without Jeff in it.
I don't know about you all, but over the past few hours since I have learned about this tragedy, the world has looked different. I can't waste one minute of my life, when something so sudden as this can happen. Jeff was a great guy, and his spirit will live on in my own life, as well as all the majestic and endangered frogs and birds that he has given a second chance.
Like the Peregrine Falcons in Yosemite, I feel like this event and Jeff's life have given me a second chance to stop and appreciate what a true joy it is to be alive. In the mountains. Breathing the clean fresh air. Loving every minute of it.
Every time I see a SN yellow legged, or a peregrine, I know you'll be there with me.
Rest in peace jeff. I'll miss you man.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Aug 31, 2009 - 09:26pm PT
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I don't know Jeff, yet he obviously led a selfless life. Offering instead his hard work and time to maintaining the magnificent land that so many of us enjoy.
Mother nature will not forget your work Jeff
sincere condolences
Mucci
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Sean Jones
climber
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Aug 31, 2009 - 09:56pm PT
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Wow, what an epic year. Enough to make one want to stop climbing all together. Wildone, sorry for the loss of your friend, Jo Lynn....sorry to you too, and to all Jeff's friends and family.
Sean Jones
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 31, 2009 - 10:08pm PT
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My sincere condolences to Jeff's family and friends.
This year has been unending and so unkind.
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Kayterade
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Aug 31, 2009 - 10:35pm PT
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From teaching us about yellow-legged frogs and great gray owls, to dancing passionately at the Mobil Mart, Jeff's enthusiasm for life was contagious...I am so sad to hear this news.
Big love and prayers for his family and friends...Jeff, you will be missed.
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Aug 31, 2009 - 10:39pm PT
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Really sad...He was a totally sweet, present, and kind man making big contributions to our world.
I know so many of my El Portal soul friends are really devastated right now.
Condolences and love to all,
please be careful out there...
Peter Mayfield
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 31, 2009 - 11:12pm PT
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Wow, sympathies to all of Jeff's friends and family. Sorry to hear this.
Val Zimmer
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Aug 31, 2009 - 11:36pm PT
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Sad news... Way tooo young to leave this earth.
Sincere condolences to Jeff's family and friends..
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prc
climber
Davis, CA
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Jeff is my good friend and former house-mate. He was one of the kindest, most humble, and genuine men I knew. I appreciated his dedication to conservation and love of the outdoors. He was a bee-keeper, educator, and experienced outdoorsman/climber. He showed me that you can age gracefully and keep your free spirit alive. He broke the mold for what "a man" is in today's society. And for that and countless other reasons I will miss him and always love him.
Pete
It is my hope that memories of Jeff can be shared in person and in more open forums. Please feel free to e-mail me if you would like to help organize this.
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general
climber
Davis
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I just wanted to reiterate that Jeff was such a kind and passionate guy. I'm sure that this must be very hard for those who were close to him. He seemed to do a lot of good in this world.
my condolences
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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So sorry to hear. He sounded like a really special person.
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RMLeahy
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Jeff you were a truly inspiring biologist and friend. I am deeply saddened that I will never boogie with you at Sal's again. My best memory of you will be that beautiful December day on the Old Big Oak Flat road in a foot of fresh snow for the annual Christmas Bird Count. You spotted a pergrine on El Cap that none of us could see without a spotting scope. You knew every single bird by its song and we all would have been useless without your expertise and overflowing excitment to teach us how to identify each one by sight and sound. I will walk that same route each year during the count and remember you as you were that day.
Ryan
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swied
climber
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I am so so saddened to hear this news. Jeff was a good friend of mine from Davis. We kept bees together at my farm, watched raptors over beers, put up owl boxes, laughed, danced. He was one of the most amazing, kind, knowledgeable, inspiring people I know.
I really can't believe this happened. I drove through there just yesterday mid-day, thinking of Jeff the whole time as I discovered the beauty of Yosemite for the first time.
I love you so much Jeff, and you will be terribly missed. I will always see you in the hawks and falcons flying over the fields....
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Melise
climber
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I am in shock, I can't believe this has happened, Jeff has always been one of the most vibrant and happy people I know... So sad,
Michelle
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Iron Mtn.
Trad climber
Corona, Ca.
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Sadness, too many have fallen this year.
Condolences.....
R.I.P.
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