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superboy
Trad climber
Sonoma,CA
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Jun 16, 2009 - 04:03pm PT
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Dingus,
One more Bruce Round Top Picture:
Tipo says thanks for the compliment. He is seven and still accompanies me on many adventures.
Still think of that day and the fine people that shared it.
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superboy
Trad climber
Sonoma,CA
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Jun 16, 2009 - 05:21pm PT
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Here he is on the true summit:
If I recall correctly its only a couple of feet higher. I think I just tried to jump really high to get to the same altitude.
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mooch
Big Wall climber
The Immaculate Conception
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2009 - 05:28pm PT
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Rob (Munge) -
Will try to call you later tonight. Talked with Dingus earlier. Not sure if you two have chatted yet. DMT and I swore to climb very soon. How about a trip to Shuteye soon? Say July 4th weekend.
BTW, Em wants to go to Hoffman this September, as already scheduled. You still on board Rob? Dingus?
Jeff-
Brother, I want you to know how deeply your brohter impacted my life. Even his subtle gestures of wit and weirdness were lessons in human living and loving. He was a brother to us all.
In our last conversation before heading to Sequoia this past Friday:
"Brutus....did you bring the Sapporo?"
"'Course I did! What kind of circus do you think I run anyway?"
:) Love You Brutus!
P.S. I'm parched.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jun 16, 2009 - 05:34pm PT
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Most def onboard for Haufbrau there Mooch.
Was going to call Dingus tonight about plans too. Let's talk. Em would like to go this weekend.
Can't do the 4th of July in So Sierra. My sweet heart veto'd in favor of the East Side.
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mooch
Big Wall climber
The Immaculate Conception
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2009 - 05:36pm PT
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Gotcha on the no-go July 4.
Gotcher number from summitpost PM you sent. Will call after a long cycling ride tonight.
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14re3
Boulder climber
Twin Peaks ,CA
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Jun 16, 2009 - 07:02pm PT
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So will ED!!!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jun 16, 2009 - 07:20pm PT
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TROGDOR!!!
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Jun 16, 2009 - 07:55pm PT
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Since I posted pics of the first time I ever climbed with Brutus, I figured it seemed symmetrical if I posted some pics of the last time I climbed with him (and Em) in Sedona. April of 2006.
The route is called Sedona's Scenic Climb, and is 5 long pitches of beautiful sandstone climbing to the summit of Gibralter Rock between Oak Creek Village and Sedona proper.
Em and Brutus on the approach. Brutus lending a spotting hand...
Brutus at the top of pitch one. As he usually did, he graciously praised my lead and made out like it was hard for him.
Brutus heading off up the buttress of the second pitch.
Skyline shot of the same (second) pitch.
The third pitch starts with a really cool traverse out left from the belay ledge. The attention-grabbing start puts you on a good stance, so I swung around and snapped this picture of Brutus and Em (taking pics of me) back at the belay.
Not to be outdone, Em ponied up for the lead of the fourth pitch and floated it in grand style.
Brutus got the final lead, finishing off the route.
A bit of scrambling takes you to the very top of the formation, yielding some of the best views you can get of the beautiful red rocks of Sedona. Brutus assumed his usual relaxed summit pose.
Posted earlier... Brutus making one of the rappels from the route.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Jun 16, 2009 - 08:03pm PT
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The day following the climb of the route in Sedona, my wife and I drove up through Prescott, where Bruce and Em were staying with her daughter, and then continued north to the basalt cracks of Paradise Forks.
Brutus automagically hones in on the nearest wide stuff...
...and heads right up... (photo by Em)
Brutus taking a lap on the Pillow Talk handcrack.
Em finishing the left Yogi Crack while Bruce belays.
Brutus racking up on the canyon rim.
...and leading the left Yogi Crack.
Brutus indicating that he's done for the day and ready for beers.
Great days. Wish there were more...
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14re3
Boulder climber
Twin Peaks ,CA
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Jun 16, 2009 - 08:12pm PT
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wow
thank you
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Jun 16, 2009 - 11:16pm PT
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Thanks for sharing all of your pictures.
Poop*ghost...I forgot that your rig was borrowed until I read your post, and then several little things that you told me throughout the climb that Brutus and Em taught you came back so vividly that I cried again (as several of the memorials here have brought me to do.)
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Velvet Skye
climber
Crestline,CA
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Jun 17, 2009 - 01:49am PT
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Name is Rhonda, but online please refer to me as Velvet Skye, or Velvet.
I am one of the three neices mentioned in jurel's posts. Who will dearly miss my uncle. Just today, as I was searching for cards in a local store for E.D. and my "Aunt" Em, I was in one of those states where you are thinking it is all a bad dream that will go away in time. Although I know it won't, and that haziness is a part of the process. (i started this process last year as I lost a child at 21 weeks gestation. A boy who was dearly wanted and is still dearly loved.) And as I chose appropraite cards for these fine ladies, I realized that I am in pain too and tears were trickling down my cheeks.
I need to know how to attach photos, I don't have videos, I haven't got any of climbing, but i do have Bruce with my son, his Great Nephew, Caspian. They were doing one handed pushups. My son was 6. (now he's 9)
Bruce understood my boy's intensity and energy, and channeled it. Now I can see why, he too had an abundance, and a zest for life.
Thanks for this thread and posting all your stories and thoughts. I am glad to know my uncle was well loved by all, the way we loved him.
I had always hoped for more, more time with my uncle. He will be so missed.
So now Uncle Bruce, is time for the climb of your life, I'm sure the mountains in heaven are bigger and better than any that Earth can boast. Go forth and conquer with no fear of falling and without the need for gear.
A shirt I will always remember him wearing when i was very little said, "Go climb a rock."
So go on now Uncle Bruce... Find it and Climb it. And take your great nephew Karar with you. Take care of my family, till I see you all again.
Always loved,
Rhonda
VELVET SKYE
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 17, 2009 - 02:20am PT
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Thanks, Skye!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jun 17, 2009 - 12:24pm PT
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Velvet,
you have to store your digital images online e.g. photobucket or flickr, etc.
then paste the URL for the image between two 'tags'
sorta like this...
[img]http://www.flickr.com/image.jpg[/img#]
but take out the "#" character in the second tag!!!
M
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Pat Brennan
Trad climber
Lake Arrowhead, CA
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Jun 17, 2009 - 04:48pm PT
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This is the first time I've ever posted! It took THIS to do it & some help from my son, Jeff & wife Lori. Bruce & I started climbing 35 years ago in high school. We had no one to mentor us back then, it was all trial & error. I could write a book on all the adventures Bruce & I have had, climbing sometimes for weeks (4 of us & gear all crammed into a Ford Courier truck.) Those of you that have climbed with Bruce, know all the antic, retching, wit, one liners, food, beer, drinking & some special concoctions! He was a hell of a man, partner & friend, we were like brothers. We both grew up in San Bernardino & went to the same school. Bruce eventually moved to the Bay area & raised his family, and I mean "family". I moved to Lk. Arrowhead & raised mine. We always hooked up for a climb once a year. Bruce would call, not to say "Hi", but "lets go climbing" would be the first words out of his mouth. I'll surely miss him, as will so many others. Bruce was so full of life & gumption. Bruce, R.I.P.. See ya soon & "lets go climbing" up there in the big sky when I get there!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jun 17, 2009 - 06:46pm PT
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Jun 17, 2009 - 08:23pm PT
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Thanks for posting up Pat. It's never too late.
I knew and climbed with Bruce, but nothing like your time with him.
You have my sympathies for the loss of a longtime friend.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jun 18, 2009 - 02:41am PT
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nice pic!
got a more eastern look at the area?
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